Macey is 2 months!

Our little baby is 2 months! I can't believe it. It has gone by so fast. Macey had her 2 month check up and here are the stats: 10lbs. 10 oz. 22 inches long

Both the girls got their shots too, it was so hard to watch them go from happy to sad. But thank goodness it is all over with now! Every one is doing great and we are really excited for Thanksgiving and all the yummy food! Have a great holiday!

I just thought this was cute!

Two yummy recipes

If you know me you know I love to cook and bake! Well, when the girls are sleeping or occupied I love to try new recipes and make yummy treats! I also like to make them somewhat healthy so that I don't feel so guilty when I eat them all up. :) Here is a recipe for yummy low-fat chocolate chip cookies and cinnamon swirl potato bread. Enjoy!

I got the original recipe from my HERSHEY cook book, which I love! I modified it a bit to be low-fat. These cookies are sooooo good and stay nice and soft until they are all gone!

Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup applesauce
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 egg whites
2 cups chocolate chips

Heat oven to 375
Mix all the wet ingredients until light and creamy.
Mix all the dry ingredients. Gradually add dry to wet.
Mix in chocolate chips .
Bake for 8-9 minutes on a lightly greased cookie sheet.



I pour all the ingredients for this bread into the bread machine and press "dough". When it is all done I take it out and shape it to fit into a bread pan.


Potato Bread (for bread machine)
2/3 cup potato water
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 egg
1/3 cup mashed potatoes ( i use instant or leftovers)
2 tbsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. yeast


When dough is finished, take out and pat flat. Sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon over dough and roll up. Pinch ends and fold under. Place dough in a greased bread pan. Bake at 375 for 30 min. or until done.




No one can resist fresh baked bread and butter!

Green babies

My girls are just too cute and I had to put a picture of them both wearing their green jammies. They love (especially Annie) to cuddle on our bed right before it is time for prayers and brushing teeth at night. I am so grateful for my kids, I just love being a mom to them and I am so thankful that they are a part of our family.

Ha, she is cute! We thought that we would give her a quick bath in the sink because she is small and will totally fit. Yeah right! Her legs and head we hanging out as we tried to squeeze her into the sink and water was splashing everywhere! But, she didn't seem to mind. She just loves to be in nice warm water :)

Tag your it!

Sorry it has taken me so long to play Kris!

All 4's

4 Jobs I have had:
1. Mommy
2.Waitress at Gringos
3. Jamba Juice
4. Barista at a coffee shop

4 Movies I have watched more than once:
1. Oceans 11
2. 27 Dresses
3. Hairspray
4. The Italian Job

4 Places I have lived:
1. Eugene, Oregon
2. Rexburg, Idaho
3. Sweet Home, Oregon
4. Modesto, California

4 TV Shows I watch:
1. Ellen
2. The Ex List
3. NCIS
4. Rachel Ray

4 Places I have been:
1. Edinburgh, Scotland
2. London, England
3. Seattle, Washington
4. San Fransisco, California

4 People who email me regularly:
1. Shauna
2. Brianne
3. Brandy
4. Chante'

4 of my favorite foods:
1. grapes
2. chicken burgers and fries from Red Robin
3. anything involving chocolate
4. bananas

4 Places I would like to visit:
1. Paris
2. Russia (personal tour from Rex:)
3. Scotland....again
4. A tropical beach somewhere.........

4 Things I am looking forward to in the coming year:
1. Rex, being 1/2 way done with grad school
2. All the fall and winter holidays ( family and food, yeah! )
3. Losing the rest of my baby Macey weight
4. tax returns....whoo hoo!

4 Friends I am tagging.....Brianne and Shauna and anyone else who likes to play tag!

Sweet Macey

Our little baby is 6 weeks old! Seriously time goes by much faster then I would like it to! She is doing great! She has got herself on a better schedule of going to bed between 10:30 and 11:00 and waking up around 3 to eat and then sleeping in until 7:00 or later. She is a content girl and loves to be snugly. She started smiling with in the last week and her gummy grin is too cute! We just love her and can't get enough of her!

Having a great time at the party too!

I love when her binki does this. I think she looks like a baby bull, like there is a ring in her nose :)

Look at that face, I just can't help but smile :) She is the cutest!!

Annie's Panda Party

On Sunday my little Annie turned 2! I can't believe how fast time went by! Wow, I am so grateful that she is in our lives. We had a great time at her panda theme party. She is really into pandas right now. My friend Amy's son gave her a panda stuffed animal and that thing goes every where with us! She had some little friends over and everyone dressed in black and white! It was a fun day. Annie is such a blessing to us. I love her so much and I am thankful that she brings so much laughter and happiness into our lives.

Flash back...... the day we brought Annie home from the hospital, she is so cute!

Annie at her 1st birthday, very excited about having cake!

Panda party! I am soooo happy that the cake turned out. I was nervous about it actually looking like a panda! The party was a success and we had a great time! Annie asked for a panda party for the the next couple of days :)

Blowing out her candles, she blew them out so fast and no one got a picture so we lit them again and she thought it was so much fun to blow them out twice!

Jumping off the couch (her uncle taught her how :) onto her new bean bag we got her for her b-day! She loves it and loves to snuggle up into it!


My panda family. They all were very supportive of the dress code :)

Pillow Fight

This is just really funny, Rex and Annie do stuff like this all the time and she loves it!

Blessed little baby

On Sunday our little Macey was blessed. Rex gave her a beautiful blessing and I am so grateful that he is such a loving father. It was so nice to have the support of all of our family there. We had a great time with everyone and a yummy lunch after church. We also had a small family party for Annie's 2nd birthday (a week early) too while everyone was here. I made her a safari cake with animals on top. It was a great day!

All the family! We had family from Tillamook and Redmond come to see our little girl! Thanks guys!! WE love you!

Our cute familyAnnie and her animal cake. I had such a fun time making it!