I love to see the temple

Here are a few pictures from when we were at the temple. Rex's dad is so good about taking tons of pictures! We had a great time and it always feels so good to be there. We are extremely blessed to live so close to such a beautiful temple. I love being able to share this experience with my sweet husband.

Whenever we go to the Portland temple, it always reminds me of the day we were married, wow time flies!

Here are the guys, they think they are so funny. The truth is I was laughing so hard when I was taking this picture.

Spring break

This past week has been so much fun because Rex has been home with us on spring break! He was able to go skiing with his sister at the beginning of the week and we have had lots of fun around the house with him here :) On Thursday we headed up to Portland and met his parents and his brother his cute prego wife and their family for a great little get away. We had so much fun and we love hanging out together! We played at the hotel on Thursday and went swimming in the pool and Friday we did some family temple work together and had a big lunch at Chevys. My sister and her family met us up there too! Annie has so much fun with her cousins, Kase and Grant and of course Ryan too! It was fun to get away and spend time with family!! Thanks to Jim and Donna for such a great idea! WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!

Swimming at the pool, the girls were so cute in their suits! And so was Rex:)

All of us at lunch. It was so much fun to get together. We have such a great family and we are all good friends too!

Can you say cheesy? These girls think they are the funniest!

Brianne and I LOVE Chevys! So we decided we needed a picture to show our love!

This is what we do at home. We were listening to music really loud and dancing while we were making dinner! Macey loves to stand in her super saucer and play with her toys. This thing is a life saver!

Ok, I am not sure what she is doing, but we were laughing a ton about it! She kept wanting me to take her picture....so I did! What a funny girl!

Macey is 6 months!

I can't believe that my baby is half a year old! Holy cow! She is getting so big right before my eyes! She has her check up in about a week, so I will know how much she weights and her height. She is a sweet girl and we love her so much! She is very aware of what is going on around her and loves to laugh and suck. She is so slobbery and sucks on everything! She is not sitting up yet, but I think we are getting close. She is so cute, white, and chubby. Macey is such a blessing and my life is better because of her.
She was sitting up and then tipped over.... she just discovered that she has feet!

Food Blog!

Well, today I officially created a food blog to post all my creations! I am really excited so check it out!! www.eatitupfood.blogspot.com/

Twilight Party

So, for of those of you who don't know I am a huge TWILIGHT fan. My sister told me that I just had to read the books, so Rex got me the first one for Christmas. I read it in 6 days, which for me is a miracle. I have never been much of a reader, but I am hooked!! I cruised right through New Moon and Eclipse, and am about 100 pages into the last book, Breaking Dawn. I know it may sound juvenile but they are fun and full of mushy love, which I am a sucker for. Anyway, today the movie came out on DVD and my loving brother got it for me and received tons of flack for it! Love you Brady! So it was only appropriate that we had a Twilight movie night! My parents and brothers came over we had dinner, watched the movie, and I made dessert to go along! We had a great time and it was fun to all be together. My only wish is that my sister was here with me. She is just as big a fan as me and we love to talk about the books together. At least I have someone to be silly with. My mom is great and supports us :)

Here is my TEAM EDWARD shirt. Brianne and I both have one....Rex is so sweet to smile and put up with me!

Here is our dessert. It is an ice cream cake roll. We drizzled it with raspberry sauce so it would look like "blood". Very vampirish :)

Just hanging around

Well, not much exciting has been happening around here, just waiting for the rain to stop and the sun to shine! We stay occupied around the house and have done lots of coloring, water colors, and tea parties! I am starting a sewing project making matching pj pants for the girls. Rex just finished one of his classes and started a new one yesterday. He is doing great and cruising right through his masters! We are all so proud of him :) Hopefully the next blog will be more exciting, yeah for spring break next week!!

Macey is so cute and matched our new bedding so I thought that taking a picture would be appropriate!

Ok, this kind of thing happens all the time when I am in the shower. Annie loves to take care of her "babies". She lines them up all over the house. In this case they are all watching a movie. Which she knows how do. I get in the shower and she is playing nice downstairs and then I come down after and she had put a movie in the dvd player, pillows gone, babies lined up, and the tv is on and she is cozy on the couch. Then she claims that all her babies need snacks.......

Annie combing Macey's mullet.... lovey, I know.

And last, I came up with the idea to make a lasagna soup. Rex loves lasagna and soup sounded good so I took all the ingredients for lasagna and made it into a yummy soup with bread sticks!

Weekend fun!

Well, this past weekend we went to Sweet Home to visit Rex's parents and celebrate his mom's birthday. We always have such a good time there and feel like our stay is cut too short. Their house is always warm from the fire, loaded with tons of toys and stuffed animals (Annie is one happy camper) and we always eat the best food! It was a nice day to relax, eat, and play games. Here are a few pictures that were snapped throughout the weekend.

Birthday picture, we did pretty good using the timer on the camera!

Dad and daughter, I just love this picture. They both look soooo cute! Look at Rex's hair, it is at a record length.....I had to document it :)

The scrumptious pumpkin mouse trifle that I made for Donna's birthday treat! So easy and simple! Click here for recipe! http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/pumpkin-pudding/ I modified it a bit by using sugar free/fat free pudding, fat free cool whip and making a ginger bread cake and cutting it into cubes instead of using cookies. Try this, so delish!!

I just thought this was cute! I love my girls!
Me and Macey moo. I am pretty sure that those cheeks grow a little each day :)

This was Annie wearing my shoes, she thought it was funny so I grabbed the camera. When I told her to "smile" this is what she did, lovey right?

Hershey Crumb drops

I got this recipe from my one of my good friends, Chelsea. Thanks Chels!! It is really easy and super yummy! Anyone can make these and they only take about 10 minutes to make!! Enjoy!

What you need : 3- 3.5 oz Hershey bars

1 tub of cool whip (you can use light or fat free)

3/4 cup crushed vanilla wafers (you can use reduced fat :)

1. Scoop the cool whip into a bowl.

2. Microwave and melt the chocolate in another bowl.

3. Add the melted chocolate to the cool whip and fold to combine.

4. Use a small cookie scoop or a spoon and scoop chocolate mixture and drop into crushed cookies. Gently make sure that the drop is completely covered and transfer to a foil lined cookie sheet.

5. Put in freezer to set and transfer to a tupperware or dish with a lid to stay fresh. Keep in freezer and snack when you please!

They stay soft and firm, delicious!!

Bath time baby!

Macey loves to take baths and kick and splash! I think that it is the nice warm water and Annie thinks that it is so much fun to be in the tub with someone else too!

Such a happy swimmer, I can't wait to take her in the pool!