End of Year & Beginning of Summer

Clay ended his preschool year having done an amazing job! We are so proud of him and love him so much! He amazes me everyday with the new things he is learning! I am so grateful for his wonderful teacher who has done a great job! Kind of a bittersweet moment to think my first child will be starting school! I know he is looking forward to it and I am sure by the end of the summer I will too! Here is him with his teacher, friends, & Lauren at his Graduation.







I have to say after Clay was out of school, I was a little nervous about having him home everyday and entertaining him. I have to be honest, I really wasn't looking forward to it!
But now that it is summer we are having a blast! We started the summer off with a Family Reunion in Williams (pics soon to come), since then we have been swimming, splash park, summer reading program, having fun with friends, and anything else that is free! We have been swimming so much that Clay has now learned to swim by himself! This is great for him and me! So far this has been a great summer!





Remember Sheila who got married in September? The Wedding in La Jolla that Clay & I were in. Well, now she is preggo with her first! She came down for her baby shower and I just thought I would through in a couple picks of her and us! Isn't she one of the cutest preggo mamas you've ever seen?

Mimi's Wedding

This post is a little late..but again it seems we have been more busy than ever! My Sis-in-law Melanie, (my kids call her Mimi) got married last month. It is always nice to have a new member of the family! Both kids were in the Wedding and I wanted to share some cute pics of them!

She loves her brother!

I love this one..


He always takes care of her..

She loves her pretty white dress and all the attention she got from it!

We were a little afraid that he wouldn't want to praticipate. I have never really believed in bribing your kids but this was an acception!

Shower Salads

These are the two salads I have brought to the last few showers I have helped with. There are a few of you that were wanting the recipes! The Pasta Salad is something I sort of threw toghether so they are not a lot of exact measurements. I hope you enjoy!

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Tiffany Higgins Dressing:

1 bag of Spinach
1 carton of Strawberries
1/2 Purple Onion

chop up the strawberries and purple onion and toss with spinach. This dressing makes the salad.

Tiffany Higgins Dressing:

1/2 cup Grapeseed Oil (if you don't have Grapeseed Oil you can substitute Olive Oil)
1/4 cup Agave Nectar (if you don't Agave you can substitute for 1/8 cup of sugar)
1/2 tsp Dried Mustard
1/4 tsp Onion Powder
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
1/4 cup Dellalo Rasberry Vinegar (I buy this at Sprouts)
1 tblsp Poppy Seeds

This is the key to the dressing: Blend all ingredients together in a blender then drizzle through the top of the blender spout the Grapeseed Oil. This will make a real thick dressing!


Mediterranean Pasta Salad:

1 box Penne Pasta
1 jar of Marinated Artichokes (from Costco)
1 carton of Grape Tomato's
1 16 oz can of Black Olives
1 carton of Feta Cheese (from Costco)

Cook the pasta and let cool add some Olive Oil so your noodles don't stick. Then chop the Artichokes, Tomato's, & Black Olive's and toss with the pasta. Then add the Feta Cheese. The rest of the ingredients is to your taste. I have never quite measured it out. For the dressing add Olive Oil and little Balsalmic Vinegar & Lemon Juice. Lots of Sea Salt, Pepper, a little Garlic Powder and Oregano! Remember it is to your taste!

OVERALL HEALTH & ESSENTIAL OIL CLASS

Just wanted everyone to know that next Thursday the 18th we will be having a Overall Health & Essential Oil Class by Tiffany Higgins. The Class will be at @ 6:30 PM. Please read about Tiffany on her webpage Health Origins. Please let me know if you are interested in attending. This will be a great class and you won't want to miss out!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

We have been busy...

busy with friends.

This is Lauren's Best Friend Sydney. They are pretty cute...

and their glasses too.



They love to play purses, babies, barbies, makeup, hair and did I mention dress up!



The tutu Sydney was wearing was mine when I was little. My cousin had a matching one that was white and we did this too.

My friend Bridgette (Sydney's & Ty's mom) & I trade kids sometimes... she usually takes the boys (Ty & Clay) and I take the girls! We are all very happy with this arrangment!

These girls are always so good for me! All they like to do is have fun!

A Quick Tip

I read on someone else's blog the other day about boiling your clothes with Biz. It is supposed to get out hard core stains and make your whites even whiter. So after doing a load of whites the other morning I decided to give this a try on Dallas's white t-shirts and socks. This is the amazing Stuff!

You will need to use a big pot so you can do a big batch. I fill the pot with water leaving a little room at the top , then I put one scoop of Biz per batch and let it boil for a few hours.

This is what is NOT coming out in your washing machine. Yikes! I had no idea! Remember I had JUST washed these before. I hope this doesn't gross you out. Just thought I would share. My whites are whiter and the stains are removed! I think I will do some dishtowels next, they could use a little sprucing!

The kids New Ride

My Grandma loves the kids to come out the farm and since she always wanting to see them more...she had plan that worked!

They are pretty pumped about their New Ride!

Now they can enjoy driving around the farm instyle...I just hope they don't run over any of the Workers!

I am thinking we will be going to the farm everyday.