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The whole Dang Thing

I just got back from my moms house. I love visiting her! The girls love it too! Franny's favorite part is the heart cakes my mom makes in the morning. The heart cakes are heart shaped waffles! Himmy went down to Utah to visit his parents and I opted to skip the 13 hour drive with two kids. While he was gone my mom and I had a yard sale. The night before the yard sale my mom and I were up late pricing stuff. When we about to price the last item we started laughing so hard we were crying. The last item was my childhood bed. The sicker that my mom made for it read this,
The whole dang thing! We had a good laugh. Some other things were priced Free or free with any purchase. I don't know about you but I've never seen stuff priced that way at a yard sale. Thanks for being so creative mom! We made some good money but we were sure pooped after it was over. That weekend my mom and I actually got some sewing in. We made a super cute apron, which I will post later. Here is my cleaned up craft room! I am so excited to sew again!

Super Franny!

Franny loves Super Grover. Pretty much every day she asks me to put a dish towel on her as a cape. I needed my towels back so last night I made this. I love how it turned out! When I showed it to her, she said oh cute mom!

Here she comes to save the day! Super Franny!

TA DONE!

Well, it's almost done. I have been working on a little quilt for New York's First Birthday. I love how it turned out. My favorite part is the rick rack. My other favorite part is that Happy Birthday is spelled correctly. The night I was working on apliquing the letters I was so tired that I reversed the i and the r. Luckily my good friend was kind enough to tell me before I put the back on.
Happy 1st Birthday New York!

Wordless Wednesday

GO GREEN!

HAVING TROUBLE GETTING YOUR VEGGIES? We have been trying this. We make a fresh veggie tray about every other day. Every time I open the fridge I see this picture. It's so much easier to make the right choice. My 3 year old loves it too! She eats way to many vegetables. Our favoirte dip is light sour cream mixed with ranch dressing mix (dry in a packet). I water mine down with milk. Well, I guess I milk mine down with milk.
Happy Snacking!
love, K

Happy 4th of JULY!

Make your Own Pizza Bake

1-2 cans of pizza
1 box of your favorite noodles
1 chopped green bell pepper
1 cup of chopped mushrooms
3/4 cup chopped pepperoni
2 vine tomatoes chopped
Dash of garlic salt
1/2 cup of grated Italian cheese mix

1. Boil noodles. Drain and return to pot.
2. Add tomato sauce, veggies, and pepperoni. Mix well.
3. Pour into a greased 9x13 baking dish.
4. Sprinkle top with garlic salt and cheese.
5. Bake at 350 degrees until cheese is melted or it is warmed through. About 15 min.
6. Enjoy!

Have you seen those pizza bakes that pizza hut makes? (I'm a poet and I didn't even know it! ;) I wanted to make one with out all the grease! I've searched for a really good recipe but I came up with my own. I've made it several times and this is my favoirte way to make it. You can add and take away whatever you like in this recipe. If I have a busy day I'll prepare this in the morning and refrigerate it until dinner time. Be sure to add enough pizza sauce because when it's baked it tends to get dry. I add 2 cans of pizza sauce.
Want to make it healthier? Use whole grain pasta!
Enjoy! love, K

we're BACK!

I am done working at the photography studio! It is so good to be home again. I love being a mother! I love taking care of our home! Speaking of taking care of a home I've added a new recipe to my other blog, go here to check it out.
The other night we went to support some guys in our ward at their softball game. We had such a great time and it was an exciting game. We hope you all are well and happy! much love, the foutchies!

My job and Seattle

Check out Blackbird Raum. They were so fun! loved it!

I cannot believe how long it's been since I have posted! This summer I am going to work. It's so weird and fun at the same time. I really miss my girls. Bryan usually does his landscaping in the summer however, last summer he really injured his hip and cannot work heavily for at least a year. So, this amazing photography job came up for me and we took it. I have been working up to 50 hours or more a week. I shoot graduations, office work, and design work too. This last weekend I had to been in Seattle for a series of 4 graduations. I am tired but I had a great time.

Mother's Weekend

Before we all went down to Utah, my school had mother's weekend. I was so excited! My mom and sister Kira came down for a couple days. We had so much fun together! Bryan and I even got to go to our Stake Formal. They had dinner there and a live swing band! It was amazing! Thanks mom and Kira!

Welcome to the Farm!

My grandparents live in southern Idaho on a dairy farm. On our way home from Utah we stopped by to see them. My grandma is almost 90 years old! You go girl! I love you Grandma and Grandpa!
Lauryn was so excited to see the farm. She wanted to see the cows, the pigs, the farmer, and the monkeys. I tried to explain to her that there were no monkeys on the farm. I think the only monkey that was on the farm that day, was her!

Discovery at Gateway!

Himmy's Aunt Kristy took us to Gateway to see the new Sesame Street discovery center. Lauryn had so much fun and we did too! Thanks Kristi!

K-dawg, my brother, the new BYU Graduate!

We went down to Provo on Monday to surprise my brother for his graduation. We all went to IHOP on tuesday and to his graduation on Friday. Classes don't get out for us until next week so we took an extra spring break! It was so much fun!
Congrats Kurt! You WROK! He graduated from BYU in Chemical Engineering.

Franny and her "Nan-Yah"

"pocket" sized quiet book

This is a much smaller version of the original quiet book I made. I really have enjoyed making this one. It's the size of a jean back pocket. As you can see the front page is just that. On the farm page the barn is the pocket that hold little animals. There is a matching the shapes page and a dress the ballerina page. I have a few more pages to finish. This is actually a project for my infancy and early childhood development class. I really love the class and I think it has helped me to have children of my own. All the information is so applicable so it's easy to learn and remember.

Franny- an artist in the making!

Franny loves to watercolor. I mean she'll sit for an hour coloring! It's a combination of all her favorite things! goo, water, color, brushes! I love how she puts the color right where she wants it. While she paints Himmy draws the contour of her strokes. It has a cool effect huh? Have a great day! love, K

Wordless Monday: Back to School Day

After a week of spring break this explains how we feel as we returned to school today.....

Fun Snack Mix

Put in anything you like! this is what I made for Franny! She loves this stuff and it's any easy/quick snack! enjoy! love, K

Fun Snack Mix

Put in anything you like! this is what I made for Franny! She loves this stuff and it's any easy/quick snack! enjoy! love, K

Easy and Fast Chicken Fajitas!

Wrap one cookie sheet with tin foil. Cut chicken into strips and lightly brush with oil. Sprinkle fajita seasoning on top. Broil for 5-8 min. with oven rack 4-5 inches from top element.
Cut your veggies, throw them in a bowl with minced garlic, oil, salt and pepper. Broil for 5-7 min. Mix chicken and veggies. Serve with warmed tortillas, cheese, and sour cream or whatever you like! Quick and easy clean up too! enjoy love, K

VTD Video!

Here's Himmy's VTD midterm. It is AMAZING! Check it out!



so, to give some context, this was a midterm project to define a logo that represented VTD (virtual technology and Design, the name of my degree) and then to animate it for 1 minute.

This is one of Himmy's art projects. it's funny because he doesn't own a video game.
Here are pictures of our new place! We love it! Three bedrooms, a utility room with washer and dryer, and a half bath!









wow, sorry for not posting FOREVER! Between the flu, two girls with double ear infections, MOVING, school, and church we have been a bit busy! Here's some pictures of what we've been up to! hope you all are doing well! love, K

PS- it came with a beautiful support beam, right in the middle of the living room!