I made my first batch of homemade meatballs tonight. I based my recipe off of this one. They turned out great, if I do say so myself.
I've been working on meal planning for 2 weeks at a time. Day 1 was a success!
(If the new recipes turn out, I'll post them)
It did happen to be cloudy today. Ryan and I took Zoe to the park after daycare today. I know I keep putting pictures of her up from the park, but there's such great lighting there, especially around 5-6pm, when we usually go.
A baby no more, that's for sure.
Holly & Co.
I love looking through the pictures on my phone and finding these gems...
this is Zoe with a bear my Mom sent her for Valentine's day.
I had a rough day today. Some happenings at work + a lot on my after work to-do list. I actually decided that I was going to do something right today, so on the way home, Zoe and I took a detour to the park.
She's doing so well at climbing up the slide all by herself.
I made the Cowboy Cookies tonight, they turned out great. I added the recipe to the box already.
Well it's 10:30 and I just finished eating my dinner, so I should probably head to bed.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
I needed to send some thank-you cards, but didn't have any, so I decided to make some.
I admit, I'm a really bad card-marker. I scrapbook just fine, but when I shrink the canvas to a 3x5 inch area, I get stumped. I tend to try to add too much and it looks like a cat threw up on it. That's why I don't post many cards I make on here. So I went for a more simple technique this time.
For this project, I used Photoshop Elements 6.0, which is the program I do all my photo editing and other projects in.
That's all for tonight. I will be testing out a new recipe for Cowboy Cookies later this week, so I will let you know how it goes. I'm going to use Easter colored M&M's. I hope they taste as yummy as they look.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
I admit, I'm a really bad card-marker. I scrapbook just fine, but when I shrink the canvas to a 3x5 inch area, I get stumped. I tend to try to add too much and it looks like a cat threw up on it. That's why I don't post many cards I make on here. So I went for a more simple technique this time.
For this project, I used Photoshop Elements 6.0, which is the program I do all my photo editing and other projects in.
I used a digital scrapbooking kit from Two Peas in a Bucket called Toy Box, by Vinnie Pearce
plus some white cardstock & a border punch....
and voila!
I actually made a bunch to keep on hand. I love getting snail mail, so I decided in order to receive I should give first. Using white cardstock, plus a little embellishment like a stamp or rub-on can make a quick, cute card for any occasion.
I didn't even need any glue :)
That's all for tonight. I will be testing out a new recipe for Cowboy Cookies later this week, so I will let you know how it goes. I'm going to use Easter colored M&M's. I hope they taste as yummy as they look.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
Bless Miss Liz....
(ignore the date stamp, it's not the right date)
I finally got some pictures from Zoe at daycare. I guess in California, flour is as good as snow.
She is a saint and always has the best activities planned for the kids. They normally spend a lot of time outside, but this Winter was especially cold and rainy, so after spending several weeks inside the kids were going a little nuts, so she gave them a big bowl of flour and they went to town.
I'm so glad she took pictures.
We love Miss Liz.
After I took those pictures at the park last week, I came home and scrapped these 2 pages. This one of Ethan is one of my favorite ever.
I didn't have any letters that matched and my Cricut was in Zoe's room, so I used some Studio Calico letters as masks with my Distress inks. I love the way it turned out.
The journaling reads, " You can't grow up...not just yet. I need you to be my baby just a little while longer. Every day you are doing more on your own and you me less and less. I love to watch you trust yourself more and learn and grow. But you can't grow up just yet, I need you to need me a little longer."
The journaling was all my feelings after watching Zoe climbing all over the playground without my help. She wasn't scared to climb up the jungle gym and go down the big slide all by herself. She is growing up that's for sure.
Our Ward had our RS Birthday Dinner last week and I made rainbow cupcakes for dessert. It took about 3 hours and it was a lot of work but SO worth it. They were happy cupcakes. Everyone can use a happy cupcake! I forgot to take pictures and I'm so sad, because they were beautiful. Maybe I'll just have to make them again to get the pictures.
This week we have a Ward ice cream social so more dessert all around! (Sat, 3pm for all you ladies in the FO3rd ward or surrounding wards :)
I'll be around more this week, hopefully.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
With it being St. Patrick's Day, I thought I'd write about my lady luck.
When I was 13, our local Albertson's was having a drawing for a stand-up freezer. Anyone over 10 (I think) could entire. My dad had my sisters and I all write our names down and enter the drawing, he told us if we won, he'd give us $10 for the freezer. We all agreed. I won. I got my $10 and my parents for a freezer, and I reminded my parents quite often, that I won them that freezer and all I got was $10.
I was really into beanie babies when I was a pre-teen. I mean REALLY into them. I used to babysit and accept payment in beanie babies. I'm really not joking. I entered a drawing at the beanie baby stand in the mall, to be one of 12 people who got to purchase the Princess Diana beanie baby for $20. I won and even bought a case for the beanie baby, thinking it would be worth thousands someday. A lady at my Dad's office offered to buy for $200 and I turned it down. Yeah, I was stupid. I think my mom still has it somewhere, still in the case.
In the summer of 2004, I was lucky enough to catch the eye of a cute cashier at the Chipotle, that was near the scrapbook store I worked at. I rarely paid for my burrito and always got a free drink.
Then just a couple years ago, Ryan and I were heading home from the movies, and we stopped at Beverly's crafts. We entered a drawing for a $50 giftcard and we/he/me won.
In November, I entered a contest for some scrapbooking stuff...and I'm a winner.
Just a couple of months ago, I won a pattern for an apron giveaway. Although, I have yet to use it.
But poor Zoe, I totally forgot it was St. Patrick's Day while we were getting ready this morning and sent her dressed in yellow. I better make sure each of my children has a green shirt to wear every year for St. Patrick's Day from now on.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
When I was 13, our local Albertson's was having a drawing for a stand-up freezer. Anyone over 10 (I think) could entire. My dad had my sisters and I all write our names down and enter the drawing, he told us if we won, he'd give us $10 for the freezer. We all agreed. I won. I got my $10 and my parents for a freezer, and I reminded my parents quite often, that I won them that freezer and all I got was $10.
I was really into beanie babies when I was a pre-teen. I mean REALLY into them. I used to babysit and accept payment in beanie babies. I'm really not joking. I entered a drawing at the beanie baby stand in the mall, to be one of 12 people who got to purchase the Princess Diana beanie baby for $20. I won and even bought a case for the beanie baby, thinking it would be worth thousands someday. A lady at my Dad's office offered to buy for $200 and I turned it down. Yeah, I was stupid. I think my mom still has it somewhere, still in the case.
In the summer of 2004, I was lucky enough to catch the eye of a cute cashier at the Chipotle, that was near the scrapbook store I worked at. I rarely paid for my burrito and always got a free drink.
Then just a couple years ago, Ryan and I were heading home from the movies, and we stopped at Beverly's crafts. We entered a drawing for a $50 giftcard and we/he/me won.
In November, I entered a contest for some scrapbooking stuff...and I'm a winner.
Just a couple of months ago, I won a pattern for an apron giveaway. Although, I have yet to use it.
But poor Zoe, I totally forgot it was St. Patrick's Day while we were getting ready this morning and sent her dressed in yellow. I better make sure each of my children has a green shirt to wear every year for St. Patrick's Day from now on.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
Tonight we took these kiddos to the park. It was a warm sunny day and it was too hard to resist.
The light was perfect and so were this kids.
Unfortunately, my camera battery died after like 10 minutes, so I only got like 15 pictures.
But enjoy these goodies :)
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
This is a pictures I pulled off Google Maps, of the house I grew up in.
{If you click on it, you can read what all the red marking say.}
I lived in this house for 16 years, the longest I've lived anywhere.
Over Christmas, an old friend sent me a picture of this house decked out in Christmas lights, it made me cry.
I loved this house, I thought my parents were going to retire in this house.
I'm glad Ryan got to spend time in this house before my parents moved. I would have been sad if he had never gotten to see my childhood home.
In addition to the things I wrote on the picture, there are a few things you can't see by looking at the outside.
There's a curved banister that we used to slide down. It has long scratches all the way down from the buttons on our pants.
The upstairs bathroom had a permanent layer of hairspray on the counters, because that's where we'd all go to get ready for dances.
There used to be a deck in the backyard, along with a trampoline, that entertained lots of youth for many summers.
That house holds so many more stories than I have time or space to write.
Although I loved that house, after moving into a new one a few time over, I've learning I loved that feeling of home that was contained inside that house. That feeling of being safe, being wanted, being loved.
That feeling of home, has now been relocating and expanded to several addresses.
That saying,"Home is where the heart is," is so cliche, but true.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
So my little sister is getting married in a few weeks, and I need a dress to wear to the wedding. I'll be wearing my bridesmaids dress, but I need something to wear to the actual. I've found some that I like, but I need a little help deciding.
this top with a black skirt.
thoughts anyone?
This is a story I knew I had to write on the blog just as soon as it happened.
This weekend, my in-laws graciously offered to watch Zoe, as it had been a few weeks since Ryan & I had been out together. We "enjoyed" a nice dinner at Mas, I saw that in quotes because our entire dinner we were right next to the live mariachi band. Yeah, we ate and promptly left. We walked to the car, and once we got to the car, Ryan and I started kissing, leaning up against the car. :::Fast forward a couple minutes::: Ryan goes to open my door and tries the key. The smile on his face disappears and he says," This isn't our car."
Yeah, talk about embarrassing. Lucky for us it was dark and the rightful owner didn't walk to their car in those couple moments. I realize it could have been a lot worse but I haven't been that embarrassed in awhile.
Moving on...
Ryan went with the youth in our ward up to Tahoe to spend the day in the snow on Saturday. Meaning, Zoe and I didn't get dressed until 3 pm, just in time to greet Ryan. ( I did clean and catch up on my shows via Hulu.com though)
Right now I have cookies in the oven because I had an unsatisfied craving for sweets. I love the way they make the house smell.
Gotta grab the cookies out of the oven...
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
{Holly in Oklahoma, 2006}
This weekend, my in-laws graciously offered to watch Zoe, as it had been a few weeks since Ryan & I had been out together. We "enjoyed" a nice dinner at Mas, I saw that in quotes because our entire dinner we were right next to the live mariachi band. Yeah, we ate and promptly left. We walked to the car, and once we got to the car, Ryan and I started kissing, leaning up against the car. :::Fast forward a couple minutes::: Ryan goes to open my door and tries the key. The smile on his face disappears and he says," This isn't our car."
Yeah, talk about embarrassing. Lucky for us it was dark and the rightful owner didn't walk to their car in those couple moments. I realize it could have been a lot worse but I haven't been that embarrassed in awhile.
Moving on...
Ryan went with the youth in our ward up to Tahoe to spend the day in the snow on Saturday. Meaning, Zoe and I didn't get dressed until 3 pm, just in time to greet Ryan. ( I did clean and catch up on my shows via Hulu.com though)
Right now I have cookies in the oven because I had an unsatisfied craving for sweets. I love the way they make the house smell.
This is why we make Zoe drink out of a sippy cup.
This is her with a blueberry-strawberry smoothie.
Yeah, the tray was way cleaner than the wall.
Been scrapbooking lately...You'll see lots of these pictures of Zoe in the green jacket because I love every single one Aly took. I can't just scrapbook one I love all of them.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
My Zoe bug in all her fashionable glory.
Frizzy hair..check.
Chipping fingernail polish....check.
J.Crew look a like shirt...check.
at 21 months, here are some of the things she does.
-She counts to 12 (not always in order)
- She loves songs. She will request them on our drive home from day care every day. However, there are 2 different monkey songs. 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed & 5 little monkeys swinging in the tree. She refers to both songs as "Monkey Song." So I do my best to guess which one she wants, but sometimes I am corrected with loud yelling of, "MONKEY SONG!" meaning, the OTHER monkey song.
- She likes to color, but rarely stays on the same page for more than 3 seconds. Almost every page in her coloring books has a single mark on it, some have more.
- She likes to eat chippys (chips, crackers or tortillas) dippits(dip or anything resembling dip), fruick (fruit), real (cereal) , bom (odwalla bar), CHICKEN (always said loudly), beef, meal (oatmeal) & treats.
- She remembers the way to Grandma & Grandpa's house and will say,
"Grandma?" when we're around the corner.
"Grandma?" when we're around the corner.
- She dances a lot, especially when we are the ones singing.
- Every morning I go in to get her, I am greeted with, " Good morning Mama!"
-She loves tubbies & Dora bubbles & her miniature rubber ducks.
- She loves to give hugs and will hug inanimate objects, like the couch or chair.
- She will play sleep and fake snore.
She lays down for a few seconds and then proudly announces , " Wake-up!"
- She is very concerned when anyone is crying, she says, " Oh no, he/she's crying!. Sad."
- She gets time-outs and is quick to say Sorry.
- She will climb on anything.
- She loves shoes. We keep a basket of mine and Ryan's shoes by the door and most evening she will walk around in a pair. Except for Ryan's work boots, she hasn't been able to successfully get both on.
- She loves the books, Corduroy, Go Dog Go, & Barnyard Dance.
- She still loves Mickey, but has found a new love for Dora the Explorer, Ratatouille (Remy as she calls it) and Lilo & Stitch (Titch as she calls it)
- She will fold her arms for an entire prayer, most of the time.
- She loves Campbell. She will let her in and outside. She will feed her and yell at her when she doesn't want Campbell to eat the snack out of her hand. She will crawl inside her crate and try to convince Campbell to join her by yelling, " Campbell, come here," over and over. She will roll around on the floor with her and laugh when she barks.
- She loves Ethan and the whole Stauffer Family. When we go next door to see if Ethan can play and he isn't home, it ALWAYS results in a crying meltdown. She's easily disappointed.
- When I pick her up every afternoon, she always check my ears for "pretties." If I am wearing earrings she will say," oh, pretty mama." If I am not wearing earring she will say, " Oh no!"
- She loves stickers. I'm pretty sure that's how we're going to potty train her...with stickers.
She is our buddy and we love her so much! I can't believe she went from
this to...
this in just 21 months.
I {heart} you bink!
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
This is a digital page I whipped up in about 20 minutes, using Scrapblog.com.
I was getting that itchy crafting feeling, but was way too tired to get out my paper and glue.
Jamie took this picture on Sunday night. The original picture has our friend Amanda in it. (Sorry, Amanda) but I cropped it because it's rare to get a decent picture of Zoe & I. I usually end up deleting the photos because I don't like the way I look in them. But this one I actually liked, so I decided to use it. I will most likely make a paper version on this to put in the scrapbook too though. Zoe loves looking through our "picture books."
I'm still suffering from an undiagnosed sinus infection/head cold. It's not bad enough to keep me down, but just bad enough to keep me from feeling great. Although going to the gym has helped.
I've been thinking about putting Zoe in gymnastics class once a week. Ryan could use some quiet alone/study time in the evenings and I think Zoe would love it. I'm planning on taking her next week sometime to feel it out and see if it's something she'll like. But it's a parent participation class because of her age, so we'll see if I can get a picture...maybe.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
Items in this set:
Womens AE Gingham Shirt - Orange Plaid, $40
Women's AE Skinny Denim Bermuda Short - American Eagle Outfitters, $40
Women's AE Striped U-Neck T - American Eagle Outfitters, $16
Women's - Flip Flops - American Eagle Outfitters, $30
Women's - Belts - American Eagle Outfitters, $20
Womens AE Gingham Shirt - Orange Plaid, $40
Women's AE Skinny Denim Bermuda Short - American Eagle Outfitters, $40
Women's AE Striped U-Neck T - American Eagle Outfitters, $16
Women's - Flip Flops - American Eagle Outfitters, $30
Women's - Belts - American Eagle Outfitters, $20
I'm in LOVE with the orange gingham shirt. Call me crazy, I don't care. That shirt will be mine.
Today is March 1st.
I like when new month's start on Mondays, it makes Monday's better.
I also like March 1st, because that means I get 40 more hours on Pandora :)
It means 7 weeks till I get to see my family and my little sister gets married.
Last night, we spent the evening at our friends, the Fairchild's home. The live in the most adorably decorated townhouse. Gray and steely blue walls. White couches, and simple decor. Ooo it was cute! They invited us and the Stauffers for dinner. We had homemade chicken n' dumplings & biscuits. (they're from Mississippi)Yum! The Stauffers brought highly addictive spinach dip and we brought apple cinnamon rolls. It was a good night for food.
The kids were definitely on something though. Crazy to say the least. Except for the 30 minutes we turned on Lilo and Stitch, that was pure bliss. Then the boys wanted to play Guitar Hero/Rock Band, so that quiet ended. But we made it through. Thanks to the Fairchilds and Stauffers, it was a lovely, loud evening :)
I'm waiting to add pictures, until Jamie uploads them to her blog so I can steal them :)
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
I like when new month's start on Mondays, it makes Monday's better.
I also like March 1st, because that means I get 40 more hours on Pandora :)
It means 7 weeks till I get to see my family and my little sister gets married.
Last night, we spent the evening at our friends, the Fairchild's home. The live in the most adorably decorated townhouse. Gray and steely blue walls. White couches, and simple decor. Ooo it was cute! They invited us and the Stauffers for dinner. We had homemade chicken n' dumplings & biscuits. (they're from Mississippi)Yum! The Stauffers brought highly addictive spinach dip and we brought apple cinnamon rolls. It was a good night for food.
The kids were definitely on something though. Crazy to say the least. Except for the 30 minutes we turned on Lilo and Stitch, that was pure bliss. Then the boys wanted to play Guitar Hero/Rock Band, so that quiet ended. But we made it through. Thanks to the Fairchilds and Stauffers, it was a lovely, loud evening :)
I'm waiting to add pictures, until Jamie uploads them to her blog so I can steal them :)
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
I found these silly pictures while I was uploading this morning.
They must be from the past week or so.
I love the the bed head and the "flash" smile.
I love my little family.
This layout took me 2 weeks to complete.
I got stuck a lot.
I've had this picture awhile.
It's my late Grandmother in her robe, opening presents I think.
I made a quilt bow-tie pattern with patterned papers. She was a quilter, so I thought it was fitting.
I ended up journaling on the back of the layout, because I wanted the front to stay simple.
It reads:
"I still...
-have your phone number in my cell phone
-have the last book you gave me
-keep and read the birthday cards you wrote me
-feel you near
I still miss you..."
I just put Zoe down for a nap so I'm going to go brave the rain to run some errands.
Have a great weekend!
XOXO,
Holly & CO.
This is what I found the other morning. Yes, I had opened the door, turned on the light and taken a picture with the flash.
Yes, she stills sleep with the binkie, unfortunately, but that's the only time she gets it. She also snores like her mama :) I wonder if she'll have Morgan tonsils and if they'll have to be removed.
There are little moments like these that I want to keep forever. I'm so torn between her growing up and staying little. I love watching her learn new things and discover, but I miss that little tiny baby who needed me for everything.
I'm normally in love with Winter, but our weather has been flip flopping so much lately, I'm kinda ready for Spring. I bought Zoe her first pair of shorts for the season. Yes, in the month of February. Dang You Target and your adorable summer baby clothes for $5 a piece.
I'm still scrapping pretty much every night, although that doesn't always conclude in a layout form. I still haven't finished my december daily book, or my Chirstmas pictures...but I'll get there.
Don't know our plans for this weekend...probably heading to Roseville, as usual. Maybe we'll go to the mall to switch it up :)
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
I made this awhile ago for a submission, but it didn't get picked up so I thought I'd share it on the blog.
This is one of my favorite pictures of Zoe, ever. I love how tiny she is and how even though she was only 4 weeks old, you can see how she looks similar to how she looks now.
Not much else going on, preparing to attend some baby showers in the upcoming weeks.Working on some crafts. The weather has been dreary, making getting motivated, tough. Hopefully, I'll get back to being a better blogger soon.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
We had a nice valentine's day starting with heart-shaped waffles, topped with strawberries and whipped cream.mmmm.
Zoe enjoyed her breakfast treat.
Zoe has been into playing with Ryan's ties lately and wanted to wear one the other night. So Ryan tied it for her, and she wore it until bathtime, it was funny. She kept moving it to the side when it would get into the way.
Our sweet niece, Corrine, left this world after 100 hours of life.
I'm so grateful for the Plan of Salvation, and knowing that we'll get to meet her sweet spirit one day.
We'll be attending her funeral this weekend and saying good-bye.
Please keep the Berg family in your thoughts and prayers.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
We had a new niece born this weekend,
Corrine Mae Berg.
Corrine Mae Berg.
Her stay may not be long, but we are hopeful, and grateful for her safe arrival.
Corrine's arrival and Jen's blog throughout her pregnancy, has made my faith even stronger and my gratitude for our belief in eternal families, multiply greatly.
It's made me hug my family tighter and say more, "I love you"s.
Congratulations Berg Family, we love you and are praying for you all.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
I do apologize for the lack of posting. The past 2 weeks we've been settling into a new routine, leaving less time and energy for things like blogging :) I changed my hours at work so I could get home a little earlier, so my morning looks a little something like this now.
4:30-5:30 Get up and drag myself to the gym.
5:30-6:30 Get Ready
6:30-6:45 Get Zoe up,dressed, & breakfast
6:45- Out the door
I'd like to lie and tell you I get up every morning at 4:30 and make the most of my gym time, but that's not always the case. I usually miss one morning a week, sometimes that 4 o'clock hour is just a little too early. Then I end up, half-sleeping and thinking that I should have just gotten up at 4:30 and worked out, because I still have to get up at 5:30.
Ryan's school schedule is full. He's taking 2 math classes, so his homework level is way up this semester. Which means we are cherishing the time the Daddy isn't busy doing homework.
I've been crafting but not taking pictures, because usually when I'm done it's late and there's just crappy apartment lighting. I'll take some pictures of my recent projects this weekend.
They include, embroidary, reverse applique, scrapbooking, glitter, baking, aprons and t-shirt makeovers....
4:30-5:30 Get up and drag myself to the gym.
5:30-6:30 Get Ready
6:30-6:45 Get Zoe up,dressed, & breakfast
6:45- Out the door
I'd like to lie and tell you I get up every morning at 4:30 and make the most of my gym time, but that's not always the case. I usually miss one morning a week, sometimes that 4 o'clock hour is just a little too early. Then I end up, half-sleeping and thinking that I should have just gotten up at 4:30 and worked out, because I still have to get up at 5:30.
Ryan's school schedule is full. He's taking 2 math classes, so his homework level is way up this semester. Which means we are cherishing the time the Daddy isn't busy doing homework.
I've been crafting but not taking pictures, because usually when I'm done it's late and there's just crappy apartment lighting. I'll take some pictures of my recent projects this weekend.
They include, embroidary, reverse applique, scrapbooking, glitter, baking, aprons and t-shirt makeovers....
Now onto the rants & raves...
As someone who love Valentine's day for the candy....I've been extremely disappointed in the Sweethearts Conversation Hearts....they changed the flavors! They are terrible, and they added the color blue. I was so sad. I thought my Valentine's Day would be ruined this year. Until, I was in Target today. Brach's saved Valentine's Day! They only had them in the individual packs, but they had the REAL conversation hearts. {I bought a BIG bag}
I also bought some other cute stuff at Target, but that will show up in future pictures/posts.
I'm normally not a big dress wearer, but lately, I've seen so many cute dresses, I think this will be the summer of the dress. I really like that dresses are a one piece outfit. No matching, no 3 different things to wear, just one.
I've recently gotten very attached to the show, "The Bachelor", that Texan boy, Jake just seems so genuine. Then, I discovered Realitysteve.com. * DO NOT GO THERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ENDING* in my heart of hearts, I know it's all staged and planned, but sometimes it's fun to pretend that it's all real.
and because no post is complete without a picture....
Here's Zoe on a walk yesterday.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
I made a heart garland too...kinda like this....{heart garland tutorial}
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
On most weekends, it seems like we end up in Roseville.
There's just more to do there (and better places to eat :)
Saturday we visited the Fountains shopping center, which houses our favorite place. We opted to try a new restaurany instead. We went to The Counter. It was small with urban decor. The door to the patio, which was closed, is a full size clear garage door. (very cool) The menu is a clipboard with a checklist for "build your own burger". They have other menu items too, like the grilled cheese trifecta (which is what I got) Zoe got the mini burgers and they brought her food out first and way fast (we love that) Everything was great. Not healthy, but yummy! Zoe even ate the onion strings....as long as she could ,"dip it".
We ended the visit with a trip to Whole Foods, to get stuff for guacomole and homemade chips. The guac turned out great and the chips were yummy but too thick, next time we'll get thin tortillas.
I also watched the movie, Whip it. It was funny and heartwarming "coming of age" tale as Jamie put it :)
It was nice to get out this weekend, because last weekend we were in the house the whole time, we all got anxious.
Sunday, we went to church, where nursery was a chore but Zoe managed to stay in the whole 3rd hour so Ryan and I could attend our combined meeting together. Then we ended the evening with a yummy dinner at the Humbert's.
I know life around here has been a little boring lately, not a ton new to post. Hopefully this week will hold something more exciting to post about. We are planning a trip to the zoo, provided the weather warms up soon.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
There's just more to do there (and better places to eat :)
Saturday we visited the Fountains shopping center, which houses our favorite place. We opted to try a new restaurany instead. We went to The Counter. It was small with urban decor. The door to the patio, which was closed, is a full size clear garage door. (very cool) The menu is a clipboard with a checklist for "build your own burger". They have other menu items too, like the grilled cheese trifecta (which is what I got) Zoe got the mini burgers and they brought her food out first and way fast (we love that) Everything was great. Not healthy, but yummy! Zoe even ate the onion strings....as long as she could ,"dip it".
We ended the visit with a trip to Whole Foods, to get stuff for guacomole and homemade chips. The guac turned out great and the chips were yummy but too thick, next time we'll get thin tortillas.
I also watched the movie, Whip it. It was funny and heartwarming "coming of age" tale as Jamie put it :)
It was nice to get out this weekend, because last weekend we were in the house the whole time, we all got anxious.
Sunday, we went to church, where nursery was a chore but Zoe managed to stay in the whole 3rd hour so Ryan and I could attend our combined meeting together. Then we ended the evening with a yummy dinner at the Humbert's.
I know life around here has been a little boring lately, not a ton new to post. Hopefully this week will hold something more exciting to post about. We are planning a trip to the zoo, provided the weather warms up soon.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
don't these pictures look dreamy....:)
(playing with new photoshop actions)
We went our for ice cream tonight with the Stauffers to Leatherby's. Zoe had her very first ice cream sundae, it was a clown sundae.
She kept saying," mmmmm," over and over. She really liked the cherries. She gnawed on the cone most of the time, but overall I think it was a success!
Ethan kept saying," Face, face," pointing out the melted ice cream dripping from Zoe's face.
Last Sunday, Ryan and I made apple cinnamon rolls. They were heavenly. I didn't even use the half and half, and instead of the vanilla glaze I made classic cream cheese frosting. Yes, they were gone within 24 hours. It felt good to cook something that Ryan loved. Usually he's the one making fantastic meals, so it was nice to return the favor.
This weekend we're hoping to get out of the house, as last weekend I was fighting a sinus infection. I'm also wanting to get some crafting time, including having Zoe help me with making valentines.
Hope you're all staying dry and warm.
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
I just thought I'd share some things I'm loving lately.
This is the best adhesive for craft projects ever. It's not regular rubber cement, it's specifically for paper projects. It's cheap and never makes the paper curl. I've used it tons over the past few days.
I've been scrapbooking alot lately and Studio Calico, specifically The Homefront Collection is what I keep reaching for. I can't wait for their new release.
XOXO,
Holly & CO.
Last night, we attended Camp Kiddo. With the weather having been rainy and cold for the past few weeks, Jamie came up with a bright idea to have a campout inside.
We set up tents, had foil dinners, rice krispie treats & s'mores. We even had a "fire" too!The kids watched Brother Bear and played for hours together. There were 5 kids under 3, and 6 adults, it was noisy, but oh so fun!
It was so nice for the kids to have something to do, this rainy weather makes us all a little stir crazy.
After Camp Kiddo, Zoe needed a bath. I was playing with the ISO feature on my camera and caught this cool picture of Zoe.
It's cold again today, so we'll probably go out for a little while but end up staying in most of the day.
I'm going to try my hand at making sourdough bread today. I might end up quitting and making cookies instead (much easier :)
Have a great Saturday!
XOXO,
Holly & Co.
