Savanna's Baby Pics

Our friend Kurt came over to our house on Saturday and took pictures of Savanna for us. He is taking a photography class at UVU and was nice enough to do Savanna's pics. He just started with the whole photography thing and I think he did really well! It was his first time photographing a newborn and they look great! Here are some of my favorites! Check out his blog to see more of his work http://kurtscameras.blogspot.com/.

Homemade Oreos

Here is the recipe!

Homemade Oreos

1 chocolate cake mix (i use devil's food but it doesn't matter)
3/4 cup shortening
2 eggs

Mix ingredients together. Form balls and place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 8 - 10 minutes. When cooled, frost cookies and sandwhich them together.

Frosting:

8 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup butter
1 tbsp vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar

My "taste" of being a stay at home mom

Well, my stay at home mom days are ending soon and I'm really sad to see them go! I am going back to work on Monday, May 4th so I only have one week left. I've had so much fun being able to stay with my kids and play outside everyday. Its been great! Aside from being able to be with my kids, I've been able to get things done around the house! Its been so great to have time to cook dinner for my family most nights and desserts for my husband, such as these lovely oreos we made last night. :)

I've also been able to do laundry, clean out our closets, clean my house, pick up after Canyon when he goes down for naps, and clean out my car!
I still have one week left at home, which I plan to thoroughly enjoy, I'm just not sure how I'm going to get anything done when I go back to work. Hopefully life won't get too stressful! Wish me luck and pray Scott will get through school soon enough and I can make being a stay at home mom permanent!

Thanksgiving Point Farm Country

Yesterday we took the kids to Thanksgiving Point so they could see the animals. The weather was pretty good, finally, except for some wind that would come and go. Canyon's favorite part was riding the horses by far. He was so funny, he was nervous and excited all at the same time and kept doing the funniest nervous laugh.
Natalie, William & Katelyn are leaving us today to go back to Seattle and we will miss them and all the fun we've had while they were here! Hopefully we can continue to find fun things to do to keep Canyon busy!

Happy Birthday Canyon!

Our little guy turned 2 yesterday! I can't even believe how fast these 2 years have gone by!
For his birthday party he wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese's and since he gets everything he wants, we did! :) It was really fun and he can't stop talking about it. He loved it!

Thank goodness for Kangaroo Zoo!

Its April 15th and this is what it looks like in our backyard!! Why is it snowing???

All I can say is thank goodness for places like Kangaroo Zoo! We took the kids there this morning and they had so much fun! My sister is still in town from Seattle and my brothers and sisters are all on Spring Break so we all got to go! It was great to be able to still go do something fun even though it is snowing in April!

Easter Weekend

What a crazy week / weekend we've had! My cousin Cody got married on Thursday and we spent the night before at their wedding dinner and then the next day at the temple and the reception afterwards. It was so much fun to see everyone that came into town for it. My cousin Jason and his wife and kids drove in from Tennessee so it was way fun to see them. My sister Natalie and her family flew in on Thursday also to bless her new little baby on Sunday. She will be here until next Sunday so I'm excited to spend the next week with her and her kids. Saturday we had our annual easter egg hunt at my Grandma's house and it was fun to watch Canyon hunt for eggs for his first time. After that we went up to Mike and Lisa's in Highland for the Sumner family Easter party. Sunday was Katelyn's blessing day and we had the blessing at my parents church. After the blessing we went back over to my grandmas for dinner and socializing some more. All in all it was a wonderful weekend and we are very tired! :)

Savanna drinking her bottle with daddy.

Canyon with his easter eggs after the easter egg hunt.

Canyon and Savanna

Our family at the Sumner Family Easter Party.

Sunday morning, Canyon & Savanna with their Easter Baskets.