Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe

So easy & so good. My kiddos ask for this a couple times a month. I usually triple the batch so we have lots of yummy left overs :) Check out this week's featured recipe here: Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe

6 months already?

Well, today is my amazing husbands birthday-love you babe!  But it is also the 6 month anniversary of our sweet little Taytam's death.  Danny hates that his birthday is on the same day, but I feel like it helps the day not seem so bad.  I have been steeling my emotions for this day, knowing that it was coming.  Danny & I are going out to eat and probably see a movie...I know-we are so original, huh?  But so far the day hasn't been too bad.  I have been very careful of my thoughts, not dwelling too much on the events of that horrible day.  Mostly I just think of where she is now, & what she might be doing.  I imagine her as an amazing missionary, helping so many on the other side.  I think of her that way because her short life, and then death, helped to strengthen so many people's testimonies here on this side of the veil. These first 6 months have gone by very fast...fingers crossed that the next 6 do as well!

Quick Warm Blueberry Sauce Recipe

I don't know about you...but we love breakfast for dinner at our house! This is my hubby's favorite sauce for pancakes, waffles, french toast...anything! Since his birthday is friday-this post is for him :) Check out this week's featured recipe here: Quick Warm Blueberry Sauce Recipe

Bowling

 We took the kiddos bowling-the perfect rainy Saturday activity.  We hadn't been for so long and the kids loved it.  We definitely need to go more often.

Averee was really good-I think all that Wii bowling really paid off! :)

Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe

I know it's cold outside but you gotta love frozen hot chocolate! Check out this week's featured recipe here: Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe

Art City Salad Recipe

Easily one of the best salads EVER! Check out this week's featured recipe here: Art City Salad Recipe

Chicken & Artichoke French Bread Pizza Recipe

Well, I decided with the New Year to change things up on my blog a little. I am going to TRY (no promises) to share a recipe each week. I know that I love finding new recipes on other people's blogs, so I figured I would share a few with you :) This is one of my all time favorite recipes...I could eat it every week! Check out this week's featured recipe here: Chicken & Artichoke French Bread Pizza Recipe

Happy New Year...SURPRISE!

Happy New Year everyone!  Hope you survived the crazy, but wonderful Christmas season.  I am always a little bummed when the holidays are over.  There is so much build up and anticipation, then before you know it-it's all over!  However, I am more than happy to say goodbye to 2011...not the best year for us to say the least.  But we have hope for a wonderful 2012.  This is where the "SURPRISE" comes in- we are having a baby!  HOORAY!  Due date is August 10th, so still a long ways off.  I am very excited, but also experiencing a lot of other emotions: anxiety, relief, dread, and something I can only explain as unworthiness??

Part of me is just so relieved that we get another chance, we get to experience all the joy that we are missing with Taytam.  I know our loving Father in Heaven doesn't work this way, but I also kind of felt like maybe He wouldn't give me another chance since I had 'messed up' so badly with Taytam.  I know that's not really what happened, or how it works, but I am still working through some feelings of guilt about her passing away.  Anyway-I am also feeling dread and anxiety about what an obsessive-crazy person I am going to be once the baby is born...will I even be able to put the baby down? I haven't held a baby since Taytam-I don't trust my emotions with that.  So, I can't wait to hold my baby and just take in the feeling of their warm little body, that new baby smell.  So much to look forward too!  But I also can't imagine not watching the baby constantly to make sure he/she is still breathing, still with us.  I think that once we get passed the 2 1/2 month old mark (when Taytam died) I might be able to relax a little?  I guess we will just have to wait and see how it all goes.  There is just so many more emotions with this pregnancy and baby than I have ever experienced before.  It is pretty overwhelming.  But like I said, I am so super excited, and that emotion still wins out over all the rest!