Sugar c00kies

kiera pulled out the frosting & sprinkles today while i was making dinner & asked for cookies... how could i resist that?! i couldn't, of course! i pulled out all the ingredients & we got busy. we put the dough in the fridge to chill & then after dinner kiera & daddy made some cookies. she's at an age where she's starting to love to do things & be hands-on involved with everything! she had so much fun. after her bath we frosted & sprinkled them & she ate one before bed! she's so much fun to be with!

Bad Day

so, today sucked. i started the day by puking my guts out the second i got out of bed, i was so sick to my stomach most of the day (no, i'm not pregnant), got several bits of bad-ish news that didn't help, kiera dumped out some expensive lotion that i so sparingly had been using since i ran out of my favorite perfume (it was the matching set...)... i was feeling pretty down. then ryan came home and made it all better. he indulged some food cravings i'd been having forever... (again, i'm not pregnant). we started our tour de orange at chin's kitchen for an order of orange chicken, then we proceeded to wendy's for 2 orders of their boneless wings (bold buffalo & spicy chipotle), then we finished by stopping at pizza hut to pick up our large pizza & buffalo wings. then we went home, had a livingroom picnic, watched a movie, talked, & laughed at all craziness kiera brings to our little family. some things i've been learning this year are: to count my blessings, let others worry about themselves, & take one day at a time... oh, & laugh. that's very important! today was a good day. {you know kiera's feeling better... this is her 3rd slice of pizza}

Sesh

we've added a new member to the family. kiera got her first pet. a little calico goldfish who she's named Sesh. he's so cute & she loves feeding him, watching him, & talking to him. (and of course narrating his every move... which is something she's really in to...) it was a great little distraction to help keep her busy this past week that she's been sick.

this week

kiera's been so sick this week. teething (with all the side effects: cough, pain, runny nose, congestion, etc...) so this week has been both stressful & interesting... she dressed herself today in her tinkerbell costume & her snow boots that are a size or 2 too small... she won't let go of her dummy (pacifier) for anything & all i can get her to eat is frozen gogurts... i'll be glad when these teeth are in.

BeAch

we went to the beach this morning & there was a group of dolphin just swimming around, really close to the shore. it was so amazing to see them out in the open like that. it was such a beautiful morning. i decided to get my run in for the day... ugh, running a mile (barefoot) along the sand, so hard. my calves were burning by the time i stopped. but it hurt so good!

Sushi Mickey McDonalds Makes for a really fun wednesday.

ChaLk

Singer

my amazing & wonderful easter bunny, brought me a sewing machine! i was speechless. i don't even know where to begin! (finish something i've been working on, make something new, repair something, or just come up with something entirely different!) i have so much fabric (some with projects in mind & some totally open to my imagination), what to sew, what to sew...

EASTER!

Easter was so much fun! In the morning, for breakfast we had Aebleskiver while watching conference. It's always such a yummy experience eating these! This time around i did some experimenting with fillings. We had some filled with applesauce, bananas, chocolate chips, bacon (s000 good, trust me), & plain ones too! The plain ones are just as yummy because we have so many toppings. (powdered sugar, jam, cinnamon/sugar, nuts, syrup, etc...) Easter was so exciting for kiera (now that she's getting older). She loved digging in her basket & finding all the things the easter bunny brought for her! We had grandma, grampa, & tio over. Kiera loved the easter egg hunt, oh my gosh! I hid about a hundred eggs around the yard & she ran around yelling "eggs!", "easter!", "eggs!". It was sooo cute! Then we had a wonderful, fattening dinner. It was such an amazing day for everyone, i couldn't have asked for anything more.

BuGs

.......there's just something cute about a little dirty faced girl, fascinated by a little plump caterpillar...

Easter Traditons

We have some old traditions in our family but we also love making new ones. Every easter, me & ryan dye easter eggs, hide them around the house, & when easter is over, ryan eats them for lunch. I wanted kiera to have fun doing eggs too but she's still too small to have the patience to dye them so i got some plastic ones & let her paint them. She had SOO much fun! She sat & did it for longer than i thought she would! Then we put them up around the house. This is the "peeps" i made for our mantle. (kiera loves it, she points up & tells everyone that comes over "look , peeps!!!" I got the idea from my friend Chelsey here.