I suck at blogging!

So! I apparently suck at this blogging thing! I've not made it a priority and I've had a hard time finding a normal time to do it. Ah! The joys of being a SAHM! There's always something else going on. Cleaning - Cooking - Throwing up children. JOY!

Lets see - what have you missed since my last blog ?

My Mom came to visit from Baltimore to visit. Nate and Jackson had their birthday's. We've had beautiful weather and I've cut my hair! Shew!

Aunt Mae Mae is gifted with the camera and in the kitchen! She made Jackson's birthday cake for him to dive into! It was the most delicious Vegan Chocolate cake I think I've ever had the pleasure to taste! I mean words just can't describe how good it was! (Wouldn't you agree Tiffany!?)

Matthew's Mom also purchased a cake for both Nate and Jackson from Blackbird Bakery. They have a great product! It was also a hit among the adults! Most of the kids had cupcakes. Nate decided to play face smash with his cupcake as to not feel left out of the "lets get messy" part of Jackson's 1st birthday. Jackson instead of diving in face first chose to be rather meticulous about how he approached his cake. It was a great party! Thanks to all who showed!

We also discovered that weekend that Jackson will follow in the footsteps of his Father and Uncle! Looks like he's gonna skate!

This weekend we will visit the Dewey clan once again over on the beautiful Bainbridge Island. I will be sure not to be so LAME - take the camera- snap some shots and blog about it! :)

I will leave you with some cute and awesomeness! :)

Joyful weekend - Spring is here!

It's been a joyful weekend. All my boys are home and I've enjoyed their company even though 2 out of 3 are currently trying to kick a cold. Jackson spent Friday night running a fever and miserable but we made it through the night thanks to the graces of Motrin.

Matthew has been making homemade bread recently and I can't tell you just how nice it is. Walking through the house with the scent of baking bread is just so heart warming. He's getting really good at it too - no bread machine - all hand made. Imagine home made bread - toasted- with just enough butter to make you say "mmmmm" out loud. YES! It's that good!




Spring has sprung and things are warming up quickly. Nate is spending lots of time outside playing with his friends. It's nice that he has an abundance of friends to play with here. Jackson and I get out every day that it's sunny and go for a stroll. I've learned if I lay him down in the stroller that he WILL nap while we're out walking. It's nice that there are so many paths here in Issaquah for us to take walks. I don't think we'll get bored.

I've been trying to get a little creative with the camera here recently. I've been taking more and more pictures. I'm not very good just yet, but the more I take and learn about how to use it's features, the better I figure I'll get. Here's one I took of some Gerber's I had at the table -




I've taken to cooking - never thought I'd say that. :) My mother would be so proud! :) Healthy cooking has become a goal. I'm going to start trying out new stuff - posting the outcome and sharing the recipes with you here. I've got a few cookbooks that I'm looking through now. Once I decide what my first new dish will be- I'll let you know :)

I will probably start blogging about several things -

Mommy stuff
Cooking Healthy
Local Markets (my reviews cause I'm determined to visit ALL of them)
Working out - the joys and the struggles
Days of Our Lifes - yes, yes, the soap - I'm an addict
Photos
and just general rants and raves

I'll let this one go for now :)

Much love!

This is new!

Well Family, Friends and who ever else might be inclined to read :) I'm new at this blogging thing - but I'm going to give it a shot. I can't promise that what you read will be interesting, but it will always have some meaning to me or what I blog about will have touched me in some way. Don't hold back on comments either! :) Sometimes brutal honesty is a good medicine! :)

Much love -

TL