Carson Carson Carson...

My lovely child has just turned 2 and he is definitely in his terrible...which aren't so terrible I actually love my little 2 year old to death!  He is getting into more things though  here is proof!  He loves putting things in his hair, this time it was Vaseline which he decided to do 2 days in a row. lol

Just so you know you Vaseline does come out it just takes about 12-14 washes with degreasing dish soap to do it! lol  Oh Carson how I love you soooo much!

The New Year!

The New Year means a new start for me!  But alas It hasn't been much of a new start so far :(  Getting over missing my family has been ridiculously hard for me!  I don't like being so far away from them....they just have to be sooo awesome.  I am determined however to get on with my life and be fine. So starting tonight I am going to start working out again and try to interact with people older than 6...unless you count the missionaries who have been over to my house twice this week.  Speaking of the missionaries ...I love our current missionaries Elder Goff and Elder Fairbanks!  I love having them over...so sweet and innocent, and my kids adore them.  Having them over reminds me of when I was little living in Texas, the missionaries were at our house all the time...doing their laundry and my mom cut their hair too.  Such good memories I have, and now I get to share those kinds of things with my kids!

Anyway back to the New Year I truly want this year to be better than last year.  I have a lot of work to do on myself to get where I want to be.  I am excited for what 2011 has in store for me!

Bed Intruder!!

Ok I may have been out of the loop on this for way too long!  My family introduced these videos to me this last trip I took up to Utah.  One of the many things I look forward to when I see them, they always have new hilarious videos for me to watch! lol  You have to watch these two videos!!  Watch the Original first then the song.... I promise you'll laugh! lol

Sisters Sisters Sisters!

Arianne , Ashley, Britt, Jake, Morgan, me, Katherine, and Maison.

In order from oldest to youngest?

Britt, Ashley, me, Morgan, Katherine, Arianne, and Maison.

(Jake isn't a sister so he's not counted... this was the best pic I could find of all of us sisters!)

These are my sisters.  They are my best friends.  They make me laugh until I cry.  They lift me up when I'm down and I am so happy I don't have to live my life without them!  It's always hard to leave them and it's hard to live faraway from them.  Britt did live next to me for awhile and it was heaven!  Her husband Josh is a Marine so she has to move around a lot.  I think she'll be back in the few years and I can't wait!  Morgan's husband Jakers is a Marine too, Josh and Jake are both stationed in NC.  Morgan is living with Britt while Jake is deployed to Afghanistan.  I am so happy they have each other out there in nowheresville. lol  The support we give each other means so much to us.  One day we will all live on the same street and it will be haven!  We are hoping one day our dad will get rich.... like mega rich and buy us all houses on the same street! haha A girl can wish :)  

I love these girls and I can't wait to see them again!  

Gingersnaps mmmmmm mmmm

Ok so I just made some pretty darn good gingersnaps.  I have never made them before!  I thought to myself it's high time you made gingersnaps.  I found a recipe online then tweaked it a bit coz that's how I roll.  I thought you might all enjoy this recipe too.  My house now smells like Christmas which is a wonderful plus!

Gingersnaps           Preheat 350                 Bake 8-12 mins
1/2 cup Butter
1/2 cup Butter flavored Crisco
1 1/4 cups White Sugar
1 Egg
1/2 cup Molasses
1 tsp Vanilla
1 Tbs Ginger
1  tsp Cinnamon
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp Salt
2 1/4 cups Flour
1/2 cup Sugar for decorating

Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.  Then add egg, molasses, and vanilla stir until mixed well.  Then add ginger, cinnamon, salt, baking soda mix well.  Add flour 1 cup at a time.  Roll dough into 1 inch balls.  then roll balls in remaining sugar. Set on baking sheet and cook! If you want a crispy cookie bake for 12 min. If you want a softer chewy cookie bake for 8-10 mins.

I hope you enjoy!