I'm 30!

Holy Cow! I know.

Welcoming one

We are not having twins again. We are just welcoming one. I had an ultrasound this week and there was only one little baby on the screen. Phew!

I am 10 weeks along and my due date is May 26th. Hooray! I am starting to feel a little better so that the couch is not my permanent spot and my bedtime is not 8:30. I usually feel better in the morning and then the gunks set in late afternoon to evening. I'm hoping that I continue to put this behind me like has been the case with other pregnancies.

Emma was cute after the ultrasound. She asked if I found out what the baby would be. I told her no, that the baby needed to get bigger for that. She said, "But how can they tell what the baby is if it doesn't have any hair?" :)

Updates

I posted some projects to my Creative Sayings blog. There are two new ones - Thanksgiving and Winter Stackers.

Announcing...

Can you guess?

Yes, we're expecting baby number 5 or babies number 5 and 6. (That's why I have been blogg-ily absent - not feeling so good)

Who thinks we're having twins- again?

Yes we CAN!

A little bit of this
And a little bit of this....ok, a lot of each

Makes this
A few of these
Oh, don't forget the fruit fresh!

makes thisAnd this

Craft The Night Away

So here are the projects that we're doing for our Craft night in October.

Magnetic Family Home Evening Sign

$23

The board we're actually doing will look more like the blue sign - five categories and no magnets included. I made the brown one for me and could customize it a little more to what I wanted. I loved the flower magnets, but with so many different interests and families, I am not including magnets that night. People will have to get or make their own.

Merry Christmas Tree Frame

$12

I posted this on my Creative Sayings site. Several people loved this and requested it for a Craft the Night Away project. I'm excited to use it this year.

Halloween Stackers

$6

Noel Plaque

$6.00

This one can either be hung on the wall or it has it's own built in nifty stand. I like this one.

Established Blocks

$8.00

Countdown Blocks
$10.00 each set

These are really fun to make. One is for Christmas and one is for just any occasion - birthdays maybe. Cute! Cute!

Home Blocks

$8.00

We're providing two examples of these, one with the black and red and then a brown set.

Temple Quiet Book

$7.50

CRAFT SWAP

We're also hosting a craft swap that night where the women can bring any crafts they don't want, need, or use for others to take if they want. Hopefully it goes well.

Our event is Friday October 30th from 6:30 -11:00pm. Anyone want to come?

All Laid Out

Emma's clothes are neatly folded on her night stand with her shoes set carefully to the side. Her backpack sits ready by the door and excitement sleeps with her deep inside.

She wasn't mad when we told her she'd have to retire early for bed and even opted out of a story so she could faster rest her little head.

My little girl's growing up! sniff! sniff! :)

Getting Ready

We have been so busy. My lazy days don't come quite as often as they used to. They usually happen Sunday after I give my YW lesson and Tuesdays after a school board night. That's when I let down and don't think about my deadlines looming over me. I will be giving up the Wahluke School Board meetings because of the start of school. I will miss it. I love to be in the know. On the other hand, it will be nice not to have to worry about it anymore.

We are getting ready for two very important things. Emma will be starting school on Friday and Craft the Night Away is coming up in our ward.

We went school shopping with Emma and we've talked about what it will be like a hundred times. We have a meeting with her teacher on Thursday morning and I hope her excitement will stay with her. I am excited to see her in this new stage of her life. (Plus it'll just be me and Mr. Paul and the twins at home now.)

Our ward does a Craft the Night Away for their Super Saturday. They start at about 6:30 pm and go to 11 or so. The woman that was the specialist before has served for probably 10 years and they just recently asked me if I would take over for her. I am so excited to come up with some new crafts and work with some other great crafters in my ward. The actual event isn't until October, but I've got to get my sign-ups out here pretty quick. I'll post some pictures of what we'll be doing.

Well, I just thought that since I was up, (School Board article due tonight) that I would type in a little update. I'm still alive!

Peanut Butter Energy

One day when Emma was playing over at the Smith's (Ellensburg neighbors). It happened that she stayed through lunch and they had peanut butter and jam sandwiches. The only hang up? They like crunchy and Emma was used to creamy. She ate it and told me all about it when I came back to get her. Rachel told her, and I confirmed it, that the crunchy peanut butter would give her energy and make her run really fast. She has not forgotten that. We've referenced that energy many times, and Emma is usually the one who brings it up. Rachel didn't know she had such powerful peanut butter.

Well, just recently Paul picked up on it too. The other day he said, "Mommy, me got peanut butter energy." At first I wasn't quite sure what he was trying to say. And then I just laughed when it dawned on me. Thanks Rachel for peanut butter energy.

Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

Filling:

1/2 cup chopped onion
6Tbsp butter
1/2 cup flour
3 cups chicken broth
3 cups cooked chicken, cubed
1 (10 oz) pkg frozen peas and carrots or
1 to 2 cans mixed vegetables
1 two crust pie (recipe below or use your own)

Saute onion in butter. Add broth and flour. Increase heat, stirring constantly until broth thickens. Reduce heat and add chicken and vegetables, heat through. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 for about 40 min or until golden.

Pie crust:

2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup + 2 Tbsp Crisco
5 Tbsp water

Use a bowl that has a lid. Stir salt into flour, add Crisco. Use a fork to cut shortening into flour until Crisco is coated and in fine pieces. Sprinkle in water. Place lid on bowl and toss ingredients in a circular fashion. (It may sound funny, I know, but it works. Keep a firm hold on the bowl and you can use some force as you toss the ingredients.) When you're done, the ingredients should come together in a ball. Then divide the dough into two balls and roll them out to fit your pie dish.