Wow!  It's been entirely too long since I posted on our blog! Too much has happened to try and "catch up" so I'll just start from here on....unless I find some pictures or videos I really want to share.

Orange Creamsicle Krispy Treats

It's been FOREVER since I posted, sorry!! But here's the recipe from the krispy treats that I made for church today and everybody loved!!...and they are on the healthier side..uses olive oil instead of butter and has essential oil in it. So here it is:

1/4 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
4 Cups miniature marshmallows
Pinch of sea salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/3 cup White chocolate chips
6-8 drops doTerra Wild Orange Essential Oil
6 cups Krispy Rice Cereal

1. In a large pot, heat Olive Oil on medium. Add marshmallows and salt; stir until completely melted.

2. Remove from heat and blend in the vanilla, white chocolate chips and Wild Orange oil.

3. Add cereal and stir until well combined; pour mixture into a 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with Olive Oil cooking spray. Spread and press down with a sprayed spatula; cool completely.

Recipe is from: Aroma Olive Oil, The Essentials of Healthy and Delicious Cuisine by Micki Sannar (in her book they are called Tangerine Dreamsicle Krispy Rice Treats, but I don't have Tangerine oil and Orange Creamsicle sounded better to me.)

Salt Pictures

Jensen Painting Salt Picture

We had fun making salt paintings. Jensen and I looked on Pintrest and made a list of things that we thought looked like fun. We decided to do salt paintings first. It wasn't hard, but messy and takes time, but the boys are off track so we have plenty of time!

First you draw a picture with white Elmer's glue (the boys drew with pencil first). Then while the glue is still wet cover it with salt. Gently shake off the excess salt, over a piece of wax paper works best, that way you can use the excess salt on the next picture. Now wait for the paintings to dry completely. We let ours dry overnight. Then use water colors (the watery the better) and watch the colors spread through the salt crystals. We also decided to paint in between the salt lines. --Don't plan on keeping these paintings forever, the salt falls off a little at a time.

Finished Salt Paintings

Family Pictures Spring 2012

 Our niece, Mateah, took these awesome family pictures. Love how they turned out!

 Jensen, Maxwell, Alicia and Kaleb

 Alicia and Kaleb

 Maxwell

 Maxwell and Jensen

 Jensen

 Kaleb and the boys

 My manly men!

 Typical Maxwell face

 Cute Jensen

 Water and rocks....so hard to resist throwing rocks

 Love these pictures

 Momma and the boys

Love these family pictures.

Too bad I went and cut my hair a couple months after we took these pictures, so now I look a lot different. Oh well, my smile is still the same :)

Major Changes!!

Wow! Our live has certainly had some major changes since Christmas. Here's the top ten:

1. Moved to Riverton, Utah

2. Kaleb passed the Mortgage Loan Officer tests

3. We are living in a house with 9 other people...so 13 people in one home!

4. Maxwell and Jensen played in their last Logan Orchestra concert.

5. Kaleb had his gall bladder taken out.

6. Maxwell and Jensen ran in the Logan Fun Run

7. Kaleb quit working at USU

8. Alicia got a new phone with internet and navigation (super helpful!)

9. Alicia had a colonoscopy 

10. Our adoption file was approved, so we can adopt as soon as a birth mother chooses us

Easter Egg Door Hanger

 I totally love how my Easter Egg Door Hanger turned out. It was one of those projects that you have an idea in your head and you hope it will turn out at least as cute as you are picturing it will. In the end it turned out even cuter than I had hoped!! Only issue is that since it is made on cardboard it keeps flipping over in the breeze. I'll have to see if my hubby can help me figure out a way to solve that.

 

So here's what I did:

Cut out a cardboard egg shape to the size I wanted. Then I covered the front of the egg in some cream handmade paper. In the end this didn't show much, but I didn't want any of the brown cardboard showing. Next I went to my large collection of scraps of scrapbook paper. I attached them with scrapbooking tape. Then I covered it in three coats of ModPodge. When it was completely dry I hot clued buttons in rows in between the scrapbook paper strips. I have tons of buttons in lots of colors, so I barely made a dent in my button jar. Then I punched holes and attached a wire for hanging and tied a jute bow on top.