Daddies and Daughters

I am one of the most blessed women on the planet.  I have the best husband in the world, a man who knows how to be a great daddy to a little girl.  A man who is endeavouring to lead his family in a godly way, who looks at his children and sees blessings rather than burdens.  A man sensitive and confident enough to sit on a tiny chair and have a tea party.  A man who is right now snuggled up in a hammock on the deck, reading a night-time story to his sweet girl.  I am so lucky.

I could totally make that!

I have inherited something from my father that is mostly great.  I see something in the store and I think "I could totally make that!".  Lots of times I can't, but it sure is a wonderful feeling when I actually succeed at one of these projects!!  One of my most favorite things that I've made is my magnet board in my kitchen.  That board cost me $0.  For serious.  I love it.

Lately I've been venturing out in to the culinary world of "I could totally make that!".  My most recent discovery is that I can make my own Ranch Dip!!  This is especially exciting for me because I put Ranch Dip on EVERYTHING!  It's great with veggies, pizza, pasta...you name it, I'll dip it.  I found this recipe online and in my opinion, it is amazing!  So I'll share it. 



1 3/4 cups sour cream

1/4 cup milk

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tsp seasoned salt

1 tsp dried parsley

1/2 tsp garlic powder

pinch of thyme

pepper to taste

Enjoy!

Out for a walk when the sun is shining!

My sweet girl.

It rains, SO MUCH!  So today we had a sunny break in the morning and I had to take advantage of it.  Add into the equation that Zeke just started walking and we had a super fun morning walk!  Watching my two sweethearts walk together holding hands just melted me.  They were so adorable!  And for the record, kids totally listen better when you take them outside more.  Maybe they're just too tired to put up a fight, but I'll totally take it.  

Zeke learning about his shadow.







Sweet Toes!



Flowers are blooming in our front yard.  Molly took this picture!

I give myself freedom.

I am a lousy blogger.  There.  I said it.  I'm not good at remembering to post, or take pictures, or really to follow through with a fair number of things.  All that said, I'm having quite a great time with life currently!  I just finished watching a dear friend's little boy for 4 days (only during the days) which gave me two one-year-olds and a four-year-old in the daytime.  I'm not going to lie and say I wasn't tired at the end of the day, but it was FUN!  They all had their moments of melt down and disobedience, of course, but overall, I could totally handle the three kid thing.  Plus I got a kick out of how many old ladies asked me if I had twins. 

Some other goings on of late...my oldest girl turned 4 today!!!  And just like a lot of other four-year-old girls, Dora is a favorite around our house.  So I bought a Dora cake pan (with a coupon, so I got a mega good deal) and went to work.  I invited my sister over thinking we'd have a cup of tea and visit, but then she saw the cake and soon we were elbow deep in icing! 

Can I just say, I LOVE decorating cakes this way?  I mean with the little rosebud thingys all over.  It just seems so...old school and comfortable.  This is how I remember my cakes, don't get me wrong, fondant cakes are BEAUTIFUL and all, but these just give me that cozy feeling.  I plan on making this type of cake as long as my kids let me.

Can I call this day 10?  I think I shall.

Days 8 and 9.

 

 Because underneath my savvy exterior (HAH), I am a giant nerd and I spend large chunks of time trying to memorize algorithms.

ALGORITHMS.

Day 7.

It's not sunny, but it's not snowing either!  I'll take it!  We've currently got 6 cars in our driveway that Steve's working on fixing.  One of them is my cousin's vintage Valiant.  Cool car.

Missed day 5. OOPS! Here's day 6.

Terrible lighting, terrible flash, but how adorable is this little guy?  I have the pleasure of watching him for the next 3/4 days! 

Sarah, you make really cute kids!

 Also, dear sun, please make a comeback so I can use natural lighting again!