Our Weekend - Part 2

Sunday (yesterday) we had so much fun!  Brians grandmother has a big hill in her backyard and we took all the girls sledding. 

It was COLD!!! 

After about the 10th time walking up the hill from sledding...I was pooped! haha 

The video quality is pretty bad, but these girls had a blast sledding down the hill! 

After going down the hill over and over again, we went inside and Brians grandmother and aunt made us some homemade hot cocoa.  It was really good!

Alyx stayed nice and warm and cozy inside while the rest of us froze!!

And she napped =)

Later in the evening we all went to my inlaws for dinner.  We all made something different and brought it with us.  I made Ham & Swiss Sammies.  If you've never had them, you have no idea what you are missing out on!  They are so good and really easy to make.  And you can make a lot of them fairly quickly.  Here is the recipe =)

2 12 count package Kings Hawaiian Rolls

1/2 pound swiss cheese

    1 pound thin sliced ham

   1 stick  butter melted

   3 teaspooons ground mustard

   1 tsp poppy seeds (optional)

   1 medium chopped onion

2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Slice all of the rolls in half and place the bottom halves on a cookie sheet

Place ham and cheese on the bottom of the sliced rolls. Cover with the top half of roll.

Mix together the melted butter, ground mustard, poppy seeds, chopped onion & worsterchire sauce.  Poor over the top of the buns.  I also added a little of this mixture inside the sandwich as well. 

Let it sit for an hour or two

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 for 15 minutes or until warmed through and the cheese is gooey and melty.

We had such a good weekend.  And when we have weekends like this, i'm sad to see them come to an end.  And now it's Monday. 

And i'm at work.  But at least I get to drink my coffee out of a cute mug =) 

 p.s. be sure to check out Part 1 of our Weekend!



Our Weekend - Part 2

Sunday (yesterday) we had so much fun!  Brians grandmother has a big hill in her backyard and we took all the girls sledding. 

It was COLD!!! 

After about the 10th time walking up the hill from sledding...I was pooped! haha 

The video quality is pretty bad, but these girls had a blast sledding down the hill! 

After going down the hill over and over again, we went inside and Brians grandmother and aunt made us some homemade hot cocoa.  It was really good!

Alyx stayed nice and warm and cozy inside while the rest of us froze!!

And she napped =)

Later in the evening we all went to my inlaws for dinner.  We all made something different and brought it with us.  I made Ham & Swiss Sammies.  If you've never had them, you have no idea what you are missing out on!  They are so good and really easy to make.  And you can make a lot of them fairly quickly.  Here is the recipe =)

2 12 count package Kings Hawaiian Rolls

1/2 pound swiss cheese

    1 pound thin sliced ham

   1 stick  butter melted

   3 teaspooons ground mustard

   1 tsp poppy seeds (optional)

   1 medium chopped onion

2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Slice all of the rolls in half and place the bottom halves on a cookie sheet

Place ham and cheese on the bottom of the sliced rolls. Cover with the top half of roll.

Mix together the melted butter, ground mustard, poppy seeds, chopped onion & worsterchire sauce.  Poor over the top of the buns.  I also added a little of this mixture inside the sandwich as well. 

Let it sit for an hour or two

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 for 15 minutes or until warmed through and the cheese is gooey and melty.

We had such a good weekend.  And when we have weekends like this, i'm sad to see them come to an end.  And now it's Monday. 

And i'm at work.  But at least I get to drink my coffee out of a cute mug =) 

 p.s. be sure to check out Part 1 of our Weekend!



Our Weekend - Part 1

I didn't get a Valentine's Day post up so...Happy Valentine's Day!!  We didn't do a whole lot for V-day this year.  School was actually cancelled on Friday because of the snow.  I'm so tired of snow!  I'm anxiously awaiting spring, but then that brings mud season.  But at least we won't have to shovel, and deal with bitterly cold temps!! =)

 

We had an awesome weekend!!  Saturday was the big Father/Daughter Valentines Day dance, and Emma was soooo excited for it!  I took her Saturday to have her hair done at the salon.  She even picked out the hairstyle she wanted =)  I gave her my phone one afternoon and had her look at tons of hairstyles on Pintrest, and this is how she wanted it.

 

 

 

When we left there she kept saying, "It looks just like it did in the picture!" haha =)

 

We got home, and she and Brian both got dressed and ready.  They had dinner reservations at a local resturant and Emma was pretty excited to have a date with her dad!

 

 

 

 

 

 

She kept saying to us, "Doesn't my daddy look handsome!" haha  She cracks me up!!

She even picked out her dress, and she did a good job! 

 

My 2 brother in laws took their girls as well and a couple of their friends went too.  We all met at my inlaws house to take photos of everyone.

 

 

All the girls looked so pretty!  Princesses for sure!!

 

 

 

 

 

And of course we couldn't forget Miss Alyx.  Even though she wasn't attending the dance, she had to get in on the pictures too =)

 

 

 

After pictures, they were off to the dance!

{I made Brian take the camera with him to the dance! haha}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They all had a great time, and Emma even won a doorprize!!  She was exhausted when she got home.

Make sure to check out Part 2 of our weekend!!



Our Weekend - Part 1

I didn't get a Valentine's Day post up so...Happy Valentine's Day!!  We didn't do a whole lot for V-day this year.  School was actually cancelled on Friday because of the snow.  I'm so tired of snow!  I'm anxiously awaiting spring, but then that brings mud season.  But at least we won't have to shovel, and deal with bitterly cold temps!! =)

 

We had an awesome weekend!!  Saturday was the big Father/Daughter Valentines Day dance, and Emma was soooo excited for it!  I took her Saturday to have her hair done at the salon.  She even picked out the hairstyle she wanted =)  I gave her my phone one afternoon and had her look at tons of hairstyles on Pintrest, and this is how she wanted it.

 

 

 

When we left there she kept saying, "It looks just like it did in the picture!" haha =)

 

We got home, and she and Brian both got dressed and ready.  They had dinner reservations at a local resturant and Emma was pretty excited to have a date with her dad!

 

 

 

 

 

 

She kept saying to us, "Doesn't my daddy look handsome!" haha  She cracks me up!!

She even picked out her dress, and she did a good job! 

 

My 2 brother in laws took their girls as well and a couple of their friends went too.  We all met at my inlaws house to take photos of everyone.

 

 

All the girls looked so pretty!  Princesses for sure!!

 

 

 

 

 

And of course we couldn't forget Miss Alyx.  Even though she wasn't attending the dance, she had to get in on the pictures too =)

 

 

 

After pictures, they were off to the dance!

{I made Brian take the camera with him to the dance! haha}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They all had a great time, and Emma even won a doorprize!!  She was exhausted when she got home.

Make sure to check out Part 2 of our weekend!!



Our Week

Is it really only Thursday?  This has seemed like a long week and seems like it should be Friday!  Alyx has a really bad cold and has been super stuffy.  I feel so bad for her, but her spirits have been great!  Still a happy smiley baby =)

 

 

 

 

Tonya from Here comes the Sun, suggested I try a NoseFrida (nasal aspirator) with Alyx.  The concept of it is completely disguisting.  But as a parent you will pretty much do anything to make your baby feel better.  I got one, and yeah it's defiantely weird, but oh it works!! 

 

 

I highly highly recommend it!  I got ours at Target for $15.00.

 

I also scored some super awesome deals while I was at Target.

 

 

 

I got these pj's on the right, and cute little fleece outfit for under $2.00!  Crazy!

I actually bought 2 pairs of the pj's.  One to keep at my moms.  They are super cute, and they are the Just One You brand by Carters. Both are really big sizes, but Alyx will grow into them eventually.

 

Emma and I went to BAM, which she loves!  She loves books so much...thankfully!

 

 

 

She ended choosing a Frozen chapter book.  We've been reading 2 chapters a night before bed. 

 

 

 

Emma had to make a Valentines Day mailbox for school.  Usually they make them at school, but this year their "homework" was to make it at home.  We ended up taking a cracker box, covering it with pink sparkly paper, and then Emma decorated it with stickers.  She had fun doing it!

 

 

And since we are suppose to get a ton more snow tonight into tomorrow, they are expecting that school will be cancelled tomorrow so they are doing their Valentines Day party today!

 

 

 

 

Miss Alyx is loving her Bumbo!  We had this one for Emma when she was little too and she loved it!  Alyx has a whole new perspective on the world now sitting upright =)

 

 

 

The new binki is now her best friend =)  She LOVES this and I think it's pretty cute too!  I had remembered seeing Shawna's little girl at Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, with one of these back sometime ago.  So I asked her where she got it and what it was called, and got Alyx one =) 

 

 

 

 

Emma asked me to braid her hair the other night before bed...so I did.  She didn't really care for the outcome the next morning.  It was a little too "pouffy" as she said.  So up in a ponytail it went.  I thought it looked super cute all curly!

 

My mom came down last night to spend the night.  And she made whoopie pies for us!

 

 

So so so good! 

 

Well Happy Thursday all.  I hope you aren't getting too much snow yourselves.  It's suppose to hit us this afternoon.  Close to 20 inches they say.  With ice.  I can hardly wait.  Uggh.  Is it summer yet?!?!