Road trip to Idaho Falls

I only have two pictures from our trip :( I couldn't find my camera it was hiding in the van!

Baby Allison did well traveling! i sure do love her perfect little nose and lips and chubby cheeks!

Rolo had a work conference to attend so we decided to tag along for fun! The kids LOVE going to Aunt Becky's house in Idaho Falls! They had a GREAT time!

LUCKY

the little leprechauns MIKE & IKE came to give D. and Penny some Gold this morning :)

This is so random and a true story - We were sitting and eating our Lucky Charms at the table this morning and while eating we heard on the baby monitor a voice say "hurry hurry it's time to go" totally random and Dallin is now convinced that Leprechauns are real and they were sneaking out of baby Allisons room :) Apparently the baby monitor picked up some voices from someone close by, i have told Dallin before that leprechauns are not real and it is just for fun but now he believes differently. O' man, what do you do? do you let him believe or tell him it was just some random voices we heard? O' the excitement of little kids!

Well, anyhoo i hope you all have a GREAT day!

Happy Birthday Marnie

Flowers
are evidence
of God's love
for his daughters!

your flower pictures are in the mail :) love ya!

Lovely things

lovely floral measuring cups and apron from Anthropologie!

and i would love to be in the kitchen baking these cookies

Alfajores

(a favorite South American pastry(one of my hubbies childhood treats), are cookies filled with delicious caramel, dulce de leche, and rolled in coconut to make a buttery-rich for an afternoon tea, a special dessert or an anytime snack.)

YUM!
recipe - How to make Homemade Alfajores

now back to cleaning house :) it's good for a girl to dream of lovely things!

Flowers

(pictures from the magazine Better Homes and Gardens)

i am excited to start planting our garden this year, hopefully one more week and our garden will be ready. We will start with planting lots of snow peas, and my tulips and daffodils are already coming up. I will be planting LOTs snd LOTs of flowers this year :)

O' snickerdoodles

you can tell it is Spring outside! yesterday we had sunshine and today is rainy, I love it! The more rain the greener everything will be. So we spent the day inside playing games, doing puzzles & baking cookies :)

(the kids & maggie waiting and watching for DADDY to come home)

around five o'clock pm the kids and DOG start getting wild at our house, they are anxious for their Daddy to come home. Maggie starts barking at every sound she hears, thinking it is Daddy, the kids start teasing her and yelling Daddy, it is funny to watch!!!

Live in the SUNSHINE

Today is a beautiful spring day
I spent the morning outside soaking in the warmth of the Sun
Hello Spring
I have missed you
and i am so happy you have returned!

my daffodils are blooming, i love the color yellow
kids had fun playing outside
the picture below is Dallin playing with his bears, Lately he has been doing so well reading, and one of the books he likes to read is 'BEARS on WHEELS'

SO here are his BEARS on wheels

10 months

i love my little Allison

"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for!"

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Dallin has been doing great at playing the piano! It's good for him, he gets frustrated that he can't instantly play a song, but with lots of practice, he can learn how! I have been teaching the kids from the books - My First piano adventure for the young beginner By FABER. It has been perfect for them, they enjoy it!

A Delicious Recipe

from the blog
PICKY PALATE
Cinnamon Roll sugar cookies

these are yummy!! A fancy version of a snicker-doodle cookie and yet they do taste like a cinnamon roll. We had them for a treat last night and for BREAKFAST this morning :) Click on the above link for the recipe! On this gals blog she says "trust me, these are good" and i say DITTO!

QT PIE

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
WE LOVE YOU!

It's nice to have a special day of the year to celebrate LOVE! Packages, cards, phone calls(thanks Shauna), gifts, sugar, homemade valentines, friends, family, all the simple things in life put together to make the cherry on top in life.

I still have a CRUSH on this guy :)

This is our first picture together from the year 2002

eight years later and i'm still in LOVE more & more everyday!

Valentines brings sweet memories of me knowing that this guy was going to be in my future! We had a Valentine's dinner together on FEB 14 2002 just as friends ;) we had a special pasta dinner made by my home teacher and ROLO was there and he had just broken up with a girlfriend and i was thrilled ;) From the moment i first met Roland there was something special that i saw in his smile! His smile has made me the most HAPPY girl on earth :)

Future sewing projects

i am wanting to sew some outfits like these!!!!!!!!!!!!!
from sweetplume.blogspot.com!

Prosaics in family

Prosaics in family

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If you click on the above link to PROSAICS IN FAMILY it takes you to a great magazine called SEEING THE EVERYDAY - The small things magazine! A great article to help motivate Moms :) It has helped make a difference in my day - Enjoy!

Valentine's Day crafts

all of the above ideas from Martha Stewart :) I love holidays and all the crafty things you can do!

My sweet little baby has had a runny nose and cold symptoms the past two weeks and then the last two nights she has had a fever and now this morning she woke up with a barking seal cough. She has croup! O' croup is one of those illnesses i really do not like, so we won't be getting any sleep for the next few nights until this cough gets better. I will just hope and pray that this passes quickly and will be a mild case.

Hip Hip Hooray for SNOW

Penny gave her first talk in Primary today.

She was a little shy but her Daddy helped her by asking her questions, in interview style for her talk -

Daddy "This is Penny Rocha and she wants to talk about how she knows Heavenly Father loves her."

Daddy "What did Heavenly Father bless us with this Morning when we woke up?"

Penny "{awkward silence with a look of slight terror}"

Daddy "What was that white stuff all over the ground?"

Penny "Snow!"

Daddy "That's right! And what did we do with the snow?"

Penny "Made a Snowman FAMILY"

Daddy "That's right, Heavenly Father blessed us with families - so we know he loves us"

Penny "{A confident nod and smile}"

Whew! first talk down, and only a lifetime more of talks to go. She did so well she even got a sticker. She had a great day.

Our little Ballerina

lil' birdie crafts

"easy, lovely and inexpensive cake stands perfect for cupcakes and other sweet treats..."
idea found at paperandcakes.blogspot

i am wanting to go on a thrift store hunt for some plates and cups like the ones above!!!!!! ADORABLE!

and the above craft would also be fun to do for Penny's room. The sun is shining today and it is making me anxious for spring. I want to be hearing a lot more birdie's singing outside. Thinking of Happy spring thoughts :)

BUSTED!

"Oh NO mamma caught me writing on the wall"


"if i smile it will make it OK and she will adore my cuteness"

how does an 8 month old know how to crawl to the diaper bag, take out a pencil and start drawing on the wall??? Well, i did find it amusing and yes if she flashes that smile it makes everything OK and CUTE :)

Random pics

My little 4 yr. old is a SUNBEAM now in Primary. She has waited a long time to be in Primary. She was ready last year to move out of Nursery but missed it by thirteen days :) She didn't mind being in Nursery, she was a good helper with all the younger kids and she LOVED the cookie grandma that would visit every Sunday.

i love baby Allison's facail expressions! She has a dinosaur that she loves to chew on and the other day i was in a craft store and the lady's were laughing at the site of this cute little girl, all pretty in pink just chewing on the spiked dino and scowling with serious business.





My three amigos



these three kiddos are my rays of sunshine
and make me so happy
i feel so be blessed to be a MOM!