Church Activities

Usually, church is a pretty somber affair. Not to say it’s super serious all the time, and depressing, but it’s a quiet place, where you sit quietly for 3 hours, and enjoy the spirit of it all. Yesterday, as we were starting sacrament meeting, a family behind us tapped me on the shoulder, and said if we got bored, they had stuff for us to do. They were saying it as a joke, since they no longer have little kids, but they still carried their little kid stuffs, just in case. Of course, I took them up on it, and took the bag from them. I was astounded by the things I found! They had stencils I played with, quiet books, and much more. It’s not like I wasn’t paying attention either, I was listening to all the people talking, and really more into it than I usually am.

There were some finger puppets in there that we looked at, and of course, played with for a minute. Then a few minutes later, I see this picture pop up on my phone:

Yes, a gal behind us took a picture of us playing with them, and then tweeted it out! I laughed at that, and enjoyed the rest of sacrament meeting. Hope you guys enjoyed your Sunday as well!

Making Treats

Tomorrow, as we all know, is the Super Bowl. Patriots vs Seahawks. Naturally, being football, I don’t have a team, necessarily, but since most of my family and friends seem to be from Seattle or married to someone from there, we lean towards the Seahawks. I made the treats tonight for the Super Bowl party we’ll be having tomorrow, and I tried to show my team spirit.

These are just my usual Chocolate Treasures, with a lime green frosting that was hard to perfect. And lately, I’ve been obsessed with making homemade Oreos, so I whipped another batch of those.

And I also added homemade Snickers, but alas, I forgot to take a picture of them! Happy football!

Weekly Darth

We had some prize pictures sent this week, enjoy as I have!

He got an apparatus to be able to sit in a cart, since he’s still too small. Look at the wonder in his face!

Sometimes, for no reason at all, he makes the weirdest faces. Like, what is his face doing here? I don’t even know, but I love it so much.

Sad news. everyone, baby got his first black eye this week. He fell out of his swing, directly onto his face. He’s improving, so don’t stress too much, guys.

I have finally found it

You guys, epic news.

I have finally found a nail place that I really like. I know, it’s only my first visit there, and I should pace myself, and wait to see how it is two times in a row, but I had such a good experience today that I just want to sing it from the rooftops. I got a pedicure on a whim, and tried this place after googling pedicures in the area, and looking at reviews, to find a good place, since I haven’t had a good experience in the places I usually go. So, I went, and this is the end result:

I am so happy with the nails, and it was such a good time. I’ll try again, naturally, and make sure that they’re still really good, but otherwise, I think I may finally have a place to call my own!

Weekly Darth

Baby gave us some prize photos this week, he is such a character.

Look at that baby fuzz! He could be a ginger!

He’s recently been introduced to solid foods, and you can see his tiny teeths in this picture! He’s eating peaches, a favorite.

I literally can’t handle his face here. It is so fantastic.

Be Mine!

We had craft club tonight, finally getting around to doing a Valentine/February craft, since we’ve been lacking one. After the final decision was made, we got together for decorating, pizza, and fun. It took a few hours to complete, but in addition to doing the adorable craft, I got some cooking recipes off of a cooking show we happened to be watching at the same time. Can’t wait to try them! But now, the thing you’ve all been waiting for:

Ta-daaaa! Lovely, eh?

Miscellaneous Monday

I’m back into the groove of things! I can finally do a miscellaneous Monday, things are almost back to normal, time-wise. I got out of the groove of things over the holiday. Between the busy-ness of life, and yet, having no school, I forgot to stay on top of blogs, but now, I’m back in the game, and I can finally get into the swing of it.

I am healthy! It took all the way until Saturday, but I can finally eat food. Between Tuesday morning, and Friday night, the most food I ate was a roll on one day, and a few bites of soup another day. I literally ate nothing, I only drank Gatorade/Powerade and water. I made it through a half a bowl of soup Friday night, and since then, I have finally improved, and can eat regular food, I am so happy, and I no longer feel like dying.

I made a really tasty treat today. I have made this sweet Chex mix for years, usually only on New Years Eve, but I felt like making it today. You just combine 8 cups of Rice Chex cereal, 8 cups of Corn Chex cereal, 2 cups of shredded coconut, 2 cups of slivered almonds, and toss. Then, in a saucepan on heat, melt 3/4 cup butter, add 1 cup granulated sugar, and 1 cup Karo corn syrup. Boil for 2 minutes, and then combine with cereal mixture. Let cool! Usually, it’s crazy delicious, but as I was making it today, I realized, I didn’t have enough cereals, I was short by like, 4-5 cups. So, I substituted in Golden Grahams, and let me tell you, it was delicious! I’m going to do it this way from now on!