Happy Valentine's Day

On Tuesday February 10, we had to try the

heart hair idea on Jolene, even with her

new short hair we got a heart!!

February 14, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day!!

I made the girls the black and white

bows for their hair.I got to go to school and help with the class

parties!

Jolene and her friends got to pass out their

Valentine's for each other.

Very busy searching for

the right bag

Jolene and I made all the sugar

cookies for the class and visitors to

decorate. It is always fun

to cook or bake with the girls.Time for some outside fun!!!

Did you know Jolene is part monkey?Entertaining themselves by running

around the pole.Can't be outside and not swing!!
Raychel ready for school

Raychel and her friend Kianna,
Yep, even Raychel has another heart in her

hair for the occasion.

All in all the parties were a huge hit, now for

a long 4 day weekend.

Super yummy!

Almond Chicken

4 boneless skinless chicken breast

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 cup sour cream

1 cup crushed Ritz crackers

3 Tablespoons melted butter

1/2 cup almond slivers

Place the chicken in a 9x13 greased baking dish. Mix the soup and sour cream together and pour over the chicken. Mix the melted butter and crackers together and sprinkle over the chicken cream mixture. Sprinkle the almond slivers on top. Cover and bake for 45 minutes at 350. Served with wild rice...yummy!

Huge hit with the girls!!

Hair Days

Just another Valentine hair idea, out

of the two this is her favorite.

Sooo much easier too. She is so beautiful!

One of my favorite Valentines!

Spaghetti Sauce Mix

1/2 teaspoons minced dried garlic

1 Tablespoon minced dried onion

1 Tablespoon dried parsley

1 Table spoon green pepper flakes

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon sugar

1 Tablespoon cornstarch

Mix together and store in a airtight container.

To serve: Add one cup tomato sauce, 1 1/2 cups water and one recipe sauce mix. Simmer on low heat for 15 minutes. Makes 2 cups.

Even Raychel who usually eats just the noodles, had two servings with the sauce!! It's a hit!!

100 Days

On Tuesday Feb. 2nd Jolene's class
celebrated their 100th day of school.

She is pretty excited that she is now

100 days smarter!

They made a list of 100 things

they love...

they put 100 treats in a baggie for snack,

10 pieces of 10 items.

example...10 marshmallows, 10 gum drops... then they ate them and played outside...
who doesn't love being outside with the sun

shining, no wind and about 50 degrees in February!

then inside for learning labs.

Just Jolene

On Saturday Jan. 31, Raychel was invited

to a friends birthday party at the rec center.

from 10am-4pm.

That left a day with Jolene!!

We went to lunch at her favorite place because,

"they have drumsticks and Pop Pop and I love

drumsticks!"She held this up and said

"Sorry Pop Pop none for you!"
Just the two of us!After lunch we went for a drive and found this horse
she wanted this picture so she could show it to Raychel,
Raychel loves horses and missed this one Jolene
named SnowBell
"Why is my Shadow bigger them me?"Just hanging out. It was a very beautiful day!

Jolene wanted to take pictures so the next

4 pictures are by Jolene.

Not too bad!

Animal tracks....

snow....

the view...

Walking back.....

a spin from dad....

Jolene loves her ipod... it sure makes

it easier to visit together without

their music...

After a long great day out the star of

the day is sleeping...

It was great having a day with Jolene.

Work Hard, Play Harder

Over last few months Ward and his brother, Sterling,

(before he fell out of the back of the truck while loading the boat

and broke his foot,) would go duck hunting in the very

early cold hours of the morning!!

They had great success and fun being out

together as brothers and hunters.A few times he went alone (not with the boat) and

still had great success! Cami, his long time hunting partner has reach the
age of retirement and had to enjoy the
hunt when it was over! Another crazy fellow hunter has also gotten in
on the action.I am so grateful for my husband who works so hard to
take care of us. He deserves these cold morning hunts
to go out with some great men and enjoy his time.

All are anxious for next season, hopefully Sterling

will make a great come back and the three of them

will be at it again.

I love the stories I hear when he comes home, the group

the were able to sneak up on, the ones that got away,

the group from the river bank that knew him

and yelled out the friendly "Hello" and there's

nothing better then a happy, relax man for the

rest of the weekend!

Pictures taken by

Raychel and Jolene

Hair day

We had extra time, so we spent it on hair!!

My girls and I love to stalk the hair blogs and

then try them ourselves. This one is for

Valentine's Day, I know we have time

but we have to try a few out first.

This one kind of scared me, but ended up being

pretty easy. I love the way it turned out!

Can you see the heart!??