On Vacay!

Did you read that blog post title in a valley girl accent? Because I said it in one. We are on a fantastic little trip up the Oregon coast. Me+sister in law+5 kids+1 minivan= awesomefunloudcrazytimes. 

Pics you say? 

Jyess...

There is video but Ill spare your ears. Lets see the drive was supposed to take like 8 hours and it took a bit longer. All things considered they were all angels. If you study the photos you see 5 kids in carseats, TWO rear facing! Wow za! Minivans rock my socks! We got to the hotel and the kids bout demo'd the room in 35 seconds. SIL and I just stared and zoned out while eating Cheetos and checking our emails. All hail wi fi! They begged and begged for the beach so we caved. 

 

 
 
 

That's all for now folks! Look at me all making posts the day of not 6 months later. 
 
 

More catch up.

I'm bbbaaaccckkkk... Dinner is simmering on the stove. Chicken Fried Rice, brown rice of course since I am such a good momma. :) Lets keep on catching up... 

Samson and his cousin made a fort. How cute is that. Love those boys. 

A miracle happened and Shirley fell asleep at church in daddy's arms. Sometimes I like to keep her with me in the service just so I can love on her. And keep her away from the germs... 

  Look at her chunky thigh sweetness!!

 I was a cat for halloween. Meow!

 Samson was a dragon but wouldn't wear the hat. That's my hubby love. Down the block the whole cul de sac goes a little crazy for halloween. They have a party with hot apple cider, a trebuchet, candy bars and a little haunted graveyard. 

For Thanksgiving I ditched the hubby (just kidding, he had to work) and went to Logan, Utah to visit my sister Kayla. She had a baby! Its was my second time in Utah. I love it there. It is so pretty and nice. Here we are on the drive to Sacramento.

 Shirley is already playing on an ipad.

 Made it to the Sacramento hotel. She was so happy to be out of the car.

 I think we sort of look alike here.

 I send my hubby a lot of selfies when I am away.

 Samson loved the airport.

 He even carried his own stuff. :)

 Some mountain scenery!

 The turley!! Yummy!!

 Some more scenery!

Dear Blog,
     Its been 8 months since we have spoken. I am so ashamed. What will the children say? I better catch you up. 

So in October we had a baby girl turn 5 months old. Is she a cutie or what?! Of course now she is 12 months so she got even cuter....

 We had friends over in late August everyday! We did bubbles and other fun stuff.

This one time Samson got ahold of a marker and turned it into makeup... thank you Lord for washable markers.

 I don't know if I mentioned we got a cat. At first his name was Jafar, now its Lukey. We saved him, he was a little feral kitten. We aren't even really cat people. But he is cool, low maintenance except for the whole leukemia positive thing. He only likes me and Shirley. Which is good because she follows his fluffy tail everywhere and then pulls on it.

 Casey taught Samson how to play magic cards! Okay not really, its a really hard game. They just pulled out the strongest looking Dragons and "fought" them. Just another day in my nerd kingdom.

 We made bread a lot. And when I say made bread I mean put all the stuff in the bread machine and walk away.

 Every once in a while I get a photo with me and whatever kid jumps in.

 Ten dollar keyboard from thrift store. Worth. every. penny. Feel like we got hours of fun out of this. My house is really messy in that photo and I could lie and say it doesn't look like that but I won't. I'll say this, my house never looks like that; when I take photos.

 I took Shirley to work with me a few times. There we are campaigning to save higher education. On the right is a throwback of Samson and I doing the same thing a  few years ago. Same ergo different kid. Long live the ergo! ;)

I cleaned my fridge and it totally still looks like that.... not.

 This is Samson waiting on his Poppi. He is going over to play. Sweet blessings! We are so thankful to live a mile away.

Well that is it. Next post will be Halloween, Thanksgiving and if I am really motivated Christmas. This catching up thing is hard.

The kids were so good

The littles and I went to Costco yesterday. Never mind that it took us almost an hour to get ready/pack. The diaper bag was totally empty and needed to be restocked...not sure if potty training Samson will make my life easier or not. The kids were so good all the way through the store. Little miss slept in the moby the whole time and little mr ate all his samples happily and gave valuable input to the shopping. Ice cream (yogurt)! coffee! (hot cocoa)! He also got a drum (dishwasher tab container). So good day!

Had to share..

Umm don't ask. ;)

Just another Monday

Today is my only day this week where I have nothing planned. I live for days where I can stay home all day with the littles. Today Sammy is working on his colors.

Easiest Bread EVER!

Yummy Crusty Bread...  from Sarah!

Before you even get started know it takes 12-18 hours to rise!

3 cups flour
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon yeast
1 1/2 cups water

In large bowl mix dry stuff. Add water and mix it up.

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rise for 12-18 hours.

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Put cast iron pot into oven and heat the pot for 30 minutes. If using Le Cruseat wrap the top knob with foil. Sucker will melt.

While waiting for the pot to heat, empty dough onto heavily floured surface. I highly recommend cutting board so you can easily drop the dough into the Hades hot pot.   Shape into ballish shape. Sprinkle with flour and cover with plastic wrap.

Remove hot pot from oven. BE careful! It is so hot. Drop dough into hot pot. Cover and bake in oven for 30 minutes. Remove lid and cook for 10 minutes. Remove and enjoy.