Dallin Laughing!

Amalee loves to make her brother laugh. Of course it isn't that hard to make him laugh because he is such a happy boy! We love having our little boy in the mix with our girls. He is a handful but we love him!

Solar Oven Cooking!

At first I was afraid to use my solar oven I didn't know what to cook or how to cook in it. But, this past Sunday my family came over for dinner and I wanted chicken. Well the crock pot could only fit one so I asked Abram if we should try the solar oven and if it didn't work at least we still had one chicken. Well it did work and it was actually better then the chicken in the crock pot! It was so moist and tastee! That is what made me try cooking in it again with a roast. (I didn't get a picture of the chicken because I was too busy trying to get everyone fed.)

So this is a picture of the first roast from the solar oven. I thought it tasted great! Abram said the outside was a little dry but the flavor was great and the inside of the roast was good and moist too.

After the roast I wanted to try a desert so I tried a chocolate cake! Again it turned out wonderful!

It got a little cloudy so it took longer then what it said on the box. But if the clouds didn't get in the way it would have taken the same amount of time as in a regular oven.

I am definitely enjoying this new toy of mine! Thank you to Abram and his willingness and help in getting our family prepared just in case!

He also likes my cooking so that is good!

Yard Work!

This morning we decided to trim our tree in the front yard. Abram said that when he was little his dad would have him jump in the trash can so they could get more stuff in it. So here is Amalee jumping in the trash can to get more branches in! She had a blast and thought it was so funny!

It was getting warm so the kids decided to lay in the cool grass! Maggie has a dirty face but I thought this was a cute picture! Our kids have so much fun helping their dad outside.

LOVE STORY (Taylor Swift) meets VIVA LA VIDA (Coldplay) - Piano Cello - by Jon Schmidt

Everyone needs to hear this. It is awesome. I wish I could hear it all day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3d6SFcDys

Maggie is ok!

Well last night we had my family over for dinner. All the cousins were playing upstairs in the loft and Maggie was looking over the pony wall. Her cousin was throwing things over the wall. This time he tried throwing a bean bag chair over and as he was doing that it hit Maggie who was standing on a toy and it knocked her over with it. She fell all the way down and hit the last step before the first floor. We called 911 and they said to be on the safe side they would like to air-a-vac her to the hospital. I was able to go with her! They did lots of x-rays and they all came back negative! We were able to take her home last night! I know she had a Guardian Angel watching out for her because how in the world can someone fall 20ft and come out w/ just a scratch on her back? This morning she is acting her normal self and already being a little feisty!