Daddy and Dallin

When Abram came home this weekend he wanted to spend as much time as he could with his kids. I should have taken more pics. He was so cute playing with them! This pic of Daddy with Dallin just melts my heart! I was trying to get the girls ready for church and he asked what he could do to help. I gave him Dallin and said to give him a bottle and that Dallin would probably fall asleep. This is the first time Dallin fell asleep with a bottle. Abram did such a wonderful job helping out. I love him so much. I know now why people say you don't know how sweet you have it til you taste the bitter. Well I have tasted the bitter and it has made having the sweet that much sweeter. I really do appreciate my hubby a ton more now that his job takes him away for a while.

Dressing Dallin Up!

So Amalee thought it would be fun to put a princess crown on Dallin. He thought it was pretty funny too! He usually takes his hats off but he didn't even try to get the crown off. I know if I let Amalee dress Dallin up she would but I don't think Abram would like that too much.

Just a better pic of Dallin with a pretty smile!

Isn't he just adorable?

Mad Mud Volleyball

I know this post is way late. Sorry. Abram and his team won the Mad Mud Volleyball turnament again this year. They had a blast. There were more teams this year and had two courts. We had a blast cheering our team on!

Amalee liked the mud alittle more this year. She still didn't want it on her face but she had fun waking in it!

Same team as last year! Kevin, Brent, Chris, Stacia, Emmalee, Bethany, Abram.

The cool thing is on the poster... The guy diving for the ball with the #4 on his shirt is Abram!

Maggie was sleeping or she would have been in this pic too:( Amalee had just cleaned off so she didn't want mud on her again.

Maggie and Dallin in the little kid water zone. Dallin loves playing in the water and so does Maggie!


Daddy and Dallin!
What a cute picture.

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