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Today I found this list that R made of who he wants to invite to his birthday party. I especially love the last two. :)

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Everyday after school. M will sit there and read for hours these days (and R would probably eat for just as long given the opportunity).

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R showing me that he can hulahoop now.

Start of the Week Stuff

After a few weeks of winging it I really need a plan this week! With all the birthdays and out of town stuff we haven't been on a good schedule, but I think most of that is done for a while, so I'm back to meal planning. Trying some new pinterest and real food recipes this week too. :)

Monday- salsa chicken in the crock pot, nachos tonight
Tuesday- honey lime tilapia (not sure what to sever with this??)
Wednesday- slow cooker ham & white beans with cornbread
Thursday- salsa chicken quesadillas
Friday- pasta with meat sauce and salad
Saturday- hot dogs (or corn dog muffins*) and sweet potato fries
Sunday- Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos and refried beans in the crock pot

*Just a note on the corn dog muffins... I think it's KEY to use the cornbread recipe that's on the site and not whatever you normally use. Matthew's boss made these for Superbowl with a different cornbread recipe and they completely fell apart. Another lady there said she had the same problem with them, but mine turned out great when I used the recipe posted. :)

I also want to make a veneration of this Heath Bar cake, but I'm trying to wait until there will be others around to help us eat it. I was going to make it for my birthday last week, but I thought that we would end up with too many leftovers, and I'm trying to cut back on eating so many sweets, so I decided to wait. I will be making it sometime soon though!


To-Do's for the week:

Monday- dance for M
Tuesday- grocery shopping
Wednesday-
Thursday-
Friday-
Saturday-
Sunday-

Not a busy week at all. I'm trying to soak it in and enjoy the calm before the storm (aka: two playing little league and one in dance) begins again.

Hope everyone has a great week!

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N decided to wear underwear some this weekend. I think we're starting to make a little progress in potty training him. This is a totally different approach than we took with the other two, but it seems to be working so far.

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Lazy day today with a sick boy.
I attempted to switch out my holiday decorations. I'm not really loving how they're set up right now, but I'm also not sure it's bugging me enough to mess with them more. We shall see.
Matthew got me the pretty pillows and blanket for my birthday. I'm feeling old being excited for throw pillows. lol

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The flowers aren't the only thing confused as to what season it it. My crazy kids dressed for summer and freezing in the Costco parking lot today.

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Me and the kids on the way from my birthday dinner at Mazzotti's to dessert at Ultimate Yogurt.

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Little tiny paper airplane. These are popping up all over the house lately.

Thirty

Well, today is my last day in my 20's. I'm not sure how I feel about turning 30. Part of me feels like I've been 30 for a long time. We got married young. We had kids YOUNG. We bought houses young. Aren't those things that grown ups do? Thirty sounds so grown up to me. But I guess I've been grown up for a long time, now I'll just be the age that goes with it.


I thought I'd do a little update on my 30 by 30 list. I guess I didn't do too bad with it. There are a few things I didn't do that I wish I had done, but I think I did okay with it.


30 things I want to do before I'm 30:

1. learn how to tie a nice bow FAIL (I tried a few different tutorials and never could figure it out)
2. grow herbs in pots in my kitchen window
3. plant a tree in our yard just waiting on our apple tree that we started from a seed last year to be ready to transplant into the ground :)
4. go on a vacation with just Matthew FAIL :(
5. hire someone to take our family photos
6. plant blueberries in our backyard
7. find a good thrift store to shop FAIL (but I don't really want to anymore)
8. go on a shopping weekend away with my mom
9. hang wedding pictures in bedroom
10. take the kids to Disneyland We're going in April, I'm calling this one good. :)
11. be done having kids
12. take a cake/cookie (frosting) decorating class FAIL would still like to do this!
13. make at least one new (different) decoration fro the front door
14. modge podge something
15. start volunteering in the kids' classrooms more regularly FAIL hopefully next year when N's in preschool, there's just no way I can do it with him
16. plant hydrangeas
17. exercise more regularly
18. get a new computer
19. get a flash for my camera and learn how to shoot with it FAIL
20. by a new couch
21. build a wardrobe I like
22. finish (and print) another year scrapbook BIG FAIL I've now made this a 2012 goal, hopefully I can do it!!
23. get new bedding for our bed
24. put more shelves and decorations up in living room
25. get over my fear and learn cook something with yeast (like these breadsticks) FAIL
26. paint the bookshelf white FAIL
27. refinish table and paint chairs 1/2 FAIL 2 chairs done, lol
28. learn how to make homemade pasta sauce
29. paint chair red
30. finish making this list!

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He's been practicing getting dressed and undressed lately.

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Pinterest art project with cousins.

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Walking on my favorite trail in Redding.

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Snow day at Eskimo Hill.

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Heading over the hill with a very full van.

Scrapbook Friday

Britt has some fun stuff out this week. First is this fun little black glitter alpha, which actually came out Wednesday, but I totally forgot to post this then. Here's my LO with it and some other fun goodies of her's.

full credits here

And today she released a bunch of fun piratey goodies; Ahoy Mateys, Hot Mess [pirate style], and Clipped On Alpha. I hope I get some good pirate pictures at Disneyland so I can do a real pirate page with this stuff (I think it works great for these beach pictures too though!).


That's it for today, hope everyone has a great weekend!

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The elf jammies are still the favorite in out house.

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New (long overdue) haircuts for M and me. I'm using the "after" for my photo of the day, but wanted to post both on here.

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Valentines dinner.

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I was lucky enough to snag a close parking spot for M's dance class today and got to watch her dance from the car.

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Matthew and I play dice with each other on our phones all the time now.

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Me and M at Bec's baby shower this morning.

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Post-nap snuggles while watching the mouse.

Scrapbook Friday

Britt has a new little addition to an old kit this week. Love Bytes is February's flashback kit, and she added Love Bytes 2.0 to the shop today! These kits are so versatile (as you can tell by the fact that I scrapped a Christmas LO with a Valentines kit). I love all the fun little techy elements included in them!

full credits here

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Lunch date with two of my favorite people.

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Working on valentines for school.

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Matthew opening birthday presents.

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It was so unusually warm today that we got the kiddy pool out for a bit after school. The kids had a lot of fun playing and splashing.

Start Of The Week Stuff

Posting from my phone at M's dance class, so this will be short and sweet.

Menu:
Monday- leftover pizza from Super Bowl
Tuesday- taco salad and apple pie with ice cream
Wednesday- corn dog muffins (a pinterest recipe I'm nervous about because I know a few people have not had good luck with them) with sweet potato fries
Thursday- chicken quesadillas
Friday- OUT!
Saturday- pasta
Sunday- apple pancake rings, eggs, ect

To-Do's:
Monday- dance
Tuesday- Matthew's birthday
Wednesday- doctor's appointment
Thursday- dentist appointment
Friday- kids fun night at church (aka: date night)
Saturday- baby shower, bringing bready treat still to be determined
Sunday- church, working in the nursery

Busy week with lots of other to-do's (kids' valentines, M's birthday plans, Disney dining reservations...)

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Busy day, M got baptized at church this morning (picture with her BFF right after). Then we went to Matthew's boss's house for Super Bowl. The kids had fun playing, and N took a nap at our feet while we watched the game.

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Doing puzzles.

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We tried "quiet time" when he wouldn't nap today. He did tell me he had two 4's, smart little stinker.

Scrapbook Friday

Britt is guesting at The Lily Pad this month. Today she has 3 new products as part of their February BYOC. Classroom Cupid: Embellishments, Classroom Cupid: Papers, and Scripted Romance. Here's my layout with them.

full credits here

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Look, it's me! I got me meet my beautiful new niece tonight. :)

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They're putting in a Chevron around the corner. Our house has been vibrating all day from the construction (majorly annoying by the end of the day), so we decided to go check it out up close.