12of12 June 2012

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12of12 May 2012

12 of 12 May 2012

Craziness!

My PS is on the blink and haven't had time to call in about it.  So I decided to just go with it and get 12of12 posted anyway.

Miss A babysitting while the rest of us are working the moving sale.

 

People could come into the house because we had a bit of furniture that we didn't want to move to the yard.  This is the boundary sign.

Too much stuff! This photo is only a small portion. But I guess a more than normal size sale is expected when you sale off almost EVERYTHING.

Miss A found a "new" costume.  This was a costume I wore in a dance festival in Oregon when I was 12 yrs. old. My grandmother made it. (We decided to keep it).

 

Too big for the vehicle.  Good thing they live close.  Too bad for the boy, it is all uphill to his home. Clean up.

Miss M wanted to purchase a drink with her own earnings from the sale.

 Waiting patiently for food.

 

One looks just like the other.

"Scary Eyes"

 Mmmmm! Bombay House treat after a long (6-5) day.

Chicken Tikki Masala with Garlic Naan.  My favorite. (W/ an appetizer of Samosa).

Birthday Wish.

My Baby is 3

Amazing how fast my kiddos our growing up.  Today my baby Baby turned 3.

3!

I clearly remember her birth.

She is looking older.  And expresses so much.

Baby loves to play with friends, on the computer, read, climb and still is a joker.

She is doted on by everyone and probably always will be.  Can't get away from being the baby.

Delivering her birthday party invites.

Practicing her candle-out blowing.

 

 

 

Love all her expressions!

 Gift opening.

Gift from Gpa & Gma D.

 Duck hooded towel and books from family.

 "The reach in."

 Yummmm!  Thank you Grandma and Grandpa D!

  

Snow cones and fun with friends and family.

We love you M!

Thank you for bringing so much happiness to our family!

Happy Birthday!

Photos by M1 and Mwa.

Food Friday: Corn Dog Bites

While cleaning out my stash of recipes I found this corn dog batter recipe.  I had not ever tried it, so put it to the test.

I didn't want to fill the fryer with oil.  It seemed wasteful since I will probably only get a few uses out of it before having to dump the oil (before we move).  So I cut the hot dogs into fourths and dipped them into the batter (no sticks) = Corn Dog Bites.

 This was easy, quick and delicious - just like a bought corn dog.

Corn Dog Batter

2 eggs, beaten

1 C. corn meal

2 C. flour

2 C. milk

3/4 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 C. sugar

Mix all ingredients well. Skewer hot dogs or cut into fourths.  Dip hot dogs in batter.  Fry in oil in deep fryer until light brown.

Birthday 41

Oh yeah.  Another year ~ wiser?  Yes, I think so this year.  I think I've grown a bit mentally, spiritually, physically, emotionally from 40-41. 

For My Bday:

~ A cake was decorated beautifully and Happy Birthday sung to me (and a staff member) at my friend's children's school.

~ Breakfast in bed: waffles with raspberries and powdered sugar, with a glass of milk on the side.

~ Birthday love and creations from My Pearls!

 A phone call from Bro. Dougherty wishing me Happy Bday and not to make a cake: Sister Dougherty was making me one.

Brother and Sister Dougherty dropping off the famous chocolate cake, large tub of ice cream and a beautiful card.  YUM!

~ Many FB birthday wishes.

~ Phone calls from brothers.

~ Night out with Rob and a

~ HUGE banana split.

~ Jennifer Nebeker babysat.  We all miss her so much away at school!  It is great how she loves the girls AND cleans up.

~ Lunch and chatting with Uni.

Thanks to all who helped make it a great way to start 41!

12of12 April 2012

Wow! April! This year is flying by.

  1.  I am really taking advantage of Spring Break.  My wake up time.  It has happened 2x this week - sleeping in this late. And I don't even like to sleep in.  But for some reason this week it has been nice.

2.  Found my hubs doing the dishes in the morning.   A nice surprise! Especially since I neglected the dishes for a day or so.  (My excuse for yesterday is because we were gone all day).  :)  And Rob made the comment after noticing I took the photo: "At least I know what day it is of the month."  The 12of12 is good for more then just photos and family history. ;)

3.  Miss M practicing guitar.  She is better than she think she is.

4.  Endurance.  That's what I am trying to do, and not just on the treadmill.

5.  Some of My Pearls coloring.  There are a few more requested photos at the bottom of this post.

6.  Posted our foosball table for sale.  Little by little we are selling off our stuff in preparation for our travels.  Only 1 1/2 months away.

7.  The dvd player decided to be finicky while the girls were watching a movie and so they came up to watch it on the computer.

8.  Ice cream cones.

9.  Pot Pie for supper.  I haven't made one in a long time.  It turned out well.

10. Playing UNO.  This is a great game for all members of our family to play.  Even Baby can play with us.

11.  Centaur. Could you guess that they have watched The Lightening Thief movie recently?

12.  Little I the "cooker chef" serving her creation.

Little I's cut outs of The Resurrection.

 The Large paper is the tomb.

There is a stone in front of it with 2 soldiers standing in front of that.

In the sky is an angel by 2 clouds.

 Miss B

The birth of Christ

 The flip side.

Easter

via LDS.org

Easter is a beautiful holiday: the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.  It is hard for me to get into the material side of Easter, especially this year.  I have never promoted the Easter Bunny around our house.  Although, My Pearls do get baskets.  The baskets are usually filled with some type of art or writing gifts, along with a little bit of candy.  This year I didn't even make up baskets.  We leave in about 1 1/2 months to travel in a motor home for 2 years and I didn't want to get more stuff.  We are trying to get rid of most everything.  I want to get the girls each an art journal, but decided not to get it for Easter.  They will get it as a departure gift.  (I hope they don't read this - and if B. you do, don't tell your other sisters).  This year My Pearls filled their own baskets with our egg hunt.  They also received an egg and chocolate bunny from a neighbor couple and a huge gift from our next door neighbor.  Oh plenty for My Pearls.  And they never complained.  

I am grateful for the wonderful gift of the Resurrection.  A gift for ALL.  I feel very blessed to have the knowledge of this gift.  To know that there is better to come after this life.  To know that I will see my dad and brother again along with other family.

Little I and Baby (with Dad's help) shared the story of the Resurrection before the egg hunt.  It was simple and wonderful.  Our neighbor Natalie joined us for both the story and the hunt.  It was nice to have her spend the time with us.  She is going on her mission on June and we are excited to visit her in California on her mission.  She will be serving at the Mormon Battalion church history site.

 Waiting for the egg hunt to begin.

Natalie and My Pearls

Couldn't quite get everyone to look at the same time.

Friday Fun: Bean Bag Jumping

New Adventure New Website

Hello!  My family and I are going to go a new adventure.  We are buying a 40ft. motor home to call home for the next 2 years.  We are selling off most of our stuff.  I am posting Stuff For Sale continually.  You can check that out on our new website: 7as1.com

We will be traveling the United States and outlining countries. As I have time, I will be posting more about that at 7as1.com

I am nervous, anxious, excited, busy ... getting ready for departure.  We would love to have you follow us along on our adventures!

12of12 March 2012

1.  Morning drive to school (I usually don't drive in the morning but was spending the day with one of my daughters at school).

2.  Car Pool pick up.

3.  Little I enjoying the learning opportunities in Miss M's class.

4.  Miss M doing meditation (one of the class works the students can do).

5.  M is sous chef this week.  Next week, chef - which she has been looking forward to for a long time.

6.  M writing down our route of travels starting May 31.

7.  Baby enjoying snack.

8.  Working on our new website - trying to learn word press.  Do you use wp?

9.  Volcano Cake for FHE.

10. Listening to Atlas Shrugged.  Have you read it?

11. Rob and I going through mission souvenirs and reminiscing about our missions.

12. I kept forgetting to take photos.  I didn't carry my camera around with me today like usual because of going to the school (I didn't want it to be a distraction)-so all photos will my iphone today.  I also have been busy getting ready to go on our travels*.

* We are buying a 40ft motor home and traveling for 2 years around the United States and possibly out of country.   We are very excited.  And also very busy trying to go through everything (selling off most of our stuff) and get ready in every aspect.  I will let you know when our new website is ready, then you can follow our adventures there.

New Specs

Babe loves her new glasses.  She had been complaining about not seeing well in class at school.  I often notice her reading with a book close to her face too.  So I took her in for a vision check.  She needs glasses, but only for reading.  The doc said it was just to make reading things clearer. 



Babe was pretty excited to share the specs opportunity with her sis.  And Miss M has been excited for someone else in the family to wear glasses like her.  They are both so cute about it.