Breakfast Help

This morning I woke up to the sound of pots and pans banging. Tom had already left for work, so I knew that Owen was up to no good. I got up and went to the kitchen to ask him what he was doing. And he says, "Hi Mama! I wanna make breakfast."

"You do? What do you want to make?

He had pulled out a sauce pan, and a miniature Jo!e Egg frying pan, which looks like this:

And he explains that he wants to "cook eggs and cer-we-ou."

"You want to make eggs and oatmeal?"

"We mama!" with a huge nod.

So, I pulled out the foot stool, and Owen stood at the stove, very excited to help make breakfast. He stirred the oatmeal, even flipped the egg, and even added the raisins to the oatmeal (he learned quickly that it is best to drop the raisins in, and not place them in: oatmeal is HOT). He especially liked the salt and pepper shaker; breakfast was VERY seasoned. Mmmm, delicious.

Holy Cow, I don't think I have ever seen that boy so excited to eat, and the best thing is that he ate his entire breakfast! Wow, I think I will have him help with dinner from now on if he eat everything he makes that well. I love having a little helper!

What Cute Kids!

One of my close family friends is a very gifted photographer. Yesterday she was so sweet and took pictures of my sister's new baby and 2 year-old, and my boys. look at this cute slide show she put together.

Click Here: Charisalie

Thanks Danette!

Tempo!!!

Last night we had are first successful Family Home Evening. Tom gave a little lesson about the Temple. After the lesson, we said a closing prayer, and asked Owen if he would like some Ice Cream for dessert. To our surprise he said, "No!" Then he went and picked up his coats and said, "Tempo, lets go!" Tom asked him,, "Owen, would you like to go and look at the temple right now?"

"Yea."

So we piled in the car and and drove to look at the temple. Every time he caught of glimpse of it, he would get so excited and say, "Look! Tempo!"

I love it! Tom and I could not stop smiling.

My New Great Endevor

A few days before we left Oregon, one of our friends invited us to one of those product parties (you know like Mary Kay or PartyLite, only this one you get food at). I really never love going to these parties, but I did not feel like cooking dinner, so we went. Here is a video that shows a little bit about the product that was show cased at this party.

Holy cow, it was so cool. The product is called Demarle. It is a flexible bakeware, and it is so awesome. You know all that silicon backing forms you can get at the store, well they are all cheep knock offs of this stuff. I was surprised at how quickly I fell in love with this product. Nothing sticks to this stuff, NOTHING! And the food that is cooked in is actually browns (which regular silicon bakeware does not brown food). Even Martha Stewart, Subway, the Cheese Cake Factory, and a ton of Food Network chefs us this stuff.

By the end of the party, I was just itching to find out how I could get involved with Demarle. It is that cool. So now, I am a new Demarle at Home Rep. I never thought I would be involved in the Home Party Network, but I am supper excited about it. So if you every want to host a Demarle Party, let me know.

I am going to have my 1st party on Friday Night at 6:30. Anyone is welcome to come. Let me know if you wanna come.

I have a Two Year-Old!

Owen is now officially Two! Ever since Talmage was born, I have been telling people that Owen is 2, but as of yesterday, He Really is two!!!!

We decided to go sledding to celibrate his birthday. Here are some pictures of Owen, Tom, Cousin Liam, and Uncle Bill:

After Sledding we had a little Pizza Party at our house. Of course we had cake and Icecream. Owen LOVES Trains, so I attempted to make a Train Cut-Cake. I got the pattern Here. Look at how cute it is!!!!! I think I did a good job.

Here are some more pictures from the party:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Bubba!!!!!!

Baby Look-a-like

Who does the baby on this box look like?

Here is a closer look (in case you need one):

Here is a hint:

Funny, huh? Or maybe you think I am crazy for thinking that my baby looks like the Pampers Baby. But am not the only one.

The other day, I looked at the box of Pampers and thought, "Oh my Gosh, my baby is in that picture." I decided not to tell Tom that I thought Talmage looked like the Pampers Baby, because I thought he would think I am crazy. But that very night he looked at the box and said, "Is it just me, or does that baby look like Tal?" Not 10 minutes later, Tom's mom saw the box and proclaims, "That baby looks just like yours!"

What can I say, my baby is cute enough to be the Pampers Baby.

Happy Valenite's Day

Four years ago I went out on a random date with a guy on Valentine's Day. I guarantee that I would not have believe it if someone had told me that four years from then I would be married to this same guy, had moved a cross the county, put him through a Doctorate Program, have had two kids, and have moved right back to where we started. But that is exactly what has happened.

Yes, Valentine's Day is the anniversary of Tom's and my first date (cheesy, I know). We have been together for just Four years; in a way it feels like just yesterday was our first date, but we have done some much in such little time, that it also feels like we have been together forever.

One of the things that has happened, is that my wedding ring was stollen. Last March we went swimming at a friend's condo. I put my ring in a bag, and when I came back it was gone. :-( We looked everywhere for it; we posted ads on Craig's List for it's return, we filed a police report. But sadly it never turned up. I was so sad when we left Portland, because I knew there would be no way we would ever recover it if we did not live in the state.

I have been so bummed about my ring, but my tricky husband always has something up his sleeve. On Valentines Day he made this big fancy dinner, set the table with our nice dishes, and candles (mind you the candle were in upside down paper cups with holes punched in them, because we don't own candle sticks). Having two kids at the table makes it hard to have a romantic candle lit dinner, but it was Romanic and Charming.

As we are eating dinner Tom says "Know what would make this perfect....? If I had your ring."

Next thing I know he is down one one knee, and pulls a ring out from (he had taped it the bottom of the table just like when he had proposed).

HE HAD MY RING REMADE!!!! How thoughtful is he??? What a sweet heart I am married to.

Here is my new ring:

And here is a picture of the original:

I think he did a pretty good job.

So what did I give Tom? Well, every year I do 14 days of Valentines for Tom. This year, I did candy bars (ie. "I am never going to let you slip through my Butterfingers," or "Orange you glad we are married?" Some how I think He won for best gift given this year.