CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Purposeful Patterns

Been awhile since I have blogged but I have been getting back to my roots and started crafting again. In that endeavor I have joined a blog hop!!

Stay tuned..... I will update on March 5th!

I forgot I had a blog

Yep that is right I have thought many times about something creative fun and exciting to write about but then I stop because you know setting up a blog would be too much work.  But this morning as I make Z man's Birthday invites I remembered I have a blog!!  So perhaps my creatives musings can start again. Well, some creative, some off the wall and some therapy for myself.

Oldies...

Pulling out some old photos to share :D

Moscow Arboretum

Today we decided okay okay I decided that it was family picture time.  I did realize one sad reality even with a remote it is always nice to have someone else take your family photos.  Nonetheless I think we managed to pull of a few decent shots.

Christmas Pictures

Z did so well in for his first Christmas. However, on Christmas morning he was more interested in Abigail's gifts then his own. He did so well being posed by Mommy. Now off to bed :). I'll post more pictures by this weekend.

Best I could get of the two of them :)

And finally my personal favorite:

Zander rolled over....

Okay so we have moved and i haven't got my acutally computer set up so pics of the 4th and details on the house will come but for now please enjoy the following video of my baby rolling from back to front!!

Aleczander prepairing to roll

First time Aleczander rolled

Aleczander rolls over

Got my Mothers Day Present Arrived

Here is is a my Mother's Day present. Behind it on the chair (ignore the mess) is the monopod that came with it!! YIPPY! I have the best kids (and husband) EVER!

I can finally be in a picture (hair not done and no makeup so judge nicely)

thinking about something while loving on her baby

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

Today was a fairly low key day. We went to church then came home and relaxed. As the evening came my husband decided although we were here as a family we needed to spend some time as a family so we needed to go to the park. So off we went. Here are some pictures of our adventure..

Happy Family (-mom b/c someone has to photograph things)

Abi enjoying the slide "I did it"

How Zander spent his time

Chase got to come too!

Hope everyone else had as wonderful of a day as I did! Thank you my love.

Funny story...

So this morning I had Zander in the blanket sleeper above. Josh before heading to work tells me "I used to think those were the stupidest things ever then I realized it is a blanket he can't kick off brillant!" I laughed pretty hard and thought others might also get a kick out of my wonderful husbands realization.

Eventful afternoon!

So yesterday afternoon we decided we would make kabobs on the Bar-B-Que. Josh also had to mow the lawn so he went out started the BBQ to warm it up and finished with his mowing. When he was almost done I went outside to tell him I was going to put the kabobs on the deck for him to grab and cook up. To my surprise I saw LARGE flames coming up from behind the BBQ, being shoeless I couldn't just run down there so I yelled for my husband. Specifically yelled "JOSH FIRE" over the lawn mower it took him a few moments but I finally was able to get his attention. Between the two of us we were able to put out the fire but before we could a couple of off duty fire fighters saw the smoke and had called it in as they headed to the house. Here are some photos of our adventure. Abi got to tour the truck that showed up. They showed her the whole truck she has a great time and they even gave her a sticker and a hat and called her a Princess Fighfighter. I only have pics of after and of the truck from afar I didn't have enough guts to bring the camera out to the truck itself.

Almost Wordless Wednesday...

They are in! Printed a bit dark. If you want one send me your address.

Promised Photographs

Here are the promised pictures of our newest bundle of joy:

Right now his eyes are a beautiful baby blue.
Smiling for the camera !

Abi did a great job holding him for the first time! We are so proud of how well she is handling being a big sister.

Becoming a Stay at home mom... again and other random thoughts

It is an odd feeling of excitment and accomplishment all bundled up with a dose of anxiety about if this is really the right thing. Okay so as for now anyway the right thing is being dicated by ridiculous day care costs but the situation may be changing this summer and do I want to return to work. Right now no way my list at home keep growing and growing. Currenlty in no particular order I need to 1. make banana bread 2. go to a funeral with two kids in tow 3. do some sort of excersize 4. attach myself to a milking device every two hours (oh yeah that was probably tmi) 5. laundry (yeah that is pilling up) 6. dishes 7. Thank you cards 8. begin packing our house. We are moving fyi. and the list continues. Lets be honest some things actually do have an order for instance Thank you cards are higher on the list then lets say excersize and some things have have times when I have to get them done ie funeral and the tmi thing. So just curious when this sleep when the baby sleeps plays into kid #2 and so on. Did I mention these were other random thoughts as well... The whole point to this post is to let people know that I have decided for a dose of sanity and lets be honest it is fun I am going to begin blogging again. Currently Abi is in Pre-school (and is there now :)). She has been doing a WONDERFUL job with Zander we have all been really impressed. She doesn't like to see him cry and tells us often to "you go get him" if he is. Oh yeah I had a baby :D okay most people reading this know that but some of you might not but then again those people probably don't read my blog anymore since I haven't posted since I dunno a year ago. All I can say is I don't know how anyone keeps up with these things and works full time. Oh yeah back to baby. His name is Aleczander Joseph. He was born on March 28th at 2:35pm. Weighed in at 8lbs 14oz (almost 2lbs heavier then his sister OUCH!) and 20 inches long. Pictures are all on my main computer so you will have to wait for those :D He is doing very well we have had some feeding issues (hence the TMI comment above) but overall life is good! Well speaking of that to do list random rantings on my blog weren't on the list so I better run.

Life or something like it...

Wow it has been forever since I have blogged! Life has been a crazy rollercoaster of ups and downs this last year. We welcomed a new neice Emma Grace in February and we will welcome baby Oliva very soon (her mommy is due any day now).
Abi is getting so big. She started Pre-School on her 3rd Birthday. She gets on a big yellow school bus every week and rides to school and back. Her speech is coming along she even has some four word combinations. We were able to throw her a wonderful birthday party. Brad, Brandi and crew even made it! We decorated cookies and I made Abi a fun Princess cake. Her theme was My Little Pony (with a Princess twist). Now to get those thank you cards done...
Josh and I are still working hard at getting out of debt. It is such slow slow process but it is coming along.
We celebrated the Easter with a BBQ. We had the Griffin's, Brown's, Matt and Chris over to help us celebrate. Lots of yummy food and boy oh boy did we eat too much.
In exciting Powers news we are moving on the 1st... into a house. No we won't own it (that is a long way off) but it is a house!! I will post some pictures hopefully tomorrow (have to find the card reader).

Updating

Okay so it has been forever since i have updated. The last few months have been somewhat of a blur :). Abigail'sbirthday has past and Easter. So much to write about I will have to begin tomorro. But, here are some pics of our bug to start :)

Crock Pot Tuesday

So I will post about last weekend this coming weekend but today is dedicated to Crock pot Tuesdays. Last week I was sitting at my desk and telling one of my co-workers about my plan to make a crock pot meal every Tuesday. After a bit of discussion she suggested and then provided the following recipe:

Chicken with Creamy Chive Sauce

Ingredients
6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (about 1 and 3/4 lbs total)
1/4 cup of butter or margarine
1 0.7-ounce envelope Italian dry salad dressing mix.
1 10 3/4- ounce can of condensed golden mushroom soup
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 of an 8-ounce tub of cream cheese with chives and onion
Hot Cooked Pasta (optional)

Directions:
1. Place chicken in a 4 quart slow cooker
In a medium saucepan melt butter over medium heat.
Stir in dry salad dressing mix. Stir in the soup, wine and cream cheese.
Pour over Chickenin cooker.

2. Cover and cook on low heat setting for 4 to 5 hours.
Serve chicken with sauce. If desired, serve with hot cooked pasta and sprinkle with fresh snipped chives

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When I went to the store to get the ingredients most came without a hint of trouble but then I got to the dry white wine. I don't drink wine so I had no idea which one to pick lots and lots of them were white and lots and lots were not. So I whipped out my PDA phone and googled dry white wine. Thank goodness for technology! After reading many suggestions I chose Sauvignon Blanc; whatever that means. I was surprised to read that Chardonnay was not a good choice there were so many of those. Again goes to show how much I know about wine. Also, cooking wine is a bad idea apparently it is too sweet. Who new... Okay so I didn't follow the recipe exactly either. I bought the low fat cream cheese and also got cream of chicken soup instead of mushroom (Josh hates mushrooms). I served it over bow tie pasta. It was magnificent!!! We were able to eat the chicken breasts without a knife they just fell apart. Abigail loved it too. So thank you Jen for a great recipe it is one I will defiantly do again.