I am so proud of myself! I made this fantastic banana-coconut bread with lime glaze. I got the recipe from Our Best Bites blog. I would highly recommend it!
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Pride
Look at this beauty!
I am so proud of myself! I made this fantastic banana-coconut bread with lime glaze. I got the recipe from Our Best Bites blog. I would highly recommend it!
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I am so proud of myself! I made this fantastic banana-coconut bread with lime glaze. I got the recipe from Our Best Bites blog. I would highly recommend it!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Testing. . . Testing
This post is a test run to see if my new blogging app will work.
I looked through my photo's tonight and found about 500 photo's similar to this one! That scary looking child in the middle really is Abby!
Does anyone else have this problem?
Here are a few more gems.
Here's a change of pace. Gotta love the 20 pictures of this megazord!
What did my kids do for fun before we had an iPad?
I looked through my photo's tonight and found about 500 photo's similar to this one! That scary looking child in the middle really is Abby!
Does anyone else have this problem?
Here are a few more gems.
Here's a change of pace. Gotta love the 20 pictures of this megazord!
What did my kids do for fun before we had an iPad?
Friday, March 2, 2012
Winter!
On March 2nd winter finally arrived!
We have had the best winter I can remember. It's been snow free with very mild temperatures. Did I mention it's been the best winter?
As nice as it's been, it was nice to get a good dumping of snow finally. I even had a thought of keeping the kids home from school and taking them sledding. Then I came to my senses and sent them off to school!
After the kids were off, Lu and I had the task of shoveling all the snow! It was heavy and severely drifted in some spots. I got a little done and then was saved by my neighbor with a snow blower. I was so grateful for the help!
Here is Lu "helping" me with the shoveling.
Lu is eating the snow here. It also shows how high the snow piled up!
The nice thing about this snow storm is that it looks like winter today but a few days from now it'll be spring-like again. I love it!
We have had the best winter I can remember. It's been snow free with very mild temperatures. Did I mention it's been the best winter?
As nice as it's been, it was nice to get a good dumping of snow finally. I even had a thought of keeping the kids home from school and taking them sledding. Then I came to my senses and sent them off to school!
After the kids were off, Lu and I had the task of shoveling all the snow! It was heavy and severely drifted in some spots. I got a little done and then was saved by my neighbor with a snow blower. I was so grateful for the help!
Here is Lu "helping" me with the shoveling.
Lu is eating the snow here. It also shows how high the snow piled up!
The nice thing about this snow storm is that it looks like winter today but a few days from now it'll be spring-like again. I love it!
Recent Happenings
I haven't been keeping up on the blog very well lately. Here are a few of the things that have been going on this past month.
Abby got glasses a month or so ago. She LOVED them for the first 2 weeks and now I have to remind her often to put them on. I think she looks cute in them.
Our ward had a great Blue and Gold Banquet. It was our first year attending it because of past scheduling conflicts so I don't have anything to compare it to but I thought it was pretty great. There was a nice dinner, a cake decorating contest, and best of all a magician!
Can you tell that the kids were completely mesmerized?
Alex even got the chance to go up and assist the magician.
Have I ever mentioned how much Abby like to play with Ferby(our dog)? She loves to sleep with him and dress him up with dolls clothes and bows in his hair. She also likes to put him in our play shopping cart and push him around the house. Today she topped it all.
The best thing about this picture is the contrast in facial expressions. Abby is so proud of herself and loving the new idea. Ferby looks less than excited. It was pretty funny.
Those are a few of the happenings around our house this past month.
Abby got glasses a month or so ago. She LOVED them for the first 2 weeks and now I have to remind her often to put them on. I think she looks cute in them.
Our ward had a great Blue and Gold Banquet. It was our first year attending it because of past scheduling conflicts so I don't have anything to compare it to but I thought it was pretty great. There was a nice dinner, a cake decorating contest, and best of all a magician!
Can you tell that the kids were completely mesmerized?
Alex even got the chance to go up and assist the magician.
Have I ever mentioned how much Abby like to play with Ferby(our dog)? She loves to sleep with him and dress him up with dolls clothes and bows in his hair. She also likes to put him in our play shopping cart and push him around the house. Today she topped it all.
The best thing about this picture is the contrast in facial expressions. Abby is so proud of herself and loving the new idea. Ferby looks less than excited. It was pretty funny.
Those are a few of the happenings around our house this past month.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Happy Birthday Abby!!
Abby turns 7 years old today!
On her birthday I always think back to the crazy night she was born. The short version of the story is that she came 2 weeks early. Nate had left that very morning for a week long trip to Atlanta. I went into labor on the evening of the 9th, called my mom, she took me to the hospital, was admitted around midnight, called Nate at 1:00am (3:00am his time) to let him know that I was in the hospital and we were having a baby! While on the phone the doctor came in so I told Nate I would call him back. When I called him back 10 mins later I was holding a little 6lb 8oz Abigail Sara Arnesen. Nate caught the first flight home and was at the hospital by 10am. It's such a fun story to share with Abby. She loves it!
She had a friend party last weekend. We had a rockwall climbing party at the city recreation center.
Here's the birthday girl on the wall and then all her cute little friends that came to the party.
Here's her cake that ended up looking like a big pink donut.
Here are some of my favorite things about Abby.
1. She is my best eater. She will try anything and likes most things.
2. She is a great reader and she enjoys reading. (Wish I had a little of that in me!)
3. She is just like her Aunt Sara. She hates getting her hair brushed, she is very smart, and she loves to have her arms scratched (lightly). It's exactly what I hoped for when I named her after my favorite sister!
4. Abby is so creative and has LOVED spending time with her Dad creating things lately.
5. Abby makes a bed for Ferby (our dog) on her bed each night. It's cute to see them asleep together.
6. Abby is a perfectionist (again like Aunt Sara). I'm very impressed by her desire and determination to get things right.
7. She's my little buddy and even when she's driving me a little crazy I still thank my lucky stars that she's mine. (Well, not while she's driving me crazy!)
Happy Birthday Abby!!
On her birthday I always think back to the crazy night she was born. The short version of the story is that she came 2 weeks early. Nate had left that very morning for a week long trip to Atlanta. I went into labor on the evening of the 9th, called my mom, she took me to the hospital, was admitted around midnight, called Nate at 1:00am (3:00am his time) to let him know that I was in the hospital and we were having a baby! While on the phone the doctor came in so I told Nate I would call him back. When I called him back 10 mins later I was holding a little 6lb 8oz Abigail Sara Arnesen. Nate caught the first flight home and was at the hospital by 10am. It's such a fun story to share with Abby. She loves it!
She had a friend party last weekend. We had a rockwall climbing party at the city recreation center.
Here's the birthday girl on the wall and then all her cute little friends that came to the party.
Here's her cake that ended up looking like a big pink donut.
Here are some of my favorite things about Abby.
1. She is my best eater. She will try anything and likes most things.
2. She is a great reader and she enjoys reading. (Wish I had a little of that in me!)
3. She is just like her Aunt Sara. She hates getting her hair brushed, she is very smart, and she loves to have her arms scratched (lightly). It's exactly what I hoped for when I named her after my favorite sister!
4. Abby is so creative and has LOVED spending time with her Dad creating things lately.
5. Abby makes a bed for Ferby (our dog) on her bed each night. It's cute to see them asleep together.
7. She's my little buddy and even when she's driving me a little crazy I still thank my lucky stars that she's mine. (Well, not while she's driving me crazy!)
Happy Birthday Abby!!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
The after party...
After Christmas we took a day off and did NOTHING!!! I don't think I even got out of my pajamas that day. It was wonderful.
Tyler got a huge Alien Invasion Lego set that he spent almost the entire day doing. Here is the before and after.
Did you want to see that closer up? I thougth so, otherwise taking so many pictures of this lego set would've been silly!
Well after all of that Alex couldn't let Tyler steal the show so he got out his Lego stuff and we took pictures of his things. They are not new from Christmas but hey, why not take a few shoots of them.
Alex spend some quality time with Nate making paper airplanes out of a kit he got from Grandma and Grandpa.
I'm not sure where Abby was all day but this is what Lu did all day. She's pretty skilled with the IPad.
We ended up running some sort of errand that evening so we loaded the whole crew up to get out of the house for a while. Nate ran into Walmart to do our semi-annual cereal stock up while the rest of us waited in the car. Here's a view of us waiting in the car.
What would I do without the phone and DVD player to entertain?
Outside the car I caught a beautiful sunset.
It was a perfect ending to a nice relaxing day with the family.
Tyler got a huge Alien Invasion Lego set that he spent almost the entire day doing. Here is the before and after.
Did you want to see that closer up? I thougth so, otherwise taking so many pictures of this lego set would've been silly!
Well after all of that Alex couldn't let Tyler steal the show so he got out his Lego stuff and we took pictures of his things. They are not new from Christmas but hey, why not take a few shoots of them.
Alex spend some quality time with Nate making paper airplanes out of a kit he got from Grandma and Grandpa.
I'm not sure where Abby was all day but this is what Lu did all day. She's pretty skilled with the IPad.
We ended up running some sort of errand that evening so we loaded the whole crew up to get out of the house for a while. Nate ran into Walmart to do our semi-annual cereal stock up while the rest of us waited in the car. Here's a view of us waiting in the car.
Outside the car I caught a beautiful sunset.
It was a perfect ending to a nice relaxing day with the family.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Christmas 2011
We had a great Christmas this year. It was pretty relaxing and low key.
My favorite part of Christmas is the Singleton party. It was always held on Christmas Eve until a couple of years ago when we moved it to the 23rd. It's always been at that party when it really starts to feel like Christmas. This was our first Chirstmas without Grandma Singleton and the party just happened to fall on the 6 month anniversary of her death. It put a little sober feeling over the party but it was still a very enjoyable time.
As a kid I always remember having a little talent show at the Singleton party. All of my cousins would play amazing piano pieces and my family would do things like put nylon stockings on our heads and sing Jingle Bells as we pulled the stockings off and our faces were smashed and funny looking. Good memories....
This year my cousins Shannon and Brooke played Sleigh Ride on the piano. It was the only talent of the night but it brought back great memories. It is a seriously difficult piece and they played it wonderfully. They are amazing!
On Christmas Eve we had Adam and Megan over for our Arnesen party. We are the only Arnesen's around so it's a pretty small party! We always love getting together with them but don't do it enough.
Megan made homemade ice cream for dessert. The kids loved the toppings and especially loved crushing the oreos.
Here we are with the spread for our ice cream.
After the party we got ready to put the kids to bed and read The Night Before Christmas by the Christmas tree. The kids actually went to sleep pretty good this year and Nate and I got to work! We give one gift to each child and Santa brings one gift. At 11pm I realized that the one and only gift I had for Alex was no where to be found. To this day we have never found it. After a bit of panicking and some quick thinking we turned an extra gift that we were planning to give to all the kids into Alex's gift.
Here are some of the Christmas morning pictures.
After opening presents at home we drove to my parents church to attend with them. I LOVED having a few presents in the morning and then off to church to enjoy the spirit and remember exactly why we are celebrating.
After church we headed to my parents house for breakfast (for lunch) and then more gift giving and recieving with cousins. I wish I had gotten a picture of the pile of presents there. It was massive!
Here is Abby almost getting lost in her pile of gifts from Grandma and Grandpa (they love to spoil the grandkids!)
Here are Tyler and Alex with a favorite gift from the day. And one of Lu because she stood still for a picture and almost smiled!
And one last picture because I love it! It's my Grandpa Singleton who must be the most perfect man on earth! I love him dearly.
It was a great Christmas!
My favorite part of Christmas is the Singleton party. It was always held on Christmas Eve until a couple of years ago when we moved it to the 23rd. It's always been at that party when it really starts to feel like Christmas. This was our first Chirstmas without Grandma Singleton and the party just happened to fall on the 6 month anniversary of her death. It put a little sober feeling over the party but it was still a very enjoyable time.
As a kid I always remember having a little talent show at the Singleton party. All of my cousins would play amazing piano pieces and my family would do things like put nylon stockings on our heads and sing Jingle Bells as we pulled the stockings off and our faces were smashed and funny looking. Good memories....
This year my cousins Shannon and Brooke played Sleigh Ride on the piano. It was the only talent of the night but it brought back great memories. It is a seriously difficult piece and they played it wonderfully. They are amazing!
On Christmas Eve we had Adam and Megan over for our Arnesen party. We are the only Arnesen's around so it's a pretty small party! We always love getting together with them but don't do it enough.
Megan made homemade ice cream for dessert. The kids loved the toppings and especially loved crushing the oreos.
Here we are with the spread for our ice cream.
After the party we got ready to put the kids to bed and read The Night Before Christmas by the Christmas tree. The kids actually went to sleep pretty good this year and Nate and I got to work! We give one gift to each child and Santa brings one gift. At 11pm I realized that the one and only gift I had for Alex was no where to be found. To this day we have never found it. After a bit of panicking and some quick thinking we turned an extra gift that we were planning to give to all the kids into Alex's gift.
Here are some of the Christmas morning pictures.
After opening presents at home we drove to my parents church to attend with them. I LOVED having a few presents in the morning and then off to church to enjoy the spirit and remember exactly why we are celebrating.
After church we headed to my parents house for breakfast (for lunch) and then more gift giving and recieving with cousins. I wish I had gotten a picture of the pile of presents there. It was massive!
Here is Abby almost getting lost in her pile of gifts from Grandma and Grandpa (they love to spoil the grandkids!)
Here are Tyler and Alex with a favorite gift from the day. And one of Lu because she stood still for a picture and almost smiled!
And one last picture because I love it! It's my Grandpa Singleton who must be the most perfect man on earth! I love him dearly.
It was a great Christmas!
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