My birthday.... Sedona

For my birthday my mom watched the kids and Dustin took me to Sedona. We ate amazing food and went to a wine tasting.

Christmas

My little girl turned 7!!

On December 18th Rylee turned 7! Oh my I feel way too young to have a 7 year old!!

We made Christmas cookies!!

The kids have been begging me to make Christmas cookies so we went to the store and bought the pre-made shaped cookies. (yes I know) The kids and I had a great time, Dustin on the other hand didn't seem as enthused!

Glendale Glitters

Tonight we went and had a super yummy dinner at La Perla Cafe and then we walked over to Glendale Glitters. This year grandma and grandpa Lydic came!!

At the restaurant.


Right when we walked into the park the girls pointed to the butterfly's!




Even though it was a freezing 40 something degree's we still stopped for ice cream.






This was after Tatum farted...haha...poor Rylee!


Grandpa Cleve with the ice cream!!


A bed of flowers... too cute!!


We took a ride to Grace church to see the animals.

Cookie Exchange

Today I went with Cari to Shanna's annual cookie exchange. SUPER fun!! I made (ok Dustin made them) chocolate chip walnut pumpkin cookies... YuMmY!!



Here is the recipe

Ingredients
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions
Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts.
Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.

AND here are all the yummy cookies I brought home!



Here are pictures of the girls!! We had SOOOOO much fun!

Family Pictures 09

Last year while looking on craigslist for a Canon Rebel I stumbled upon a girl who was selling hers. Unfortunately I was too late but thankfully she listed her Pink Picture Blog and I fell in love with her photography. From that point on I knew that now one else could take our picture!! Here are the pictures she took for us this year!!