You be OK

Olivia has a cute friend in nursery that "got hurt real bad" She is the cutest little thing.  She was helping in the kitchen and in a split second she plugged in the blender and got her hand in it. She had to have plastic surgery to repair all her fingers, and tendons along with one broken finger. My heart ached for her and her mom. Olivia and I felt soo bad and wanted to do something nice for her. So Olivia picked out some balloons and Swedish fish, and we walked it down to her. Olivia was so dang sweet and said "Sophie you be ok." When it was time to go Olivia had gotten pretty attached to this present. So we left with one balloon and half a bag of swedish fish.

Doesn't this picture say, I march to the beat of my own drum?!

 We walked down to Aggie Ice Cream with Dad and Cody. 

Olivia Dazzled us with her chalk art. HOW GOOD IS THAT! haha Proud mom right here!

 This little man was just happy to be along for the ride, and drunk on ice cream.

That night we thank Heavenly Father for the safety and health of our kids, and mentally noted to be extra safe this summer.

The Kids

Olivia saw Top Ramen in the cupboard and HAD to have "Nooodles!" for lunch.  Of course as I was cooking Cody had to be on my hip. He was watching the noodles boil and was so excited for them he was clenching his legs around me so hard. He could hardly wait for me to blow on them them, I finally served them in the bowl, he picked it up and dumped it into his lap. So I grabbed the bowl and picked up the noodles. This made him furious. He threw his head back and cried so hard he was silent. When he finally realized I had given him the bowl back he dumped the noodles back into his lap and happily slurped them up.  Sheesh!  I thought it was pretty cute, his little tantrum. 

 Olivia loves to push strollers. I watched her push it out into the yard, then just sit. I think she sat there for 10 min. I am so happy she is self entertaining. 

 

Tortellini with Garlic Sage Butter Sauce

This is super easy and super good! 

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 6 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground sage
• 1/8 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
• 1 pound fresh or frozen tortellini
• 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley ( I used dry and it taste just fine)

Preparation

1. In a medium frying pan, melt the butter over low heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally and mashing the garlic with the back of a wooden spoon, until it is soft and golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in the sage, and pepper.

2. In a large pot of boiling, cook the tortellini until just done, about 4 minutes for fresh and 12 minutes for frozen. Drain the pasta and return to the pot.

3. Add the butter and parsley and toss over low heat until the pasta is thoroughly coated with the butter, about 1 minute.

Leading up to Easter

The Sunday before Easter we went to Joel's parents for dinner and introduced Olivia to her first easter egg hunt. Of course she loved it. All the grandkids went home with big easter baskets new outfits and lots of candy. Very spoiled! I think the best part for Olivia was playing with her cousins. She loves Grayson and Kaydence.  I feel bad I didn't get any pictures. 

The next weekend we headed to Morgan for the city Easter Egg hunt. All growing up Joel went to the egg hunt and then to his Grandma Carrigans. This is the first time we have gone up since we have been married, and I am so glad we did. Olivia, Cody, and Kaydence found winning eggs and turned them in for big baskets full of toys and candy.

Then we headed over to his Grandma's house for lunch outside. Olivia LOVED all the little girls her age, petting the horses, and just roaming free.

 My sweet boy :)  

 After lunch another egg hunt. I can not believe how much candy was just thrown on the lawn for the little kids. It was so funny because Olivia still had a hard time finding the stuff just laying on the lawn. Look at all those great grandkids!

 Grandma always reserves the bowling ally for all of us to go bowl.

 Look at that cute little body!  The second we got in the car to go home both kids were OUT! They both ran non stop all day! The only thing Olivia had to eat the whole day was candy, not even exaggerating.  

Easter Morning

Easter morning was so fun to see how excited Olivia was.  She has been anticipating the Bunny bringing presents to her for a LONG time.  Not the most important part of easter but to a two year old, ya it's important. 

After church we went to my moms for dinner and an easter egg hunt. There were so.many.eggs!  Chad and Shari were so so nice and left all the easy ones for the little kids.  

These three love each other so much!

 At the end of the day,  2 pee pee panties, one dirty panty, lots and lots of chocolate, after yelling at Aunt Ruby, breaking her new bracelet then stealing baby Julie's, this is what my Angel looked like.

 we ended the day with rides on papa's motorcycle.

Blankets From my Aunt Patsy

Today Julie and I were at my moms house just cause. We went shopping for Moms food storage, got a little lunch in honor of Ellie's Birthday. We got home and found four packages sent to moms address from my Aunt Patsy. Julie and I both secretly hoped they were for us girls....... which they were! Along with a very cute note saying how much she loved us. We Love you too Aunt Patsy. She made 4 blankets for the new babys in the family. They were all so cute!

 

He is CRAWLING!

Oh how I have been waiting! This little man has waited till he was 11 months old to crawl. To be honest I was getting worried. I haven't really updated much on him because... well...... he really hasn't done....... ANYTHING, lol. Don't get me wrong he is a GREAT baby, just not so active up till this point. which has been easy on me really. He really loves his mommy. Loves me to hold him, kiss him, snuggle him, even just LOOK at him. Yes we are in love. Yes Joel is jealous. I make him have a lone time, same as Olivia, before they take their naps in the afternoon, and I think this has helped a lot with him being able to entertain himself and to be a little more mobile. Olivia is so great to find his binky if he cries, and get his toys if he can't reach, but he is learning to do it himself now.

Over night it seems he has really opened up. He will wave hi, and has been much more vocal.

He loves Olivia so much. She gets him laughing so hard. I don't think he has ever turned down a chance to kiss her.

My little baby is going to be 1 year next month. I can't believe it. He is sooo sweet. He may have been a little bashful at first, but ever since he was born I have always felt like when he would look at me, he understood everything I was thinking and feeling. I had a mature soul looking back at me. He was sent to me, and I am so great full for him. Cody Clark!