The Shepherds

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Tegan

YAY! I just got updated pics and info on our little guy Tegan! Can't wait to finally welcome him home. If you aren't on our private blog give me your email and I will add you!

Monday, April 15, 2013

Friday, April 5, 2013

Easter. Easter. Easter. I don't know about all these holidays that require planning or money. Not really my thing. Thankfully Jackie did all the egg and candy buying for the Easter hunt. Tina, Kelsey, and I just had to come and look pretty.

Me and my sis Tina.

Ready, get set, GO!

Nieces Amber and Lex

Ty and Gracie

My nut. What can I say?

Darling niece Megan, AKA Sugar

Ava stopping to help Jesse. Sweet sissy.

Friday, March 29, 2013

Mmm Mmm Good!

I made a tamale pie recipe the other day. Allrecipes.com is such a great place to find recipes. You can find this recipe by clicking here. It was good but I would add 2 more Tb of butter to the corn mix. It was too dry. Also add salsa and sour cream on top!

Slow cooker tamale pie

Ryan decided to get fancy and make a peanut butter chocolate cake. It was even vanilla and chocolate checkered inside with yummy peanut butter cream!!! Love that husband of mine!

Ryan's peanut butter chocolate cake

And just so you know....I hate when people take pictures of their food and blog about it so I am at an all time low! :-)

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Sheeps and Ships

More rag quilt fun. I made the sheep quilt and then decided to donate it to a woman that has 18 children (17 of which are adopted) and she is in the process of trying to bring 3 more home. She was having an online auction so I donated it to her to auction off.

This quilt I made for a friend that is having a boy in April.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Cleaning House

I decided I need to tackle my house one space at a time. The pantry was my first victim. It's sad to admit how many more victims remain.

Before

After

After close up

Friday, March 1, 2013

Amateur Sledding

I say amateur because we are hoping to go to Soldier Hollow and get in some real good sledding sometime soon, but for now the hill at the park will have to do.

Looks like Breck's worked hard right? Not so, this snow ball was already here.

WOOSH! Love it!

Ava....always going against the grain. Ms. Unconventional.

*Disclaimer: Yes the baby was a block away, cozy in his nap. Yes I am a bad mom.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Jess-ica

Posing for the camera.

At our house Jesse has an alter ego named Jessica. Jessica comes to visit about once a month. With Jesse's gorgeous long eyelashes how can Gracie resist dressing him up every now and then?

Not so sure about this whole Jessica thing. This is the first
picture taken. He quickly got into the groove as you can see above.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Hair Bow

Gracie amazes me with her interest in hair. I literally had never touched my hair until I moved in with my dad at the age of 12 and woke up realizing I had to do my hair for school. This was no small feat considering I still was ratting my bangs at that time (yes this was 1994 people). Hence my nickname Chia, as in Chia pet. ba ha ha. Another story for another day. Anyway Gracie loves to look up hair styles on Youtube and then practice them. My little fashionista!

She partially made this one up on her own. It's literally a hair bow.

My darling girl. Love her! She made dinner for the family tonight and bathed the baby. Thank you sweet girl!

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Gracie's 9th Birthday

Nine already?!? It can't be so. My baby is growing up. She is maturing so quickly. She is our perfectionist and worry wart and we love her SO much! She has always been so darling and I am proud to be her mama.