Yellowstone Part 1

What a handsome husband with little J. The helmet got in the way and didn't stay on for long.

I'm feeling more than a bit overwhelmed thinking about covering our Yellowstone trip on a blog. I thought I'd start with the horse ride....if there never is a "Part 2" you won't be surprised right? I have wanted to go horseback riding since Ryan and I got married and I was SO thrilled to be able to do this in BEAUTIFUL West Yellowstone, Montana. Oh my goodness. I can't even describe how serene and wonderful the scenery was. What a great family adventure that will be remembered forever!

Ava riding Chance in front of Melody. We went with our great friends and this is their 17-yr-old daughter.

Gracie on Linda.

Breck on Bullseye.

Ryan side by side with Ashley (friend's daughter). The guides told them they had to ride together because their horses were best friends and would act up if seperated. Ashley's seemed to be acting up anyway, which gave me a few good laughs.

Woot! Now you're getting the hang of it!

Welcome Summer

Welcome Summer,...as long as you must come please invite my children out often to play...remind them not to come indoors every 5 minutes dripping with water and begging for more popsicles...insist that they play in the pool for more than a half hour, being mindful of all the hot water buckets I have hauled out....and please don't get over 80 degrees...

the fatter I get the more uncomfortable you make me.

Old Fashioned Fun

Don't you love when you see your kids doing what you used to do as a kid? The girls decided to put Ryan's TED Hose (from his back surgery) to good use!!!

Help from daddy.

Gracie's head looks ginormous! Like mother, like daughter.

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!

Toilet Troll

D'ya like my new toilet troll?

Easter

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.

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! :-)

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.

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

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.