I started a recipe blog- pass it on!!

As many of you know, I am into healthy cooking. I add veggies and grains into anything I can. I love it and it is my passion! I have come to find that many others want to know more about what I do, but also really want recipes. I have decided to start a blog where I will share lots of healthy eating info, tips and ideas and will also feature a recipe each week (usually one I come up with on my own). I and my family have been so blessed as I have changed the way I cook and how we eat. It feels so good to know that we are taking care of our health and the bodies we have been given. The great thing about what I do is that really you dont have to change much. Cook what you usually do, just ADD things into it (and in some cases, REPLACE something with a better choice). It really is easy and INEXPENSIVE!! Oh, just visit my new blog and you can get all the details. Visit often, I will be updating it on a regular basis. Thank you all for your support and interest... its kept me moving in the right direction!

Recipe blog site:

1morebiteplease.blogspot.com

Ward Easter Egg Hunt

We had our 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt/BBQ at church today. It was a fun neighborhood event. Good turn out, yummy food and lots of fun for the kiddos. Liane was thrilled to get candy. Im just glad that she was feeling better so that she could enjoy it!!

My Poor Baby!!

Liane is now 2.5 years old and to be honest, up until this point in time, she has never been the kind of child that puts foreign objects into her mouth. We really have not had to "watch" her too closely regarding this. Until now... and wouldnt you know it, the first time she DOES put something into her mouth that she isnt suppose to, it has an AWFUL consequence! A neighbor two houses down has a tree (come to find out it is a Honey Locust tree - as far as we can tell) and this tree has many bean/seed pods on them which have blown into our yard. Liane discoverd that if she opens the pod she can find little "beans" in them. She had collected some of them and had them in a little tin to collect. Well long story short - I found out that after a week of having them, she ATE all of them and her poor little stomach has been a MESS ever since!! She has had bad diarrhea, no appetite, and a fever (just one night). It has been almost a week now and she is finally begining to eat some food - SLOWLY - and is drinking lots of fluids to keep her hydrated. Liane is a total trooper though and besides the diarrhea and not eating, you really would never know she felt so awful. Poor baby!!!! She is doing so much better now and I could not be happier. So parents beware of this sort of thing - or this tree in particular... we read that the seeds and pod are actually edible and sweet, but for some reason they didnt sit well with Liane. Maybe its because she ate them whole and her body is having a hard time digesting them. In any case, I would just be cautious of your kids playing with these pods - as fun as they may be. Even though Liane is having a slow recovery and it was a mess for a while, I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for watching over her and blessing her little body to do its job and get rid of what was bothering her. Im so grateful it wasnt worse.

Treehouse Museum in Ogden

We took Liane to the Treehouse children's museum in Ogden today. We had never been there before, but it looked like fun. Liane (ok and us) had a blast and could have stayed there all day! It is super cute, educational and well designed...I just wish it were closer to us. I pakced us a lunch and we ate it in the car on the temple parking lot (its directly across the street from the museum). After lunch we walked around the temple grounds of which Liane loved. She loves to see the temple and always wants to go in. One day I tell her... one day :-)

First dentist visit!!

I took Liane to see the dentist - Dr. Jensen - for the first time on Thursday. We have been talking it about it for a week or so to prepare her for the big day. I knew going into it she wasnt going to be thrilled with the visit, but I tried to make it sound as pleasant as possible. She really did very well all things considered. She cried, which actually made things easier (mouth wide open), but calmed down as soon as the cleaning was done. The staff was super sweet and explained to her everything that they were doing and even let her hold some of the tools. She really enjoyed that part. She cried again once the dentist came to look at her teeth and completely lost it once they put floride in her mouth which was SUPER STICKY ( I couldnt even wipe it off with a wipey). She kept crying and saying "Its spicy!!" Poor thing! The staff gave her lots of fun little things to reward her with a job well done (and to help calm her down :-) At the end she got a token that she was able to use to get a toy out of a machine with. She is still talking about that (oh and about the fact that they put something sticky in her mouth and she cried lol). To reward her (and get the sticky stuff out of her mouth) I took her out to lunch and let her play. Really she did a great job and we get to do it all again in 6 months - woo hoo!! :-) Check out the loot she walked away with!! Good job Liane!!!

Discovery Gateway Museum

She really didnt want to part with this stroller when we moved onto another area

Water fun!

Look at what I got!

Making a sandwhich with Grandma

The finished product

Moving her finished product away from everyone else

Notice the kid way too close to Liane, her hand placed on top of the sandwhich to make sure no one (ie kid too close to her) takes it, and the look on her face that says "please step away from my sandwhich" LOL

Yum veggies!

Playhouse

Liane, my mother in law and I went to the Discovery Gateway Museum on St. Patrick's Day since it was FREE!! It was a total madhouse, but fun nontheless. How can you complain about FREE right? :-)

Park

It was nice out today (ok its funny to me that when I say nice I mean it was almost 50 degrees !! I cannot believe that this Cali girl thinks 49 degrees is WARM!!), and Liane was feeling well after being sick for a week so we decided to go to the park and have some fun!!
I love her little face as she goes down the slide - precious!

Brave girl doing it by herself

Such a cute face!!

She loves hiding in these branches

Mom's Birthday ( and Ivy's too)

On Sunday we celebrated my Mom's 53rd birthday and Ivy's 3rd. Ivy was sick on her actual birthday in February so we combined the two. We had a HUGE salad bar ( per mom's request) and we all LOVED it!! It was fun to be together, eat great food and watch the kids play!! Happy Birthday Mamacita and Ivy!!