Truman Elementary 5K

A couple of weekends ago our local elementary school put on a 5K to raise money for the school. Salomon and my Dad participated in it and both did really well. Salomon rocked it by coming in 6th place and my Dad finished the whole thing without walking (of which he thought he might have to do) and both had great times! Way to go guys!!

Latino America Event

Salomon's parents were involved in putting together and participating in an event put on by their church branch to help those in their stake and community learn more about the Latin cultures. It was a wonderful event full of dances, music, exhibits and food from the different Latin countries. It was well done, a lot of fun, and the food was amazing!! And of course there was dancing afterwards. Great time had by all!!
Dances from Mexico and Chile

Items from Mexico

Items from Mexico and Peru

Having a good time- Liane turned into quite the dancing queen by the end of the night!

Easter Sunday - Temple Square

We started a tradition with Salomon's family of meeting at Temple Square inbetween conference sessions on Sunday for lunch. We all pack food, bring it to the eating area in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building (located on the bottom floor) and enjoy lunch together. This year General Conference landed on Easter weekend so it was an extra special day. We love going downtown and we really could not have asked for better weather!!

Easter Morning

Easter morning is celebrated on Saturday in the Cano household so as to keep Sunday focussed on the Savior and the real reason why we celebrate Easter. Here are a couple of pics of Liane discovering her loot. What a doll she is!!

Sorting

I still do my weekly lessons/themes with Liane and this week we are talking about rain/water, umbrellas and how to dress for the rain. In these pics she is gluing buttons to the top part of her umbrella. Shortly into her gluing I noticed that she started sorting the buttons on her own!! She was totally focused and having a great time, I just had to take pics! I love to watch her learn and grow!!!! Good job Liane!! (notice the outfit too... all decked out in her Cinderella dress from Halloween, her necklace and all the bracelets she owns. Thats my girl!!) Purple first... (and a whole lotta glue lol)

...next green, then yellow

Liane's handy work

Easter Egg Coloring

Tonight we colored eggs with Liane. We started a tradition of coloring eggs on Friday so the Easter Bunny can come to our house a day early and hide the eggs. We want to keep Sunday a holy day and have it be focused on the Savior and the true reasons why we celebrate Easter in the first place. I grew up loving the holiday, the eggs, the candy and all and didnt want to do away with it so we found a nice way to incorporate it all. "Commercialized" easter on Saturday and the "Real" easter on Sunday- church, spending time with family, and enjoying a meal. Its great!!

Easter Egg Coloring with the Cousins

Today my sister in law Katie and I got the kids together for some easter egg coloring fun! The kids had a good time (and so did we :-)

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.