It's Saturday....

What could be better than watching Saturday morning cartoons with your brothers?!



Perhaps the donuts they had for breakfast!

We love Saturdays!

Feeling loved...

and a little spoiled too.

My boys were good to me on Mother's day!



Nothing beats a handmade gift from your children! Thanks boys!



Brett and I thought this comic was pretty funny from yesterdays paper!

3 boys camping....

+ one toddler finally sleeping = one tired but happy, relaxed Mom.

While Brett and 2 of the boys were off on a father/son campout doing this:








I had a date with this: (which didn't start until 10:00pm when a certain, very active, very awake 2 year old finally drifted off to sleep)

And I must say that I had a great time until the power went out at 12:00am and scared the living daylights out me...it's times like that when I realize what an active imagination I have or maybe it's from watching too much CSI!

Oh and Cameron found this:

He told me that it was too bad that he didn't take his bug house with him on the campout, or he would have brought him home to keep as his pet....Darn!


Photos courtesy of Cameron's Fisher Price Camera

Quote of the day...

I receive the Family LDS Gems in my e-mail each day and I love this quote by President Thomas S. Monson.

Women Have a Great Influence for Good

"Too frequently, women underestimate their influence for good. Well could you follow the formula given by the Lord: 'Establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God' (D&C 88:119).

"In such a house will be found happy, smiling children who have been taught, by precept and example, the truth. In a Latter-day Saint home, children are not simply tolerated, but welcomed; not commanded, but encouraged; not driven, but guided; not neglected, but loved."

Don't we all want that?!

The whole talk is really great too. Take some time out today to read it here

Family Guy - Lois Mom Mum Mommy

I am not a huge fan of this show (sorry Kev), but I thought this was funny and that all Mom's could relate. So here is a little laugh for today.

He told me....

I was vacuuming this morning, and as I finished, my 2 year old said to me

"Be quiet Mom, I'm trying to listen!

Well, excuse me!

30 meals...

I just came across this idea for 30 meals. I think that it is well thought out and I love the idea of having your most frequently requested meals on hand to make planning dinner a little easier. I also love the idea of the recipe box for the fridge so that you know what you are making each week. So I have been working on compiling my 30 recipes, but so far I only have 20 (does cereal count for one of your 30 meals?!). So I thought that it would be fun to share recipes with any of you who may wish to play along. If you have a favorite family recipe or two, just post it in my comment section and then we can all have some new ideas to feed our families.

*Just a side note, once you have your master list compiled, when you go to the store, by 3 of all your ingredients (especially when they are on sale) and soon enough you will have built up a 3 month supply for your food storage. Love that idea! Here are the links for the 3 step 30 meal dinner plan

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

I will start by sharing one of our favorite recipes:

Lime Chicken Soft Tacos (from Allrecipes.com)

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast meat - cubed
1/8 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 lime, juiced
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 green onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
10 (6 inch) flour tortillas
1 tomato, diced
1/4 cup shredded lettuce
1/4 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1/4 cup salsa

DIRECTIONS
Saute chicken in a medium saucepan over medium high heat for about 20 minutes. Add vinegar, lime juice, sugar, salt, pepper, green onion, garlic and oregano. Simmer for an extra 10 minutes.
Heat an iron skillet over medium heat. Place a tortilla in the pan, warm, and turn over to heat the other side. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Serve lime chicken mixture in warm tortillas topped with tomato, lettuce, cheese and salsa.

**Try it in the crockpot. Just throw all your ingredients in the crockpot and let it cook until the chicken is done. Then shred the chicken and build your tacos. Doesn't get any easier than that!