Cute Swimsuit

About my sister-in-law's cute swimsuit... the website is modbecatalog.com. Go check it out! Wish I could get one. Maybe next year...

Memorial Day Pictures

Late Memorial Day post, but hey! At least it's here. We drove down last minute to Scottsdale to see Scott's fam. It was fun. I think I already wrote about it, but here are pictures. We hiked at Pinnacle Peak, got lunch at Chik-fil-A (making Jake's day), swam and swam, and played games together. It was great fun. Here are the pictures...

Scott thought he'd just pick up the cactus on the trail for safety reasons... ha!

Alisa LOVES to walk--supported.

Kelsi

View from Pinnacle Peak trail in AZ

Bethi in the cutest swimsuit ever! It's from modbecatalog.com, if you wanted to know. I am in love with it!!

Jake's favorite feature: the waterfall!

Alisa's new cover up... darling!

Kelsi cuddling with A.

We are a happy family!

Jake dunking me!

Scott's parents--Thank you so much!

Bethi & Derek--engaged!!! Yea! Congrats.

Getting ready to swim

Easy Yummy Meal Idea

So, mostly out of boredom, I made up a new recipe. Sort of. I'm not that creative, but it turned out really yummy. So, thought I'd share it. When we had leftover pita bread and chicken, we made chicken pizzas on pita bread with pesto, feta, etc. We also toasted pitas with a bit of olive oil and enjoyed with some hummus. Thank you, Trader Joe's! Yum. Anyways... here it is.

Ingredients:

-Pita bread (not pockets, although they'd work)

-Good grilling veggies. I cut up mushrooms, red and green bell pepper, sweet onion, tomatoes in thick slices, and zucchini (z. from the garden!).

-Chicken 

-Olive Oil

-Balsalmic Vinegar

-Garlic salt or salt

-pepper

-aluminum foil

Mix some olive oil (maybe 1/4 c. or less) with probably 3/4 c. balsalmic vinegar. Sprinkle some garlic salt and pepper in, and whisk with a fork. Cut up the veggies and put them in a separate bowl from the chicken. Pour some marinade on the chicken and the rest on the veggies and let them marinate for an hour or so (at least 15 minutes).  

Make a foil grilling pan by turning a 9X13 upside down and lining the pan with a few layers of tin foil. Or you could just line the inside. The foil should be in the shape of a pan. Then make a little lip around the edge. Put the veggies in there and transfer onto the grill (just the foil, not the 9X13). Grill veggies for probably 25 minutes. Stir a couple of times if you want. Add salt to taste during cooking (or before). Grill chicken (usually on low-ish for 8-10 minutes a side). 

Slice chicken thinly. Spray or rub some olive oil onto pitas (I fill up an empty butter spray container with olive oil). Put on grill. Turn after a minute. Fill the warm pita bread with veggies and chicken and eat like a taco. OH, SO YUM. Tonight with the missionaries over, we added feta cheese and it was fabulous. 

Buen provecho.

Happy Birthday, Alisa-boo!

Here's the birthday girl! She slept in until 7:40 today. It was a miracle! :)

Little walk down memory lane. She was born via c-section after 36 hours of intense labor (8 days late). 8lbs. 5 oz. and who knows how long. I don't remember! Ha! I think it was around 4:00 am. Yes, that's what childbirth does... wipes out the memory (and brings great joy).

My two munchkins.

Was she really that little? Nice socks.

 I can't believe it's already been a year since she was born! We thought Jake was mellow and such a good baby (and he totally was), but Alisa is even more so. She is content to play alone, isn't clingy, rarely cries, is smiley all the time, loves Jake and loves us! She is a joy to have. I love her so much! We love her! We're so glad she was born into our family! Love you, Lisi-girl!

Here's the birthday cake. It's a 2 layer carrot cake (reduced everything to be a bit healthier). Yum!

Scott set up presents from G'ma and G'pa Seaman last night--a picnic table and a water table. She Loves them! So does her brother. Thank you so much!

G'ma and G'pa Crane gave her squirty toys for bath and water table and a baby stroller and a new dolly. Thank you!!!

Morning presents. I know, Christmas wrapping paper. Hey, she doesn't know the difference, right?

Digging in--1st birthday tradition. Doesn't everyone do this?

She was pumped about the cake. She made such sweet noises when she saw it!

Here's the stroller and dolly. She loves them! Thank you!

Lunch at the picnic table. They wanted it inside (mostly Jake did). 

Outside at the water table. Perfect height for her!

Videos: Alisa and Jake at the water table. Alisa eating cake and talking! Cute. She's so vocal now! Just fyi, Jake is really funny about us encouraging Alisa. He chimes right in. You'll hear it. He also points out when HE is standing on his own, or walking, saying things like, "I can walk all by myself! I am standing like Alisa! Yea!" it's pretty funny. Tonight we actually got her to walk a few steps on her own, and Jake had to walk some wobbly steps to me as well. Oh, well. He just wants in on the praise, I guess.

Funny Jake sayings:

Oh, there are my eye drops. Those are for when my eyes are googley. 

Mom, I want some slimey drink! (aka spicy drink, aka soda)

In the shower with me: Mom, do you have a pee-pee? 

(me) No, Jake.

(jake) Just Jakey has a pee-pee. And dada. Dada has a big pee-pee. Jakey has a little pee-pee.

(me, laughing) Yep, you're right.