Tribute

Oh Reese's Eggs, how I love you.
I've found you on sale 50% off and I had to have you again.
We have been through so much together.
High school.
College.
Mission.
Marriage.
Kids.
You helped me through many a long day.
Never have you come between my family and my friends and I.
On the contrary, you have brought us all closer together.
I have a soft spot for you in my heart.
And a big one around my middle.
Love and kisses until next spring :)

I Guess They Don't Speak Ellie

Ellie (to the horses): Here horsey!! Here horsey!!
Ellie (to my Mom after the horses don't come): I guess they don't speak Ellie.

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Ellie talks really well but here are a few words she has trouble with:
lellow = yellow
hunkleberry = huckleberry
maundry = laundry
Lost Biggest = Las Vegas

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Ellie: I don't want to go to bed.
Me: Hey Ellie, did you know that when you're mommy and daddy's age you'll be excited to go to bed? You'll want to go to bed.
Ellie: Yeah but the thing is, I'm not your age so I don't want to go to bed.

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Topics of some bad dreams she has had lately:
Porcupine in Daddy's truck
A not-exercising snowman
A doctor blob

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Playing with Tinker Toys
Ellie (to my mom): Can you make me a flow? [rhymes with cow]
Mom: A flow? You mean p-p-plow?
Ellie: Okay, you can make me a plow.

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Ellie: Mom, what are you vacuum-upping?

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Me: Peeling these potatoes drives me nuts.
Ellie: It drives me nuts!
Ellie: And it drives me squirrels too!

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Ellie: Oh! Here's my sunglasses...I mean, my rockin' star glasses.
Me: Rockin' star glasses?
Ellie: Yeah, they're for rockin'.

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Ellie (to Rob's mom): Is it warm outside?
Rob's mom: Oh, it's about 57 out there.
Ellie: No, it's eighty-twenty...what does eighty-twenty mean?

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My Mom

Happy Mother's Day to my favorite mom!

She is the most loving, kind and selfless person I know.

And she has put up with all these hoodlums for all these years.

Love you, Mom!

Italian Sodas: A Quick How To

These are so yummy!

Please take note that I am not a food blogger nor am I a photographer so if you would kindly look past the dark, un-artsy pictures of un-styled food, please and just enjoy the fact that now you know how to make your own Italian sodas. Thanks!



You'll need:
ice
club soda
Torani syrup any flavor (fruity ones are the best)
heavy whipping cream
Redi-Whip -optional
sprinkles - optional


So, you start with a tall glass and fill it about 2/3 full of ice.

Add about 1/4 cup Torani syrup - use more or less depending on your preference.



Add about 3/4 cup club soda and stir to combine.

Then add 1-2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream and stir again.

You can stop there and down the whole thing in 3 seconds like I do our you can make it yummy-looking with a shot of Redi-Whip and sprinkles and a straw.
Either way they are to die for.



Other tips:
Adjust the amount of each ingredient to find what you like best.
My new favorite flavor is huckleberry (or hunkleberry as Ellie calls it). Other favorites are strawberry, blackberry, vanilla, and peach.
These are so fun to make for bridal showers, baby showers, Relief Society Meetings (or whatever they are called now) I think they are a definite step up from the usual fruity punch.
Shop around for the Torani syrups. Some places have the small bottles for about $5 but my mother-in-law found the big bottles for the same price.

Motherhood

This post from Clover Lane made me cry. In a good way.

A Funny Thing Happened...

On the way home from church on Sunday we got into a traffic jam.
Yes, all you city people who read this blog, we DO have traffic jams in Idaho.

They look something like this:

We were stuck about 1/4 mile away from our house so we took the scenic route home to get ahead of them. We pulled into the driveway and Ellie jumped out of the car and ran to the sheep and started waving at the sheep herders. She was in heaven.

Three Best Things!

Have you ever played Three Best Things? One of my most beloved friends taught me how to play.

It is the best game ever.

The rules are simple:
You can play alone or with a large group
You can play aloud or in writing or even in your head
At the end of a day, a party, a trip, a walk, or whatever, you get to name the three best things from said event

That's it!

Play it with your spouse
Play it with a new friend
Play it with an old friend
Play it with your kids

It is amazing what you can learn about a person and their three best things.

My three best things ever?

These guys: