Happy Easter from the Tulips Fields

This last Saturday we ventured to see the Tulips with family and friends. It was a perfect day, so sunny and a lot of flowers in bloom. Amelia was happy but wanted to be very independent and free... so I didn't get a lot of cute pictures, but this first one is my favorite.



Amelia with Nana. You can see it was so sunny, it was hard to look at the camera sometimes. I don't mind too much though I am so happy to have so much Sun at this time of year.


Did you ever wonder what the Seattle flower looks like...



Michael's favorite- the Ninja Tulip!


Amelia loved playing with all the kids that were running around, and this frog got a lot of love from her as well. She fed it and kissed it and took a ride on it as well :)

The family Picture! We hope everyone has a wonderful Easter. We are so thankful for Jesus Christ and all he has done for us!

Wonderful thoughts

There is a blog written by someone who was in our last Church ward that I like to read, and she just wrote a wonderful post that I wanted to share. It is about the Gospel and parenting. I like to collect as many bits about parenting that I can, and hopefully remember and use as I learn how to be a parent and teach children. Here is a link to her blog called A Tender Heart.

http://heidisblog.biglaughs.org/2010/03/23/thoughts-from-counseling/

Recipes

Here are some neat recipes for the Easter season, and one recipe I just think sounds yummy :)

The first is Bird Nest Cookies from the My Recipe Book Blog!

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The second is called Resurrection Rolls, and I found it on Sugar Doodle... I thought it was a neat idea. Here is what the post said-

Crescent rolls melted butter large marshmallows cinnamon sugar Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Give each child a triangle of crescent rolls. The crescent roll represents the cloth that Jesus was wrapped in. Give each child a marshmallow, this represents Jesus. Have them dip the marshmallow in melted butter, which represents the oils of embalming. Then dip the buttered marshmallow in the cinnamon and sugar which represent the spices used to anoint the body. Then wrap the coated marshmallow tightly in the crescent roll (not like a typical crescent roll up, but bring the sides up and seal the marshmallow inside.) This represents the wrapping of Jesus' body after death. Place in a 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes. The oven represents the tomb. When the rolls have cooled slightly, the children can open their rolls (cloth) and discover that Jesus is no longer there, He is risen. (The marshmallow and the crescent roll is puffed up, but empty.)

NOTE: I had problems the first time I made them. I re-did them last night and they worked. What I did was I cut the large marshmallow in half. Then instead of baking them on a cookie sheet I put them into cupcake papers and baked them in the muffin tin. They worked MUCH better and they were hollow inside. When I did it the first way with the whole marshmallow and on a cookie sheet, they oozed marshmallow everywhere and were not hollow).

And the last recipe is Frosted Banana Bars from the My Recipe Book Blog.


I have not made any of the recipes but I am super excited to try them!

catching up with pictures

First of all Amelia would like to say Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone! We go to the library every Wednesday and they made a pot of gold today!





When I ask her to smile this is what I get these days :)


But I do think she has such a sweet face.



The last weekend we went down to my Dad's house to celebrate Sean's Birthday! It was a lot of fun, and good to see everyone. We missed Heather because she was coming over the next day and we didn't stay over night. Gretchen pulled out these punching balloons and Cora and Amelia had a ball with them. I love the kids hair with the balloons.









This is Amelia's friend Jordan. His mom and I have been friends since before high school. They come over after the library most wed. and have a play date. It is fun to watch them grow up together!


Amelia is getting good at dressing herself. She can put on a hat and socks sometimes all by herself, and almost a shirt. She can get her legs into pants, but she can't get them all the way up yet.



Amelia does such silly things that keep me smiling. She likes to walk around with her toy basket on her head, or sit in pots. Sometimes she will walk around with our shoes, but it is really cute when she tries to put our shoes on her dolls feet. :)


My mom has found some great toys that get passed around to the different grandchildren. This little dog is one of them, however I don't think he will be leaving our house. Amelia has claimed it as her little buddy. She carries it under her arm everywhere. On this morning she wouldn't put it down for breakfast, so I let her take it with her into her highchair. She would feed her dog and then feed her self. Give him a kiss and a pat. It was so cute!




We have been trying to clean out our 3rd room, to make space for the new baby. So for family home evening one night we went and bought a cabinet and Michael put it together with the help of Amelia.

A little while ago Amelia was sick, and I let her watch a little of a movie because I can't carry her around everywhere all day long when she doesn't feel good. So we made her a nice spot on her teddy bear. I thought it was cute!



Melissa had a birthday! I was glad they came over so we could help celebrate! She had a yummy ice cream cake, that was green and white.