Caden, Noah and I went to our friends, the Hooste's to have a fun splash day! The boys had so much fun getting wet, spraying each other, throwing wet sponges and squirting each other. Thanks Adam and Gwen!
Caden getting ready to squirt someone with his gun.
Noah running away from Caden...trying not to get too wet...
Noah showing off for the camera!
Just wanted to post a little project that I was doing. This was a little table the boys have had for quite awhile. It was once Bright blue and red. I refinished it to the chocolate and aqua that is in there. I love it!
All the cousins: Caden, Noah, Brent and Taylor
This is a picture of a News Lady...it was kinda cool because she interviewed Caden to be on the News...asking questions like what was his favorite animal, did he like coming to the Zoo, how old are you...etc. Then they interviewed myself and Curt (she thought Curt was my husband...we had to clarify that one:). We were so excited to see if we got on the news...well we didn't. They put the an interview on there of a soldier and his kids. Go figure. Oh wel...maybe next time!!
Caden and Taylor with the Giraffes.
Brent and Noah...they are best buds. They play so well together.
This was pretty cool. They kids got to go through this tunnel and surrounding them was the aquarium...they had to go through it a million times. 
Caden, Noah and Taylor posing in a tree.
Caden really wanted a picture in front of this giraffe shrub and wanted me in it. This will be the first and last picture you see of me prego...enjoy it and keep the laughing to a minimum!!
The kids up close and personal with the monkey.
Posing Mission Impossible style:)I had my 34 week check up today and came home smiling from ear to ear and happy as can be! My Dr. decided to bump up my due date to July 8 and he said he would induce me June 30th or July 1!!! How great is that!
I know, I know...cute right??? I made these "Be" blocks and had to post them. I haven't seen anything like these! A huge thank you to Not So Idle Hands for the idea and the vinyl! Oh...did I mention how easy they were?
Here he is doing the potato sack race.
Caden with all his buddies on his team: Sam, Shania, Caden, Christian and Hannah
Caden and Hannah rolling the tire...wow they went fast!
Caden hitting the ball with a bat thingy...
Caden and Noah eating some Wooleys ice cream...YUM-O!!
Here is a meal I got from my friend, Ashley. This is some Good Eats! I could not stop eating it! I love ANYTHING with heavy whipping cream though:) If you don't like Sun-dried tomatoes, still put them in and then pick them out. It gives everything a really good flavor. I love them... This served a family of 4: me, hubby, 2 boys.
Thanks for another great meal Ashley!!
Sun-Dried Tomato and Chicken Pasta
1 tablespoon butter
2 cloves garlic chopped
1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes cut into pieces(dried or in oil) easy to find
1 cup chicken broth divided
1 cup cream
2 chicken breasts (shredded or chopped)
1 tablespoon exta virgin olive oil
4 leaves basil chopped(or dried to your liking)
1 1/2 cups bowtie or penne pasta
Parmesan Cheese
Cook pasta , drain and set aside. Meanwhile melt butter, add garlic, and cook for 30 seconds. Add tomatoes and 3/4 cup chicken broth. Turn heat to medium and boil. Reduce heat after boiling and simmer for 10 minutes until the tomatoes are tender. Add the cream and bring to a boil, stirring until thickens up. Season chicken with salt and pepper and warm the oil and saute the chicken until cooked and brown. Set chicken aside. In the same pan used for the chicken, bring the other 1/4 cup chicken broth to a boil and scrap the pan juices from chicken. Add this to the cream sauce and stir in the basil. Toss the pasta, sauce and chicken together. Sprinkle Parmesan Cheese on top.
Noah had field day at his pre-school last week. It was so cute to see them run around and do their thing. Noah's class had the blue tye dye shirts.
Here he is playing jump the ring.
Playing baseball.
Getting his gold medal from his teacher, Ms. Bethany.
Noah and his class.
It was a very, VERY hot and muggy day...luckily they gave everyone a snow cone. YUM!
First of all...sorry the pic is turned wierd...it won't let me change it:) Caden's teacher's Birthday was on Friday and the Room Mom put me in charge of the cake...ok, so maybe I really wanted to make it. Either way...this is what I did. Cupcakes for the kiddos and the teacher got to take this cake home. I love making cakes! I haven't been able to make one for an occasion, so this gave me an opportunity to test my skills after all the cake decorating classes from my friend, Tanya. Just don't look too close and find my mistakes:)
I have to thank my friend, Ashley, for these amazing bars! I made some for YW since we were doing camp stuff and thought they would be perfect for the night! Wow!! They were a huge success! Several adults and youth have asked for the recipe...I told them I would blog it. It has just taken awhile!! Thanks Ashley!
Smore's Galore
20 graham crackers
6 hershey chocolate bars or 2 1/2 cups chocolate chips (divided)
1 pkg. small marshmellows
6 tbs. butter
3 tbs. milk
Preheat oven to 350. Lay 12 long graham crackers and fill cookie sheet. Fill any holes with small pieces of graham crackers. Toast for 2 minutes in oven. Let cool. In bowl combine 3 cups marshmellows, 3 tbs butter, and 3 tbs milk. Melt in microwave for 1 minute. Stir and add 1 c. chocolate. Wisk really good. Spread mixture onto graham crackers.
In another bowl break up rest of the 20 graham crackers into small pieces (size of a quarter or nickel). Melt 3 tbs. butter in microwave. Pour over graham crackers and stir with your hands. Add the rest of the bag of marshmellows. Spread over chocolate mixture. Sprinkle 1 1/2 cups choc. chips over top. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. cut with a pizza cutter. Enjoy.
Ink's Lake has several places where you can swim...we chose a place where there weren't 100 people there. But there is clif diving and what not. Thankfully Curt and Whitney took the boys swimming! Thanks guys!!
Lots of waterfalls and rocks everywhere.
I had to share this picture. This is what the naughty squirrls did to my tupperware container...which had all our food. Those squirrls are little buggers. My sweet brother made me some rice krispy treats for my birthday (thanks babe!!) and 2 squirrls somehow knocked it off the table, took the lid off and started to eat them. This was during our hike. They also tried to get some other food. On the first night we had some racoons who stole some other food...like eat all our candy, ate the tortillas for the breakfast burritos, etc. Yeah, we learned our lesson:) PUT THE FOOD AWAY!!
On Saturday we went to some really cool caves in the area. I wish a camera could really capture how the caves looked...this is the best I could do. On a side note...at these caves, people have weddings still! The people invited to go to the wedding have to be lowered in a made up elevator type thing and lowered down! 
Mimi, Caden and Noah...in the background is a piece of stone in the shape of a dog. Apparantly this was shaped by water and the elements...not man. However, the tour guide did not sound too positive of that:)
How cool is this? Just past all of this there is a little lake and our tour guide discovered some albino catfish with no eyes. Creepy. Very cool caves, would definately suggest going!!
Last week (May 1-3) we went to Ink's Lake with my parents and Curt (my brother) and Whitney (newest sis-in-law). We had a blast! It didn't even bother us too much that it was in the high 80's the whole time and probably 100% humidity. I'm just grateful my hubby thought to bring a HUGE garage fan that pretty much made us cold the whole time:)
The boys climbing some rocks.
Mimi and Noah.
My cute boys.
The fam...
Crossing over some dangerous terrain:)
