Disneyland!

Well we made it back, although I was sad to leave (I may have cried on the drive home:). We spent a wonderful 5 days in the land of Disney, and California Adventure land, and had an absolute ball of a time! My parents came along with my brother Alex, my sister Catherine, and her two kiddos! I think our new favorite ride is The Grizzly River Run! Becca was brave and came along with us and got absolutely soaked and was grinning from ear to ear the whole time!

We had everything you would expect in the magical land of Disney, from toddler meltdowns, to no naps:) candy apples, cotton candy, staying out way too late, sleeping in, kids scared out of there minds on a ride you thought they might enjoy (ok just my kids on the haunted house ride). Watching the incredible firework show that again may have made me cry from sheer joy! What else did I miss......eating a whole huge turkey leg that was DELIS! Soaring over California was another very cool ride that yet again made me cry...you may conclude there was a lot of crying on this trip... all by me...one I am pregnant...two all the crying done on the trip was happy crying...when we left it was me acting like a 5 year old kid not wanting to leave sad crying, so all in all I would say the trip was worth every penny, and very memorable. I cannot wait to go back again with a new little munchkin in tow! :)

A few funny lines from Becca then to follow a million pictures....

-We had to explain to Becca that we had to go back home so dad could make more monies (money) so that we can come back again someday because the money ran out for this trip. Becca responded with this: "I have an idea, I know how to make money so while we drive home I will color and cut monies out so that we can come back to Disneyland! "

- We went out to eat one night at "Bubba Gump Shrimp" and they had this guy dressed up in a big pink shrimp costume. As we were driving back home Becca said "I really like shrimp alive and not dead, I think we should have that shrimp come home with us and let him come to Disneyland, he could use my ticket".

Soon Soon Soon!!!!!

We will be in this magical place!!!! I  can NOT wait to take the girls, and watch them light up! Becca is an old pro at Disneyland, however Rachel has not yet fully experienced this wonderful magical place! The girls have been keeping a countdown calendar for this blessed event, and are just so excited! This place just has so many wonderful memories for me, I love how each and every time I go I still feel the same excitement! like I am a 5 year old kid again! Anyway, I know I have been a bad bad blogger lately. Nathan and I have been working on project after project with our new house, yard, garden you name it! I will post pics on the ends results soon! A few quotes

Becca: (singing) "Today I am marrying my prince and I sure hope I washed my hair!"

Rachel: "Mom mom I poop poop in tub!" (trying to get as far away from it as possible)

Rachel: is into saying "I love you" a lot and wrapping her little arms around your neck! I LOVE it!

Time really does fly

I was looking at my Becca girl last night while she was sound asleep in her bed, and thought to myself....HOW did she get to be so big! Life just keeps moving forward and changing. Becca at one point was our only child, now we have Ray who:) Soon another little one will be joining our family, and I couldn't be more excited!! I came across these pictures of our sweet Becca girl from when she was 6 months and 1 year, and I thought I would post them.

Something I love....

I love our nightly routine... I love when Nathan walks through the door and the girls light up and scream (yes scream) every time he does and Ray Ray will say "you homes you homes daddy"! Nathan then takes the girls outside to go run around, and they take care of the chickens while I finish up dinner. Then we eat dinner. The other night it was spaghetti, it was both delicious and messy! Rachel covered herself in sauce (she is such a cute stinker:) Then we clean up, read scriptures and sing songs. Followed by a dessert usually, last night it was fruit pizza. I think Becca asked most of the day if she could eat it, while I had to remind her it was for after dinner. Then the girls go brush teeth, and Nathan and I round up bedtime sippy cups. We read them a story or 2. Last night Becca picked "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas"...Nathan and I cried while he read (we LOVE Christmas what can I say:) And then the girls go to bed. Nathan and I then talk for a while, read, or watch a movie. Usually we talk then I watch a movie in there somewhere before bedtime:) This week I have been obsessed with watching "Shark Week"! And that is our nightly routine. You probably notice the hat Rachel wears in every picture...That girl lives in that hat, and Cinderella PJ's! And now a quote from Becca

Becca: Daddy Come quick and wipe me, I pooped toys!.......?

Nathan goes to the bathroom to find that she did in fact poop what looked likes toys...

Becca: See dad look! I pooped a heart, a cat, and a ball!

p.s. Nathan took a picture because they looked just like what she described, I was going to give you the option of viewing that...and then decided to just have you take my word for it. If you desperately want to see it, you can e-mail us for the picture:).

Costco + Organic food=great deal!!

I know a lot of us tend to think that eating organic food is next to impossible because of the high price tag. I also know that all organic food is not created equally, however most organic food found on the market is still a better alternative to the other food when possible. Thanks to Costco Nathan and I have been able to buy most of our grocery's of organic quality at a very reasonable price! I will show the list and price of each organic item I buy there and give you a total:). Some of the scariest food out there to buy, is meat!! If you only knew what you were eating....It is very very scary. Nathan and I buy a whole local cow every year that has been grass fed and taken care of (not living in poop up to it's eye balls all of its short life). We then divide it up between family members to make it more affordable. Yes the price tag of that item is a lot, but completely worth it. To give you an idea that cow will last our family a little over a year and our share of the cow is about 1/4.

What is Organic food? Click here to find out!


Costco list

(the other thing to keep in mind is at Costco you get a lot of food that will last you months!

- Garolalo organic whole wheat pasta 8-17.oz pack @ 9.99
- S&W organic tomato sauce 12pk @ 7.99
- Tree Top organic apple sauce variety 36 pack @ 9.99
- Pacific roasted red pepper & tomato soup 6-32.oz cartons @ 9.99 (seasonal)
- Kirkland organic peanut butter 2 -28.oz pack @ 7.99
- Kirkland organic strawberry jam 2lbs. @ 5.99
- Kirkland organic tortilla chips 2.5 lb bag @3.99
- Kirkland organic salsa 5.99
- Organic blue agave (natural sweetener) 2- 23.5oz @ 6.99
- Organic frozen whole green beans 5lbs. bad @ 7.99
- Organic frozen baby peas 5lbs. bag @ 7.99
- Earthbound organic spring salad mix 1 lbs tub @ 3.99
- Organic apples (we get Fuji) 12 pk @ 7.99 (lasts for weeks in fridge)
- Dave's organic bread 2 pk @ 6.99

 A few-non organic good quality items found at Costco we also buy....

- Whipping cream with no hormones half gal @ 4.99
- Mountain High plain yogurt also with out hormones 4 lbs. tub @ 3.99 (we use this in our shakes)
- Oakdell eggs Vegetarian fed, no hormones, no antibiotics 18 count @ 2.89

Bringing our ground total to......$125.72 !!

We buy other things as well from Costco but I would say our list consists of 60% organic food.  Which to me is pretty great!

This and That

So I am realizing I never did a post about Easter, so I have a few pictures on that. As I mentioned in our last post, we bought....chickens? Why you might ask? We decided we wanted our own organic eggs at the price of FREE! Well kinda free, we have to build the coop for them to live (I have pics of that process), and we had to buy the chickens, but all in all worth it I would say. We are also putting in a GARDEN!!! I am so excited!! Can you tell?? We have never had one before. We decided to do a box garden, and so far we have the box built, the soil, and the starts, now we just need to plant them. I can't wait to have yummy tomatoes out of that garden (assuming they grow, and I don't kill them;). Our Saturdays have been crazy from sun up to sun down lately working on these projects, but it is all worth it. And last but not least a quote of the week from Becca...

Becca: Rachel your breath is really stinky!
Rachel: Stinchy??

And now a few random pics of Easter, chicken coop, the girls, and I don't remember what else? I will post pics of the coop once it is finished...

The cravings begin.....

 

I have been wanting very specific foods lately. And I have to eat what sounds good or I get nauseous. Some have been weird cravings like my sudden need today for oysters, I like oysters but it is not something I ever think to order. It also can't be just any oysters, I want Oysters Rockefeller...I know kinda weird. The other night I had to have Market Street Clam Chowder! Lucky for me they sell it at their front counter in already prepared containers to go. The other thing I want all the time is orange juice. We never buy juice, we just never really do, maybe once a year? So I finally bought some and I have found though that when I feel nauseous I drink OJ and the world is right again!TA DA! I grilled up a portobello mushroom the other day and put it on a sandwich with lettuce, cheese, pepper-cot jelly & mayo yummmmm (my mouth is watering again just thinking about it). The other day I went to Costco in search of deli pickles and kalamata olives. I'm sorry I know this post is boring, you are a saint if you read this. I just wanted to write down these weird cravings I have been having. Did I also mention be bought chickens??? Well we bought six living chickens that are currently in our back yard, I will write more on that in my next post...

A fact......

With my last 2 pregnancies I gained close to 50lbs....(huge sigh). I was asked all the time if I was carrying twins (no!!!!) I know with that much weight gain you should expect twins out of it, but no just no. This time I would like to try to gain oh lets say close to 30? I have introduced this new thing into my world called "working out" we will see if this helps:). It really doesn't help that I am hungry all the time either. I wake up in the morning just starved! I am sure I need to lay off the baking thing for a while (I say this while I am looking up yummy desserts on Bakerella). If any of you have any other wonderful tips I would gladly hear them PLEASE! I know the most important thing is a healthy baby above all, I just think 30lbs ought to be plenty, I mean honestly don't you think? I am done ranting now I just had to get that off my chest.  I am thrilled to have a new baby come to our home even if it does end up being a whopping 50 lbs again! The things we do for our children :)

We made a snow man in April?????

Yesterday it snowed all day long, I think we got a little over 6 inches. The girls and I attempted to make a snowman, or the snow woman (who looked like she could have joined the football team). We decided in honor of it being April 1st to put in cadburry chocolate eggs for the eyes and mouth, and a strawberry for the nose (or because we didn't have the carrots, and coal). Becca wanted a magic hat like off of frosty the snowman....she settled for a plastic cup instead:). Anyway here are a few pictures from the days events. Also I had to throw in one of Rachel eating some pudding, you will see why. First a few quotes from Becca.......

- I might be a swan for a lot of minutes mom.
- I do not like to eat fish (talking to her Nana) Nana replies with: Well sometimes we eat salmon. Becca: Yes I like salmon & bees make honey so we can eat peanut butter sandwiches.
- Becca was racing to get to the potty she started to go piddle before she was fully seated, and we hear her say to herself "that was close".

To answer a few questions from the last post. I know the stork was blue, I just thought it was cute, but really we will be happy with a boy or a girl. I am about 6 weeks along so I am guessing my due date is going to be end of November beginning of December. I will see a doctor end of this month to find out for sure.Our back yard..Is that some green I see?

I love this tree, it is just so HUGE!

Snowman/women melting already