I Love to See the Temple!

Patrick took a photoshop class last semester and he learned so much! I think he does an amazing job with pictures and wanted to post one that he has recently done that I really like! He took this the day we went to take some pictures of Ellie for her birthday announcement and I think he did an awesome job. So much, that I printed it out and framed it for Ellie's room! Love you babe!

Playing with cousins!

Patrick's cousin Brooke and her cute girls came and visiting on June 2nd! It was so fun to see them and be able to catch up a bit. We went to dinner at Cafe Sabor...SOOOO Yummy! And then just hung out at our apartment for a bit. Jayli is only 2 days younger than Ellie so it was lots of fun to see them "playing" together.And Mersadie was so stinkin cute with Ellie. She just kept giving her loves. It was so great to see you guys, we really need to do this more often!

A really yummy and EASY recipe!

I am really behind, and will hopefully be catching up in the next week, but I don't have the pictures I want to post for Ellie's birthday because they are on my mom's computer, so I have been waiting for that:) Anyways, a friend invited a bunch of girls over to do a fun craft for the 4th of July and I decided to bring a treat....you always can use a little chocolate treat, right?!? Well, here is the recipe for you girls who want it. It's super easy and really, really delicious!

Skor Treat

½ C butter not margarine

¼ C brown sugar

Club House Crackers

1 Bag Chocolate Chips

Melt butter, add sugar and bring to a boil. Line a cookie sheet with foil. (Rub oil on foil) Line pan with crackers, pour syrup over top of crackers and spread(It is strange because sometimes it seems like there is hardly any sauce, but it will spread when it's in the oven. Other times there seems to be a ton, but either way it works out.) Bake at 350 for 5 min. Pour bag of chocolate chips on top. Return to oven for 1 minute(I usually just turn the oven off at this part) Spread chocolate over top. Yummy!

Happy 1st Birthday Ellie!!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Happy Birthday to my Sweet Husband!

Patrick turned 28 today! I know he is an old GEEZER! Well, since tomorrow happens to be Ellie's birthday, Patrick thought for sure he would not have a birthday of his own because it was sure to be forgotten....for the rest of his life:) I wanted to make sure this birthday was extra special so he knows just how much I love him and will make sure he has his own day:) (He's even mentioned that my birthday just happens to fall on Fathers Day this year, so he doesn't even get that day to himself) He is so funny! Anyways...Ellie and I started the day off right by making breakfast in bed....I didn't get a picture:( Then we hung up this lovely birthday banner. It totally embarrassed him and I think it may even have made it so he doesn't want to have his own birthday now;) We had Panda Express for lunch and then bbq chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner:) Ellie even tried chow mien and orange chicken and loved both! Once again....no picture:( Then we had some friends over for "cake and ice cream" or in our case fruit pizza!!!! YUM!!!! Oh and I thought I had candles...apparently I didn't, so we used Ellie's 1 candle:) This is the only picture I got of Patrick today and I am kind of sad. I always go overboard with pictures, but just didn't get many. Oh well. We had a great day and I hope he did too! Love you babe!