Hello From St. George!

Ready for some SUNSHINE!!! AND... the bumb from my view. :D

Out enjoying the sunshine!!

Getting Anxious...

Just a quick update....

Ty and I are FINALLY going on a little vacation that we talk about ALL the time. :)
We leave tomorrow for St. George for the weekend! Yippee!!! We got a sweet hotel deal!
Nice pool & all. Can't wait. We don't have "plans" really besides enjoying the warmth and
spending time together! So we will see what adventures come! Saturday night Vern and April will join us, she gets to go see her sister in Vegas for the first time in years. (She is from Canada and her family all still lives there) I am excited to be able to help them out and have them join us for a night!!

THEN...

Monday...MONDAY...we find out the sex of our little bobble. :D I can't wait!!! Ty thinks its a girl, and because he is so cute and wanting a girl, I am hoping it is!!! I haven't had an inkling either way... but I know we will love our little baby no matter what!! It's weird to think its almost half way over!!! Crazy Crazy Crazy! Well I am off to Ortho check up and then back to work for the day, and oh so O.K. with it cause it's my Friday!! :)

~14 Weeks & Counting~

So I am just over 14 weeks now! Baby is doing great, strong, fast heart beat!
Measuring great, and all. Only other thing is that I need to gain weight. I have lost
11 lbs now so far and she doesn't want me losing any more. For once I don't even
try and I lose, and its not a good thing!!! Sheesh. :) I do have to keep a food journal
of what I am eating to chart what making me throw up still, cause its not morning
sickness, its just randomly after eating. So thus begins the journey!

I need to get some pics up here. I have a belly, not a big one. It's coming along.
I need to embrace it better, I try to hide it all the time... and its just not working!

It's exciting to see Ty getting so anxious! He hopes it's a girl. He talks to my belly and
rubs it nightly. We call our baby "bobble". lol Just kinda happened. I was told today
that some wives tale says that if the heart beat is fast, it is a girl. So we will see how that
turns out!

On other news, it's my Moms birthday today! I hope she knows how grateful we are
for her! She's an amazing Mother and she's been a strength to her family through alot
of hard times! We love her!

Hope that was enough of a personal update. :) Dedicate to Megs!

Easter Egg Fun ~

How to make a perfectly hard boiled egg.

The first step to a great Easter egg is boiling the egg. You don't want your eggs to crack, because then they don't look as nice, and aren't as appealing to eat when the dye seeps into the egg. Follow these instructions for a perfectly hard boiled egg.

Instructions
Put a single layer of eggs in a large pot, and cover with COLD water (about 1 inch above eggs). Turn on the heat under the eggs and as soon as they come to a full boil, remove them from the heat and let them sit in the hot water for about 15-20 minutes.

After the 15-20 minutes either remove eggs with a slotted spoon and place in a colander, or drain hot water from pot then rinse eggs with cool water until eggs feel cool. Place on paper towels to dry.

Basic Egg Dye Recipe

In cups or small glass bowls (needs to be able to withstand boiling water) use 1 cup of boiling water, 1 tablespoon of vinegar, and a few drops food coloring. The more food coloring you use, the brighter the eggs will be.

Rubber Band "Tye Dyed" Eggs

Wrap several rubber bands around a hard-boiled egg (careful to not crack the egg!) Dip it into a bowl containing the mixture of food color, vinegar and water. Let it stay there for a while. Then remove the egg, pat it dry and take off the rubber bands. The areas covered by rubber bands will still have the original egg shell color and have a tye-dye effect.

You can dye the eggs a solid color before applying the rubber bands, or leave the eggs their original color.

Tape Designs

Use tape, crayons, or nail polish to create fun egg designs.

Use simple shape paper punches to punch out shapes from masking tape (or cut out your own design), then stick tape to egg. Dye the eggs with the tape on, let them dry, then remove the tape to reveal great designs!

Other ways to get fun designs is to use white crayon or clear nail polish. Color designs, names or anything else, then dye the egg. Wherever you applied the crayon or polish the dye won't stick.

Picture credit: Andre Baranowski

Marble Dyed Easter Eggs

Use vegetable oil to create fancy looking Easter eggs!

To create a "Marbled" look to your Easter eggs, add 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil to your cup of egg dye.

You can start with a white egg, or one that has already been dyed a base color.

Quickly dip your egg in and out of the dye. The oil causes only some areas of the egg to get the dye, creating the marble design. Keep dipping for more intense colors. You can also let the egg dry and re-dip in a second color. Repeat as many times as you wish. When the egg is dry, blot with a paper towel to remove the excess oil.

Different amounts of oil will result in more or less marbling. Experiment to find the mixture that you like best. Remember you can always add more, so start conservatively.

Picture Credit: http://crafts.kaboose.com

Nothing exciting

New Post Coming Soon...
Stay tuned!!!

My Ty Guy

So this is Ty's latest project. He drew this for his class last week. Took 2 days (about 6 hrs total) and I LOVE it! It's amazing how his mind and hands work. I have fallen in love even more with Ty as I watch him put so much emotion and love and hard work into his drawings. I'm framing this one forever. I know there will be more to come, and can't wait but this one means ALOT . I honestly think its cheesy but I really fell even more in love with him watching him draw this and seeing the smile on his face as he showed me his final product.

Sorry Blogger Loaded This All Weird!!!

Pay it Forward 2011

Pay it forward 2011:

I promise to send something handmade to the first 5 people who leave a comment here. You must in turn, post this (FB or Blog) and send something YOU make to the first 5 people who comment on your blog (or FB post). The rules are it must be HANDMADE and must be sent to the 5 people sometime during 2011.

I'm excited to see how this works!