Thursday, April 25, 2013

Missing My Mom

I really hate the month of April...
some years more than others.
This year...A LOT...
I have cried, I have been grumpy, I have struggled.

19 years ago today, my mother Geneva Mary Berryhill Angle passed away.
I am still struggling...
I wasn't going to post anything...
because I didn't know what to say.

Then my sister 'Lene did her post.

She hit it right on the head...
I hope you will read her blog about our mom at...

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Easter Weekend

I hope your Easter Weekend was wonderful.
I spent my weekend giving a lot of though of the real meaning of Easter...
I was humbled...very humbled as I reflected on the life and death of our Savior.

Having family makes the holidays extra special.
Saturday morning was our ward's (church) Easter breakfast and egg hunt.

Miss H totally got into the egg hunt. She was so polite going to other eggs, when she saw others kids charging towards bunches of eggs. 

She loved having these two special men in her life helping her.

She made quite the "haul".
She really got into it when she saw that there was candy inside the plastic eggs.

After the hunt, she enjoyed opening her eggs. She LOVED the solid chocolate eggs.

We realized after we got to the church that we were all in matching clothes.

Saturday evening Miss C came over to dye Easter eggs.
The had lots of fun and we had really pretty eggs.

Easter Morning came with baskets of goodies, new Easter dresses and ties.

We were able to get a couple of pictures before leaving for church.

After everyone was done with their church meetings, all of the kids 
and their families came and ate turkey and enjoy the beautiful day.

I can not put into words how much I love these four people....
can't see the 4th person? Look up on the balcony :o)

My kids crack me up...
I don't think I have ever taken pictures of them and not had a few with them 
showing off their great personalities!


The girls where having a fun playing outside on the slide.


Miss E didn't come out because she has a little cold.
So, Ali hung out on the balcony watching the fun.

The girls loved chasing after the guys while they were playing disc golf around the yard.


Even the neighbor's dog wanted to get into the fun.

It was a wonderful weekend.
Memories were made.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Idaho Spring

Got to love Spring...
Just when we pull the yard toys out and think it is time for things to warm up...
We get snow. (I know most of the country did).

BUT, we did too and this is all that is left of our wood pile!
No that is not very much... less than a week.
So, I believe it really is time for it to warm up...
SOON!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

1st Day of Spring

Today was the first day of Spring for 2013.
The day started with rain... lots of rain
by this afternoon we enjoying the sounds of thunder.

and this evening
this showed up.




no the pictures can not even begin to give this rainbow justice.
It was HUGE and the colors were so bright you felt like you could just touch it.

I love the signs of Spring.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Quiet Please

What have I been doing...Not blogging...
I have been watching these little girls that have more energy than anyone should have
 or at least a lot more than what I have!
but today...they decided it was going to be a quiet pajama day,
Pillows, blankets, "suckies" and Tangle playing on the TV.
AWESOME!

Even Evie decided she was going to have quiet day.

I got a few things done PLUS was able to blog!

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

It Is Official

We are pretty excited about Kira and Sergio's Announcement.
They are going to add a new member to the family!!!
Kira had kept this pregnancy pretty quiet... you can read more about her feelings on HER BLOG.
Plus watch the video of her telling Sergio!

Anyway.... back to my blog post (giggle)
I love ultrasounds of babies.
They amaze me.

At 20 weeks look at those little feet and perfect toes.

The details on the baby's nose and mouth.

SHE....yes a GIRL!
She was sucking her thumb and moving around while we were checking her out.
I just could not get enough of looking at her.
She already looks perfect.

Kira was ready to see that the baby was ok and was all grins as she moved around.

Little Hazel would just say, "baby".
Sergio's eyes were misty with just a few little sounds coming from him.
I was grateful to have got to be there for this special moment.

1st Family Picture with Sergio and his 3 girls.

Hazel is pretty sweet she carries the ultrasound pictures around showing the baby.
Miss L is due around July 12, 2013.

Have I said I LOVE being a GRANDMA? 
Because I do.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

This ad has been showing up every where on the net (especially facebook)
I kept thinking... I NEED ONE OF THOSE.. or more...
http://www.berries.com/

Kira had just bought strawberries and I knew I had some GOOD dipping chocolate.
Not that waxy "stuff" that you can buy every where but, 
the good stuff... real milk chocolate from the candy supply store.

About 5 minutes later I had these.



The process is really easy.
* melt chocolate (double boiler or microwave *if you use the microwave melt for just a few seconds at a time as not to over cook)
* wash strawberries
*pat strawberries dry
*dip in milk chocolate
* set on parchment paper or wax paper to dry
***TRY TO WAIT FOR THEM TO DRY***
*then enjoy every single little bite

heaven without having to wait for a delivery in the mail.