Homemade butter Mmmmmm!!

I am no Martha or Betty but I did just make butter!!!  Found the recipe online and thought I would try.  It is fantastic and so easy.  

2 cups heavy cream

1/4 tsp salt (optional)

Put heavy cream in food processor/mixer and beat until it separates, turning yellow and very clumpy.  Strain extra liquid and then put butter in a bowl and mash with a spoon until all remaining liquid is has been removed.  If desired add salt and mix it in.  This is so delicious and my 3 year old loved watching the process.  So fun!!!

Really it is time for spring now!

This morning we woke up to 2 inches of snow and by the afternoon we had about 5. It is the middle of April and I need to have long days at the park with warm sunshine! I am so tired of winter and believe it or not Dave would agree with me. All of you who know Dave know that he loves his winters, so it really must be time for spring.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DAY!!!!!!

We have a little tradition at our house that I did growing up. When strawberry begins you have strawberry short cake for dinner and that is it. It is not quite strawberry season but I could not help myself. I am so tired of the winter weather I needed something a bit springy in my life so we enjoyed!

sneaky sneaky

We went to Heber to visit my family. My brother Miles got a dog for Christmas. My kids loved her and she loved them, especially when Jetta was eating because Jetta would sneak food to the dog and I caught her on camera. Jetta is so sneaky!

ode to cami

So, some of you know and some of you don't but my dear little sister Cami came to live with us while she went to school at the Denver School of Message Therapy. She was with us for about 6 months give and take some weeks for Christmas break. Well, she just graduated!!! Yeah!!! I am so excited for her. The whole family came out to Denver to support her. She now lives back in Utah and I miss her, all of us miss her. Her cubby misses her. (definition of cubby: the tiny cave of a room where she lived in our front room in our not so large town house.) CONGRATULATIONS on your new job! Come back and visit us soon!!!!!

fishy kisses

Jetta just learned how to give fishy kisses.

Happy Birthday Jetta

Jetta is now 1. I can't believe it. It really seams like only yesterday I was in the hospital. Time sure does fly! Well, we didn't have a party (mommy burned out) but we did have cake and presents. For her cake I made lady bug cupcakes. As you can see she loved them. She could blow out her candle all by herself and from a foot away. She's got quite the set of lungs, any of you who have heard her scream would agree. She got some really cute outfits, large bright fun beads, shape and animal puzzles, a little farm, and a bounce and spin zebra. She is in 1 year old heaven!!!!!