Bless You

GIRL Cousins Playdate

Jane's been bugging me to set up a girl cousin playdate. So we had over 2 of the girls cousins to play and they brought Pinkalicious and cupcakes, and then we played Don't Eat Pete! 

They had a lot of fun. Jane also made them all play Aliens since daddy has been telling her an epic week-long story about Stain The Alien. Not everyone was pumped about that game, but all participated, like good little cousins.

There is nothing cuter than a little girl hang out!

GUM

(This is for grandma Church. I'm sure she's laughing over there in Spain right now!)

Lesson learned.

By all.

St. Patty's Day and Some Chickens

A little leprechaun came by and made us some greens eggs and green pancakes. Jane gasped when she heard what happened.

These kids took some convincing to eat up. 

Then, later we went to Great Uncle David and Great Aunt Heather's house to see their newish baby chickens. (Great Uncle David is barely 5 years older than me, I just like to rub in the generational verbage. :)

Z Talks With Her Mouth Full

This may gross out those of you without kids. Babies slobbering all over used to make me gag too. Now I find this cute. But only 'cuz it's my kid, not yours. :)

Newest Addition To The Family

Yeah, I'm a little delayed.

She's 3 1/2 months old now.

But wasn't it worth the wait?

She's a cutie pie!

Our third sweet little lady. 

World, Hazel. Hazel, world.

Beautiful Fall Plum Compote

I love fall. I'm so excited it is finally here! And with it, came tons of lovely purple Italian Plums from sister-in-law's garden. My digestive track wasn't handling as many a day that I wanted to eat, so I decided I'd better come up with a plan quickly to preserve these beauties for future consumption...

First I made a quick galette yesterday. Yum! Then today I decided to make a compote  so that I can freeze it for later consumption.

I just cut up my plums, put them in a pot with 1/2 cup water and a few tbs sugar (added to taste) then let all that goodness simmer for 20 minutes or so until mushy.

I can't wait to put it on pancakes, waffles, crepes, muffins, toast, stir into oatmeal, on vanilla ice cream, etc, etc, etc.

New Family Pictures

Thanks to my friend Jesicah and her mad photography skillz.