This Is Us

We are trying to be more organized around here. So today Melissa organized under our sink! All while having 5 kids under the age of 5! 😯 She used a Coke can box for grocery bags (looped a bag through the handles of another bag shoved it in, then looped another bag through those handles, and so on). She folded and put the paper bags on the side. Our griddle is to big to fit in any other cabinet, so it goes under the sink. Along with mugs that we take with us to the zoo and amusement parks. Hopefully it can stay organized. Well, at least for a couple months! 😂

We had a fun Star Wars day! We had a marathon of Star Wars movies... For dinner we had TIE fighter pasta (Creamy Parmesan Pasta from Land O'Lakes butter package), I used the bow tie pasta; Yoda ears (green beans); and The Millennium Falcon bread (French bread that I cut a triangle out of). Then we had Leia Buns (Cinnamon Rolls) for dessert.  

  Today I tripped over some toys and ended up stubbing my toe.  It hurts so bad.  I hope it heals okay.  I did end up taping it to the bigger toe next to it, which made it feel a little better and will hopefully help it heal faster.

  Today we met up with Maren and Eric's kids and Moppy and played at the park. It was a little chilly, but the kids seem to have had fun. As we were heading over to the park Tyler and Chloe started to hold hands.  Xander had to help them do it again so we could get a picture of it.  It was so cute! The view from the park was so pretty.  We went to a park just southwest of Moppy and Poppy's house.

  For Valentine's Day this year we went to Desert Star Playhouse. I didn't really want to be right up by the stage, but here we are anyway.  haha! We had a lot of fun and it was so nice to get out and spend some "alone" time together. I made Heart shaped pink chocolate chip waffles for breakfast.

  Today is National Chocolate Cake Day. I was way to busy today to make chocolate cake from scratch, so I just went and bought some cupcakes from the store. The kids seemed to enjoy them.  We are at my parent's house...

  I just love to see sunrises and sunsets.  The sunlight reflecting off the mountains and clouds, they are just so pretty! Here are some photos I've take recently of the sunrises and sunsets.

  Can you believe Brichette is 13 years old.  It's crazy how time just seems to fly by.  We had a party for her today, even though it's Nick's birthday.  He doesn't mind. We had a lot of family and friends come to celebrate her! She loves Music so much that we got her a cake with Music on it.

  It's been hard on all of us since we got the news about  Lorena's Cancer .  I h ave been going with her to all her appointments and doctor visits. Today we came to an appointment so they could put the port in for the chemo therapy. As I was waiting for her to come back from the procedure, I decided I would take a picture.  I didn't know how long it would take, so I brought my tablet and crocheting with me to keep myself busy.  They had a TV in the room, so I turned it on because I hate it being quiet.

  We eat boxed mac and cheese.  I know a lot of you are like ewww... do you know what's in that?  Homemade mac and cheese is so much better.  I know I've heard it all.  With having five kids and so many different ages, needs, wants, etc. boxed mac and cheese is so much easier.  We like the kraft one, but Winco is our favorite... and bonus, it's cheaper. What I do is cook the noodles as the box directs.  Then I dump them into a strainer and let them sit in the sink.  I then add the butter and milk to the hot pan so the butter can melt and mix with the milk.  I add the noodles back in and mix them around in the butter and milk until they are well coated.  Then I add in the cheese packet and mix.  Doing it this way makes the cheese packet easier to mix in and I don't ever have lumps.

  We found out that Lorena's stomach problems are due to colon cancer.  I hate cancer.  It's an awful thing and so many families have to go through it.   We spent some time with her today while she was in the hospital.  I got this picture of our kids and Maren & Eric's kids looking out the window at the Salt Lake Valley.  WE LOVE YOU LORENA!