Saturday, February 14, 2009

valentine fun

For valentines I made one of these books for Mike, Dakota, and Brielle. This one is Brielle's. It was fun to make them, and the kids have had a lot of fun looking at them, plus it was kind of fun to give this to Mike to show him all the things I love about him, rather than just writting a card or letter.

















Valentines Breakfast

For Valentines I had breakfast at my house, we had strawberries and cream crepes, hash browns, bacon and sauage. YUMMY!!! This is the recipes for the crepes, they were really good.
Strawberries N Cream Crepes
2 c. milk
4 eggs
1 Tbl. veg. oil
1 1/2 c. flour
3 Tbl. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
Combine all ingredients in a blender, Pour 1/4 c. batter into 8 in. skillet Lift and tilt pan to evenly coat bottom. cook until top appears dry turn and cook 15 to 20 seconds longer.
Filling
8 oz. cream cheese
1 1/4 c. powdered sugar
1 Tbl. lemon juice
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
4 c. fresh sliced strawberries
1 c. heavy whipping cream whipped
Beat whipping cream, set aside. Beat cream cheese,powdered sugar, lemon juice, peel, and vanilla. Fold in whipped cream and 2 c. strawberries. Spoon filling into middle of crepes roll up. Top with remaining strawberries. * I put the extra strawberries in a blender with some sugar and made a sauce to pour over the top.






Tuesday, February 3, 2009

IT'S A........................

The verdict is in and it's a GIRL!!!! It's so amazing to see your baby on the ultrasound, it makes everything seem more real. He moved my due date back a whole month from June 8 to July 7. Brielle is super excited for a girl, she has been wanting a girl all along, the week before I really had to work on pumping her up incase it was a boy, but she got her wish. It's funny how in the back of your mind you kind of have a feeling of what the baby is going to be all along, this pregnancy has definately felt girl. Mike and I had been trying to decide if we should have another baby for a couple of months, and about a month before I got pregnant I was sitting in relief society and the lesson was about life before we came to earth and the teacher started talking about how we shouted for joy when we found out that we were going to be able to come to earth and have a body and I got the strongest impression that there was a baby that was ready to come to our family, it was the strongest spirtual impression I have ever had, it brought tears to my eyes, and every time I think about it it still does. I'm thankful for the opportunity to be able to give her a body, and let her have the opportunity to be on earth, and I'm thankful that Heavenly Father answered my prayers and gave me that great moment in relief society.