Jaelynn Grace

Day with the Family

We spent the most wonderful day at a local art show. All of us as a family spent the day enjoying art, danicing, music and yummy snacks!

For All You Moms Out There...

I have found a great cookbook that I am recommending to all of you moms with kids. My girls are pretty good about eating their vegetables, but if I can get them to eat the veggies I serve on their plates and disguise more in the rest of the food...well you just can't beat that! The cookbook is called "Deceptively Delicious" and it is written by Jessica Seinfeld. My friend Sam made chocolate cupcakes for us all today and they were SO good! You would have never guessed they had avocado puree in the batter and cauliflower puree in the frosting. All three girls gobbled them up. Here is the recipe for all you daring enough to try avocado in your cupcakes!

Cupcake Batter

Nonstick cooking spray
1 cup avocado puree
1 1/2 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar
2 eggs whites
2 cup flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Frosting

1 (8oz) pkg cream cheese
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup cauliflower puree
2 Tbl vanilla extract
1/8 tsp salt

1) Preheat the oven to 350* Coat 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray or line with baking cups

2) Beat the avocado puree, sugar, milk, vanilla, and vinegar until smooth. Beat in egg whites one at time, just until Incorporated.

3) Add the dry ingred. and mix until smooth. Divide the batter among the muffin cups. Bake until the tops are lightly browned and spring back to the touch, 15-20 min. Cool completely before frosting them!

4) For the frosting, beat together all the ingred. until smooth. Spread on cool cupcakes.

A Day With Amma!

Ouch! Thorns!
Look At Those Eyes!!
A princess crown!

Roses from Amma's garden to take home!
Auntie Lissa with the Babies!
Having her hair done by Amma! Amma wanted to make sure she still had it in her to do little girls hair...she does.

Cousin Love!

As she holds her new little cousin you can hear her quietly singing. "Rock a Baby in the Treetop"

Kisses and hugs are many as she rubs his sweet head.

Jackson Matthias Cadby

Mommy and Baby Jackson are doing Great! Jackson was born on September 4th at 4:15pm weighing 7 lb and 7oz! After a family of all girls so far...we were so pleased to welcome a little boy to the bunch! I am so in love with my beautiful nephew!

Oh How I Love My Girls

My Shot at Photography

A Great BIG Thank You!

Over the month of July I was put on bed rest because of a small tear in my abdominal wall. I was so privileged to have the help of my dear sister-in-law Sally who took over the day to day for me while I rested and healed. She was such a great help and it was such a blessing to have her around. When she had to go home to her family I was not left to myself...I was again well taken care of by my Mom, and two sisters. Thank you to all of you who were here to get me through!

Daddy Is Home!!!

We love to sit outside and wait for Daniel to come home from work! These pictures show that pure joy of the girls when they see Daddy's truck drive up.

Some older pics...

Sitting with Grandma enjoying watermelon on the Fourth Of July

Her very first taste of shaved ice. A favorite treat of her Daddys

Our Sunday Evenings here are not complete without a great BIG bowl of popcorn!

Wanting Daddy to get off the football!

She has been walking now for almost two months, but these were a couple of her first wobbly steps!