While I was at the play last night, Nate and the kids decorated his truck for the race tonight. I do have to say it looks pretty good! So sad I am going to have to miss it. I wish I could be there.

I asked Gracie if she was going to go watch her dad race, and she said "I already saw him make the truck fly in the air!"

YIKES! I know I am a little scared too!

GOOD LUCK NATE!!!

Redneck Fun!

So this is what the Severe's do for an exciting Saturday Family Activity.....





All of my dads chickens had mites and were losing there feathers and not laying as many eggs, so they had to catch them and put a special powder on them to kill the mites. Gross!!! You notice I am not catching chickens. HaHa! I decided I would be better behind the camera and not in front of the camera.

Paint Your Wagon Cast

So this is the first play I have been in, and it has been so much fun!!! It is a great show so come and see it. It will be playing until August 1st. To get tickets call 677-ARTS

Recipes

Cow Boy Caviar

5 - 6 Roma Tomatoes
3 Green Onions
1 can of Corn
handful of Cilantro
2 Minced Garlic clove
1 can of Black eyed peas
4-5 Avacodos

You can change this recipe as much as you want. If you want more of something, than add more, or if you want less of something, don't add as much!

Chop up tomatoes, onions, minced garlic, and cilantro. Drain and rinse the black eyed peas and corn. Mix together.

Add a couple of teaspoons of Tapitio (if you want it spicer, add more), a couple of teaspoons of red wine vinagar, and salt to taste.

When everything is chopped and you have added the tapito and the vinegar, than cut up your avacodo's and carefully mix them in. Always add avacodos last so they don't get all mushy.


Fruit Pizza

This is my mother in laws recipe, and I loved it so I thought I would share!

CRUST: 1/2 CUP BUTTER
1 1/2 CUPS SUGAR
MIX ABOVE INGREDIENTS

ADD: 2 EGGS
2 3/4 CUPS FLOUR
2 TEAS. CREAM OF TARTAR
1 TEAS. BAKING SODA
1/4 TEAS. SALT
SPREAD ON A 13X17 GREASED COOKIE PAN.
BAKE 400 DEGREES 10-15 MINUTES COOL.

BEAT TOGETHER:
12 OZ. CREAM CHEESE
3/4 CUP POWDERED SUGAR
3 TBL. PINEAPPLE JUICE
FROST COOLED CRUST.

TOP WITH YOUR CHOICE OF:
PINEAPPLE TIDBITS
MANDARIN ORANGES
SLICED STRAWBERRIES
SLICED KIWI FRUIT
RED GRAPES
BANANA SLICES
RASPBERRIES

REFRIGERATE.

Bearlake 2009

Not a good day!

Lets just say yesterday and today have not been the greatest of days!!! This is how it all started. Last night while I was at play practice, Cooper jabbed a metal curtain rod up the roof of his mouth. Come to find out, they don't stitch the roof of your mouth, it just has to heal on its own time. The emergency room said that he would need to be current on his tetanus shot, and if he wasn't he needed to get one within 72 hours. Since this all happened at about 8:00 p.m. we couldn't find out if he was caught up on his shots till this morning. So we waited until nine and called in, and of course he wasn't caught up on his shots. (Yes I had to miss the group weight training class and Pilate's! So Sad!)

On another note, for the last couple of days Gracie has had some weird bumps on her face. Every morning when she wakes up they have been getting worse. Plus I think she has a sinus infection on one side. So she got to come to the doctors with us. (Oh and yes she had to miss the swimming primary activity. She was So Sad! )

The doc gave Cooper a quick look and said he still has a heart murmur, and that he needed to have 3 shots. He did not love that, but what kid does. It was all worth it in the end cuz he got 2 suckers out of the deal!

Gracie does in fact have a sinus infection, but she also has impetigo! YIKES, where the heck did she pick that up from? Oh and yes it is very contagious. Just my luck my other kids are going to get that too.

After all was said and done and we where driving home from Burley, I started to not feel so good myself. Gotta love the stomach flu!!! GROSS......

So to sum up the day.....WE FEEL LIKE CRAP!!!!

Oh and to add to all of this, it is the middle of June, feels like the middle of March, and it will not stop RAINING!

It is about time!

I have been meaning to give myself a pedicure, but there just haven't been enough time....

Well it is finally done!!! My sister and I played pedicure the other day and this is the outcome.(I know it is kind of gross to blog about my feet, but I am so proud of how cute my toenails look. By the way mine are the ones on the left)

The Moab Trip

Nate has wanted to take his jeep to Moab forever. Well he finally did and I don't think it will be his one and only trip. In fact I think this will now be a yearly tradition.... He had a great time!!!

Today I was trying some different things with some off camera flash. My kids were thrilled to get to help out!(not really) For not wanting to be there I think it turned out ok! Thanks guys for helping your mom out!

LOVE THIS BOY......

Happy Birthday Quincey!!!!

I know you are all probably thinking it is about time you blog about Quincey's birthday, (cuz I that is what I am thinking)! I guess better late than ever. Quincey invited both third grades for her birthday, and we had a webkinz treasure hunt and spun the wheel of wow to earn prizes. We had a great time even though it was raining like cats and dogs!! We Love You Quincey, hope you had a great birthday!!!

having fun at Grandma & Grandpas......

Happy Birthday Cooper!

I can't believe that Cooper is 2 already! He didn't feel

really good on his birthday, so we just had a small little

party. He is really into cars(the movie),

jeeps, motorcycles and trucks, so that is what

he got. The day after his birthday, he made his dad take

him and his toy motorcycle on a ride on

the street bike, dirt bike and the jeep. This kid is

ALL BOY!

Asparagus

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Better Late than never

Ok so I have started to work on a new project...... I am going to print my blog into a book. I don't really like any of the programs that are out there, so I am custom designing each page. Yes it is going to take forever but I hope it will be worth it. I am going to start with the year 2008 and see how that goes. I am kind of hoping this will take place of my scrap booking. I post everything that I would scrapbook anyway, so I hope it works!

Recently when I was taking my nieces baptism pictures, Quincey brought to my attention that we never did any pictures with her baptism dress on, since it still fits her we got a couple of pictures. I starting thinking that if I didn't do it, she would probably be my only kid that didn't get pictures done for her baptisms. I am so glad I did, because now I will be able to stick it in my 2008 book.

So tell me what do you think?

Spring!!!

The weather has been beautiful for the last couple of days. I thought I would get a picture of my cute little flowers before we get 3 inches of snow this weekend! No I don't know if it is really going to snow, but mother nature has been kind of tricky!

Lexey's baptism

Yesterday my sister and I hung out and did a quick little photo shoot of Lexey for her baptism. This is the invitaion I came up with. Hope she likes it!

WhAT tHe hEck!!!!

I don't usually like to be negative on my blog, but I think I might be having a midlife crisis and I need to have a venting session. Lately I've been so irritable, angry and just plain pissed off. The sad part is I truly have no reason to feel this way, and I am not usually like this. I think that part of it is this.
It seems that as a mom I can't have two seconds to my self, whether its:

when I am asleep in my bed(Faith is always right next to me or on me.)

I can't go to the bathroom by myself without 2 watchers

I am usually never in the car by myself(always listening to what my kids want or watching a movie)

can't keep a water bottle to myself (I always catch my kids sneaking a drink and sliming my bottle)
can't take a shower or a bath without an audience

just bought a new cd the other day and my kids have already lost its case(you can never keep anything nice)

can't eat my dinner without kids wanting a bite of mine

I think I need to take a well earned (girls) vacation. I could care less where I go, but I am feeling like I need a day or two to my very own self. I think the only reason I am not completely crazy is that I take a mini vacation to the gym just about everyday. I love it! It is my time to think what I want & do what I want. (and to get rid of the fat I somehow got)

I know I sound a bit selfish, but sometimes venting helps you come back to the real world so sorry for the all this.
I would not trade my kids for anything in the world!!!!! I love them to the moon and back!!

On another note, I had the best dinner tonight. At Costco you can buy a pre mixed salad in a bag, and it comes with the dressing, feta cheese, cranberries, and almonds. Anyways I slice up some strawberries and opened a can of chicken and it made the best chicken salad. For rabbit it food it tasted pretty dang good!

And so it is over..... glad in a way and quite sad in a way. Of course I was just a mom sitting in the back but enjoyed every bit of it. I think this will be one of many plays we are involved in...

Goodbye for now!

Faith and Cooper...

sometimes these two are best friends...... and other times not!

Crafts

Uncle Trevor and Aunt Kara came to visit this weekend. Nate and Trevor went to Sun Valley to do some fly fishing so us girls hung out and did some girl things. (including Cooper) Quincey and Gracie are painting the first letters to their names, Faith is painting a little bunny, and Cooper got into the Halloween paint when I wasn't looking and decided to paint his face.

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This is the magnet board/picture frame I made today. It turned out really cute. I think it looks way cuter in real life. Thanks Kara for the fun!!!!