g & l.

these two.   she thinks he is the coolest and he is such a sweetheart to her.   

just my girl.

honey lemon chicken.

this recipe is from summer harms who is friends with anneliese & anna introduced me to her blog.   (so many good recipes! check it out!) 

this recipe quickly became a sunday favorite at our house.  enjoy!  thanks summer ;)   

soft ginger snap cookies.

so, i'm going to start trying to post some recipes.  i'm a huge fan of new recipes & love it when people share favorites, why not give it a whirl ;)

...oh, and no promises that these will ever be super healthy trendy recipes or have great food pics to go with. most, if not all, will have pictures of the kiddos taste testing. (and posting from my phone.)

without further ado..

gingersnaps- i have a soft spot in my heart for these little cookies. dare i say they are even my favorite?  not even sure where i got this recipe but it has never fooled me wrong. yum!

soft ginger snap cookies

1 1/2 cup shortening (i use half butter/half shortening)

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup dark molasses

1/2 tsp salt

4 tsp baking soda

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp cloves

2 tsp cinnamon

4 cups flour

cream all ingredients together, except flour

gradually add flour

form into smaller shaped balls, drop & roll in sugar

bake at 350 for 8 minutes

february.

she turns him to mush.

snow day painting.

her.

taking matters into her own hands to reach a door knob.   short stuff!

thats my lane, organizing his treats.

he just eats them.

many many days we had late starts to school because of cold temperatures.   so fun to have relaxed slow paced breakfasts.

practicing hurdles.

once she decides she's tired, there is no waking her up.

usual breakfasts, love these brothers.

filling out his valentines for his school party.

favorite!

we had a very last minute valentine party for our preschooler friends :) of course i took zero pictures… but i did snap one of the take home snack.

& we did a heart craft at the party.  oh yeah, i made my children eat their treats outside.   i don't do sprinkles.

and this year the kids did salt dough heart ornaments.

valentines day hearts from head to toe.  beautiful day!

park time with friends.

flowers :)

daddy brought home his little girl flowers & she was sooo excited & felt so special.

candle light dinner & heart shaped pizza.

grandpa & grandma in town (early) to celebrate gage's birthday.

favorite!!!

sunday naps.

go-go-go.

usual scene…no pants.  but hey, SHE IS 100% potty trained.  woohoo!!

all admiring gage's new goldfish :)  …it just died a few hours ago.   eeks!

birthday treats on his actual birthday.   grandpa & grandma reimer were in town to celebrate.

favorite!

attempting to fly kites on a not windy day.   grandpa & grandma need to get a special award, they ran from one end of the field to the other over & over trying to get them to fly.

and this sweet heart did NOT feel good!!!

climbing "the rock" of castle rock.   beautiful.

she is going to be so sad fishy fish isn't going to be swimming tomorrow morning when she wakes up...