and as a bonus for being a trooper and making it through all of this nonsense- here's a couple pics :)
Thursday, July 31, 2008
oh the things i stress over...
and as a bonus for being a trooper and making it through all of this nonsense- here's a couple pics :)
Posted by Stacey at 8:48 PM 4 comments
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sail away...
My mom is on an extremely well-deserved Mediterranean cruise right now with my aunt and she's hardly paying a dime! My aunt won the employee of the year award at one of her companies and received a $10k gift which she got to pick. She decided to take my grandparents on a panama canal cruise, but since my grandpa passed away before this could happen she had some left over money. She booked a the cruise for herself, and then asked my mom to go, my mom was reluctant because she didn't think it was fair to leave the other 3 sisters out. Well the sister's talked and decided my mom should go... and i totally agree with them- she totally deserves this trip as she is my dad's primary caregiver. She definitely has a lot on her plate and i am so happy she is able to take some time away and travel somewhere she never thought possible!
I have so enjoyed looking at all of the wonderful places she is going and watching her ship! If you need a little adventure in your day... you can see her itinerary here and watch the bridgecam here, she's on the emerald cruise ship!
Posted by Stacey at 11:22 PM 1 comments
Labels: adventures, my thoughts
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
busy bee...
busy busy busy!! it's been come and go all weekend and has no signs of slowing and the house shows it!
Lis is here and baby Eben is on his way! It's going to be an exciting week!
baby eben's mommy is waiting it out at home until the hospital calls her back! so a little selfish on my part, but maybe she could wait until morning so i don't loose anymore sleep :) (i don't know about you, but i think you get a little selfish with sleep when your a mommy!)
exciting stuff, but it's off to dreamland for me...
Posted by Stacey at 11:15 PM 0 comments
Labels: family journal
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Making your own baby food
Making your own baby food is a great way to save some cashola and even better yet keep your little one's nice and healthy! I've been making baby food for the last few months, and we have saved so much money and can feel confident about what we are feeding our cuties!
Here's the low-down...(we go organic- which is the only way to go but that's a whole nother rant!, but obviously it would work for non-organic too)
- A bottle of organic baby food costs about $.50-$.90 a jar, by purchasing organic equivalents of the same I am able to make about 4 jars of baby food for $.50!!!!
- I know EXACTLY what is going into that mouth- and don't have to worry about the hidden extras they put in baby food (any food at that!) I broke out a jar of applesauce the other day and the SECOND ingredient was high fructose corn syrup- I'm sorry but applesauce tastes fine without the poison thank you very much! (I'm really not that fanatical, ok maybe i am, but if you pay attention they add that stuff to EVERYTHING now!)
- Did I mention it is WAY cheaper!?! cause it is!
- It is SO simple
Here's how it's done...
- buy your food of choice
- cook it by your method of choice- (we usually boil the foods on the stove) until it is soft
- throw it in the blender with the water from boiling and blend it!
- when you have the right texture, pour it into containers- we use empty baby food jars and ice cube trays. that's right ice cube trays! if you don't have enough trays to store all of the food cover them and pop them in the freezer, once frozen pop the cubes out and store in an airtight container- we use gallon sized bags and suck the air out :)
- food stores for about a month in the freezer, 48-72 hours in the fridge.
I do buy some jars of baby food from the store to see if they like the food and for on the road. You do have to be a careful only make a little bit to start out with- they loved winter squash in the jar, but gagged when they ate mine! The website wholesome baby foods is a WONDERFUL resource for this and can answer pretty much any question you can think of.
This really is SO easy, I'm gonna pull the mom-of-twins-card here- if I can do this so can you!
Posted by Stacey at 8:32 PM 5 comments
Pay it forward...

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Labels: adventures, family journal, my thoughts
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Boy do I miss this guy...
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Labels: family journal, my thoughts
mission of the day
Posted by Stacey at 7:59 AM 3 comments
Good times in Vegas...
We stayed at an AMAZING place...
We walked the strip...
Posted by Stacey at 7:00 AM 5 comments
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
You know your wardrobe needs help when...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
20 things that make me smile
1. Spending time with ty
2. Babies
3. sleeping babies/nap time- my down time and they look so stinkin cute!!
4. trees and mountains
5. sleeping in
6. wrestling
7. bike rides
8. being outside
9. walking/running
10. swimming
11. the sun
12. making something cute
13. a good joke and laugh
14. a good deal
15. a night out
16. vegas in 5 days!
17. spending time with family and friends
18. scrapbooking
19. shopping
20. a smile
20 1/2. CHOCOLATE :)
now what puts a smile on your face!
Posted by Stacey at 1:23 PM 1 comments
Labels: my thoughts
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
FREEZE! Blog catch up
Posted by Stacey at 11:44 PM 3 comments
Labels: babies, family journal
I'm a big girl now!
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Labels: family journal, hallie
Swimming
June has been the month of firsts! First hike (see below), first ice cream (i know i'm horrible i said i wouldn't do it for awhile, but it was just a small bite!), first crawls, first pulling ups, and most importantly first swim!!! We went swimming at a cousin's condo in crescent bar for the day on Saturday. (another fun day trip!)

Posted by Stacey at 11:02 PM 3 comments
Labels: adventures, babies, hallie, micah
palouse falls
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