I found this great dip to make for the kids for snack and tried it out today. They really liked it! The only thing I did different was to add flax seed and aloe.
Fruity Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip
Ingredients(Makes 6-8 servings):
1/2 cup fruit-flavored yogurt*
1/2 cup natural runny peanut butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
Fruit/veggies for dipping
*To customize the flavor, use 6 tablespoons of yogurt and 2 tablespoons of any fruit jam.
i have finished all four pieces of furniture for sawyers new room and i cannot wait to see it all put together. she is really excited about her pink owl room too. now i know all these pieces are nowhere near perfect but they will be good enough for her room. i am hoping i will really have it down by the time i get to the kitchen table!! her headboard is the worst of all though because she knocked it over twice and i did once during the process. oh well, gives it character right?
Monday, July 25, 2011
we have still been spending lots of time picking things out for the house. i am really starting to get excited to move in. i can't wait to see it all done.
i have been working hard on all of the furniture i am painting and so the kids have been playing outside a lot while i work. i will say summer may not be the best time to do this! we were out there early one morning (like 8) so it wasn't too hot and i told the kids not to get in the pool. so mason put water in a bucket and climbed in it instead. stinker.
i almost have all of sawyers furniture done and will post it soon!
last week we did an estate sale for grandpas house. we got everything ready for it in three days. it was insane. so glad that's over. the kids had a lot of fun playing with random things though and hanging out while we were working. they played with a cassette tape player for over 2 hours and loved all the magnifying glasses. they kept saying they were finding a mystery! the kids also started vbs on thursdays last week. our church is doing a once a week vbs called summer safari. it's really cute and they are studying the countries where our churches missionaries are each week. mason and sawyer call is gps.
we have started the remodel of the house and are busy picking everything out and working on it. i am so excited to see it all done. there is so much to do between now and then though that my brain kinda freezes thinking about it.
i have started refinishing a bunch of furniture for the house when we move in.
i bought an ebook that my friend allison recommended and have been learning how to do it! the furniture isn't perfect but is good enough for me. it is going to look great when it's all put together. so far i have been working on the four pieces for sawyers room. i have finished her night stand and chest of drawers,and have started on her dressing table and headboard. it is a lot of fun to do, but takes so much time. which i don't have a lot of these days. and since it's 110 everyday it is so hot working out in the garage!
other than all of that we have spent a lot of time playing and swimming, oh and i have been working almost every single night. busy as usual.
and for harper, he is growing so fast and is such a puppy right now. and when i say puppy i mean brat that pees everywhere and chews on everything. ready for him to be a big old lazy dog already :) good thing mason gets up and tells him how much he loves him every single morning.
the past two weeks the kids have been in swim lessons with the luttrells. let me tell you, sherri and lynn are amazing. seriously if you live in abilene and have thought about putting your kids in swim lessons, they are great with them. i really wanted the kids to learn to swim since they are around the pool so much, but i also really wanted the kids to get to know sherri since they will be going to stepping stones in the fall. they had so much fun and i had fun talking to all the moms :) they started out with 5 boys and sawyer, but during the second week adelaide (their granddaughter) joined the class! it was great for sawyer to have another little girl to stay down in the shallow end with the girls. mason had trouble with taking a breath while he was swimming. he would swim almost the entire length of the pool without taking a breath, crazy boy. the last day sawyer got to join the boys jumping off the diving board though! i am so amazed at how well they can swim already.
