Kids say the cutest things!

Laundry is a pet peeve of mine. I don't mind DOING the laundry, or even folding it and putting it away, (OK, Kirt does that most of the time) but when I am sorting the dirty laundry and I find piles of FOLDED clothes in the kids' hampers, I am LIVID! I also hate it when they wear pajamas one time and put them in the hamper. I lost it a few weeks ago and told the kids they were not allowed to put their pj's in the hamper until they had worn them three times. (And yes, the boys all said, "What if we pee in them?")... But they've all been much better about it.

This morning Mia was eating breakfast and spilled a little egg on her nightgown. (The MAIN reason I don't let my kids get dressed before breakfast. :) After she was done eating, she went running in to get dressed and exclaimed, "I'm putting my nightgown in the hamster because it has egg on it!"

I had to laugh out loud. Moments like those make me SO glad I'm home with my little cuties. :)

First class kid!

Dallin earned his first class scout award last night. Since I wasn't able to be there due to a bad pregnancy day, he pinned the mother's pin on Kirt. Way to go Dal! Dallin's a great kid and we love him so much.

Meatball Madness!

I've only made my mom's killer BBQ meatballs once in my life. I've been craving them for awhile now and they were finally on the cooking schedule! YIPPEE! I quadrupled the recipe since I was cooking for 3 other families (check that out at whatsfourdinner.blogspot.com) but I FORGOT how many meatballs it makes! Holy moly! I was able to feed all four dinner group families, plus three other small families of 2-3 in the ward AND my grandparents. They do take some time to make, but they are SO yummy.

BBQ Meatballs

Make this sauce first and simmer about 20 minutes.
2 cups catsup
2 cups water
3 T. minced onion
4 T. worcestershire sauce
4 T. white vinegar
4 T. sugar

Mix all together to make meatballs:
1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
3/4 cups rolled oats
1 cup milk
3 T. minced onion

Roll meat mixture into 1 1/2 inch balls. Roll in flour and place on a tin-foil covered cookie sheet. Broil meatballs on highfor 3 minutes. Turn over. Broil other side for 3 minutes. (This takes the place of browning them and is MUCH faster.) Pour half the sauce in 13x9 casserole dish. Place meatballs in casserole dish. Pour remaining sauce over the top and bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour. Serve over rice.

Nothin' sweeter than this...

One Sunday afternoon I sat down to play my piano and Kirt decided to lay down on the carpet to listen to me (since there was no couch in that room yet, due to the move). I heard Mia come in and saw her lay down by him, but I kept playing. The next thing I knew, I turned around to find this perfect moment. I had to run for my camera before the moment was over. This is one little girl who sure loves her daddy.

Snowy Saturday

We managed to escape our busy lives and headed to Enterprise last weekend to enjoy the snow and hang out with the cousins a bit. I wanted to share some pics.

It all started out like this.

And this.

And then it evolved to this. (Noah LOVED going down just in his snow suit!)

And this.(Crash and burn, Jax!)
And even this. (At least it wasn't yellow snow...)

Our little angel making a snow angel. She loved it. She did it over and over.

We had a wonderful time, even though it was very cold for us! The kids did great. I thought they'd be bawling that they were cold after about 15 minutes. It was actually me who finally said it was time to go after a few hours.