So, yesterday I was feeling extremely Martha Stewart-y. I don't know what's going on, but I'm all nesting and weird. Sadly, no, I don't have any announcements. Yet!
Anyway, after scripture reading every night we have a dessert. I like to make something yummy for all of us, and not rely on store bought stuffs. I found a recipe on AllRecipes.com . Ever been there? I usually find some pretty easy and yummy recipes on that site.
I've had 3 overly ripe bananas for a couple of days and have been wanting to make bread or cake or something. I was excited to find this muffin recipe. I tweaked the original recipe, and I think it made them even more Deeelishus. that's like a million times better than the normal deliciousness.
Banana Crumb Muffins:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 bananas, mashed
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 Tablespoons All purpose flour
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups or line with muffin papers.
In a large bowl mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, soda, powder, and salt. In another bowl beat together bananas, sugar, egg, vanilla, walnuts, and melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Cut in the 1 tablespoon of butter until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins.
Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
I need a better camera, and perhaps learn how to take better photos. But, wowzers. These were yummy.
We had them for dessert last night and breakfast this morning. :)
Thursday, April 14, 2011
All in White
This past weekend was pretty eventful. Not only did Bug turn the big 6, but Gabby's Baptism day was Saturday!
She has been anxiously awaiting this day since last summer when she watched her older siblings get baptized. Gabs was the only one being baptized from our ward, so the entire program was up to us. I let Gabby choose whom she wanted to give the talks and prayers. Cuauhtli gave the opening prayer, Yoalli gave the talk on Baptism, Tonathiu gave the talk on the Holy Ghost, Papa confirmed her and gave her the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Mama gave the Benediction. The Spirit was strong and I was proud of my kids. All of them.
I decided to share the talks that the kids gave that day. We did not help them with them at all, well except for Yoalli who got her first talk nixed because it was about 18 pages and had nothing to do with baptism. :)
Yoalli's talk on Baptism:
"Hi! I'm Yoalli Nicholas, Gabby's big sister. Gabby asked me if I could do a talk for her baptism and now here I am! When I was baptized I made an oath to our Heavenly Father. I promised that I would follow his commandments and only eat what is good for my body, that I would be sealed to my family, and choose the right. I made other promises too.
Things like being sealed and keeping God's commandments are known as faithful footsteps back to Jesus Christ! Being baptized is one of those faithful footsteps! When you are baptized, all of your sins will be forgiven. And, that is Gabby's next big step today. All of her sins will be forgiven and she will be making the same oaths that I did to Heavenly Father.
Heavenly Father also makes oaths to us that if we will keep his commandments, he will richly bless us. If we live the Gospel we will also live a life of happiness!
I would like to bare my testimony by saying that Baptism is a wonderful blessing and I promise that if you take these faithful footsteps you will live a happy and good life. I know this Church is true. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
Tonathiu's Talk on the Holy Ghost:
" Hello, my talk today is going to be on the Holy Ghost. Well, some people think of the Holy Ghost as their common sense. I like to think of him as God's heavenly nudge. Whenever I am about to make a mistake, He is there saying, "No, don't do that."
The Holy Ghost helps us through hard times, he helps guide us along the straight and narrow path, and he testifies of Christ. The Holy Ghost can also warn us of danger, spiritual or temporal.
It is important to remain pure and soft hearted so that the promptings of the Spirit can be heard more clearly.
The Spirit is there on Sunday mornings saying, "Go To Church!". When you are up late at night and your body demands rest, the Spirit says, "You forgot to read your scriptures."
It is when you stop listening to the Spirit and you stop doing these things that he withdraws.
The Spirit can give you guidance at any time, but only as long as you are willing to listen. So, I guess what I am saying is , The Holy Ghost is important and we should all listen to him more."
He then bore his testimony to all of us.
It was such a special experience and made even more so because of the struggles that he and I have been facing the past little while.
Here are some photos of Gab's day:
She has been anxiously awaiting this day since last summer when she watched her older siblings get baptized. Gabs was the only one being baptized from our ward, so the entire program was up to us. I let Gabby choose whom she wanted to give the talks and prayers. Cuauhtli gave the opening prayer, Yoalli gave the talk on Baptism, Tonathiu gave the talk on the Holy Ghost, Papa confirmed her and gave her the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Mama gave the Benediction. The Spirit was strong and I was proud of my kids. All of them.
I decided to share the talks that the kids gave that day. We did not help them with them at all, well except for Yoalli who got her first talk nixed because it was about 18 pages and had nothing to do with baptism. :)
Yoalli's talk on Baptism:
"Hi! I'm Yoalli Nicholas, Gabby's big sister. Gabby asked me if I could do a talk for her baptism and now here I am! When I was baptized I made an oath to our Heavenly Father. I promised that I would follow his commandments and only eat what is good for my body, that I would be sealed to my family, and choose the right. I made other promises too.
Things like being sealed and keeping God's commandments are known as faithful footsteps back to Jesus Christ! Being baptized is one of those faithful footsteps! When you are baptized, all of your sins will be forgiven. And, that is Gabby's next big step today. All of her sins will be forgiven and she will be making the same oaths that I did to Heavenly Father.
Heavenly Father also makes oaths to us that if we will keep his commandments, he will richly bless us. If we live the Gospel we will also live a life of happiness!
I would like to bare my testimony by saying that Baptism is a wonderful blessing and I promise that if you take these faithful footsteps you will live a happy and good life. I know this Church is true. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
Tonathiu's Talk on the Holy Ghost:
" Hello, my talk today is going to be on the Holy Ghost. Well, some people think of the Holy Ghost as their common sense. I like to think of him as God's heavenly nudge. Whenever I am about to make a mistake, He is there saying, "No, don't do that."
The Holy Ghost helps us through hard times, he helps guide us along the straight and narrow path, and he testifies of Christ. The Holy Ghost can also warn us of danger, spiritual or temporal.
It is important to remain pure and soft hearted so that the promptings of the Spirit can be heard more clearly.
The Spirit is there on Sunday mornings saying, "Go To Church!". When you are up late at night and your body demands rest, the Spirit says, "You forgot to read your scriptures."
It is when you stop listening to the Spirit and you stop doing these things that he withdraws.
The Spirit can give you guidance at any time, but only as long as you are willing to listen. So, I guess what I am saying is , The Holy Ghost is important and we should all listen to him more."
He then bore his testimony to all of us.
It was such a special experience and made even more so because of the struggles that he and I have been facing the past little while.
Here are some photos of Gab's day:
| I so love this picture. This is part of our whanau. I love them all. dearly. |
| My favorite. |
Happy Birthday BuggaBoo!
I can't believe this little beauty is six!
She brings our family so much happiness. and so much frustration. :)
I love being your Mumma and I hope you will always know how much we all love you. Forever.
Here's some little snippets of Bug's Partay. She was digging Dora mucho this year, so we had to go with it. :)
| probably not the best photo, but I LOVE her expression! |
| She also Loooooves Kai Lan. |
| We also played a little "Pin the Flower bracelet on Dora". Yes, the hat and scarf were mandatory. The boys were THRILLED. :) |
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Lunch time.
What do you do when it's still too chilly to have a picnic lunch at the park, but you and your daughter have a bad case of Spring Fever??
Have a picnic on the floor in your living room with your favorite fatso kitty, of course!
Please excuse the cables and cords. They make for a lovely picture, aye?
Monday, March 28, 2011
Love that little Brown Truck!
Do you get as excited as I do when you see the UPS guy coming down your road? I love it when he bring me packages. It's like an early Christmas present just for me! Yay!
I won a $35 gift certificate for CSN stores from Brenda at Another Small Adventure.
I was ecstatic! I have been pining for a new crockpot for ages and this was perfect! I knew immediately what I wanted to get with my gift certificate. although I was drooling over so many things!
Today we heard a *KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
I look out the window and there it is. That beautiful brown truck!
My girls and I were dancing. Yep, they get that excited over packages too! We crack it open and find.....
Wooooooooot! Look how shiny! Look how new! Look how pretty!
Yes, that little girlie is pretty and shiny too :)
I won a $35 gift certificate for CSN stores from Brenda at Another Small Adventure.
I was ecstatic! I have been pining for a new crockpot for ages and this was perfect! I knew immediately what I wanted to get with my gift certificate. although I was drooling over so many things!
Today we heard a *KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
I look out the window and there it is. That beautiful brown truck!
My girls and I were dancing. Yep, they get that excited over packages too! We crack it open and find.....
Wooooooooot! Look how shiny! Look how new! Look how pretty!
Yes, that little girlie is pretty and shiny too :)
And, wouldn't you know it? I don't have a crockpot meal planned until Friday. Bummer.
So, I guess I'm just going to be forced to make this
tomorrow for dessert. Oooooh yeah.
Diet? What diet? we don't need no stinkin' diet!
Okay, maybe we do, but we'll have just a bit of a cheat to enjoy this.
What's for Dinner?
I am really enjoying cooking lately. I love planning the menu, organizing my pantry, finding out how much I saved for the record, on Saturday I spent $23 at Smith's and SAVED $24, I have enough pasta that i got for FREE! to last about 6 months. man! i love those deals!...and cooking the meals, of course! I love not worrying about what I'm going to make or if I have the ingredients to make it. I am finding myself having an affinity for cooking blogs especially slow-cooker blogs. I found Our Best Bites a while ago and have blog stalked them since. They have various recipes- from quick and easy, to put on your apron, you're going to be here a while.
Tonight we are having this

Is it wrong to be excited for dinner?
As I was checking out their blog today, I found some super fun April Fool's food for the whan.
We've all seen these before, right?
I'm thinking seriously about making these on Friday.
And, how stinking cute are these?
Or these? I seriously want one. Now.
What is the meatball you ask? A Ferrer Rocher candy. Yum.O.
Do you have fun traditions for April Fool's with the kids? I need some ideas! :)
Tonight we are having this

Is it wrong to be excited for dinner?
As I was checking out their blog today, I found some super fun April Fool's food for the whan.
We've all seen these before, right?
I'm thinking seriously about making these on Friday.
And, how stinking cute are these?
Or these? I seriously want one. Now.
What is the meatball you ask? A Ferrer Rocher candy. Yum.O.
Do you have fun traditions for April Fool's with the kids? I need some ideas! :)
Sunday, March 27, 2011
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