Spring!

It has been a while since I posted. The month has just flown by. We have been out enjoying the patches of good weather that we have had. It has been fun taking the kids to the park. Last year Morgan was too little to play at the park, but this year she is the first one on the playgroud climbing the stairs and going down the slide all by herself. She loves playing with her brothers too. She is a tuff girl and makes every effort to keep up with her brothers. She loves riding on her big wheel--watch out when she learns to pedal.

My baby isn't a baby anymore. She reminds me everyday when I tell her that I love my baby. She says, " Mom, I am not a baby I am Morgan".

Great Recipes!

My favorite recipes are made in the crockpot. I love the days when I can throw something in the crockpot and I dont have to think about what to fix for dinner for the rest of the day. These are two of my favorites:

Crockpot Chicken (from my chomay Lianna)

6 boneless chicken breasts
1 can cream of chicken
1 can cream of mushroom ( I usually use two cans of cream of chicken--I am not a lover of cream of mushroom)
½ cup evaporated milk
1 package Italian dressing
8 oz cream cheese

Put in crockpot, cook for 8 hours on low
Put over rice or mashed potatoes

Sesame Ribs (we made on Sunday and it is sooo yummy)

INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons honey
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 large cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger, or 1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
3 to 4 pounds boneless country style pork ribs
1 medium onion, sliced
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
1/4 cup chopped green onion, with green

PREPARATION:
In large bowl, combine, the first nine ingredients. Add ribs and turn to coat. Place the onion in bottom of slow cooker; arrange ribs on top. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours. Place ribs on serving platter and sprinkle with sesame seeds and green onion. Makes 6 servings.

I took the ribs out and thickened the sauce a little and served it all over rice. YUMMY!

Thanks Nancy for the great idea!

My Big Girl

Tonight is my girl's first night in her big girl bed. It took her a little while to go to sleep and I kept threating to put her back into the crib, but she finally fell asleep. I snuck into her room to find her asleep amongst some of her favorite toys.


This week we are making big changes. Morgan is moving to boy's room and the boy's are moving to Morgan's room. Morgan has big animals painted on her walls (painted by an artist before we moved in) and it is more suited for boys. So, I am going to paint over the trains and cars in the other room and make my girl a pink room. She is so excited to have her own big girl bed and a pink room. I am excited to clean out the clutter and put some fresh paint on the walls. I will share pictures when we are all finished.

Happy Easter

I love Easter not only because we celebrate the life of our Savior, but because the snow is almost all melted and the grass is turning green and pastels are fun to wear again.

On Friday the kids and I colored easter eggs. We had a lot of fun. I got a kit that had 12 colors including some neon colors. We colored them first with crayons and the we dipped and finally we decorated using stickers and some shrink wrap stuff that we applied with a hair dryer.

Morgan loved the stickers!

Camden and his basketball egg

Riley putting all the colored eggs in the carton.

Turning One

This weekend I got to take pictures of this little guy. He is such a cutie! He turns "one" next week. I had a lot of fun playing with his pictures. I love taking pictures of little ones! I am so eager for spring and outside pictures with flowers, grass, and NO SNOW!

I am planning on doing outdoor Portrait Parties this Spring and Summer. If anyone is interested in hosting a party and earning free pictures let me know.

Family Pictures

Hicks Family

On Saturday February 23rd we had a funeral for Lamar. It started out as a cold day, but by the time we drove over to the gravesite it was nice and sunny. Although it was a hard week as we prepared for a funeral it was also nice that we were able to spend time with family talking and doing fun things together. One of the things we were able to do was take some family pictures. With three photographers we were able to get a big group shot, individual family photos, and individual photos. I took all the individual photos. I thought I would share a few of them. Look how photogenic the Hicks' are. :}