Prayer Request

Wow, this family has been through a lot this past year. Aimee delivered her baby girl, Kayleigh, in June - 3 months before her due date. This precious baby was born weighing 1lb 1oz and was 10 1/2 inches long. The picture on their blog of Kayleigh's hand in her daddy's reminds me so much of Samuel, he weighed just 5 oz less and was 1 inch shorter. Kayleigh is now 10 months old and had made a lot of progress, but during a recent surgery she was deprived of blood/oxygen to her brain and now cannot live for very long without life support. The family has decided to take her home to the room they had prepared for her and allow her to spend time with her siblings that haven't been able to see her since August (due to RSV season). I'm sure this family would appreciate prayers as they face these difficult days ahead.

Picture of the Day

Yummy Potato Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
2 lbs Potatoes (I used red, you can use whatever)
1 cup Mayo
4 t dill or sweet relish
4 t white sugar
2 t white oninon
2 t prepared mustard
1 t white wine vinegar
1 T minced celery
1/2 t shredded carrot
1/4 t dried/fresh parsley
1/4 t ground black pepper
salt to taste

Directions:
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and chop.

In a large bowl combine mayonnaise, pickle relish, sugar, onion, mustard, vinegar, celery, carrot, parsley, pepper and salt. Mix well. Mix in potatoes and enjoy!

What to do if you don't have a double stroller...

Last night we had Layla and Finn over. We decided to walk to the park, but had three kids and two strollers. So, we improvised. The boys have a love/hate relationship. They don't like to share and someone usually ends up crying when they "play" together. They did surprisingly well though riding in such close proximity and we all had a great time at the park.

Our little baseball player

Orangamango Smoothie

Sorry, I'm been neglecting my blog lately. The weather has been so beautiful, who wants to sit in front of a computer screen anyway?!

In light of this spring weather, I thought I'd share this yummy smoothie recipe I tried today:

Ingredients:
1 Orange
1 Mango
Juice from 1/2 Lime
1/3 cup Apple Juice
A few ice cubes

Serves: 1

Landon and I both loved this!

Easter Party

The Easter party went great. We had 5 kids come from the neighborhood and 5 or so from my Sunday school class. I used resurrection eggs to tell the Easter story which the kids really enjoyed. They all listened really well and were a lot of fun. We had an Easter egg hunt and plenty of candy. All in all, it was well worth the time and effort! Pray for the little souls that heard the gospel that they might understand it and be saved.

Landon really enjoyed the aftermath of the party, especially the balloons...

11 months old!

I can't believe my baby is almost a year old! Time sure flies by. Here a couple pictures of our little boy.



Also... Please pray for our Neighborhood/Sunday school kids easter party which is today. I'm nervous since I'll be sharing the Bible lesson, but I'm hopeful that many will come from the neighborhood. Please pray that the gospel would go forth clearly and that the Lord would be working in these little hearts.

Our little Monkey

Sorry for the overload of Landon movies and not much else... It's my way of letting my family in Iowa keep up with the little guy. He's also at a really fun age where he is learning and mimicking so much. I love his hair in this movie too, he had just woke up from his nap.