2 going on 16

So lately andy and I have been trying to teach Evelyn that big girls go potty in the toilet. We have also told her that if she does go in the toilet we will have a potty party. Well Saturday night she peed in the toilet and we were all so excited. The next morning we had a breakfast potty party with a big breakfast. Now at night when we are putting her to bed she asks to have a party and listen to 'gaga' Which is lady gaga. She also keeps saying 'whatever' with tons of attitude and when we ask her to do something she sighs, breaths out "fine" and slouches away! My baby's a teen already, what happened!?

I have a nephew!

He was born last night, after a long, long labor, but he's finally here and he's so cute. Last time I spoke to Quin he still didn't have a name. Baby boy smith was 8lbs 4oz. 21 inches long, has lots of curly blonde hair and already needs a hair cut, and he is surprisingly not red or squish faced. I only have pics sent to me on Quins cell so here is one. I am so in love and I haven't even met him yet. It's amazing how two adorable nieces and a handsome nephew can completely own me in such a short period of time.

Candy makes it ALL better

Tonight while getting Evelyn ready for bed she started crying and saying "ow, ow, ow" so I started asking what hurt, and pointing at things to see where the owie was and how to make it better. after asking a few questions I still hadn't figured what hurt or how to fix it, so I asked what would make it better. She immediately stops crying and says to me with a straight face "candy" I laughed and called her a faker, at this she laughed and ran off giggling and saying "faker" a couple times.

yummy healthy bran muffins

So I have been wanting something that I can keep around the house for healthy, quick snacks. The result is this recipe for great bran muffins that are 125 calories each, 6 grams of protein, 4 grams of fiber and 1/5 gram of fat. This is a recipe that I came up with and took me about two months to perfect. Even kids like them. For those of you who have been to the Greenery in Ogden they taste like the mormon muffins there and they are great with a little bit of honey butter.

4 C raisin bran crushed

1.5 cups whole wheat flour

1/2 cups vital wheat gluten

1/3 cup brown sugar

2t baking soda

1t salt

2t vanilla

2 egg whites

2/3 cup applesauce

1 cup unsweetened plain or vanilla yogurt

1.5T cinnamon

Mix all ingredients and bake at 350* for 26 minutes. Yield 16

For family home evening Monday we took evelyn to the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins.we had planed on getting her a small/medium size pumpkin, but as soon as she saw the little pumpkins her face just lit up. she was so happy that she had one just her size.

Today Evelyn got to paint her pumpkins. She had so much fun with it that After she was done painting pumpkins I showed her how to finger paint. She loved smearing the paint around and then realized her hands were dirty, and that alarmed her just a little.

Well I am fianlly an aunt and I love it. Evelyn and I went up to Moscow to visit the babies and they are so cute. Evelyn was so sweet and gentle with the babies, she would gently stroke their hair and give gentle kisses to the head. Every time she got to hold one her face would just light up.

Emily is Matt and Lyndees Llittle girl and she is the one sleeping in all of the pictures, she is about a month old. Madison is Jay and Camilles, she has dark hair and makes this cute little monkey face where she opens her eyes real big and makes an "o" with her mouth, she is about a week and a half in the pics. And of course theres Evelyn, a pretty little handful.

Debbie and madison