website of interest...

Occasionally I post a website that I find interesting here on my blog. I found one recently that has captured my interest and works with my short attention span issues, plus it is both crafty and creative. When you get a few minutes check it out! http://www.oneprettything.com. The best part about this site is the variety and links to many other blogs/sites of those who created the featured creations/ideas. Enjoy!

Drew Daniel Evans

We are so proud to announce the arrival of our son Drew Daniel Evans. Drew was born on April 30 at 1:02am. He weighed 7lbs 10oz and was 20 inches long. Here are a few pictures showing off our little guy!

Big sis Kami & Drew

Big sis Rian & Drew

Kami, Rian & Drew

Mermaids

I recently spotted these cute little mermaids splashing about with their goggles on. Too cute not to share with you all! Happy Spring!

Rian"ism"

Solve this equation:+ = ?

What does a two year old (who can't pronounce the letter "s") call a Peanuts character gummy fruit snack shaped like a dog? Answer: "Noopy Doo" Who knew eating gummy fruit snacks could be so funny! (not sure where the scooby doo part came from but it sounds good with noopy) You can all add this newly created word to your ever evolving Rian Vocabulary list.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I apologize for not getting this posted in a timely manner but if you only knew the crazy week we had you would understand!! After 4 trips to the ER, two surgeries and the flu we are sort of back to a semi-normal state (Gary has/had a huge kidney stone). Needless to say we did not spend St. Patrick's Day downing green ale toasting to the homeland. We did however have a small celebration at home with the kids in between the ER visits and surgeries. Thanks to Maima (aka Mom/Dianne) a little tradition was kept alive - Shamrock Cookies! We all had fun shaping the dough into little shamrocks and had a great time. The end result was delicious!

Chef Valentines

We usually aren't big fans of Valentine's Day due to the big commercialism of this "holiday" but with a prego mommy craving cookies who could resist a great excuse to make some treats! After the cookies cooled the little chefs enjoyed spreading pink and white frosting on the heart shaped cookies then dousing them with sprinkles and red colored sugar. The results were YUMMY and we shared them with family that night after pizza dinner. Happy Valentine's Day to all - We love you!

Ballet part Deux

Ballet II started three weeks ago and our little ballerina was so excited. We kept all of the handouts she received from Ballet I so she could practice. They are taped to the wall and she and little sis love to play ballerina by imitating the poses captured on the handouts. The latest move they are both practicing is an arabesque - which means you stand gracefully on one leg and raise the other behind you with toe pointed, then arms are placed either out to the side or in a circle in front of the body. The girls are getting so good at balancing! The videos capture the little ballerina in action. The class was working on some bar skills as well as some fancy sashaying across the dance floor. Enjoy!

Soccer Chick

This past fall (late fall) Kami participated in a soccer class through the local YMCA. She and two of her close friends, Reese and Lauryn, also played. After several weeks of learning some basic skills the girls really caught on quickly and seemed to enjoy this sport. I was just glad to have a place for Kami to run around for an hour, learn something new and tire her out! Rian enjoyed watching big sis play as well as roll around on her tummy on top of a soccer ball. She kept asking "when I get biggee can I play soccey" (she can't quite pronounce words ending with "er"). Here are a few videos of the girls playing soccer. Enjoy!

Make Your Own Fonts - FREE

Have you ever been working on a project or creating a special document and wanted the font to look handwritten (without actually writing it by hand!). Well while surfing through some blogs I ran across a great site where you can create your own personal font - FREE! What a great way to personalize invitations, cards, letters, homemade books or even capture your 4 year old's penmanship skills! Please check out this site and give it a try. If you send me examples of what you created I'll post them to this blog to share with everyone. The website is http://www.yourfonts.com/.

Here are a few examples of what other people have created through this site:

Yummy Banana Bread

I'm a big fan of super easy (and yummy) recipes. Quite awhile ago my mother in law, Lucy, gave me a great banana bread recipe. For some reason this past week we had more bananas than we could consume so before they got totally rotten the girls and I mashed them and made bread. This recipe makes one nice size loaf of bread. The result is a moist, flavorful, sure to disappear treat for you to share (or hide if necessary).

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Ingredients:
3 bananas
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. mayonnaise (any kind or brand will do)
1 Tbsp. water
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 Tbsp. brown sugar


Mash the bananas. Mix the mashed bananas, mayo, sugar and water together. In a separate bowl combine four and baking soda. Slowly add the flour/soda mix to the banana mixture, stir until combined. Pour mixture into a greased loaf pan and evenly sprinkle brown sugar over the top. Bake 45-55 minutes until toothpick inserted into bread comes out clean. Remove from loaf pan to a cooking rack to cool.