What's for dinner?

We have been loving this recipe that I adapted from allrecipes.com. It is so easy and we all like it (which is a plus with picky kids!)

Chicken Wraps

INGREDIENTS
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1/2 pound bacon
1/2 of a fresh pineapple, cut in chunks
tamari sauce (or soy sauce) & sesame oil

DIRECTIONS
Cut chicken into bite-size pieces. Wrap with about 1/3 slice of bacon, thread onto toothpick, and top with pineapple chuck. Marinate for 4 hours or longer in tamari sauce/sesame oil mixture. I just pour it on - probably four tablespoons of sesame oil and 1/4 - 1/2 cup tamari. Use enough to cover the bottom of the container. When I marinate it I flip the container over every hour so all the pieces get to soak in it for a bit.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F .
Place marinated pieces on a broiler pan (or normal pan if you don't mind all the bacon grease) and bake for 20 minutes, or until chicken is done and bacon golden brown. We like to eat it with rice and salad. Yum!! Enjoy!

Brock is not a huge cooked pineapple fan but he really likes this (although not as much when I used canned pineapple) :-)

Green Beans Anyone?

Hannah doesn't like to eat much - here is her first try with raw green beans. Fortunately, she loves bananas and sweet potatoes so I can get her to eat things she doesn't like by mixing them with one of those two. She likes to pick up food and eat it so we are trying lots of different things, hopefully we will find a big hit so eating isn't such a drag (for her and me)

Counting our "Blessings"

The Lord bless thee and keep thee
The Lord make His face shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee
The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee and give thee peace
Numbers 6:24-26

Enjoying a beautiful day

It was such a nice day today - low 50s (okay so maybe that isn't warm for some of you but it is like summer to us after such a cold winter) :-) I wanted to snap a few pics of the kids before Madison changed into more appropriate outside clothes. It was just so nice for the kids (and us) to be outside and enjoy the warmth of the sun!

I had fun experimenting with some of the editing features on my Picasa - now if only I had photo shop I could really have some fun :-) Although I am sure it would be one more thing that I have to discipline myself with so I didn't spend too much time with it :-)

Hannah looks like she has something on her mind - hmm I wonder what it could be

Having some fun

Capturing a few pics of the little lady today. I have been weening her from nursing in the night and it has been a rough 6 days.









Last night she got a decent stretch of sleep (8 hours) then cried off and on for a while. She woke up at 6:30 again so I got up with her and fed her. She was up for about 1 hour then she fell back to sleep for another hour. So . . . she is in a pretty good mood today, which is a big change from the last several days.


She actually has been doing pretty good with the whole thing - she doesn't cry tons but is up off and on a lot. She had been sleeping in the bed with us and eating quite often in the night so she is really going through an adjustment - her own bed and no more nursing - Poor Little Thing! It has probably been hardest on me because it is often almost more than I can bear to listen to her cry!

Still trying to capture a great walking video - this is the best I have gotten so far. She has been walking on a regular basis the last few days and seems to do it without hesitation but quickly realizes what she is doing and gets leary.

Its so fun to Learn

Isaac has been working on counting and the alphabet. He had them both down except for some key things - with his numbers he kept skipping 4 and in the alphabet he kept missing TUV and would say "pew" instead of "q". It was pretty funny. He finally got it down and we were all proud of him!

10 Months Old

Hannah was 10 months old on March 24th. She has grown alot this month and weighs 17 lb 4 oz! She also loves to take steps now - the largest number of steps she has taken is 26. I haven't caught it on video yet but will keep trying so you can all see her in action!

Hannah has learned alot of things this month - now you can see for yourself!


Doing her signing. It was real easy for her to learn once she had something she really liked (cheerios and bananas) then she quickly realized if I do this thing with my hands then I get more of this yummy stuff! :-)


Hannah's 1/2 walking - she does this all the time and it cracks us up. Madison or Isaac never did this so this is a first for us. Also, showing how she can do "So Big"

I did catch her taking a few steps but that is it - I will keep trying