Skinny doset equal beautiful

Health equals beautiful. Glowing skin. Healthy hair and teeth. Happiness.
Not skin and bones. Not sad runway face.......

I'm just sayin'

Canning for winter

Green beans, lightly salted and yams.
An abundance of produce and laughter.
Children at toe, an old movie and chickens clucking about the latest news. I love canning. I live everything about canning. I love the hot air, the hot jars, the fresh produce and the sound of "click" when the jar has sealed. I love little fingers stealing the produce as the mound of apricots gets smaller and smaller. But mostly, I love how beautiful the jars look filled with yummy goodness. I. Love. To. Can.

Popcorn popcorn popcorn

I can't wait to take this photo, 5 years from now, then again in 10.
My sweet girls sharing popcorn and watching a movie. I love my girls.

More backyard fun

101 reasons to love your husband:

#63- plays well with little girls. And some how becomes the villain and the hero. How does he do that? :D

Backyard hay ride

Complete with "Big Bumps". And when the ride was complete, this cowboy looked behind him and said "I believe this your stop little lady!" :D I love my husband!

Mrs. Potato head goes to the Kingdom Hall

I found this cool idea on Penterest. Felt, Mrs.Potato head. What a wonderful idea! Quiet. Lots of options. And QUIET. Rainy day RV's. or maybe Kingdom Hall Toy. Super adorable.

Have you ever had..

One of those days, when you get in an argument with your dress,

And loose? :)

What a wonderful party

The Butz celebrated their 30th year of marriage. In celebration, the Martinez Confergation party till dawn. Primarily hosted by 2 sisters, with the over guidance of a few brothers; 120 guest ate finger foods, sat at the worlds longest purple table, drank tea and mingled. It was a wonderful surprise for sister Butz, who had no idea what was going on. It was so loving of so many people, to show their love to them.
The candles were such a great touch. Giant purple tissue balls hung from trees. Lights were strung and the night air was perfect!!! Sooo sweet.

Espresso ice cubes

Need an extra shot? How about an espresso frozen shot.

Her first step!!!

Sarafinas first step in auntie Rosemary's kitchen!!!!!!

Age: 8 months!!!!!!

There is hope.....

Jasmine is REAL!!! <3

Mmmmmwaaaaaa kisses

THIS IS SO FREAKING CUTE!!!
Look at the cub. "MMMMOOOOOMMM SSTOOOOPPP."

This is what a good daddy looks like

What a beautiful example of a good daddy.

I fell in love with this..

Where can I paint this? Where can u embroider this? Where can I bang this into my girls brains?

That's right!!!

I hope it takes a long time for my girls to find the love of their life. I hope they measure the possibilities against their daddy. The most wonderful man I know.

This. Is. So. True.

Bella's new night light

Glow in the dark spray paint and a mason jar.... Taaaa daaa.

Bella's octopus lunch

Yes, my 2 year old eats seafood. In
fact, she eats a whole plate of octopus!
:D

How hard he has it....

Unless your this guy.... Then your thankful that someone finished their bottle of water, so you can have a new left shoe!!

Tell me more...

About how hard you have it!

This is sooo cute!!!

This makes me want to run out and get Bella a kitten!!!

Fort Martin

4 living room chairs and a large blanket make for a fun time! Plus it's a quiet, secret place to nurse! :D

The next generation

As she watches a movie on her iPod, steaming into the families movies, head phones snug and her Jammie's on, what is she doing? Texting her boyfriend? No. Facebooking people aimlessly? No. Tweeting? Nope.
Not out girl. Our sweet girl is lightly rubbing the dirt off the tops of white button mushrooms so mama and nonna can, Can them on Monday.
Who says this is a lost art? Not in my house. In my house, the 2 year old can divide the produce, the 13 year old can peel them and mama can, Can them.
And yes, I'm sure apple has an app for that. :)

This made me laugh!!!

I laughed so hard at this!!!

Pineapple update

Awhile back, I discovered you can grow a pineapple from a cut pineapple top.
So I cut the top, made daiquiris from the bottom and slapped that sucker in water. But it died. So I changed the water. And it shriveled. So I changed the water and put it in the sun, and part of her turned green. Really? Is this plant growing from nothing?!!

THEN I discovered you can do the same to green onions and celery.

I saw SAME day results from the green onion and the celery.

A good note to keep; there is not a root system developed on the pineapple and the celery. Maybe they will grow...

But how exciting to grow produce from the produce section of Winco! <3

Painting the skin

With soap!!! Talk about sneaky clean. :)

Bath paint

I found a recipe on Pentrist for bath paint!!! Bella had a blast!!