Mabel's Labels

I love Mabel's Labels! I used them with J Boy on his bottles and sippy cups so they didn't get mixed up with another child's cup or bottle. The labels are still on even with a thousand washings! They are great for backpacks, clothes, shoes, household storage cans and bins. I love them!

Baby Carriers

With my babies I have used both a sling and the Baby Bjorn. I have loved both for different reasons. However, just for fun, I would love to get a new baby carrier. These are two baby carriers that I think are darling!
The Kokopax

The BabyHawk

Zucchini Bread

Like many people, I have had a lot of zucchini growing in my garden lately. Every day last week I grilled a mixture of veggies (asparagus, yellow and red peppers, beans, cherry tomatoes, and zucchini) with garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper. What more can I do with zucchini? Well, bread, of course! I have tried a couple of different recipes and I think I found a winner. Mr. D claims this his favorite. I thought I'd share with you the yummy recipe for Zucchini Bread.
***A couple of changes I did: I added more lemon juice and lemon zest. It calls for 3 cups of sugar but I only did 2 cups. And, It calls for 3 1/4 cup flour and I did 2 1/4 cup white and 1 cup whole wheat. I also did not put in any nuts.
If you try this let me know what you did and what you liked. I always love good ideas.


images from Martha Stewart

Domino

Oh how I miss going to the mailbox and seeing that my favorite magazine has arrived. I don't get excited about the mail very often, but I sure got excited to receive my Domino magazine. What was it about that magazine that was so wonderful? I think it was the crazy unique and artistic quality......whatever, (sigh) because it is no longer with us. Luckily, I still have the Domino book to pour over. There are so many great decorating ideas in there. There are SO MANY things I would love to try, love to copy, and love to apply to my home decor, maybe someday I'll be able to redecorate.... Oh well. A girl can dream. A girl can plan. And a girl can change her decorating mind as often as she likes, right?


DOMINO: THE BOOK OF DECORATING by Deborah Needleman, Sara Ruffin Costello, and Dara Caponigro
Canadian House & Home magazine, as many blogs have suggested, is a good substitute. It is not, however, a replacement. I still do enjoy the fun ideas though.

Blonde Brownies

Blonde Brownies

2/3 cup margarine, softened
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
2 large eggs
1 1/2 TBS water
2 3/4 cups flour
2 cups chocolate chips
**** you can play with this: i used 1/3 semi-sweet, 1/3 white chocolate, and 1/3 of the mixed/swirled white and chocolate chips..... next time I think I'll try peanut butter chips mixed with chocolate, or no chips and frost the bars with a yummy chocolate frosting.

Mix first seven ingredients together, then add flour. Blend together. Add chocolate chips and stir. Spread mixture into 9x13 baking pan. Bake at 340 degrees for 22-24 minutes. Bake only until the bars begin to slightly brown on the edges.

July Update Continued....

***24th of July Bee's Baseball Game***

***Playing at Fairmont Park***

***Spanish Fork Rodeo***

***Swimming with Tuttle Ladies and cousins at Peg's house***

***Floating the Provo River with our family***

***Floating Boats at Wheeler Farm ***

We love feeding the ducks and geese, but these birds are quite aggressive!

***An afternoon at Thanksgiving Point Gardens***

My mom made a nice little picnic to eat before we went into the garden

July Update

A little family trip to Solitude was great way to escape the heat in the Valley. The kids loved swimming everyday, and we were able to do a little fishing, 4 wheeling, and relaxing.

I-Man and A-Girl had swim lessons for a month and they both really improved and are becoming great little swimmers.

Happy Birthday Mr. D! We love you and appreciate all you do for us!

Happy 4th of July! We had Mr. D's family over for a day of fun, bbq, fireworks, water games and volleyball. It was sure fun to be with family, especially those that live out of state and we don't get to see as often as we'd like.

Wallpaper Silhouettes

Make any wall come to life with a modern twist and retro charm. These darling silhouettes are cut from vintage and reprinted wallpapers. Each animal is available in several different patterns per animal. Aren't they darling! ? They are found on the fun children's site : Romp.

Good Quotes

via i can read

Creative Coat Rack

Love this fun take on a coat rack! I would love to do this in my mud room! Mr. D grab the nail gun and saw!