What? KFC Goodness?

So we may have cracked an almost KFC close fried chicken recipe and we are pretty proud of it! We made fried chicken tonight with mashed potatoes and gravy, and a side o' corn. Let me tell you- it was pretty darn amazing. Thought I would give you a couple teasers of our delicious dinner this fine evening!


It all begin with some raw chicken.......ew

The secret to this fried chick, is the good ole pressure cooker!

And vuala! You have a gorgeous homemade KFC meal!

Maybe one day I will share the recipe...

Muahaha :)

Carter Loves to Swing!

My little man is growing up way too quickly! He is almost ten months old and here is today's adventures on the swings at the park. I am particularly fond of parting his hair, especially since my little brother left on his mission- not to mention it just looks so sweet :) But this little guy has truly stolen my heart! (Nevermind the fact that he looks Asian in a couple of these-the sun was pretty bright!) We LOVE THE SWINGS!!

Dear Blog...

I am SO sorry I have neglected you these past two months!! Life has been crazy nuts. Nate is working full time and going to school at the U of U. I am working full time too and still trying to be a mommy (including doing laundry, making dinner each day, cleaning, and doing mommy things). We are SO busy that you can't truly be upset with me! I will be a more faithful poster. Here's the latest-

Our lease is ending in a month and we aren't quite sure where life will take us next! I do like apartment hunting though and it will be fun to see some changes again.

Carter is almost 8 months old!! So big. And he is a crawling champion. There is no stopping him from getting where he needs to go, and his personality is just as fun as ever. He is starting to stand up along side his crib, the couch, etc, and he is just a spunky little guy. We love him so much.

The husband and I are still as in love as ever and just celebrated our 2 year anniversary on January 2nd. We went to Park City and swam, watched movies, went out for dinner, and walked around town. It was a blast, and so nice to have a little break and a FULL night's sleep! (love you carter :)

We had family in from out of state over the holidays so we spent most of our time playing with family and doing as much as we could fit in during the short time they were here!! We love and miss them lots. We had a great thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years and I can't believe how quickly the time is going!!

Otherwise, not much else is going on! So now that my bloggers guilt has passed, I will keep updating this a little more frequently :) Thanks for understanding!

The Moo Was a M00!!

So this is a VERY late Halloween post since Thanksgiving has come and gone...(I'll catch up soon enough I guess) but of course mine and Nate's little Mr. Moo had to be a moo for Halloween. We spent the evening at Grandpa and Grandma Rhodes with our traditional Halloween dinner and fun! We got Carter's cute costume from costco....and YES, I know he looks like a baby girl. They were out of the boy ones and since he didn't care what he was, I had to dress him as a moo cow whether it looked a little more girly or not! Enjoy! And don't judge.... ;)

Carter looks lots like his daddy here I think :)

Oh I could munch my little moo cow!!!

Little Chubs

Cousin Maddox was a cute little monkey!

Then the moo got tired and decided to sleep-this picture features me holding his cute little tail

Chili and Breadsticks-the classic feast!

AND...Not to be left out- my sister Dani wearing this sickening mask my mom got for my other sister Rochelle's costume. Yuck. 

Avery LATE Happy Halloween!

A Shout Out to My Fam

Isn't family the greatest? Carter never sleeps (in fact he's screaming from his crib as I speak), Nate leaves cupboards and drawers open like it's going out of style, I leave my clothes strewn out right and left, we all get on each others nerves, throughout the week dishes pile up, laundry is a JOKE, no one can ever find enough food in the pantry and somehow....somehow we have to always go to the store AGAIN. Work is exhausting for nate and myself, so quality time is not easily found. Each week brings some new disaster. And still in the back of my mind I hear a little voice, (maybe my mom's) telling me this is just the very beginning :)  But where would I be without all of this chaos?? LONELY. Each weekend we get our lives back in order, sometimes Carter takes a good nap and we all catch some shut eye, Nate is sooo thoughtful and always does sweet things to make me smile, and I like to think I'm a decent wife and mother to my boys. And at the end of the day even though I know I'll get no sleep and things will be crazy- I am anxious to come home! That's a little backwards....but truth be told, my family is the BEST. We make each other laugh hysterically, and we are all very good at cuddling. We are affectionate, I love holding my husbands hand, we like to surprise one another, and we are, like most families in the beginning- just trying to make it from one day to the next. The other day we went and took some pictures together as a little family that reminded me of how good the view is from where I sit. Here's to the good life folks!!

 

 

 

 

 

Rub a Dub Dub-Carter's in the TUB!

Carter is almost 5 months now...my how the time flies!! And he obviously doesn't fit in the sink for his little sink baths anymore :( which part of me is really sad about. The other part LOVES seeing him in the bath in his little bath chair! He'd gone through that awkward phase where he didn't fit in the sink, but was still too small for the tub...but now he's graduated full throttle to bath time in the tub! Have a look!

In the beginning...

And the present.....

He looks SOOOO different!! But what a little SWEETHEART!

The BUMBO

So I had never heard of a bumbo before, but apparently it is like a marshmallow seat that helps your baby learn to sit up. Our friends Dan and Anna got one for their little Susie, and they let us give it a try with Carter Moo to see if he liked it. Success I think! There was something so funny to me about seeing Carter sitting up like a normal person in his little body. Loved it :)

 

I secretly wish I had a bumbo to call my own...