Ewwwww

6 Years ago in the border town of douglas Arizona....

"Hi Elder....We're both sick...OH no, he's sick too?...Yeah we have our numbers....We ended up taking a nap at a member's house before our lesson and then we just came right home afterwards...That's a good idea, we'll go to the store when we get off the phone...Is there anything you can do for us? Why yes, yes there is...Elder, will you teach us how to hawk a loogie?"

"What?"
"Elder, We're dying here. Niether of us can breathe and we're pretty sure if we could just get this stuff out of our heads and lungs we'd feel so much better."
"I can't teach the sisters how to hawk a loogie"
"Elder, trust us, we wouldn't be asking unless we were desperate. And we're desperate. You said 'Anything'"
"Oh come on. You're serious aren't you?"
"Seriously sick, Elder Please?"
*Long Sigh* "Alright. OH I can't believe I'm doing this"
"Hold on, let me put you on speaker so we both can learn...Ok, go ahead."
Laughing "Oh my gosh. Ok, so first of all you....."

Dear, sweet, Elder Pendleton proceeded to give my companion and I lessons on how to hawk a loogie. We had been trying all day and ended up just gagging ourselves. With some very detailed lessons over the phone he taught us how to hawk a loogie and what it's supposed to sound like when you do it right.

My companion and I were mildy successful that night, and the next day were feeling well enough to go out. I wish that those lessons would have stuck. I still can't hawk a loogie and I'm wishing I could. I've been sick with a cold for coming up on 8 weeks now, and although I'm to the point where I'm feeling great and not coughing so much like a dying smoker anymore, I still have grossness stuck in my sinuses and I'm pretty sure if I could just hawk a proper loogie I could rid myself of this yuckiness.

I know, what kind of girl WANTS to hawk a loogie?

This one.

Banana Pancakes

I. LOVE. Food.

I'm pretty sure that it comes as no surprise to any of you. I seriously LOVE food. If you were to come to my house at any given time of the day you would find my watching or listening to food network. I'm addicted to watching people talk about and create (and let's be honest) eat some of the most delicious food you can find.

So when I'm bored I often find myself scouring food blogs and websites for fun new recipes to try at home. So the other day I was in a Jack Johnson kind of mood, which then put me in the mood for banana pancakes. I found the following recipe and thought, why not? Well, it is delicious, and is now my go to recipe for any fruit pancake. It's super moist, yet dense and fluffy at the same time. Then you get little nuggets of banana in every bite. I've made them twice in the last three days and look forward to eating the left overs for lunch today.

Thank you barefoot contessa.


Banana Sour Cream Pancakes




Ingredients
1 1/2 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon milk
2 extra-large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
Unsalted butter
2 ripe bananas, diced, plus extra for serving
Pure maple syrup
Directions
Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sour cream, milk, eggs, vanilla, and lemon zest. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones, mixing only until combined.

Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat until it bubbles. Ladle the pancake batter into the pan to make 3 or 4 pancakes. Distribute a rounded tablespoon of bananas on each pancake. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until bubbles appear on top and the underside is nicely browned. Flip the pancakes and then cook for another minute until browned. Wipe out the pan with a paper towel, add more butter to the pan, and continue cooking pancakes until all the batter is used. Serve with sliced bananas, butter and maple syrup.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/banana-sour-cream-pancakes-recipe/index.html

Dayna posted this and I thought it was funny. Check out barbie and ken's wedding.

http://www.glamour.com/weddings/blogs/save-the-date/2011/08/real-wedding-album-barbie-ken.html?mbid=fb_fanpage

More of Madison

You really can never get enough of a baby girl as cute as this!

My good friend Dayna is an incredible photographer and was able to squeeze me in for newborn pics.You can check her out here Here are some of my favorites.

First Camping Trip

This last Thursday and Friday Boston had his first camping trip! I was so excited! I know, I know, you're probably thinking -why would she be excited to go on a camping trip with a newborn?-
Well, I didn't go. That's why I was excited. Chris took Boston to Pineview to go boating with his family which meant I had Thursday night and all day friday to myself! Madi still sleeps a good portion of the day so I was thrilled to be able to catch up on some much needed rest, fold a mountain of laundry (I forgot how much a baby goes through), and organize and do some general cleaning.
Chris and Boston left Thursday afternoon and as soon as they left, I fed Madi and began my chore list. First on my list was cleaning out my car. After Chris's friend camping trip, and all the yard work we've been doing it was pretty dirty. I had been planning on cleaning it, but as soon as I got in the car on Thursday I realized Chris had left a tarp covered in Manure in the back. Needless to say cleaning the car suddenly jumped to the top of my chore list.
So I deep cleaned my car, picked up dinner at Cafe Rio, and headed home. I enjoyed a nice quiet evening at home and planned on starting my chores in the morning. Funny how plans can quickly change. When I woke up in the morning I had a terrible stomach ache which got worse and turned out to be food poisoning. My hopes and dreams for my day off (sort off) were out the window, and I spent the day taking care of Madi, cleaning out my system (to put it nicely) and resting.
While I was enjoying myself at home, Boston and Chris were having a blast. Chris took Boston to Cabella's to pick up something on their way up to Pineview and Boston discovered a love for that store. He bawled when they had to leave. He loved sleeping in a tent with his dad and especially loved being in the water and boating! He even went on the tube!
Turns out it was the perfect day for me to be sick because I only had one baby to worry about, which was really nice. Here are some cute pictures from the day.

Summer Fun

We've had so much fun this summer! i can't believe it's August already. Here's a few of the things we've done.

Our little soccer star playing with dad before fireworks in Cedar Hills.



His new favorite hobby...throwing rocks.



Boston teaching Chris a few new tricks!



We've spent a lot of our time this summer at splash parks. Bless the mind who came up with that idea!



Boston LOVES to play with his friends across the street! They joined us at the splash park in Alpine and had a blast!






Spent some time with Uncle Destin before he left on his mission to Russia.



Then we welcomed our newest addition, Madison Rachel Adams!





Boston stayed with both sets of grandparents while we were in the hospital. Here he is being spoiled with JCW ice cream right before bed time. I wish my parents were that cool when I was growing up. You ever notice how parents become less sticklers for the rules with each child? I didn't stop it because i got ice cream too.





Chris saw this picture and thought it was Boston. She is an Adams. But couldn't you just squish those chubby cheeks?



Chris is toast. She's already got him wrapped around her cute finger!





I love this picture!!! This is how we find Boston hugging Madi if we're not around to supervise. But at least he loves her!

hang of it

So I was worried about being alone with a toddler and a newborn...I still am. I haven't really had to do it all by myself since my mom has been staying with me since we came home from the hospital in order to help me recover.

Today, was really the first day that I've spent the majority of it by myself. Luckily I have an awesome neighbor who helps me. (She seriously is the greatest neighbor ever!) Boston spent a little time with them which helped me eat breakfast and get Maddie fed. When Boston came home he helped me clean while she slept, and then she woke up and the craziness began.

Maddie was screaming because she was starving, and Boston was screaming because it was nap time, but he wanted to color. I thought if I let him color that would buy me some time to feed her and then get him down. I got him settled with markers (yes, markers) and his coloring book at the table and then as I was about to feed Maddie I got a phone call from Chris. In my two minute conversation with him, Maddie was screaming and suddenly Boston had decided it was much more fun to color himself than the coloring book. One minute he was a perfectly clean child, and the next both his arms were yellow! No Joke, from just below his shoulder to his finger tips lemon yellow. Awesome. Lol. Chris caught on that things were a little hectic so we got off the phone and I began to wash Boston's arms off all the while Maddie is livid.

Boston was finally cleaned, and only semi-stained yellow when he decided that he needed milk for his nap right then. So I picked up Maddie, and warmed up some milk for him and finally got my two kids upstairs to his room. He won't go down unless I read at least one Choo-Choo book (thomas the train). So I read him his book and he went down. Oh, did I mention that this entire last part I was nursing. That's right. I've decided that the only way to take care of my older child while, at the same time, taking care of my younger child is to nurse while walking around. Luckily she's small enough right now that this is possible.

Can I just say, how talented am I? lol.