Mother's Day Shopping

So I know that I already posted one of these pictures on facebook, but my new chair is so pretty I thought I would post a picture of just it as well :).  I'm soooo excited! I thought for our budget we were only going to find like the most hideous disaster of a recliner rocker but I looove my new chair! I'm warming it up for little baby girl :).

So Mckay loved the furniture place we bought the chair at because they brought him a huge red balloon, and then he got to pick out a free stuffed exclamation mark (their logo).  He adores that dumb thing and hauls it around calling it his Squishy :).  He also tries to push me out of my recliner every time I'm sitting there to claim the seat as his own haha.

Date Night- Looper

So this week we put Mckay to bed and just snuggled up to watch the edited version of Looper that we just bought.  I have to say, it wasn't what I was expecting, but Wes and I enjoyed it none the less and it was wonderful to just cuddle and relax at the end of a busy week :)  I love date nights!

What We're Eating

Here's our menu for the week:

Tues - Crockpot Tortellini Soup and Olive Garden breadsticks (I made these last night and Landon took one bite and said, "What makes these so yummy?!" He then proceeded to eat 3.  Definitely a winner recipe!)

Wed - Cajun Chicken Pasta, leftover breadsticks (unless Landon eats them all!), salad

Thurs - Grilled burgers, fries

Fri - Hamburger helper

Sat - Chicken Pizza Primavera

Mon - Fish Tacos, Brazilian lemonade

Baking With the Boys

Jacob was in charge of snacks for FHE last night so I had him and Owen help me make some Ritz/Rolo bites.  I gave each boy a stack of crackers and showed them how to put them on the pan.  About halfway through his stack, Jacob decided to take a bite out of one.  The look on Owen's face was priceless! His jaw literally dropped and he gasped and looked at me with this shocked, speechless expression.  I laughed and told him it was okay if he ate a cracker, too.

Next came the chocolates. The first Rolo Jacob unwrapped went straight into his mouth.  Each time he'd unwrap one I could see the wheels turning in his head, should I eat it or put it down?  Luckily the caramel slowed him down so he still managed to get some onto the crackers.  He just kept saying, "Mmm, this is delicious chocolate, Mommy!!"  I kept telling Owen he could eat one, but he was adamant that he cover all the crackers first.  Finally at the end he allowed himself to eat one. :)

These boys can make me absolutely batty sometimes, okay, most of the time, but then there are moments like this that make my heart happy.

S'mores Date Night at Home

First off, can I just say how much I love all the blogging going on lately? I feel like I actually kind of know what's going on in everyone's life and it's so much fun since we don't live close to anyone! Now if we could just figure out how to get mom to post... :).

Anywho, Wes and I used to do date nights at home for a bit when Mckay was little after we were inspired by all the fun Marie and Colby were having with it, but we could never think of ideas on the spot so they faded quickly.  Now more than ever with the summer being crazy and Wes working more, I feel like we need some alone time to spend together. We sat down and made up a huge list of fun, inexpensive, and most importantly little-prep-needed date-at-home ideas (with a little help from pinterest), so now we just pick one out on Thursday and plan to do it either Friday or Saturday Night.  I find that having an intentional slice of time planned out after Mckay goes to bed makes it really feel like a special time for us together.

So last night was the first of many to come, and we made s'mores over our stove and asked each other "newlywed game" questions we found online.  It was sooo much fun! And yummy of course :).

Roasting over the open fire...sort of :). Big bellies love Mallows!

Delicious

I'm not even ashamed because they were so good :)

We both had such a fun time, and even though normally we are boring and tired by the time Mckay goes to bed, we were giggling and enjoying ourselves.  I absolutely love Wes and I love being married :).

As a side note, my diamond is loose on my wedding ring so I had to send it in to get fixed.  I had mentioned that my finger felt so naked without it, so Wes bought me a pretty little $5 place holder :).  I made him take this picture even though he thought it was silly haha.

Dinner Menu

Dinners:

1. Chicken pad Thai with salad

2. Chicken enchiladas (double recipe for freezing) with chips and salsa

3. Hamburgers and fries

4. Easy Philly cheesesteaks with veggies and dip (I love these! more like a french dip than philly cheese stake but sooooo yummy)

5. Crockpot Corn chowder with rolls

Breakfast:

Mimi's Café copycat Honey Bran Muffins with whipped honey butter

So I obviously made those muffins this morning for breakfast, and yes the pictures are how mine actually turned out! They were so delicious! I was so excited because I haven't had one of these muffins in a long time and it totally satisfied my craving.  Even Mckay liked them and asked for "more cupcake" after he finished his haha. The only ingredient I didn't have was the wheat bran which proved to be inexpensive and not hard to find.  If by chance you ever decide to make these, just make sure to cook them less time than she says.  I cooked mine for 15 minutes and they were perfect!

Phelps Family Photos 5/4/2013

Hey Guys! We just got some family photos done this morning.  We LOVE how they turned out! Hope you like them too! Enjoy!

I'm biased, but I think we are one good looking family!  I love that we are able to get family photos.  It is so special and I look forward to having these in the future, looking back at them and seeing how much we have each grown and changed. :)

By the way- if you would like a copy of them, text me or let me know and I will send you the link for them on Google Drive!

MTC Day!

What an emotional/crazy day!  May 1, 2013 - MTC Day

Em, being Em.  What would we do without her?

Connor loves to run, Em was spoiling him!

The MTC is the building in the background, if you can see it.

My favorite totem-pole ever!

Most people have normal missionary farewell photo shoots.... we are not most people!

Sisters!

It looks like Meagan is really digging in! haha

mo' sisters

some brothers

Curb-side drop off... the final goodbye

Allie came to pick up Emmy!  woohoo! I'm sure that made Em so excited to be there!

Our Emilee is all grown up!  I can't believe for the next 18 months she will be a sister missionary!  I am so excited for her and all of the experiences that she will have.  She will make THE BEST missionary ever! 78 weeks and counting! Yay!

P.S. I do plan on emailing everyone photos.  I will try to get them all to you tonight!  Love you guys!

Zoo Day!

Here are some of our photos from our day at Hogle Zoo!  It was such a chilly day, but very fun!

Connor & Em in front of a monkey thing

The gang & some elephants

Tyler & Baby with a Rhino

Coco Bear & Emmy with the bears

Em with Connor - because she is tall as a giraffe according to Cailynn :)

Goodbye Hogle Zoo!

What a good time we all had!  It was so great to get out of the house and do something fun and active as a family.  Especially because it was our 2nd to last day with Em-ster!

Sister Phelps on her way!

It was so much fun to see Emilee before she went into the MTC. After a great time at the zoo yesterday and lunch at J Dawgs today, we went are separate ways. Good luck Sister Phelps!!!