Betsy's Recipe Exchange Club

So I thought that Phoebe had a great idea to have a recipe blog. So I am starting a club. If you would like to join and be able to post on the blog just email me at foodsnobbery@yahoo.com and I will add you to the list. There will be a link to the new site to the right on the side bar. HOpe you'll join.

Scaring Myself

With Nate in gone on business I should know better than to watch or read scary stuff. But I am very forgetful sometimes. So yesterday I was watching Criminal Minds on TV and scared myself to death. The episode was about a man breaking into peoples houses as they were about to leave on vacation and torturing them and then killing them. I only made it halfway through the show and was becoming paranoid so I had to turn it off. I don't know what it is about being the only one awake in a big house at night that will get me every time. It's okay as long as Nate is there to protect us I guess. I don't know why I watch those kinds of shows anyway. I know that they aren't good. So I think I am making a new start and I am going to just put my TV away. I've got a list of 75 books to read , so that would be a better use of my time.

In the midnight hour

I've been lamenting the fact that Hazel has regressed in her sleep-through-the-night habits. Since going on vacation, she has started waking 3 or 4 times a night. Needless to say, that kind of schedule leads to a severe sleep deficiency, on my part at least. Since Nate is out of town on business I had planned on helping Hazel regain her better sleep habits while he was gone. However, I have realized that I am too much of a softy. I only want to see my children happy and somehow this method of helping her learn to sleep through the night by letting her cry and fall asleep on her own is leaving me in tears as well.

I have come to the conclusion that instead of fighting the nightly interruptions, I will embrace the opportunity to spend some quiet alone time with my baby girl. I only wish that there was enough time during the day that I could spend hours and hours of undivided attention with each of my children. This has been my dilemma since choosing to have more than one child...I wish there were more of me to go around so that I could meet all the needs of my sweet children. I love them with all of my heart. There is no place I'd rather be than with them.

I need a vacation!!

Well, it was a whirl wind of a vacation with so many things to do. And although I am tired I am glad that we did it all. The kids loved Disneyland and Legoland and it was the perfect time of year to go, cool and less crowded. I think they will remember this for a while. And of course it was great to see everyone. And being part of Hester and Spencer's wedding was memorable. But now we're home and trying to get back to normal. It took all last week to get my laundry, dishes and house clean. But finally yesterday we got it done. And I've decided to do some more streamlining and dejunking so that it won't take that long ever again. The kids just have too many things. As do Nate and I. If I get rid of it all then I won't have to clean it!!!

Hester's wedding

I know there are a lot of pics out there already, so here's a few more.






I liked that Vickie pinned on Spencer's bouttonnier!

Road Trip Part 2

World's Largest Thermometer (on the way to Vegas).


The girls always love to play dress up!

Road Trip

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The hotel we stayed at in San Diego was just down the street from the Temple. The was a pleasant surprise




We stopped at a surf beach on the way to LA and played in the ocean a bit. It was a lot colder than the Gulf. But the kids had fun. The one rule was that since it was Sunday I didn't want anyone to get wet. (Futile.)






We also had a great time at Disneyland. Space Mountain was the favorite ride of the park. Hopefully we'll get to go back another time. I think it would take 4 or 5 days to see and ride it all.






What a cutie!!

The Day the Relatives Came...

Aspen loved having cousins to play with. And we loved visiting with the Bolanders and Donna and Great Grandma Mary.

And of course the kids wanted to make orange juice at Grandma's.

Legoland

We had so much fun at Legoland. The kids loved the rollercoasters, although we had to convince Toby to try them. He wasn't too sure at first. But after trying them, we couldn't stop him. It was a perfect day.
I'm the king of the world!



Toby wasn't too sure about this ride.
Miniland was amazing! This is NY.