Monday, November 30, 2009

Fun Giveways


That's right!
It's finally time for our BIG Holiday Giveaway!
There will be a ton of new giveaways each day until Thursday.
Each giveaway will be open for one week from posting.
There are several ways to get entries, for a better chance, enter several times!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

some new pics

these girls are so fun!!! And now we have them all dressing alike! Just kidding, we had to fight Gracie tooth and nail to get her to take off her clothes so we could take these pictures....and then we had to trick them all into looking out the window....and threaten them to stop playing with each other (read: beating the crap out of each other). We really do enjoy them, and we think they like each other, just a little too much sometimes.


The turkey we cooked! This is a Giada recipe that we love. You stuff the bird with oranges and lemons and junk, and then throw it in the oven...easiest bird I ever cooked! (Thanks Em) I really did nothing but enjoy it on thursday night, and friday lunch, and friday dinner, and friday breakfast come to think of it, and two times today. I guess I am a bit of a turkey freak.
And this is our other turkey, Sydney. She will be four months old in five days, but she has already rolled over a couple of times, loves to talk, hang out with mom, and sleep from 9 at night until 10 in the morning. We moved her into the crib last week, thus moving Kami to the big-girl bed (which is a story for another time), and she is still sleeping like a champ.
ok gotta go, have to write talk for church, get up early for choir, prepare a lesson, and get done some home teaching visits, when will sunday go back to relaxing and naps?

Monday, November 9, 2009

Sunday, November 8, 2009

missing wife

dear hallmark channel,
Can you please not play sappy love stories set in the west, modeled after little house on the prairie? I would like my wife back. . . .
Lance

Friday, November 6, 2009

Halloween 2009

Sydney the lobster. She was a little mad. But warm.

this is Kami, our own little Oregon duck. ( and Brittany)

quack, Quack QUack QUAck QUACk QUACK!

Abagayle and Gracie (tinkerbell). Why she does this face, I do not know, but she looks silly.


check out that homegrown ingenuity (well copied, but all homemade)

this guy kept giving candy as long as she stood there, so she kept standing there.

This is part of the crew that we were rolling with for trick-or-treating. You can see Kami and part of Gracie's wing. I had to unload the girls' bags twice, just so they could carry their pumpkins around around. They scored!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

make it and love it

Is having a spectacular giveaway! this is where I got the tutorial on the tinkerbell costume. She's great!!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Halloween Preview

The dynamic duo: Super Girl and Tinkerbell

The girls got to wear their costumes to preschool. More to come after tomorrow, but I promised my mom I would post a pic of G's costume. Lance says I found a hidden talent. I sewed, yes, that is right. I, Emali Mollenhauer did sew an entire Halloween costume, and get this, WITHOUT a pattern! I followed a blog tutorial that showed me how to outline a swimsuit and make a pattern...kinda hard, but not at the same time. It took days to do, but I am pretty proud of my work. Now I'm just wondering, am I going to have to do this EVERY year now?

Too Early

This girl is proving to be more and more like her sisters. She gets little to no floor time, and yet before 3 months old is movin' and groovin'. They never cease to amaze me.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Date to Disney


Gracie and I had our first Mommy/Daughter (double) date and we had a BLAST. Thanks Heather and Abagayle for coming! I just may have enjoyed it just as much as she did, the only difference was I was squealing on the inside. I LOVE this girl!
Our Princesses (don't worry, there were very few girls NOT dressed up!)


A few of the Disney friends we saw: (for Heather)

I think they were a bit pooped afterwards, ya think?

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Halloween Baking


witches' hats and fingers


thanks, Alexa for the help!


** by popular demand here are the recipes:
witches fingers (shortbread cookies) and mousse filled witches hats