Yeah me!!!

I just got my grades back from Winter Semester. I am so excited because I didn't think I did that well this semester. I got 4 A's, a B and a C+. I ended up with a 3.45 GPA. It gives me hope that I can juggle all that is going on and get an education. July 2010 and my bachelors is over with. Yeah!!!

Three peas in a pod . . .

Can I just say that I LOVE my kids!It was so much fun having them all here at once, although it got a little crazy at times. They all have their unique personalities that fit right in with our corky little family. Kristin is a wonderful big sister and plays well with them, even though I'm sure that she'd rather do things with older kids. She was so patient with them. Caroline developed a little attitude this last week and we are seeing a lot more personality come out of her, as opposed to the silent-type she was before. Quentin really loved having his sisters here and couldn't stop following Kristin around and telling her "I love you Kristin." I'm sure that got on her nerves after awhile. After the girls went back, Quentin was sitting in the back seat by himself and you could see this confused look on his face. He then asked where his sisters went. I think it's gonna take some time for him to get used to the changes and the coming-and-goings. As they all will. I just love having them around and I'm sure that they love being together.

A dream come true

I am not much of a meal planner or very good with making lists before I go shopping. Obviously this leads to unnecessary spending, junkfood buying, and a lot of headache. I was looking for a cake recipe online that I could make for James' birthday. I used one of the websites that I posted on my blog and fell in LOVE! It's everything that I need! You can search recipes by ingredient and if you want to exclude certain ingredients then you can narrow your search, you can make your own personal online cookbook to keep recipes that you liked, you can make a menu and it creates a shopping list for you (you can remove from the list what you already have and add other things like toilet paper, if needed). Another really great thing is that with the recipes it gives nutrition information! I have a feeling that I will be spending some time on this website to get everything organized, but it'll be a BLAST! Are you ready for the website . . . www.recipezaar.com Go there, you'll love it!!!

Your butt's falling out . . .

Payton sure has a way with words! James seems to be at the BUTT of our jokes at times, poor thing. With such big thighs and no hips he has a hard time buying pants that will do the job. When he does buy pants that work better, they rip around the thighs before long. It sure was funny though, kids definitely don't come into this world with social skills. We all had a good laugh, and it's a good thing that James has a good sense of humor. That's probably what I love most about him.

New Schedule

I registered for classes a little while ago and I thought ya'll might want to know my schedule, since you care so much ;) I go to school on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9-3 and on Tuesday from 9-10. My classes are as follows: Parenting (child studies minor), Intro to Geology, Geology Lab (Field trips . . . yeah), History Systems (for psychology), Social Science Statistics, and Teachings of the Living Prophets. After this semester I will be completed with all of my general education classes and will be able to focus completely on my major and minor. I'm so excited. Also, after this summer I will only have 9 classes left that are required to obtain my diploma. Can you tell that I'm excited?

Good Websites for Recipes

In my nutrition class we are creating preschoolers meal plans and my professor gave us some websites that are really good to find some recipes. I thought all you wonderful moms would enjoy some variety.
www.kraftfoods.com
www.campbellskitchen.com
www.americatestkitchen.com
www.familyfun.com
www.recipezaar.com
www.foodnetwork.com
www.allrecipes.com
www.supercook.com
www.thepioneerwomancooks.com
www.mealplanner.com
I haven't been able to go to all of these websites. One of them that was cool is thepioneerwomancooks.com, it shows pictures of the steps for each recipe to help you know what it's supposed to look like. Let me know what you think and if you find a great recipe, share it!

Any Ideas?

I have an assignment due next Friday for my nutrition class and I am stumped on what to do. I have to make a file folder activity for children ages 3-5 that teaches them about nutrition. Every idea that I come up with I can't quite get finalized. In this assignment I have to create a newsletter to the parent about a nutrition concept and explain to them how to do this activity with their children. Essentially, a parent should be able to take this home and use it without me being there to explain it. I am just stuck on ideas. To kind of give you an idea of what I'm talking about, last time I had to teach a food safety principle and I made a game called King Kandy's Fancy Feast, all of the characters in candyland had to learn some sort of food safety practice (i.e. washing hands) in order to eat at the castle. On the back of their character cards they each had their own situation that the child had to help them overcome by using these safety practices. Please help . . . my brain is stuck.