A Mountain Drive

Yesterday we spent a majority of the day just driving around. We all needed to get out of the house for awhile so we decided to go see some area that I haven't seen yet, and that Mike may be perusing this fall for some elk/deer hunting.

We stopped at a small little campground and had lunch. We then discovered that they had a couple of hiking trails out of the campground and decided that we will have to return to this place sometime this summer for a weekend. Definitely looking forward to that.

We then took off on a long upward drive. I'm pretty sure that what we were on isn't technically a mountain, but we got up to 7,650 feet above sea level.

Kylie didn't really appreciate much of the afternoon when we were driving, unless we stepped out for a few minutes to check something out. Sidney didn't mind; she slept for the whole afternoon!

We got to throw a couple of snowballs and see a moose via our binoculars and the super zoom of my camera. It was a pretty low key drive, but it was nice to see some new views and to get some fresh air.

Here are a bunch of pictures from our drive. :)

Kylie wandering around eating her sandwich at the campground stop

 

 

pretty rocks

 

 

snow at about 7600 feet, there was snow at 7400 feet too

 

Mike scanning the land for animal life :)

 

Kylie and the snow. She was pretty excited about it.

 

Moose!

(laying down in the shade in the

middle of the picture)

 

A really really old homestead

 

That homestead is across the canyon from here

 

 

It was a good way to waste some of the day.

 

 It is raining and windy and just down right gloomy here today. We will probably be spending the day inside hanging out.

 

Hope your day is warmer and sunnier than ours!



Fishing at the Pond

Yesterday we took Kylie fishing at the local pond. She has been asking for a week now to go. We were finally able to take her out today. There is a pond by the airport that is stocked every now and then. It was just stocked in the last week or two, so there were plenty of little fish just waiting to get caught.
Thankfully, they all wanted some worm. Kylie was able to catch quite a few little guys during the short time we were there. Our outing was cut short due to quite a serious, albeit short, storm that came through. There was even tornado warnings for nearby towns.

Here are a LOT of pictures from our day.  I couldn't pick just a few...Kylie is too cute! :)

 

The first catch

 

Tossing it back

 

 

Trying a new spot

 

Another fish

 

And another fish

 

 

a couple of wind swept tree swallows

 

the incoming storm

 

trying her darnedest to get a worm on a hook

 

still working on getting that worm on

 

 

Fish!

 

more storm coming in

 

just before we decided to head back home

 

on the way home

 

a whole looooot of dust blowing

 

 



Hope your weekend is going well!

We spent today driving around wasting time. You can probably expect a post about that tomorrow.

:)



Ladybugs and A Sandbox

Kylie loves everything and anything to do with ladybugs for some reason. Thankfully we seem to have hoards of them in our yard. She enjoys it greatly!
To her surprise and delight, library hour this past Wednesday was all about ladybugs! There were a couple of stories about them and then they sang "5 little ladybugs jumping on the bed" and then the kids got to make a ladybug.
Here are a couple photos of her project.

gluing the head on

gluing on the spots

 

The final ladybug

Only getting a real smile by getting tickled by a friend

:)

 

After library we went and bought some sand. Last fall we bought one of those turtle sandboxes from a local up-cycle site for our town. Kylie has been asking for sand ever since. We also picked up a couple of sandbox toys and we set up the sandbox in the afternoon. She was pretty excited. I also put Sidney in to see what she thought of the sand. She was a little confused and had to be stopped multiple times from eating the sand. :)
Here are a couple pics of the girls in their new sandbox.

so focused. :)

 

 

So happy to have made a sand castle

 

Gotta love the turtle eyes.... :)

 

Sidney's reaction to the sand. :)

 

Just before she tried to eat it.

:)

 

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! 

Swinging video

Over Mother's Day weekend, Mike and Kylie spent some quality time on the swing.
Thought I would share a video of it.
I love Kylie's insane laughter, which was much louder Before I started taping. :)

For some reason, I can't get the video to upload to the post like my last videos. Here is the link to watch it on though.


http://youtu.be/DblhmMScdM8



Hope you can see it!

Random pics from past week

Here are some random pics from this past week.

Enjoy!

I just find this picture to be fabulous.

 

Got the water table out!

 

 

Enjoying herself

 

Lookin at herself in a really tiny mirror

 

Kylie takin a break just about half way through a recent walk

 

all bundled up one cool night to watch Kylie roast marshmallows

 

What you looking at?

 

The girls and me on Mother's Day.

 

Enjoying some mashed potatoes!

 

 

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Last weekend I made some buffalo chicken dip to go with lunch. Everyone seemed to love it and I received a couple of requests to share the recipe. So, I figured I would share it here.

Ingredients:

• 1 8oz pkg cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup buttermilk ranch dressing
• 1/2 cup buffalo style hot sauce (I used franks redhot wings - buffalo sauce)
• 1/3 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 10 oz cans chicken breast, drained

Directions:

     Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place cream cheese in baking dish and stir until smooth. Mix in buttermilk ranch dressing, buffalo style hot sauce, and mozzarella cheese. Then stir in chicken.
Bake 15-20 minutes or until dip is completely heated through. Stir again and serve.


The first time I made this, I didn't stir it enough before I put it in the oven. My chunks of chicken didn't really break up that much and my dip was pretty lumpy from the chicken. So, whether you stir it lots before or after heating, make sure the chicken gets broken up to make the dip a little "smoother" if you will.

Enjoy!!

Rolling Over, Standing Tall & Happy Eating!

Here are a few pics from the last week.

Sidney finally rolled back to tummy - the morning of the 1st. She then did it once last night when she was reaching for a toy! So I actually saw it happen!

I didn't put her in like this!

:)

 

 

Sidney has also gotten real good at pulling herself up. She did it in her crib again the other day and then did yesterday on her toy box. She then proceeded to pull toys out. I am pretty sure she doesn't realize that she can sit down again, because she stood there for a loooong time and then started fussing for some help. :)

 

 

Standing in her crib again

 

So proud of herself!

 

giving me a "profile" shot :)

 

 

Sidney has gotten sooo much better at eating this past week. I am very grateful for that! She is in her high chair and I am going to pretend that that is the reason she is eating!

I finally found a food today that she is excited about eating! (or she was just starving at lunch today!)

Normally, it takes a lot of work to get a spoon in her mouth. But today she approached the spoon with an open mouth and devoured her pears quite quickly!

She has also become a puff hoarder. If there is more than two on the tray, she will grasp them all in her hands and then can't for the life of her figure out where they all went. :)

 

Prune face and handful of puffs

(we are avoiding prunes for a while, because I think the

bumps she got on her face this week were from the prunes!)

 

"Yea pears!"

 

 

Not much else happened this week. Kylie has been pretty low key and I forgot the camera for both library and play group this week. So no new pics of her really.

 

 

Hope you all have a great weekend!!