Mothers Day 2013

This year for Mother's Day Jessie and I painted these mason jar vases for Moms and Grandmas. Jessie loved helping paint them!

 We even took one to Grandma Lee's headstone.

 We had a BBQ/Swimming Party at my mom's on 5/11/13 with the whole Leavitt Family.

It was fun getting to visit with all of the family!

 Cody and Jessie got me an ipad mini and made me breakfast and dinner on sunday!

My parents got me a porch swing! It will come in handy this summer for sure!

 I am so grateful that I get to be a mom. Jessie is the sweetest little girl and I love her so much.

I'm so grateful for my own mom and my mother in law! They are so supportive and spoil Jessie rotten!

Park

On 5/8/13 Jessie and I went to the park.

Jessie loves the park.

 We had the whole park to ourselfs!

It was such a nice day.

 Jessie burned some energy running from slide to slide and giggling the whole time!

Swimming Pool

The Summer's here in Logandale are super hot.

So it's a must to get Jessie a little pool!

 She was super excited when we got it at Wal-mart.

And she loved swimming!

 She loves the water.

We will be living on our back porch this summer watching her swim!

Disney on Ice

We took Jessie to Disney on Ice at the Thomas and Mack on 4/27/13.

 We had really good seats.

 Jessie did really well and sat pretty still through the whole show!

We got some popcorn and a light up toy, of course.

 After the show we took Jessie to The Olive Garden.

Pasta is her favorite and I knew she would eat well.

And she did!

 We had a really fun family day!

Ahhhhmazing White Texas Sheet Cake

This cake is so so good.

The whole family will love it. Mine does!

WHITE TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Recipe from: All Recipes.com I got it from: here                                                                                      

• 1 cup Butter
• 1 cup Water
• 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 2 cups Sugar (white granulated)
• 2 Eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup Sour Cream
• 1 tsp Almond Extract
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Salt

FROSTING:

• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1/4 cup Milk
• 4 1/2 cups Confectioners' Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Almond Extract

Directions: In a medium saucepan bring butter and water to a boil. Meanwhile, in a large bowl add flour and sugar. Mix. Then add in eggs, sour cream, extract, baking soda and salt. Slowly pour in the boiling butter/water mixture. Stir with a spatula until well combined and smooth. (No need to use an electric mixer!)

Pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 20-22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for about 20 minutes.

FOR FROSTING: In a large saucepan, combine butter and milk. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat, and then stir in sugar and extract. Stir until smooth and all combined. Spread over warm cake. Decorate cake with sprinkles, if desired.

 I usually put way too much sprinkles. Yummo.

Swimming

On 4/26/13 Jessie had her first swim in Papa and Grammy Lee's pool!

 It was kind of chilly but Jessie still had a lot of fun!

We will be swimming a lot this summer!

CC FAIR

Every year the Clark County Fair comes to our little town.

It's a lot of fun and we eat way to many greasy foods.

 We were so excited this year because Jessie would be able to ride the little kiddie rides. Wrong. She could only ride the merry go round and the ferris wheel.

She went on the merry go round once with daddy and once with papa Lee.

She loved it and cried when she had to get off.

 She loved milking the cow with Papa Hardy at the Farm Bureau booth.

She would cut every kid in line and being the spoiled only grandchild she is.... Papa let her do it.

 Jessie got her face painted and held very still for the mean lady to do it. Jessie's little hands can't hold still and so while we were setting in the chair waiting for the girl in front of us to be done her little fingers started reaching for the make up. Until the lady snapped at her. She held still after that.

 The closest thing to a horse was a unicorn. It works.

 Oh. I love these pictures.

 We've made it a little tradition to get Jessie a little hat at the fair each year.

So cute.

 *Favorite*

 We even let her ride the little ponies.. Twice.

 She liked it. For a few minutes.

She kept saying.. " Help Me".. "Help Me".. "Help me Derek"..

I met up with a couple of friends from high school, Hannah and Bailey, on Saturday night and we chatted and chatted! It had been way to long and it was so good to see and visit with them!

Until next year CC Fair!