Food Post

I was watching Oprah a while back and it was on a woman and a few others who were taken hostage for four years.  She was in the government and this was suppose to be some sort of government protest.  Anyway she commented on how she had to eat the same thing everyday.  There was only a certain amount of food that had to go around to a larger amount of hostages.  This was her only joy for the day.  She talked about how the kidnappers would call them by numbers and she insisted that they call her by name.  She was not an animal but was a person and she insisted that they treat her that way.  She did not have control over her environment but the things that she chose to have control over she did not let them treat her like an animal.  She was a daughter of God!  Anyway, she was found and the people who kidnapped her were brought to justice.  She told herself that if she ever got out she would eat a different fruit every week.  That taught me a vital lesson.

Look around Niesh,  why am I holding myself back and being satisfied with only a certain amount of fruits a vegetables.  Why not try different fruit every week.  Instead of being stuck in my ways look for a higher way of living.  You don't know what you are missing if you don't get out of your comfort zone.  With that being said, here is my first papaya and my first kumquat.  I thought that it was a vegetable but it looks and tastes like small oranges.  They are bite size and juicy.  Kind of fun to get out of my comfort zone.

The other pictures are of a chicken brushetta meal that my sister made me when I had Sophy.  Megan is an amazing cook and baker.  I have craved that meal she made me since I had Sophy then I learned that I had the recipe with me the entire time.  The dessert is my chocolate molten cake filled with a bittercream frosting and chocolate ice cream on top and some chocolate sauce smothered over it all.  It doesn't look very pretty but man was it GOOD!!!  Thanks Megan for the chicken brushetta recipe!

We also love pizza so we made a pizza night for one of our dinners.  The girls loved doing this and had so much fun.  Aspyn is a picky eater so she got a pizza made with "white" sauce instead of "red" sauce.

Having Girls is so Much Fun

Our girls sure are girls.  They are very girly like to play tea party or as we like to call it hot chocolate party.  They also like to paint and draw.  Aspyn was missing dance.  She wanted to get into her old dance monkey costume and dance to her dvd on from her dance recital.  Sophy also liked watching her dance and joined in on the fun of dancing.  I also love taking pictures of the girls when they sit and watch a movie together.  They don't always sit together so willingly but when they do I have to take a picture.  It is too cute not to.

For Christmas Aaron's Mom gave us some snow in a jar.  Here is a picture of Aaron and Aspyn playing with it on the kitchen floor.  You just add water to the powder and voila.  There you have it.  Snow in the Kitchen.

New Years Day and Week

These pictures are of us and our friends the Biesingers.  Their girls and our girls love playing with each other.  I guess you could say our girls are obsessed with playing with Ellie and Hannah and MaKayla.  We love them too!  It is so nice when you have such good friends that you can do things with and talk with about anything and everything.  We LOVE the Biesingers!

These are pictures of the girls playing on their jeep out in our front yard.  You will notice that there is no grass.  This is typical in El Paso.  We are just grateful that we have grass in the backyard!  The girls loved playing with the jeep.

The other pictures are of us and the Biesingers hanging out on New Years Eve.  We played games and played guitar hero until the big ball dropped.  We did watch that on TV.  I was so sad when I thought about where I was last year.  We have a tradition of going to the cabin with my side of the family.  So I was a little sad thinking of them and all of the fun and memories they were having without us because I wanted to be in on the fun.  The good part about being in Texas is that we are with friends we wouldn't have met any other way. 

The other interesting thing about living in Texas is that this is the normal amount of snow.  At least we got something that reminded me of Utah.  Who would have thought that I would have missed the snow.  I did!  It is only about an inch or maybe two but it still counts as snow.

Christmas in Utah

We had Christmas early in Texas so we could actually spend Christmas day in Utah with family.

The girls did great on the flight.  It is so much easier taking the girls with Aaron's help instead of doing it by myself. Sophy was not too happy because I was taking another picture and it was late at night.  Poor girl.

On Christmas Eve we made sugar cookies at my parents house.  Thanks Megan for planning it and for baking all the dough and making the frosting.  We had lots of fun and lots of left overs.  That night we exchanged presents.  I love spending time with our families. 

On Christmas day we woke up at Shanelle's and Barbee's and ate breakfast then we went over to Buchanan's had opened up Christmas presents, talked to Uncle Elder Adam, played and ate.  It was so much fun!

Then we went to Marty and Rachel's and played over there.  Pieper came with us and they all loved playing together. 

  We did go out to Leatherbee's the day that we left.  That was one of the restaurants that we missed.  It was fun to see family and friends. 

Love you all and Merry Christmas.

Christmas in El Paso

Yes this is three months late. Our friends the Lindsay's let us borrow there decoration for our Christmas tree.  Aaron wanted to buy one but I didn't.  I didn't want to have one more thing to pack when we come back to Utah.  We called it our Charlie Brown Christmas tree.  Sophy went to bed so I only have a picture of Aaron and Aspyn decorating it.  After we were done decorating the tree, Tally decided it was her new place to sleep.

The girls had a wonderful Christmas!  We celebrated on Tuesday instead of Friday.  We wanted to have our own so we didn't have to have Santa bring us presents somewhere else. 

Aspyn was so excited that she got a panda bear.  That was the one gift that she wanted.  Santa also brought her a Jeep.  Aspyn also got a mini muffin pan, an apron, and some cookie mixes.  She also got rain boots and an umbrella.  There is a picture of her wearing the apron, rain boots, and holding the panda and the umbrella.  We also made some mini cup cakes.  She loves cooking!

Sophy got a pooh bear!  She loves Winnie the Pooh.  Soapy also got a bike and got some fun crayons and markers to color while in the bath tub.  She loves playing in the bath.  Sophy also loves music and she got a cd player with three cd's.  She loves, loves, loves listening to it.  She also liked playing with her tea party or I like to call it her "Hot Chocolate" party.

The best part of Christmas is watching the girls play with each other and watching them share with each other. 

Sophy turning so I can't take her picture

Sophy hating having her picture taken

It was sad because right after we woke them up to open presents Daddy had to leave to go to work.  The good news is that Mommy got to clean up the wrapping paper and pull the toys out of the open proof boxes.  The girls did love it though.  It made me realize how much "Family" means to me.  I love my family and I wouldn't have had it any other way.