Time Flies

Addie turned one year old today. I know parents always say this but honestly, I can't believe it's already been a year! I feel like I just had her and it's such a bittersweet day for me. I can't help but think back to the day I had her. When she decided to come, she made it fast and I almost had her in the car. I'm happy she's growing up so big but I miss my baby girl. Well, she still is my baby girl but she definitely won't be for long. Addie truly has been such a blessing. She has been a great baby and is so sweet, I honestly couldn't ask for more. Heavenly Father knew I needed a good baby and boy did I get one! Addie is walking all over the place without help and is learning new things every day. She gives me kisses and points to my nose when I ask her where it is. Words cannot express how much I love this girl! My computer is being dumb and won't load my pictures so for now, I'm only doing one and will post more later. A lot of the pictures will be the same as Facebook so I apologize. We love you Addie cakes and can't imagine life without you!!

Call Me Betty

I know this may come as a bit of a shocker, but I've been cooking. For like 2 weeks straight. Impressive, right?! You should be because if you know me, I don't like to cook. I CAN cook, I just don't like to. I've been trying a bunch of different recipes and was especially excited to try "freezer meals" that I got from Pinterest. So, below are some of my adventures in cooking.

Sweet potato black bean enchiladas (bueno!)

Grilled pesto pizza (we used the oven so don't know if you can call it grilled)

Homemade salt & cracked pepper potato chips

First attempt at the potato chips didn't go so well

Broccoli cheddar chicken braid

This recipe was called Healthy BBQ Chicken but it has ZERO BBQ and tasted like sweet & sour chicken (freezer meal that was sadly quite bland)

Turkey Lettuce Wrap with Tomato-Avocado salsa

Out of all the meals I've made we've only like a couple of them. The lettuce wraps, the pizza, and the enchiladas were the better ones. I was dissapointed to find the "freezer meals" were VERY bland. I love the idea of making the meals at once and then freezing them for later. I especially love that I get two meals (probably more since there is only two of us) out of them. I've decided to keep making the "freezer meals" but put my own twist on the recipe. Brock is LOVING the fact that we have dinner pretty much every night. Every time he says the blessing on the food there is always the phrase "bless Jesica's hands that they will not be weary". He's afraid I'm going to get sick of cooking and all happiness will end. Otherwise, life is good! Addie is walking really well and is into EVERYTHING. I can't believe how fast she's grown! She is still my happy sweet baby girl and she makes us laugh all the time!

Happy 31st Birthday

Today would have been my brother Garrett's 31st birthday. It's been really hard not being close to my family today. Just being able to be close to them would make this day a little easier but thankfully I have my sweet baby girl and Brock. It's funny how now matter how much time passes on, his birthday rolls around and it's just as hard as the first year he wasn't with us. This is why I am so grateful for the gospel. How people deal with losing a loved one without the gospel is beyond me. So... Happy Birthday Garrett! We love you and think of you every day!