blanket & booties

Booties and blanket for Sarah's new baby.
Happy mothers day to all you motherers out there!
You are angels on earth and God is mindful of everything you do to bless those around you.

Blanket & booties

Congratulations to the Franco family in Hawaii on the birth of their baby boy!

Cinco de Mayo--celebrate with fried ice cream!

As part of our family's Christmas traditions, we have a big, fancy Mexican meal for our Christmas dinner. The grand finale is fried ice cream. Don't wait for Christmas to try it, though; today would also be a perfect day for a Mexican feast including fried ice cream...

Early in the day, make ice cream balls the size of a baseball, one for each person. Freeze hard.
Later in the day, take them out of the freezer, one at a time and, working quickly, coat each one with honey, then roll in rice krispies. Return to freezer until ready to fry. To fry, heat vegetable oil in a heavy pot until hot. Take balls out of the freezer one at a time and immerse in the hot oil for exactly 3 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and place in serving dish. Serve immediately with chocolate syrup and/or whipped cream.
Note: Fry the coated ice cream balls within 24 hours of coating; if they are made too far ahead of time, they will be tough instead of tender/crispy.

Baby Quilts

Five baby quilts donated to LDS Humanitarian Services

New Dress!

I made this dress for Hannah (it is her original design) for a semi-formal dance. Isn't she gorgeous!

Baby Bonnet

This fun baby bonnet is for Avey in Utah. As Avey moves her head, it appears that the "doll" her Mom is holding is alive!

Sledding the Dunes

We took a road trip over spring break and spent a day sledding down the sand dunes. It is a favorite thing to do; we have learned over the years how to wax the sleds for speed and where to find the best dunes. The steepest and highest dunes are far from the beaten path, requiring searching and effort to get there. But we think it is worth the effort. We found the best one ever this time and spent the morning enjoying it. We hiked back to the car for our picnic lunch and watched others sledding down the much smaller dunes near the parking. I thought it sad that they didn't know that a ten minute hike over those three far dunes would get them to the best dune ever. It was sad, too, that they didn't know about how much better the experience would be if they waxed the sleds. We offered wax to one family, but they had wax, just didn't care to take the trouble. An interesting analogy of life and its many choices. How often do we "settle", just because we don't know that something better is just beyond what we can see; how often are we satisfied, just because we think "better" or "best" won't be worth the effort? As the children finished lunch, they took their sleds up the dunes near where we had parked. They seemed to enjoy them nearly as much as "the best dune ever". Maybe that is another lesson to learn: even if it's not the best, it can be good.