Window Herb Garden

I love having a garden and I really want an herb garden.  But since we are renting and have limited garden space, I planted 8 different kinds in pots and put them on my window sill.  We have really wide window sills that are perfect for this.  Not all of my plants are doing particularly well--some of them (mainly my dill and cilantro) aren't very well suited to a container in a window sill, but I still wanted to give them a try.  I also have oregano, marjoram, lemon balm, parsley, thyme, and chives.  I love it!  Cutting fresh herbs when cooking is the best   :)  

Card Set

For Mother's Day, I made my mom a set of miscellaneous cards.  My little sister and I had a "Girls' Day" and made a ton of cards and watched chick flicks that I've wanted to see, but can't get my husband to watch with me.  I hadn't pulled out any of my papercrafting supplies for almost a year!  I made about 10 cards and it felt so good!  But now I have to put away my mess...and I'm totally procrastinating it.  Anyway, here are the ones that I made for my mom's set:

Card 1- All Paper- Pebbles; Stamps- Stampin' Up; Ribbon- JoAnn

Card 2 & 3- All paper- Pebbles; Ribbon- JoAnn; You're the Best rub on and Canvas- Stampin' Up; Congratulations rub-on- Pebbles.

Card 4 & 5- All paper-  Pebbles;  Thanks rub on- Pebbles; Chipboard label holder- Stampin' Up (painted black); Brads- JoAnn; Ribbon- Offray brown grosgrain; Flower Stamp- Stampin' Up; Sparkle embossing powder- JoAnn; Versa Mark stamp pad. 

Tractors

Isn't he the cutest?  I was able to take his picture today, along with his whole cute family.  This was one of my favorites.  He was enthralled with a tractor going by.

Crazy

Yesterday, after a beautiful 70* F Saturday, I woke up to this:

Really??  REALLY?? 

I like snow.  I really do.  From November to February.  Then, I can tolerate it in March.  But April, May, sometimes even into June?  I hate it!  Especially when we're teased with two beautiful, warm, sunny days immediately preceding a ridiculous snow storm.  I know I'm in Utah, but still!  Now our backyard is full of branches that fell off the trees under the heavy snow.  

Hopefully it melts quickly.  

Favorite Baby Photos of 2010

I LOVE taking pictures of babies...especially brand new ones.  These are my favorite baby photos (and some 1 & 2 year olds...they're still babies, right?) from last year.  A few of them are babies with their grandmothers.  Something about that just makes for such a great picture.  Some of them are of my own little one :)

Favorite People Photos of 2010

Yeah, I know it's March, but I wanted to share some of my favorite people photos from 2010 (I think I'll do a separate baby category another day).  10 of my favorites, in no particular order:

MIA and Cake!

I took a break.  A long break.  Much longer than I had planned, but I needed to simplify my life for a bit.  Then I realize that it's been 5 MONTHS since I posted last.  Ridiculous, no?   Now I'm back!  And I have a yummy recipe.  In high school, my friends and I used to make this cake all the time.  I have no idea where we found the recipe, but I'm sure there are lots of variations out there. We had a few different names for it, but sometime after I had left home, my mom asked my brother David to "make that cake."  So now we refer to it as "David, Make That Cake."  My husband, who dislikes most baked desserts, loves this.  I think because it's kind of gooey and has the "frosting" baked right in.  And, it's super easy!

David, Make That Cake


Cake:
1 chocolate cake mix (my personal favorite is Pillsbury's Devil Food)

Mix cake batter according to the directions on the box and pour into 9x13 cake pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup chocolate chips over cake batter.

Cream cheese mixture:

8 oz  cream cheese, softened

1 egg

1/2 cup of sugar 

1 tsp vanilla

Beat cream cheese, egg, sugar and vanilla together until smooth.  Pour over top of cake batter and chocolate chips.  Bake according to the directions on the cake mix box.  (Usually about 35 minutes @ 350*)

So yummy!