Vilate's cake

Vilate made this cake with very little help from me. I am so proud of her. She was really proud too. It was a simple yellow cake mix in a bunt cake pan. She drizzled chocolate glace on top and served it with a dollop of white cream. It was very tasty.

I have to brag just a little.

The food Network has a show called Throw-Down were Bobby Flay challenges another chief to something that chief has mastered and know for. The other day I watched one were they made breakfast. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. One chief made french toast out of homemade cinnamon swirl bread. It looked do yummy!!

I have tried and tried to make bread and it never turn out great. I have become a good Gluten Free bread maker(from and mix) but I have never made a good loaf of regular bread from a scratch. Well it finally happened and I have to brag just a little. And the best part... it was cinnamon swirl.

I sliced it and turned it in to cinnamon swirl french toast. It was soooo YUMMY!!!

25 weeks

The kids think it is so neat to see my tummy grow. Sometimes I fell HUGE but it will only get bigger.

Our first harvest

With all the rain and lack of sun things have been growing very slow, and so we finally had our first harvest. On the package is said "Lettuces Mix" and that is exactly what we got..... many different kinds of lettuces. I grilled some chicken and made some homemade dressing a friend gave me. I added feta cheese, croutons other veggies. It made a great meal. The kids even liked it; minus the feta ofcource. I love to eat thing out of the garden. They always taste so good.

Cherry Blossom Festival

Every year the Denver Buddhist Temple holds a celebration of spring call The Cherry Blossom Festival. For many years I have hear about it on the news and read about it in the paper, and this year I really wanted to go. Tyson, I and the kids road the light rail downtown and had a great time. The kids always like to ride the light rail. It takes a lot longer then driving but it add to the fun of the day.

Vilate like the dancing and the native dress. They showed many kind of dances. Some this fans and some with sticks. It was very smooth and beautiful to watch. The lady of the left was so cute. She was our favorite.

They had lots of booths and China things to buy. Vilate liked the jewelery the best. They had so real pretty jade necklaces and so colorful pendants she really liked. We looked at the art work made out of paper, the native clothing made out of silk and my favorite the flower and bonsai trees. I think the kids got a better idea what China was all about.

Taydoms favorite was the marshal art demonstrations. At first they would start slow to show the tecnect, then fast. I was shocked when I got this photo.

Silly us having fun on the train coming home.

Hudson Gardens

Did I mention we love free days. Hudson Garden had a free day and we took advantage of it. We took Grandma and Maddy too. Hudson Garden is a beautiful botanical garden were many weddings and concerts and other special events take place.

Taydom and Vilate enjoyed the flowers and showing me the ones they liked.

Vilate wants to plant a huge flower garden in out back yard when we get a house.

Of course Taydom loved the trains the most. They had 2 trains set that went around part of the garden. It was hard to get him to leave that part of the garden.


They even had baby duck. The kids thought it was so neat to see them. They said it was just like the story, Make way for ducklings, and the baby duck we saw down town Boston.


Hudson Gardens also has a fall harvest festival. I sure the kids will like that too.

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Vilate and I continued out girl time by going to Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It was free day; we love free days. We spent most of the day in the museum's new exhibit about the human body. We were able to learn fun things about our body while learning why we should take care of it.


We also visited all the exhibits the museum had. Vilate also liked the rock and crystal exhibits and dinesores.

Littleton Historical Museum

The other day I took Vilate to the Littleton Historical Museum. Taydom was at Brent and Mickey for the week so Vilate and I spent some time doing thing she wanted to do. We had a great time learning about Colorado in the 1840s and the 1890s. Vilate decided she would rather live in the 1890s because the houses were larger and was more modern, but she thought it would be fun to visit the 1840s for a while. She loved seeing the animals too. She said it was alot like Nauvoo.

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Tooth pulling

About a week ago Taydom got a loose tooth. He started wiggling it and it began to hurt. After 2 days the pain was getting worse I decided we should have it looked at. Monday afternoon the dentist told me that everything looked good and there was nothing wrong. He could not do anything about the pain expect pull the tooth. Taydom said no and that he wanted to pull it out himself. We went home and for 2 days and 2 nights all he did was cry. He could not sleep or eat. I called the dentist and got another appointment. This time Taydom was ready and the dentist was able to pull the tooth. Taydom said it did not hurt at all and was very surprised how easy it was.

We kept gos in his mouth for the full two hours while the numbing medicine wore off. I did not want him to bite this lips and cause a sore. He was very brave. I thing he was happy to get the sore tooth out.

Me and my big tummy

June 4 I had a ultrasound. I scheduled it so the kids could come too. They were very excited to see the baby. We were able to see a good picture of the face and hands but when it came to finding out if it was a boy or girl the baby did not want us to see. The technician said it was not a good picture but it could be a girl. She could not conform it being a girl but said it "might" be a girl. The tech kept saying it was not a good picture. So we still do not know. Either way we are happy and just want a health strong child.

Children's Museum

The other day was a free day at the Children's Museum. We had never been there before and so I packed up the kids and headed downtown. Outside the museum was a some really cool rock formations. It took the kids awhile to notice them but once they did they loved them too.



Vilate enjoyed play in the restaurant kitchen. She made me some healthy yummy food to eat.

Taydom loved the ant hill. They had under ground tunnels that he crawled around in. He's getting a little too big for this but stilled thought it was fun.

They both loved the basket ball court. The hoop was lower and they made a tone of baskets. They played on the court for close to a hour. The next day they both complained their arm and butts hurt. I'm sure it was all the running and shooting they did. Vilate loved the spin art too. It was so simple we could do it at home. All you need is some paper, paint, and a salad spinner.

That night the kids fell asleep fast. It was a fun day for everyone.

Being Spontaneous

My brother Abe needed to go downtown and asked me to give him a ride to the light rail train. I had not been downtown sense Christmas and so I just drove him instead. I love the downtowns of cites. After driving him down there and getting everything done he needed to do we just decided to say and spend the day. We hung out and just enjoyed the afternoon. We road the 16th street trolley, had lunch, went in to many fancy hotel lobbies, and visited the capital.


The kids loved to watch the street performers. The performers loved to hear them laugh and respond as they preformed. Inside the Hard rock cafe.

The kids loved the inside of the capital with all it's fancy decor. It was hard to convince them that it was not gold everywhere but just brass.

We got to go to the very top of the capital building. I had never been up there before. We had a great view for the court house.



Everyone was very tired by the end of day. Taydom was the only one with good shoes on, the rest of us only had flip flops. My feet hurt all that night and a good part of the next day too. I guess that what you get for being spontaneous, but we had a great time.

Playing in the dirt

We finally got out garden in. The kids helped and it got done quickly. I put them in charge of breaking up the piete moss and mixing it up into the dirt. I did not tell them what pietemoss really is, but I made them wash their hand REALLY well after. We planted Peas, Carrots, Lettuce and Cucumbers that day. About a month ago we planted zucchini , green beans, pumpkins, and peppers in small cups inside. They have been growing well and needed to be transplanted. The kids love to see their plants grow and it will be great to have fresh veggie too.

Feed the ducks

Not too far from our house is a small park and pond with ducks and geese. When I was a child I use to go to our local duck pound alot and feed the duck. We had some old bread sitting around the kitchen and down the pond we went. At first the kids were not sure what to do but they got the hand of it quickly. They had a great time.