Bluebonnets and a big boy

St Joseph, pray for us

One of my most favorite times of the year at Our Lady of Victory is when we celebrate St Joseph's feast day.  Take a gander at that alert!  St Joseph, you are truly loved and appreciated for your devotion to Jesus and Our Lady.

St Joseph, pray for us!

Homemade vanilla

I am trying out a recipe for homemade vanilla.  I will let you know in 6 months how it turns out.  (I am super excited!)

Recipe:
8 to 12 vanilla beans
750 ml bottle of vodka (the cheap stuff)

Put vanilla beans in the bottle and let sit for six months.

Quick and Easy Biscuits

OMG this could be dangerous... I had to restrain myself from eating all of these biscuits at one time.  I never knew making biscuits from scratch could be soooo quick and easy.

Brittney’s Biscuits

Crockpot Yogurt recipe

Yes Virgina, you can make yogurt in a crockpot.  This is one of my favorite tried and true recipes.  Don't be afraid... try it!  This recipe is super easy and super cheap.

A Year of Slow Cooking: You Can Make Yogurt in Your CrockPot!

Thank you God for the little things...

Thank you God for the little things like:

• rainy days when nothing is planned
• footed onesies
• big bathtubs
• little boys who like to splash in the tub
• cloth diapers

So here is the story. Monday Jude had a major poop blowout. (Since we use cloth diapers this is a rare occurrence.) John-Paul and I heard the tell tale noise of a poopy diaper so I made my way over to check it out. As I took off the onesie I saw poop all of the way down to his TOES! I had never been soo thankful for footed onesies as I was at that moment. The mess was too big for wipes so John-Paul and Jude got to take a bath together in the big tub. As I was bathing the boys and watching them play I realized how thankful I was for the little things. Thank you God for the little things like footed onesies that make the days run smoothly, or at least a little more cleanly :0)

Not so naptime

Today I went to get John-Paul out of his bed after naptime and found an exhibitionist with a somewhat wrapped gift for Momma.  I couldn't help but grab camera.  I just have to have evidence of what goes on during the day with little boys :)  Now to clean a smelly boy and a smelly room.