Monday, March 5, 2012

Crockpot Freezer Meals

A pinterest idea I had been wanting to try. I put together six different crockpot meals, doubled them, wrote intructions on the baggies and threw them in the freezer. We have since tried out 5 of them. Such a time saver. We actually used one yesterday, just dumped the bags in the Crockpot before church and ate when we got home. It was really nice to not have to do any prep work Sunday morning. (although it did take 4 hours to make them all- but 4 hours for 12 meals- i think its totally worth it.)




Things Jackson loves...

Jackson loves his toilet brush. He keeps trying to get the toilet brushes in the bathroom, so Ralph opened up a new one just for him. He now carries it around like a scepter and rules the house with it.
Jackson loves baskets. He and Hadley often fight over sitting in one of them even though we have 3 to choose from. He likes to play with his toys in them and watch the his alphabet movie.
Jackson loves to make messes (and Cheerios). Here he has dumped out all the cereal and is enjoying easy access to his treats. He also likes trying to eat dirt out of all our potted plants and shaking milk out of his bottle onto the carpet.





Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas So Far















Christmas has been great so far. Jackson's first Christmas Eve consisted of pulling ornaments off the tree (again and again), Little Ceasars Pizza and It's A Wonderful Life on NBC.
Christmas morning was pretty mellow- Jackson played with the bows and wrapping paper but seemed confused about what was going on. We opened gifts (Ralph and I got awesome hats and shirts that make us feel like we could hang with Leonard and Sheldon!) and went to church. Our congregation read passages from Luke 2 and The Living Christ and sang almost all the Christmas Hymns. We enjoyed that very much. Now we are in a lull while the turkey cooks and Ralph's family drives to get here. Hope everyone's having a wonderful Christmas. (oh and we decorated our dinner table all pretty for a fancy Christmas meal- basically because I've been addicted to Pinterest lately and set it yesterday).

Monday, December 19, 2011

Crazy Kid


First off the picture just shows that Jackson and houseplants don't mix. They got in an altercation and Jackson won. Second- just a note- Jackson pooped in the tub for the first time on Sunday- pretty funny.

A Week With April

We got to spend the week with Ralph's Sister's daughter April. We also watched a nieghbors dog, Boo. They kept eachother company for several hours.



Playing In Jammies






Santa Claus


Jackson love Santa already!