Life with a Weimaraner

Life with our dog Sky, is... well, eventful! He has more energy than both of my boys combined and just as needed. He has to be in the same room as us at every moment of the day and can ONLY sleep in bed with Brady and I. I love him to death, but he is one BIG boy!! He is nearing one year old now and has simmer down a lot... he is starting to act like a "normal" dog, but I know having a Weimaraner, my dog will never be normal! lol

The reason I love this breed so much is that they are so loving, loyal, protective and quirky!! There are times he drives me crazy, but at the end of the day when he cuddles up to Brady and I on the couch or when the kids start to cry and he is the first one to run to them to lick their tears, it is hard not to love this crazy big ball of fur :-)

Taco Dip Recipe

I just found this recipe online and it looks soooooo delish!!!! I am going to make it this weekend for the fam :-)

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Ready In: 45 Minutes

Servings: 8

INGREDIENTS:

1 pound ground beef

1 (16 ounce) can refried beans

1/2 cup hot taco sauce

1 tablespoon chili powder

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 cup sour cream

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/4 cup chopped tomatoes

1/4 cup black olives, sliced

1/4 cup jalapeno pepper rings

1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. In a large skillet, brown ground beef and drain. Add refried beans, spicy taco sauce, chili powder and cumin. Spread this mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Spread sour cream over meat mixture. Layer onions, tomatoes, olives, and hot pepper cheese over the sour cream. Top with the cheese.

3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

Keeping Up

This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.

I have to admit, I am struggling to keep up with my daily chores now that Brock is nearing 2 years old and is a busy little bee!! Along with tending to my clingy Landon, feeding them breakfast, snacks, Lunch, nap time, snack & dinner and then cleaning up after each feeding, I am having trouble finding the time to squeeze in the million household chores :-( Oh, and lets not forget my little fury child, Sky, who I need to take out every hour for a potty break.

I make sure everyday that the dishes are done, the floors are vacuumed & the bathrooms stay clean... but there is so many other things that need to be done!! When I was thinking about becoming a stay at home mom, I figured I would have all the time in the world to get everything done and my house would be sparking clean everyday... not so much :-/

Laundry day is a killer for me because I spend a lot of the morning in the laundry room... then in the afternoon, I have to find a time when I can actually fold the clothes. Sounds like an easy task, but not when the kids are not bombarding me with issues or interrupting me with broken toys... or grabbing the CLEAN clothes and throwing them all over.

Am I the only one that has this problem??? I want to actually spend time with my kids during the day, by playing with them or taking them to a fun event... I don't want to just stay in the house all day just cleaning, but that is part of my job of staying home and my "boss" is a clean freak and has high expectations of what should be done during the day and how the house should look...

I guess there is not enough time in the day to be perfect ;-)

My Grandma Olson

Since I am so behind on posting, I wanted to make sure I posted about my Grandma Olson who passed away on December 28th 2010.

I was very close to my Grandma O, I was my whole life. She was my Mother's Mom and we spent a lot of time over at her house, going on vacations & were together every holiday & birthday. Before my Grandpa died 10 years ago, we would frequently go over for Sunday lunch.

My favorite memories are of me spending the night at her house when I was little. She would let me put on her jewelry and perfume and eat lot of ice cream!! I will also always remember the trip to Arizona with both my Grandma & Grandpa... on one occasion, we had to keep stopping in the car on the way up a mountain because she was so scared!! We made it and we had so much fun shopping in the town on the top.

There are so many memories of her, that I can't begin to write them all. The one thing that I can say for her was that she was always there for us. Until this last summer when she started to fade, she was there for every single one of my birthdays, every holiday & and both births of my babies :-) I will truly miss her, but I know in my heart that she is with God & Grandpa now and is at peace.

Here are two pictures of her from Christmas this year, 3 days before she passed away.

Florida/Disney Countdown Begins!!!

I am starting my Florida countdown because I frankly can not stand this cold, frigid weather anymore and I need something to look forward to :-/

This will officially be my 11th time to Disney World... Brady's 5th, Landon's 2nd and Brock's 1st!! We are staying in Disney at the Coronado Springs Resort for the for the first part of the week and they we are heading down to St. Pete beach for the rest of the week. We are staying in a full kitchen suite right off the beach :-) We have NOTHING planned while we are at the beach, just relax, swim & sleep... okay, knowing me, we will have a list of places to visit, but that is our plan as of right now! lol

20 DAYS until we leave for FL/Disney!!!

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort

Bilmar Beach Resort

Brock's New Baby Boy!!

This week when we were over visiting my Mom at her house, I went downstairs in the storage and brought up a bunch of my old toys for the kids to play with... I brought up trolls, trucks, stuffed animals and a couple dolls. I was guessing the boys would be repulsed at the site of a baby doll and Landon was, but Brock LOVED them!! He was so gentle with the babies and wrapped them up in blankets, put their paci in so nice and pushed them around the house in the shopping cart.

When it was time to leave, Brock cried for the babies. He wanted to take them home. I figured he would be over them 10 min after we left my parent's house, so I told he they have to stay at Grandma's. For the rest of the day he cried for babies :-(

Being a mom of only boys, I was elated at the idea of going out at buying a doll!!! So, yesterday after we dropped Landon off at my MIL's for an overnight, Brock and I went to the store and I let him pick one out. I think I had just as much fun as he did :-) He picked out a cute "boy" baby with a pacifier just like his. Since yesterday, he has made sure baby is always near!! I am enjoying this brief moment in time where one of my boys loves dolls, pretty soon he will probably be pulling its arms off and dragging it behind his power wheel truck ;-)