From Old to NEw

Okay so Here is Olivia's dresser that we got from a friend's grandma. I had a before picture but I can't seem to find it. So use your imagination and think of how it looked like before. It was a dark brown wood color with gold handles on it. I painted it pink and painted the handles white. For only a few bucks Olivia now has her very own one of a kind dresser!

Virginia Caramel apple salad

Okay so here is my wonderful sister-in-law's recipe. She found this when living in Virginia a few years ago and has been making it since. It is very delicious!

Virginia Caramel Apple Salad

5 large or 7 smaller granny smith Apples (cut up with skin)
20 oz crushed pineapple (drained well, save juice)
20 Kraft caramels, cut into small pieces (Now they have caramel bits in the baking aisle, next to the chocolate chips.)
2 cups dry roasted, salted peanuts
8 oz cool whip
2 Tbls corn starch
1 cup sugar
2 beaten eggs

Mix cornstarch, sugar eggs and pineapple juice in saucepan. Cook and stir til thick and bubbly. Cool well. Pour cooled mixture into serving bowl. Add cool whip and fold together. Add first four ingredients. Fold to mix. Garnish with nuts and caramel.

Note***This salad does not store well--But we usually don't have leftovers anyway.

Amelia was blessed on April 10Th by her wonderful father. T.J. gave Amelia such an amazing blessing. I'm grateful for T.J. and his worthiness to hold the priesthood. I have such wonderful family and friends that came and supported us on this special day. I love to see all the men that we know stand in the circle and participate in the blessing. Such a special moment.

Amelia was really fussy before the blessing and the rest of the meeting but during the blessing she was a quite as could be. Amelia is such a sweet little baby that is so smiley. She has her fussy time of day, every day but for the most part she has become a good tempered baby.

Thank you to all that came and supported us. Our house was packed to the brim with people but it was still great to have everyone there. My little sister Abby made Amelia a beautiful cake. She always does such a wonderful job. WE had lots of yummy treats and salads that everyone brought. I will be posting some of the recipes that you all wanted on here shortly.

So Sick....

Last week over conference weekend Olivia came down with Strep.. Poor thing was soo sick! I haven't seen her that sick ever! She had a temp. consistently for five days that didn't go below 101. She couldn't breath very well or talk because of her tonsils and stuffy nose. She didn't sleep for days. I felt so bad for her and I wanted to make all her pain go away:( We took her to her pediatrician and he gave her an antibiotic but after three days of no improvement we had to get her on a new one. We also took her to the ENT to look at her tonsils and they were so big and infected. He said that they needed to be taken out as soon as possible. I hate to have to see her so sick but I think her getting this sick was the last straw to them taking her tonsils out. I'm pretty sure it isn't going to be very fun for quite a while but in the end I know she will be a happier and healthier little girl.

I took these a few days after she had already been on the antibiotic and she still looks so miserable and sick:(