It is your birthday....

Shout HOORAY!

Today is a day of birthdays....

Traci my cousin

This beautiful lady turns 40....can you believe it. I hope I look like her at 40.

Read all about her and her greatness here.

My second cousin Boe...who is more my niece.

She turns the big 7 today.

See the video she made that makes me smile on every bad day here. You will die.

My sweet boy Angelus.

He turns 8 today.

Sweet boy....he saved my life you know. Literally.

So happy day to all!!! 

Hopefully only one of you still eats their own poop.

The Chicken Salad Sandwich

Two years ago at the Relief Society Broadcast I took miss....

We have kind of started a tradition...we switch off stakes...mine one year hers the next.

Aubs and I always joke about chicken salad sandwiches.

Mormon staple.

They are everywhere. 

I like my bonus mom's and usually only at the beach....but that is really it.

Aubs...well....not a fan.

So we show up, as we walk in she says

"if they are serving chicken salad sandwiches i am out"

And guess what...they did.

And I laughed and laughed. 

So today as my mom took me to lunch at the Joseph Smith Memorial I had to laugh. 

On the menu....

The BEST Chicken Salad Sandwich.

Miss...you in? 

Finally

In the blog world there are crafty fabulous people.

I am not one of them...I am just a recovering addict with great taste.

And there are things out there that these bloggers make...that I want. 

And this week the two things that topped my list...I finally procured.

A sweet family portrait by ashmae

and....

baby moccs by freshly picked.

Do you die???

I do.

I mean I have ashmae hanging in my home and those baby moccs are worn by celebrity tots. All this thanks to bestie and her sweet contacts and birthday gifts.

Hurray!

Random Things....

The floors in Navy's nursery are SQUEEKY. So in order to stare at her when she sleeps (creepy) I have to do a mine field like jaunt across the floor to her crib as to not wake her up.

Today I ordered a photo book. I am a mom.

Thoughts on the mix tape? I have gotten mixed reviews. I am sure you are ALL thinking that the GNR on it is the best. That or "Another Night" by Real McCoy...that was a GEM I was happy to re-discover.

I am couponing. Ed and I made a deal...he puts a certain amount into my account for food and such and whatever is left over will go towards a Disneyland trip in November. I am ROCKING it. I mean I even went to customer service to argue about the price of cereal. I am serious about it.

Today I became an adult. I was able to be put on the auto insurance WITHOUT hurting our cost. In fact...I helped it. Big day y'all...big day.

Mad Men was......perfection. Everything I hoped for. 

I miss my best friend. Meh.

VACATION! Ed and I are going to Logan again this year for conference..THEN...I am going to AZ for two weeks. HOLLA.

Did any of you watch the Young Women's Broadcast? My Young Women were in it. They were the most beautiful ones. 

I love being surrounded by strong, funny, capable women. 

Saw the Hunger Games and it did not disappoint. It was beautifully done and I found the camera work captivating.

And as J Biebs said....

Baby, Baby, Baby oh......

In one year Grammie Lori has had 4 new grandbabies.

Harper, Zane, Navy, and Madden

Navy will be surrounded by cousins her age.

I mean we need to move to AZ.

madden.zane.harper.

And today we make it five.

Nikki will bring sweet Ruby into the world today and I could not be more excited!

All five....born in a year. 

I love these babies and their mommies and daddies.

Hurray for family!

Watch your mailbox

Your mix tapes are on their way.

3 CD's in all.

54 Songs.

I hope you all listen to every song.

I was considering putting a track listing on here....but decided y'all should just listen.

If you have a question about a song or if you want the track listing email me.

sweetjdp.at.gmail.com

There are some gems.

But....

There is also Coldplay.

Mom's Sugar Cookies

There are a few holidays in the year when my mothers sugar cookies are required.

I usually put in a request for them.

But this St. Patrick's Day I took it on my self.

I truly believe my mothers recipe is the best.

Try it out and tell me what you think.

3/4 cup butter

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup sugar

2 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

Mix it all....let dough chill for one hour.

Cut them out....bake at 400....6-8 minutes.

The frosting is a little harder for me to measure out. I usually just start with like...

1/2 cup powder sugar

2-4 Tablespoons of butter

2 Tablespoons milk

1 Tablespoon vanilla

The consistency needs to be thick enough to spread. So keep adding powdered sugar and or milk to get your desired consistency.

Yum....thank goodness Easter is coming up.