12 more weeks!

Well, I'm officially 28 weeks today! McKenzie is getting very big and I can't wait until she gets here.
After my appointment today we went to the mall to walk around. My friend that watched Moriah was taking her to school so we had time without the kids! We tasted the most wonderful toffee candy that was..... $50.00 for 3 lbs!!! OMG ok it wasn't THAT good! LOL We also went to Modest by design, since it's across the street from Fashion Place mall.

For those who don't know there is a Marine Corps Ball EVERY YEAR! it's also mandatory. So even though I will be 8 months pregnant I have to put on a formal and go with Mark to a dance! So I've been looking at dresses to get an idea of what I want. My mom's friend is making me my dress as soon as I can afford to get the material! I tried on like 5 dresses and only 1 of them could zip all the way up! it was a size 18!!! AHH but it was HUGE on top so I felt better. Still trying to decide on what color to do. Any suggestions? Mark's uniform is a DARK DARK Navy blue, with gold buttons and red trims etc.

Anna came to visit this past weekend and we loved seeing her. The kids made a banner for her so that when she got here from the airport and walked into Roger and Linda's house she would see it. I'll have to get a picture from Linda and put it up here. It was adorable. Moriah is my little artist and loves to decorate and draw and bake.

Linda's fruit and veggies are coming on in enormous amounts. We have had a ton of zucchini and Peaches. My mom was here visiting a few weeks ago and we made 27 loaves of zucchini bread!!! I've also been making peach cobbler. Sooooo good and such an easy recipie:

4 cups fresh peaches (you can substitute frozen)
1/2 cup of sugar
1 Tbs cornstarch
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp lemon juice

Heat oven to 400
combine ingredients into a 2 quart sauce pan and bring to boil. Boil for 1 min stirring constantly. remove from heat and place in 2 quart backing dish and place in oven to keep warm.
This could be bottled or used as topping for icecream etc! SO GOOD

Pastry top
1 cup flour
3 Tbs shortening
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
cut shortening into flour mix until the whole mixture looks like crumbs. (I used the bottom of my wisk and it was WAY EASY) Add milk and mix, dough will be sticky.
Drop in 6 spoonfulls over the top of the peach mixture and bake for 25-30 min
Wondeful topped with whipped cream or ice cream!

I love this because it is simple and doesn't have a ton of extra sugar added!

So that's some of what we have been up to. I'm currently working part time at a Target Portrait studio. If anyone wants to come get pictures I'm at the Target at 70th south and Redwood Rd in West Jordan. I usually work mornings a few days a week 10-2 Stop by and say hello if you get the chance.

I can't wait until conference this weekend. I'm bummed that mark will miss it, he has his Marine drill that he can't miss :( But I definitely need the boost and to help my children learn more about Heavenly Father and Jesus. It always interests me to see what things they get out of talks when we are sitting and listening. All of a sudden they ask a question and I didn't even know they were paying attention! How amazing and insightful they are and how we can learn from them as well as help to teach them!

Mark's Birthday
Mark turned 29 this weekend.
Well, the kids and I went to Wal-Mart Friday night to get a birthday present for a birthday party the kids are going to on Labor Day. (That's what we told Mark anyway) We did that too but went to get Mark something for his birthday which was Saturday. After looking around for a while we couldn't really decide what to get him that wasn't going to break the meager bank for the occasion. Finally we decided to get him some of his favorite candies: Butterfingers, Snickers, and Twizzlers. The kids wanted to get him a cake. I normally would make one but I've been to tired :D and then it wouldn't be a surprise! Well, we went and looked and the tiny rounds were $8! I decided at that price to just make a cake! As we were still walking around we passed the expires today 40% bakery cart. There was one of the cakes we wanted to get for only $4.80! We got home and I left the kids in the car and ran in and grabbed a lighter and a few candles. I ran back out and got everything ready and then I called Mark to get Moriah out of the car cause she was asleep and I couldn't carry her. :D I ran out ahead of him and lit the candles and we sang happy birthday to him and enjoyed the cake. I think Mark really enjoyed it and the kids were so excited to surprise daddy.
Saturday we slept in and then went to the Deseret Book outlet in South Jordan. They had a stack of books, most by general authorities, for $0.99 each!!! One was the first book of the discourses of President Hinckley 1995-1999! We got 5 books and then I remembered that I had plenty of points so we got Mark a bunch of books and didn't spend anything!
Then we went to get Mark some military garments and looked around the Deseret Book for a while. The kids and I then took Mark to lunch at Golden Corral.

We all enjoyed being able to spend the day together and celebrate Mark's Birthday!

Well, I'm late getting this up, like everything else :D

First day of school!

Jordan and Moriah started school on August 11th.
Moriah loves Kindergarten and really enjoys making friends and getting ready for school. Jordan is doing much better this year and he has great teachers.
He is being tested at school and as soon as we have insurance again we are going to have him medically tested to see what LDs he has (learning disabilities)

*I will add the pics later they are on the other computer*