Happy Birthday Ambrey!

Ambrey celebrated her sixth birthday by having a Dinosaur Train themed party. She has always been enthralled by the monster type creature, but her love for these creatures has increased since she discovered the TV show Dinosaur Train.

Girls with their Dinosaur masks on.

One of the games that they played was musical chairs.

They also had a blast beating a piñata, but had even more fun when the candy spilled out onto the ground! Poor dinosaur, left for dead.

Paige and Haley entertained the girls with their balloon animals. Ambrey's favorite was of course the T-Rex that they made for her.

This is Janna's most detailed cake ever: "The Dinosaur Train."

The end of a masterpiece.

Happy Birthday Ambrey #2

Anna beat everyone to the cake!

Happy Birthday to Ambrey!

Harry Potter Party!

In attendance for the Harry Potter festivities (from left to right): Sonya, Maria, Alyssa, Ambrey, and Jenna. For a couple of months Alyssa and I have been reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I promised that when we finished we could have a little party and watch the movie. We had homemade pizza, movie style popcorn, root beer, Bertie Bott's Ever Flavor Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, and Jelly Belly's for those of us not courageous enough to try Bertie's beans.

This is a picture of the girls with Billie the Buffalo in front of Williamsville South High School.

We came here because Flat Jacob needed to have his picture taken somewhere in Buffalo, so we brought him here. We thought about Niagara Falls but we were concerned that all of the water might be hazardous to his health.

Alyssa and Ambrey before church.

Anna's First Dental Visit

Anna had her first dental check up today. Janna tried to help out by offering the hygienist a second target in case she was unable to clean Anna's teeth.


Here is a little footage of it. As you can see, the visit was really effective... or was it?

All done at the dentist, and what a pretty smile she has.

A Simple Reminder

Just a reminder that sometimes our kids think about more than just candy, playtime, toys, and friends. It seems like we are typically putting quotes on the blog from Ambrey because she says some of the most random things. This quote however, comes from Alyssa's schoolwork that she brought home last week. It was a little surprising when I read it the other day, but after giving it a moments thought, I guess that I should not have been surprised at all. Alyssa has always felt a connection between herself and Tiffany, partly because we gave her the same middle name (Denise), but maybe even more so because of all of the mornings that she would go sit with Tif and "help" her before we moved to Buffalo in 2007.

In this photo (left to right): Tiffany, Kiersten, Alyssa, Grandma Johnson

Good Eats!

Here are a few recipes that turned out very good!

You should try them!

Banana Cream Pie

*1 graham cracker crust

*1 c. water w/ 1tbsp. lemon juice

*2 bananas or 3, i like 3

*1 sm. pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix

*1 1/2 cup milk

*1 (8oz.) sour cream

*1 pkg cream cheese

*home made whip cream

Slice bananas into lemon water, coat them well, drain when ready to use

Mix together milk, sour cream, pudding

( mix the cream cheese , until smooth)

and put in half w/ pudding mix and half w/whipped topping mix)

Make your home made whip cream, now beat in 1/2 the cream cheese

Fold bananas into the pudding mixture and pour into pie crust

top with the whip cream

Make it look pretty

and chill!

ENJOY!

Taco soup

*2 pounds lean gr. beef or you can use choped chicken

we make it both ways

*1 onion, chopped

*1 (4ounce) can diced gr. chiles

*1 teaspoon salt

*1tsp. pepper

*1can black beans

*1 can red beans

Whatever beans you have!

(Our family is not to keen on beans to much so we usually do one can)

*1 package taco seasoning mix

*1 1/2 cups water

*1 package ranch dressing mix

*1(14.5) can stewed tomatoes

brown beef w/the onion

in seperate soup pot

add

chilies, salt, pepper, beans, water,(add more water if need) seasoning mixes and tomatoes

mix together/get it boiling! Hot!

when meat and onion are done add to soup pot

brind to boil, turn to simmer and let it cook for 30 min.

top it with cheese and serve with chips

DELICIOUS!

Easter

Here is my basket from Josh!

Ambrey with her sugar egg, she ate the whole thing.

She is crazy about treats! Ambrey and Alyssa with their chocolate from the Easter bunny.

This year he brought

a Chocolate Dino for Ambrey and a Chocolate Cow for Alyssa, Anna had a bunny.

Very cute.
We found Anna in bed with Ambrey
Ambrey was fast asleep and Anna was reading away.
Alyssa and her sugar egg.

My card from Josh, it is a Bar Mitzvah card.

He thought it would be funny to give me a card I would never get in my life.

Very funny!

Look how tired I look! Horrible. And yes Scott and Rich I have the EYE!

The girls and their PEEPS.

So here is Ambrey's sugar egg, eaten!

This was Josh's basket.

Can you tell who put more thought into it?

Josh got a chocolate pirate ship!

I made a pineapple, mandarin, lemon cake,

It was good, and pretty, but not my favorite.

To get out of the house a little bit, we went to take pics of Josh's school.

We walked around the campus.

This is the main building where Josh spent his time in class.

This is the Library.

I got Josh to pose as Mr. Suaveeee!

He tried, I don't know if he pulled it off!

What a good looking nerd though!

Me hugging the building.

This is the bell tower on campus.

You miss Buffalo don't you David?!!!

Ambrey picked some "flowers" for me.

Our lonely Easter Dinner.

We had ham, cheesy potatoes, rolls and green bean casserole.

It was delicious!

We miss you David and Chantel!

Anna found some eggs.

Alyssa and her cow.

Thank you to Grandma and Grandpa Daley for the cute Easter outfits!