Idaho and Alaska

Idaho and Alaska were our favorites so far, but how can you go wrong with chicken strips and potatoes and salmon.

 Baked salmon- Two thumbs way up. We have salmon all the time and "Alaskan" salmon did not disappoint

I was a little surprised to learn that the meal of suggestion for Idaho was not potatoes but was chicken fingers and that was from multiple sources. I made some chicken fingers, but it did not feel right to eat Idaho without a form of potatoes as a side, so in addition to our fingers, we had mashed potatoes.

Our little Plumber

While I got ready in the morning Kelsey used to scream and pound at the bathroom door, however I recently showed her that 1. She can open our cupboards and 2. that there are fun things inside. I thought that this was a good idea mainly because I now can shower without all the tears. She is much too busy with the toothbrushes and toilet paper.
Yesterday I took out the box from under the sink and went to go get ready. When I turned around Kelsey was gone. I know that she is fast, but she is not THAT fast and is definitely not that quiet.  Upon further investigation this is what I found :

I mean seriously, does it get any cuter than this!

Eating around the Nation

One week, I was really bored with the food that I was making and so I decided to make 5 new recipes from a brand new cook book. It was really fun and the food was deliciously refreshing. This little stunt sparked an idea. I decided that it would be fun to try a recipe from all 50 states. I have looked on blogs for recipes and for the states that I can not find I look to find what their national fruit or veggies are and make something from that. For example Georgia doesn't have a state "dish" but they are found of peaches and so I am going to make a peach dish.

I am not making the food in order because some ingredients are cheaper at certain times. As of now I have made Michigan, Arkansa, and Colorado. My rule is that I can't change the recipe like I normally do so that we can get the real taste of the state.

 Michigan~Michigan Pasty's- I made this on my dad's birthday. I thought that that was rather fitting. We each gave this one thumb up. If I make this again, I will add more flavoring

 Arkansas~ Fried catfish and Walmart green beans- We each gave this one thumb down. Not gross, but not good. Very flavorless

Colorado~ Chili Verde and avocados~ Two thumbs up from both of us. I will make this again. It is delicious!


So there they are, the first 3 states. Only 47 more to go!

New Tricks

Kelsey is growing like crazy and it is scaring us so much. We love every minute of it, but it is scary because we are losing our little baby. She can do so much now and it is adorable. I could go on and on about it but I think the pictures are much cuter to show all her new tricks.

Easter 2013

Easter weekend was GORGEOUS!! Both days were in the 70s and it was just beautiful. on Saturday we died eggs with this new marble dye and it took about 4 min it looks really cool at the end. We wanted Kelsey to help and, shocker, she bit right through the egg and started to chew on the shell. We spent Easter enjoying the afternoon with Ethan's family and then spending the evening with my family at the Nelson's. We ate at both places, and both meals were delicious. I have to say that the Wing ham was MUCH better than the Nelson ham. I can say that because I made the ham and although it was not bad it was not great and the Wing ham was great! After our first dinner and pictures we went to our second dinner and Easter egg hunt.This year Ethan and I got promoted from the "finders" group to the "hiders" group all because of Kelsey. Also during the egg hunt Natedog gave Kelsey her first nickname- Kelbawooda!
 Although Kelsey endure everything well, she could have cared less about our Easter traditions. She crawled towards the eggs when we asked and wore the clothes we asked, but there has never been a day where Kelsey smiled less than she did on Easter. Its okay thought, we still love her very much and know that some day she will laugh at the pictures.

She doesn't sleep with us, but she had a really bad cough and so I brought her in at 7 and she slept with no cough until 9. It was a glorious morning

Liberty Park

Saturday March 30 was beautiful and so we decided to go to Liberty Park. We started by just walking around, then we play bocce ball, and then Ethan noticed that the basketball courts were open and so he ran over to shoot some hoops. While we were shooting, the guys playing on the other court needed another player and so they asked Ethan if he would fill in. You should have seen this game! It was Ethan a red head and 7 brothers. They kept calling him red and Ethan couldn't have been happier!  He just loves basketball so much and has not been able to play because of his wrist so it was fun to see him play again. It was such a gorgeous day that Kesley and I walked around the park just enjoying the sunshine. After about 45 min, Ethan had finished 3 games and we went to push Kesley on the swings. she LOVED it! Thought it was the funniest thing she had ever done in her short little life. After the swings, we headed back to the car to find out that we had been there about 3 hours. It was a perfect spring afternoon.

March Madness

 The NCAA college basketball tournament is kinda a big deal at our house. We both love to make brackets and for 3 straight days watch nothing but basketball. It is just really fun. This year we had Kelsey make a bracket by selecting objects and designating each object as a team. Which ever object she picked that would be the team that advanced. This actually took a few days because she started getting upset that we would take her toys once she picked one. She also got tired because there are 64 teams in the tournament and that's just a lot to think about. All in all she had a great time and loved watching all the games with us.

In other news March has been a fantastic month just flying by. On one of the nice days we had a few weeks ago, we went and helped my grandma get her yard ready for spring and it just felt great to be outside working in the yard. I know I am my father's daughter when I can honestly say that I love doing yard work. I mean its not Disneyland fun obviously, but there is nothing like working hard.
Kelsey turned 9 months on March 2nd and learned how to stand. Basically I have come to learn that the baby proofing I did already meant nothing compared to what I have to do now with a standing baby. She still just loves to move and talk and I can't get enough of her. I seriously just love watching her all day.

Ethan and I are doing great too. Ethan got promoted to a new position at work and so now he is working with a new team but he is still very happy and pleased with his job. He is starting to get really excited for school though. He just loves BYU. I'm staying buy with Kelsey obviously, but I have also started to catch the Spring cleaning fever. there are so many projects that I want to organize and so much junk that I want to DI! It's because of this trait that I know that I am my Mothers daughter. My dad once said that my mom was only happy if she was giving/throwing something away and I am the same way! Lets just say, March has been good to us. The Wing home is very blessed and very happy.