A Princess Affair!

Once upon a time....
Caitlyn was cordially invited to a Princess Party and boy was she excited! I was determined to try some new hairstyles that I really don't have the patience for! For one Caitlyn's hair in all uneven due to a previous haircut she decided to try on herself a while ago. It's growing out but still we have a ways to go! Thankfully her hair is curly so it's not so noticeable and a few hairstyles can cover it up! With some help from the site "hairformyprincess" I came up with this:

I think Princess Caitlyn's maid did an O.K job on the hair style...she's learning but with a little more pay maybe she can do some hair wonders in the near future!!!!


It was alot of fun for a whole bunch of little princess. They ate, made tiara's,played games, colored a pretty princess and decorated their own prince charming.






Princess Becca's maid(Mommy Kristi) did an awesome job with her hair!


Princess Jesse was just so darn cute!


Pam the maid even did an awsome job on her princess!



Simply Sweet!


And she lives happily for now with her mother maid and Prince charming Daddy...



She ends the day with a special kiss for King Shamrock!!!

A New Years Outting!

We decided to start the new year right and bond as a family! So on New Years we ending up in Salt Lake for lunch and a stroll down the Gateway. We ate at Dodo's Restaurant(funny huh!)which was good. The best was our dessert...Nestle Toll House Cookie Pie!

Then we strolled down for a quick shower. I was surprised they were on for the winter..must be heated.

On our way back home we stopped at Tai-Pan. I was excited because Sonny was excited....We'll Sonny only lasted to be exact 5 minutes and took off to wait in the car. What!!!! He was expecting something totally different!
So my tour was unfortnately short!
We then stopped in Draper where we were able to see Porter Rockwell!
I see similarities in this photo....is it Grandpa Ralph???? Oh no it's Porter Rockwell himself, a long-haired gunfighter and protector of his people! There are great stories of this man who was bodyguard of his best friend Joseph Smith. Sonny has just finished reading all 4 Porter Rockwell Chronicles so now it's my turn to enjoy his life's adventure!


We Ended our evening at the Desanitago's and a visit from the Albright's.....Where were the other Maloy's...Sick( So Sorry we really missed you guys!) My goal for 2009 is to plan a 2010 Party with them included! We've missed 2 years in a row already!
Our Argentine friends have these new year traditions.... First we ate Empanadas!
Then we did the norm and count down....3, 2, 1 Happy New Year!

We then each recieved 12 pennies. We walked out in the freezing cold to the middle of the street faced north and threw the pennies over our shoulder for good luck....it was great until Kristi threw her pennies south! I'll be praying for you Kristi!

We had a few sparklers going!


We darted inside for warmth and then recieved 12 grapes. We ate a grape and made a wish for each month....Nikko after about his 5th said..."Here mom you do the rest for me!

Happy New Year and best wished to all!

Hot & Caramel Sweet!

My first new successful recipe for 2009! What could be better than a warm cup of cider on a cold day to start off the new year! My favorite all time drink at Starbuck's is the Hot Caramel Apple Cider! If you haven't tried it you need to...or just make it at home. Heidi actually prompted my curiosity so off to Smith's I went for apple cider and whipped cream...all other ingredients I had at home...you might too! Not only does it look pretty it taste even better! I even think my version taste WAY better than Starbucks, I added more caramel! Sorry Heidi, I couldn't wait for your sample...I'm impatient! I would have shared it today but I was off to work with a warm cup of cider! Let's just say this was a sample to prove it's greatness! Doesn't it look delicious! YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!


This was the recipe I used..I justed altered the amount of caramel!(Be Creative)
1 1/2 cups apple cider
1 1/2 tbl caramel sauce or caramels melted
1/2 tsp vanilla
whipped cream



Cheers!