January 12, 2015

First day of ballet.  This is going to be fun.

January 10, 2015

  As I vacuumed the upstairs this morning, Bailey pulled out this toy vacuum we acquired at a garage sale in Michigan.  It makes a terrible noise, which I think has Bailey convinced that it's an actual working vacuum for kids.  She meticulously vacuumed this hallway.

January 8, 2015

Lego Duplo, a definite favorite Christmas gift.


January 4, 2015

  I'm not sure how it came up, but at dinner tonight I declared this to be the week of Jodi.  I would pick my favorite dinners all week.  These delicious rolls were part of tonight's dinner.
Now you're asking what else made the list of dinners for Week of Jodi.  Since you asked:

Monday:  Cream Cheese Chicken and Vegetable soup and leftover rolls from last night.  
Tuesday: Meatball sandwiches
Wednesday:  Chicken taquitos
Thursday: Mexi-chili casserole (chosen for its ease of preparation)
Friday: White chicken chili and cornbread
Saturday: Pizza (delivered)

Now all the kids want to have their own weeks.  I told them they'd have to come up with six meals that aren't just different versions of mac and cheese.  

January 3, 2015

  It's a good day at the Foster home, and not just because it snowed last night. Today was Erik's baptism.  The whole thing came together rather quickly.  I spoke to the ward mission leader at church on Sunday to get a date set up and before I knew it we were having the baptism on Saturday. It worked out well because Erik got to share his baptism date with his best friend from church. 
 On the way to the baptism Erik said the snow was like a gift to him today.
 This is one good boy. He's been looking forward to being baptized for a long time.  He really has taken it seriously and wants to do what's right.
I ordered this cake as a special dessert for tonight.  Yes, believe it or not, a "professional" did the writing on the cake. 

January 2, 2015

Today it really is hard to be Bailey.  Under her eyes and nose are raw from being wiped with tissue.


January 1, 2015

 Definitely the best part of New Year's Day is snacking on finger foods all day instead of actually cooking a meal.