New Giveaway Link It Up Page!

New Giveaway Link It Up Page!

Ok folks, I just posted up a new giveaway 
page for you to link it up or enter and win!
Along with that I'll be posting up an awesome
giveaway for 10 winners to receive a
Sandwich Thins Prize Pack

If you don't see your name or blog on the
link up list, just email me at:

mplutui at gmail dot com

Music Monday- Black Eyed Peas on Oprah

I've been in a dancing mood today 

so I hope you enjoy this awesome

video of the Black Eyed Peas on   

Oprah! 

Happy Music Monday Peeps:)

 

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Learning about The Bible

We got up this morning to get ready for church and 

Nesi was coughing and started throwing up. So, it 

was only Mel and Loni that ended up making it in to 

church today. 

I'm wondering if she caught it when we went 

walking yesterday. Anywhoo, I thought it would

be a good chance to pop in a dvd about the

Bible for kids. 

I've been trying to get them to watch it but they

wouldn't watch it for more than 5 minutes. I'm 

going to be doing a giveaway on it. But needed

a good review on it with my kids. 

Today is better to do it. Since I've now enforced

the rule,  no tv on Sunday unless it's church 

movies only. So no better time than now. 

So while she's watching the program, I'll be 

making the Kitchenaid 60 minute dinner rolls

from Erin Cooks in the kitchen before the 

boys get back from church. Thanks to Lick

The Bowl Good for this:)

Picking Pine Cones and Looking for Deer

Nature Walk looking for Pine

Cones and Deer.

We decided to go out to the walking trail yes

terday to test out the camera there and catch 

some fresh air, pick some pine cones and look 

for deer and squirrels.

A view from where we're at looking down to

the city. 

Nesi started running to the edge and I told her

to stop and come back. 

Loni joining us, he asked if the mama deer and

the doe were going to be here again. I said, 

I wasn't sure and wasn't in the mood to run into

deers today. Not sure if they're even here in the 

spring.

Nesi got so excited seeing the dandelion and 

couldn't wait to blow it.

Nesi got her pinecones.

Afterwards we headed over to the playground

so they could play for a little bit before we head

home for dinner and sleep time. 

Nesi was so ahead of us and couldn't wait to 

get to the playground. 

Taking their turns on the swings

Loni trying out the monkey bars.

trying to go across by herself

only making it to the third bar with a laugh

Loni's turn as the moon is out, it's time to 

wrap up and head home. 

This was kinda creepy as we took it while walk

ing back home. But we had fun.

Friday Follow Celebration March 26th

It's Friday and I'm joining in on the 

Friday Follow bandwagon. If this is

your first time. You simply post up a

Friday Follow post on your blog and 

post up the link on the list below to join

in on the celebration. There you'll find 

tons of new blogs to read and new friends.

Click and follow the first 3 links and so on 

then check out their sponsor for this week.

 

Enjoy today & happy Friday Follow!

     

Wordless Wednesday

Sorry this is going up late. It took me forever
trying to figure my new Light Room2 program.
Starting to figure it out today.

New Pages are Back.

OOPS...
I didn't realize I knocked off the pages tabs that go
under the header. So I now re-posted it back on  &
you can now see it at the very top of the page!

I'll post up the recipes I promised shortly. Thanks
for being patient!

Relief Society Birthday Bash and Dance

A couple of posts ago..I posted that I was asked
to make a cake for the Relief Society Birthday
for this past Friday, March 19th. I'll tell you it
was stressing me out all last week and I wasn't
sure if I was going to pull this off.

I've never baked a cake for the board to try out
but they chose me from a handful of other
women they could've picked in the ward. So I
decided that I was going to do a fondant cake,
yes..umm I've seen it done on before but had
I made an actual one in real life? No, but I
figured I better try my hardest since this was
going to be something to feed 300 or more
people.

So the first 5 cakes were apple cakes
then the base cake was 2 different layers of
marble cake. I baked the apple cakes days ahead
of time and let it set in the fridge until the
day of. I baked the marble cakes the night
before and was worried about getting the
fondant on while my two little ones are
watching in the kitchen.

The picture is blurry, Loni [6yo] was my little 

camera guy in the kitchen. He was upset when I 

wouldn't let him do the fondant balls. So I let him

take the pictures. It looks uneven because I have

3 cakes for the top tier and only 2 for the other 

tiers. I had to make it this way because I knew I 

wouldn't have enough fondant to cover the whole

cake. This is all from their budget of $100.00

My friend Sulu's mom came and posed by the cake. 

I was in a hurry that I didn't get an upclose shot of it.

ok. so we ran out of the marbled fondant balls and

had to go with purple and neon pink. But they said 

it's ok. this is before they post up the candles on 

there. 

these are the tissue paper blossoms we made the

night before the dance. we attached them to fishing

lines and attached small mirrors the invisible line.

we didn't leave until 2 am. Then I had to be back 

in the church kitchen by 8 or 9 am to start putting

the cake together. 

Lani and Vaha used the table covers as swags and

rosettes for the wall decorations. neat huh?

These are the RS women doing a Bollywood number.

Another number from our culture called the Maululu.

I hope I spelled that one right.

I was trying to catch a picture of Nesi, in the line

dance. She's in the long pink dress holding hands 

with her little friends.

It's Spring Already!

We're so glad it's the first day of Spring. I'm still feeling
a bit tired from yesterday's festivities at our church last
night. Which I'll update you on my next post. I had plans
to do some house cleaning and do laundry all day. It's
been neglected since Monday and the laundry room is
full so it's got to be done today so tomorrow I can actu
ally rest and kick up my feet. I felt like baking a lemon
cake with cream cheese frosting for dessert. Didn't feel
like slaving over the stove today so I just tossed cut up
rib of lamb, turkey tails and chicken thights in lots of
barbecue sauce and baked it until tender, then had corn
on the cob as a side with plantains and cassava.

I told the little ones we can go outside and take pictures
of the city. Since we live high up and the view at night
is wonderful from where we're at. Plus I need some
exercise, I gained 5 lbs this week from cake testing and
then some..uggh..

Heartbreaking Story.....

I don't know where to start about this 

heartbreaking story. I can't remember how I

ended up on Mrs. P's tragic story of how her

dear husband who is in the Marines was taken

back to Heavenly Father when his vehicle was

overturned killing him while on operations out 

in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

After reading her story, I thought this is the 

world of military wives. They're  young and

so in love with a precious little 1 mth. girl named

Ariana. I just sat there crying and looking at the 

screen and hoping that somehow Heavenly Father

can bring some peace into her life right now. I feel

for her and her child and hope that God guides them

through all this. I hope you can stop by and visit 

her as well here or just click on her button on top.