Omlets in a Bag

Ingredients:
2 Eggs
2 Slices Ham, chopped
½ Cup Shredded Cheddar
1 Tablespoon Chopped Green Onion
1 Tablespoon Chopped Green Bell Pepper
2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Tomato
1 Tablespoon Chunky Salsa
2 Fresh Mushrooms, sliced

Method:

Crack the eggs into a large resealable freezer bag. Press out most of the air, and seal. Shake or squeeze to beat the eggs. Open the bag, and add the ham, cheese, onion, green pepper, tomato, salsa, and mushrooms (ingredients are optional and can be added to taste). Squeeze out as much of the air as you can, and seal the bag.
Bring large pot of water to a boil. Place up to 8 bags at a time into the boiling water. Cook for exactly 13 minutes. Open the bag, and let the omelet roll out onto a plate. The omelet should roll out easily.

More Pictures of Adorable Sophie :)

What can I say? I love my grandchildren...I'm a grandma! It's what's expected of me! Here are just a few more pictures to add to the collection of pictures... :) Enjoy!

I absolutely LOVE this picture. How adorable is that?

Look how precious this litle angel is. I can't even stand it.


Sleeping beauty...

:)

Do you see how gorgeous this little baby is?

This was taken on the day that she FINALLY got to come home. Everyone was so happy!

Well, that's all for now!

Take care,

Gina

Sophie Voncille Thurston: My first Grandaughter

My daughter recently had her second baby! :) I'm a grandmother for the second time. It's kind of a crazy thought, but I'm slowly getting used to it.

Anyways....

Sophie was born on March 6, 2009 at 3:07 p.m.
She weighed 6 lbs 15 oz and 19 1/2 in

She is absolutely adorable and we ALL love her SOOO much. :)
Here are a few pictures, enjoy.

St. George: The Swing Jumping Contest!

A few weeks ago, my family and I went down to St. George for another one of my daugther's many soccer tournaments. (A special thanks to Sylva and Rullon, my husbands parents, who let us stay with them!) While we were down there, we definately enjoyed the warm, sunny weather! (Seeing as it was extremely cold here in American Fork...but it's warming up pretty quickly.) Anyways, right before we started our journey home, we all went down to the park behind my parent's-in-law's house and just PLAYED! My kids had obviously missed being outside...as we were out playing, we did a number of fun activities. We played basketball, we played on the park, AND we had a "swing jumping contest." (Which was started by my competitive husband.) Let me explain:

You swing as HIGH as you can, and then...you jump! You try to land the farthest distace away from the swing as possible. My husband, Dale, started the whole competition. He jumped from the swing, and challenged my daughters to beat his record. One of my competive young daughters, CaLea, simply had to beat her father's record. She jumped, and she beat it! As you can probably predict, this competition went on for quite some time. The *RECORD LINE* kept moving further and further out. To tell the truth, I don't even know who won. Oh well, we got some pretty fun pictures though!! Enjoy!

-Gina

WOW! A Crazy Shocker that Ruined My Day

Recently, I cut back on my phone bill, without actually having to cut back on the "extras." I figured everything out with T-moblie, and I was supposed to be getting a GREAT deal on my phone plan. So, naturally I was very excited to get my bill for the month. However, when I actually recieved it, the stack of papers was SO BIG that I actually believed it was a catalog for my homephone addition to the plan. When I opened it... I was absolutely shocked! Check this out...

ISN'T IT INSANE! WOW! I am very glad to share with you that the problem has been fixed, and my bill was NOT that expensive. Thankfully. :)

-Gina

Valentines Can

Sorry this post is a little late...but it's better late than never! Here is an adorable idea for Valentines day that my talented daugther came up with.

Let me know what you think!

-Gina

Quelf

If you want a CRAZY Game, one you play late at night with some close Family and Friends, this is your game... On the Box it says Random Has a New Meaning... and it doesn't lie. The funniest part is there is no rules really to start, but as you land on blue spaces, you gain roolz either for yourself, or the whole group. Things like; when you share a space you must hold hands with that person, or people until you no longer share the space... You end all sentences with IZZLE, etc. But if your up for having a little fun, try this GAME, I Love it!

Scraping in a Frame!

Scrapbookers and paper crafters are all the same. When they see something, they start thinking about how to make it better, or how to make it more personal. At least, that is how I think. Maybe I am weird, but I think that you can all relate. We all have had one of those moments at least once in our lives. I took a mat and made it my own by stamping it, adding some rub on words, and I finished it off with a ribbon. I then found the perfect frame, popped it in, and it became my own, original way of scrapbooking/papercrafting. Scrapbooking in a frame. It is oh so fun! If you ever have the time, or you ever find yourself out of ideas, give it a try! I'm sure you'll enjoy it just as much as I did!

Try it out.

-Gina-

{Hairbow Holder}

My daughter, Ginay, made this adorable "holder" for hair bows! It's simple, handy, and absolutely adorable! You just clip on the bows and flowers that you are not using for the headbands. It's a cute decoration, and a useful one too.

I just wanted to point out these adorable flowers. They are homemade, and the middle is pinned together with brads. Just imagine the possiblilities!!

Brads and flowers....Hairbows and clips....

that's all for now!

-Gina

Just a few Cute Ideas

Here are a couple cute ideas for Valentine give aways this year!

My daughter actually made this one. The heart is made up of DRIED, crunched rose petals. And the wodden frame can be bought at any craftstore for only a couple dollars. Cute, huh?

Card Group for January

Here are a few cute cards from a card group I have been with for 12 years. One of the best things about this group is that we can all still see eachother! Even after all the moves. We all have busy lives, but somehow, this little card group provides a way for us to get together every month. How nice. :) Hope you liked the cards!

-Gina

Christmas Fun

Sorry this post is a little late...but, I have been busy! (As usual!) I just thought I would share with you the amazing experience I had over Christmas Break. As most of you know, my family and I got to drive up to our cabin in Idaho and spend christmas with all of my siblings and their children. It was absolutely fantastic! It was nice just to get a break from everything, but it was even nicer to get to be with all the people I care about and love. Plus, the snow up there was absolutely amazing. We got about 2 feet of snow christmas eve... in fact, we had to get a shovel out just to open the door to our car. It was insane! The snow was so deep! And the kids were loving it!

This is a picture of my neice Lauren, and my daughter CaLea out in the snow. Yes, CaLea is standing straight up. Like I said, the snow was SO deep! And this wasn't even the deepest part.

Well, I just have to say that I was grateful to get away from my extremely busy life for a week. It was so nice! And I am so grateful I got the opportunity to spend time with all of my family. That's all for now,

Gina

My adorable grandson Jake. Isn't he the cutest thing? This picture was actually taken by my daughter CaLea. "Santa" gave her a camera for Christmas, and she was taking pictures of everything! It was kind of nice, because it meant I didn't have to worry about taking pictures.

This picture was taken right when we got home. After about 5 or 6 hours of driving home in a car...glamorous.

Jake Warren Thurston... Grandchildren are so much fun! If I would have known how fun they were, I would have definately had them FIRST.

This is the best picture we could get of the front of our cabin...the snow kind of got in the way.

Charlie and Jake playing with one of the Christmas presents I gave Jakie.

Here's a couple pictures of the scenery. Simply beautiful.

Busy, Busy, Busy Week

This past week was very busy, but at the same time, it was very fun! To start things off, the kids got out of school on Wednesday...meaning they were home ALL weekend. Also, I had to work, so it got pretty hectic.

*My birthday was on Wednesday. :) Yay. That's pretty self explainatory.
*Thanksgiving was on Thursday, as all of you know, and I was cooking all day! But it was so worth it when everyone showed up and we got to enjoy a lovely dinner together.
*Black Friday was this Friday
*My son who's going on a mission had his birthday on Saturday, and we got to celebrate that together! He's now 19, and is leaving in two weeks! By then, I will have two sons who will be serving missions! How crazy is that?
*And last, but definately not least, my cute girls (and sons) threw a surprise birthday party for me and my son. (Although, he knew it was happening, so it was really only a surprise to me..) We had family come over and we ate a delicious dinner prepared by my daughers, then had some dessert. Then we just got to chat with eachother!

My week was pretty crazy, but hey, it's typical in the life of a mom...

That's all for now,

Gina

*TWILIGHT*

All you women out there know exactly what I'm talking about when I say "Twilight." I have read all of the books, and have actually started reading Stephenie Meyer's new series, "The Host." So far I have liked it, but it's pretty difficult to get into it, but once you hit page 100, it gets good!

nyways, back to Twilight! I went to Twilight the movie the first Friday it was open. (The very first day it was out) We preordered tickets and went with a large group of women. (My daughter's in-laws.) We really enjoyed it! I wasn't happy with a couple of the actors, but I still enjoyed the movie a lot! I can't complain.

After the movie, we ate out at Chadders'. Since we all pigged out at the movie (pop, and popcorn galore!) We were practically full when we got to Chadders'! But that was ok, because somehow we managed to get it all down!

That's all the news I have for now!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while (except for this post) but I will try harder to post more often! For now, I have to go!

-Gina

Jake's First Birthday Party!

I am proud to say that my only grandson has officially turned one year old. He is the most adorable little boy! His birthday was on October 4th, and in celebration of that special day my daughter, Ginay had a halloween birthday party! It was such a cute theme! There were cute cupcakes decorated with "brain" frosting, and (peanutbutter) eyeballs. For dinner we had a snake (strombolli, DELICIOUS!) and there was a witches' brew to drink! As you can see there were lots of fun/cute ideas that went into this party, it was such a blast, and for the first time I got to watch a baby demolish a birthday cake and not have to worry about cleaning up the mess- or the baby for that matter. How nice! here are a few pictures from the event, enjoy! That's all for now,

Gina

Chicken Noodle Soup

It has just started to get a little cold here and it makes me in the mood for homemade bread and soup. My children love this soup and I make a huge pot so that I can have leftovers.
I love to cook especially when my family eats it. This is really easy and fast and warm and delicious. Great for the colder days of winter.

Chicken Noodle Soup

4 chicken breasts - cut in cubes
2 bullion cubes
2 carrots - diced
3 stalks of celery - diced
1 small onion - diced
20 oz. bag of home style egg noodles (can be found in refrigerator section by tortillas etc.)

Boil chicken with bullion and water about 6 cups of water. Add noodles. While noodles and chicken are boiling saute' vegetables. Make sure to have enough water to let the noodles expand. Boil until noodles are tender. Add vegetables and boil all until tender. Add one can of cream of chicken soup and salt and pepper to taste. To make creamier add another can of cream of chicken soup. You may have to add more water to make it the right consistency depending on how long you boil etc.

Weighted Silence

This is a poem that was written by my son Corley. I am so proud of him! He did such a good job, and whenever girls read it, well they go crazy! Personally, I get chills when I read it, but how about you read it yourself. Let me know what you think!

-Gina-

Weighted Silence
Corley Bagley

As I sit in solemn thoughts
I see you standing there
Surrounded by the best of friends
And one who “really cares.”

And as I sit I wonder,
If I would ever dare
To do the things required
Te be that one who cares.

Although I have these feelings,
I haven’t made a move.
I wand you to be happy
With the one you choose.

The best way to be near you
Is to always be right there,
To help you and support you
Not show how much I care.

I fear that if you knew it
And didn’t feel the same,
You’d tell me that I could leave
The same way that I came.

But the happiness that I feel
Whenever you come near,
Makes me forget all other things,
And drowns out all my fears.

And so I just content myself
To simply be your friend.
And though this isn’t all I want,
At least this wouldn’t end.

But when I’m feeling down the most,
And it’s more than I can bear,
I think about this dream I’ve had,
And picture myself there.

In my dream I am alone,
I’m not quite sure just where.
It’s raining pretty hard outside,
I want to be out there.

Because out of a window,
You’re standing in full sight.
You’re calling me to join
You in the growing night.

As I run beside you,
You stop and turn around.
You tell me that you love me;
My gaze turns to the ground.

When I look up and see your face,
I cannot make a sound.
All I can hear is cold, wet rain
Falling all around.

As you gently grab my hand,
I focus on your eyes.
And in them I can see the truth:
A love that was disguised.

Your beauty takes my breath away,
It was worth the wait and pain.
I pull you closer to me.
And kiss you in the rain.

It’s at this point I wake up,
And find it wasn’t real.
That this has never happened,
And probably never will.

It just turns out the one I love,
Through whom my love has grown,
Loves someone else, and I’ll be left
Unnoticed and alone.

I guess for now I’ll have to wait.
But every day it rains,
I can’t help but feel excited,
And pray that it’s the day.

Organize It!!!

I love how these ink pads store inside of each other but I don't like how I could not tell what the colors were. So to solve that problem I simply printed a tag for each one. Easy to read and I love being able to grab the one that I want.






Blurry picture but I like to store these ink pads upside down so I put the labels on so that I could read them while they were stacked upside down.




I know that this seems like such a simple thing but the simple things in life make all the difference.