Frozen Yogurt

I have been craving some frozen yogurt. So my mama suggested I make my own. I found a few recipes online and chose the simplest one naturally. And tried my hand at making some frozen yogurt. 

Recipe:

Pint of Strawberries

1/2 of lemon juiced

dash of salt

1 cup of yogurt

1/2 cup of honey and a T of sugar

Directions: Blend together and freeze. 

It turned out to be more of a slushie then a frozen yogurt type deal. But it was rather yummy all the same. Next time I will be trying something a little different with the recipe. 

Potty Time!

Josiah was doing so good the first few days of potty. But it has seemed to go down hill. He has been wetting his big boy pants and the poop hasn't seem to make it in the potty for a while.

A lot of time has been spent on the toilet with either of book or Curious George, trying to get Josiah to poop in the potty. He even gets an awesome nerf gun for pooping in the potty. But still the boy seems to struggle. Please think of us. 

Changes.

This week I am a loner. Rachel went back to Holland for a college interview thing so I am all by myself. I guess this is just a taste of what it is gonna be like next fall cause it's hard to believe that I will find someone as cool as her to hang out with. 

I know you have been waiting in anticipation all weekend to find out if the party potty really work. Well the poop has been having trouble making it to the potty. But his big boy pants have stayed dry almost all weekend. I am pretty proud of him. 

Potty Party Time!

A lot of people seem to think we are pushing the whole potty thing a little too early. But these people just don't understand that Josiah been able to pee on the potty for almost a year now and that a kid who looks like he's four, poops like he's four year old. In other words it's a rather big mess in a diaper. Not very peasant to change. 

So I take it on my part to give the boys baths during the week. I think we are avoiding the diaper rashes a little better then before and the boys are having fun. And as a swim instructor that makes me very happy. If Togo had a swim team, they would be on it :)

Ethan's a nature at blowing bubbles. 

Today is set aside to fully potty train Josiah (or at least I am hoping). So far so good. There has only been  a small poopy mess in his big boy pants but the rest of it made it into the potty. Yay. Less Diapers. Less changing. 

Adventure is out there!

If living in a foreign country isn't enough adventure. You might as well sign up to do a half marathon. And that is exactly what we did, Melissa, Rachael and I. October 6th, we will be ready to run the Lyon Half marathon. No big deal or anything. hehe. 

I also got my ears pierced. One just wasn't enough. So I got a second one. And don't worry I don't plan on getting any more piercings. Great News though, they did my piercing right over the freckle on my ear. Freckle no more. Sounds good to me. 

(What do you think, mom? It's just as cool as I told you it would be, right?) My cuff earring is pretty awesome!

Disney Princesses

I thought about writing about church today or the funny things the kids have said this past week. But instead I decided we could all use a good laugh. And since princesses have been a very common subject lately, I thought I would share a video with you guys about what truly happened to Ariel, Jasmine, Belle, and Pocahontas that Disney forgot to tell us about.

I personally like Ariel and Jasmine the best. This makes me laugh a lot. Hope you get a laugh from it too!

I miss my dog!

I miss my dog! The big furry love of my life. I try not to think about how much I miss him cause it kinda makes me homesick. But last night I was woken up by some ruckus, what sounding like to be squeaking and whispered talking. It kinda freaked me out! I sat up in bed to reach for my dog. Who naturally was not there... So I convinced myself that I had mice in my room and that it must be the Stoner's talking and none of that could hurt me so I fell back asleep. 

When I headed upstairs to talk to Melissa this morning, I over heard the other missionaries talking about the noise too. So it was a relief to know I don't have mice in my room but my second thought was, "who was talking loud enough for everyone in the apartment building to hear. So by the time I made it back to our place I asked Rachael what had happened last night. And it turns out our apartment trash can was blown over by the wind which happens to be right outside my bedroom and some of the other missionary family went outside to see what was happening. 

I was happy to find out nothing was really wrong after all. But I still miss my dog. And I know if he was with me last night he would have figured out the problem a whole lot faster then I did. 

So in honor of my dog today, I thought I would share some pictures. 

Isaiah has always been there for me. Letting me try to drag him on runs, helping me get ready for prom, and taking my senior pictures with him. 

But I know he is in good hands and everyone is taking care of him back home.