Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts

Monday, March 17, 2014

A Rainbow and a Shake

We aren't ones to really celebrate St. Patrick's Day, like I don't decorate for it or anything, but I do like to make sure we wear our green (I actually love to wear green b/c I have hazel eyes that change depending on what I'm wearing, and when I wear green my eyes look more green :)).  Today Aiden and I also made a rainbow craft, and this evening we made a St. Patty's Day shake, like we've done the last few years :)

Aiden's rainbow :)


I had pinned the craft on my Pinterest - here's the link.


It was fun to make!  Aiden really wanted to help me cut the strips of paper, which was a little tricky since you have to be pretty precise about making each color an inch shorter than the next.  Luckily he was content to help glue on the cotton balls :)


Shoving his rainbow into his bus ;)



I can't help it, he'll always be my beauty boy ;)


In our green :)  Mine almost looks light blue next to Aiden!


Angled a little more to show off baby sister.  I'll be 33 weeks on Wednesday!


Blowing bubbles when Daddy got home :)




Trent surprised me with these tulips when he got home!  We went on our first date 7 years ago today!


For our FHE treat we made our traditional St. Patty's Day shake, although this year we tried a new recipe (you can find it HERE). This one is supposed to be like the McDonald's shamrock shake.


We all enjoyed it ;)


I was trying to get a picture of my shake and Aiden kept jumping in..haha.



Hope you had all had a fun day!  Oh and here's my St. Patty's post from last year.  It's crazy to see how Aiden changes over a year!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Significance of 17

This last Sunday, St. Patrick's Day, after Church we realized it was 6 years ago we went on our first date.  And then I realized the significance of the number 17 in my life.

- We went on our first date on March 17 ('07).
- Trent's birthday is October 17 ('84).
- We got engaged November 17 ('07).
- Aiden was born November 17 ('11).

And if we had just waited one more day we would have gotten married May 17 ('08), but I wanted to get married on a Friday rather than a Saturday.  Darn!

We'll have to see if any other significant things happen on a 17th!


And here's just a video we got on Sunday while I was making our St. Patty's shake.  Aiden thought it was so funny when I'd pulse it.



Reminds me a little bit of THIS post :)

Monday, March 19, 2012

St. Patty's Day Shakes

I found a recipe for St. Patty's Day shakes (here) which I've decided to make a tradition.  I love traditions!


They are so simple.  Just some mint chocolate chip ice cream (Blue Bell is the best!), milk, whipped cream, and green sprinkles.  So easy yet so yummy!  We made them at my parents' house to share with everyone :)


Love my sweet little family :)