Hello dear friends

Can i request your help? I got a new calling today...I'm now the primary president!! I'm so excited about this, yet super nervous and overwhelmed! if you have any ideas, advice, anything for me will you please email me? Jenpowell5@aol.com thank you so much!!

....Kylie's first dance recital....

can i just tell you how much fun it was to see my little girl up on stage!

i loved it...

and i cried.

she was so big and cute and concentrating so much and so proud of all of her moves and it just made me so happy.

here are some pics...a few blurry i know, but i couldn't pass them up!

o yes, and this first pic are two of her best friends from our neighborhood. they have so much fun together.

My New Life

she is incredible...this video changed me. please watch, it will give you the happiest feeling inside.

These 3 kids make me o so happy....ever single day.

they have been so good to me while i have been flat down in bed for a week!

i got the sweetest cards and presents from them on mothers day....i will post some of what Jacob made me. its the sweetest book he did in kindergarden that i will treasure forever!

hope you all have a happy day

p.s....can you believe how blond Carson is?! and he has these little curls in the back of his hair that i hope stay!

don't mind the hair over Carson's ears! he really needs a little cut....and Jacob wants his hair shaggy, so...hair is looking rough around this house right now!

well...i did it.

I had surgery today.

i inherited a terrible set of varicose veins, and with every pregnancy they got worse and worse. right now, I'm laying in bed...and will be for the next 72 hours. i cant lift anything over 5lbs for 3 days. and i have 3 kids who weigh well over that!! o ya, and i really cant walk. its funny to watch me try to get around!!

while its nice to just lay here...its hard. moms cant just lay here!

anyway, if you experience varicose veins, i would be happy to tell you about my procedure and recommend highly my Dr. and his team.

http://www.mtnmedical.com/vein_center.html

in the last year i have been really trying to make dinner alot more. i have found tons of easy, kid friendly recipes...and got this delish dish from my cousin. made it last night and loved it! try it out...its really, really good and so easy!

Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas

6 tablespoons honey
5 tablespoons lime juice
½ tablespoon chili powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder

1 pound chicken, cooked and shredded (I used 3 small chicken breasts)
8-10 flour tortillas
1 pound monterey jack cheese, shredded
16 ounces green chili enchilada sauce
1 cup heavy cream

Mix the first four ingredients and toss with shredded chicken. Let it marinate for at least 1/2 hour (I tossed mine together in a ziploc bag in the morning and let it sit in the refrigerator all day).
Pour about 1/2 cup enchilada sauce on the bottom of a 9X13 baking pan.
Fill flour tortillas with chicken and shredded cheese, saving about 1 cup of cheese to sprinkle on top of enchiladas.
Mix the remaining enchilada sauce with the cream and leftover marinade.
Pour sauce on top of the enchiladas and sprinkle with cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes until brown and crispy on top.

The Hills

are back my o my last night was a hot mess.

how i love this show!

Heidi...don't do one more thing to your body you crazy girl.

Kristen... you are totally messed up and need help.

Lo... i love you.

Audrina... your body is amazing and that's about it.

Steph... you are a mess and only 23.
Spencer... i really don't like you at all, but I'm glad you weren't wearing that stupid cowboy hat like you always rocked last season

Brody...you are such a ladies man.