It’s been a hectic month and I’m 5 recipes behind posting. They’ve been tried, just not posted. The Creamy Jalepeno Cheese Grits and the Pecan Oatmeal Bars will definitely be repeated. Wonderful!! Here are a few photos of what we’ve been up to in the last month.
Now I know why I traded the minivan in for another SUV. If you have a couple minutes, click this link and watch the clip on You Tube. Too Funny!!! I laughed out loud, hoping not to wake the kids.
Nothing drives like a minivan.
Don’t know to whom I should give the credit for this. I received it in an email and it was attributed to “anonymous”. The thought is lovely.
“A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him to find her.” – Anonymous
What a challenge to teach our daughters!
The Happy Clan – can’t get everyone to look at the camera at once with these jokers, but we did have fun.
The fruits of our labor today. What fun!!!
Please pray for the daughter of our good friends Jake and Kelly Hunter. Their oldest daughter Ashlyn was diagnosed with AML Leukemia on Tuesday of last week (3/27). She is currently at Levine Childrens Hospital at CMC in Charlotte, NC. She has begun an agressive chemotherapy treatment. Please pray also for her two younger sisters, Reagan and Camryn, as they struggle to deal with all the changes they are facing.
“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12 nkjv
Florida training camps have nothing on us! Wils was so surprised to find out that Mommy knew how to “play ball”.
Sam and Mark spent some time in batting practice.
You can do these so easily. I found this “idea” in the newspaper a few years ago.
Cut a large marshmallow in two for the ears and dip the sticky edges in colored sugar sprinkles. I make mine ahead of time and set them aside to use when I’m decorating. If you want to make a version of these cupcakes that provides less sugar for the kids, you can use sugar free jellybeans for the eyes and nose. Whipped icing has more air “whipped” in, so there’s a little less sugar when you ice the cupcakes. Also, this year I found a cake mix by Pillsbury that was sweetened with Splenda instead of sugar. So, while they’re not completely sugarfree, they’re certainly sugar “reduced”.
After the cupcakes have cooled, ice them with a white icing and then dip the tops in coconut. Use icing to help the marshmallows and jellybeans stay in place on the face. You can use decorating gel to make whiskers if you want to add them. Have fun!
We had a visitor for dinner this evening. Sophie watched him land just past the deck and he watched us for about 5 minutes. Of course, by the time we got the camera out and ready, he had flown to a new perch in the back yard. So, we followed him to get a better picture. It was amazing to see one fly so close. Very Cool!!
This week’s recipe comes from a library book Sam picked out at the local library. Why Norway? Who knows.
This is Sam making me a surprise. They would have been gingerbread cookies, but Sam doesn’t like ginger. So, instead they were more spice cookie or molasses cookie. It was a boy project. Sam, Mark and Wilson made the cookies, rolled the dough and cut them out. We even had some left over dough so that we can make a few more this weekend. And, they made them wheat-free so that Sam could eat them as well. Sophie and I didn’t have to do any work. We just got to taste the fruits of their efforts. They were delicious!