Mark and Caroline
Mark and Grayson
Mark and Grant
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Best Daddy in the World
I am lucky that my children have such a wonderful Daddy. Mark is so good about playing with them, wrestling and roughing them up, taking them places with just Daddy. Grayson and Caroline both love going to JD equipment with Daddy! He laughs and tickles and plays with them. Reads books to them and even plays teaparty or dolls with Caroline! Mark- you are a great Dad and I am so glad we get to have this experience of raising our beautiful children together!! Happy Father's Day!
Mark and Grayson
Mark and Grant
Mark and Grayson Mark and Grant
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Summer fun
We have been very busy lately and I have not been very good at updating! We had a Home stager come give us advice on some things we could do to help sell the house. Good news is pictures will be on the blog when we finish (sometime in the next week or two). Bad news is it has taken up most of my time. We did go to the Waterpark for the first time last weekend. The kids had lots of fun with Aunt Janet. We got ice cream and played in the water.
Grant slept most of the time. The water was a little too cold to let him try and get in.
Love this picture!
We went shopping most of the day on Friday. We hit up Ikea and Garden Ridge and got lots of goodies.....pictures coming! We met Mom and Dad for dinner at IHOP then hit DQ. I love this picture of Grant. The sky looks so neat!
Hmmm.....his Mamaw says he is ready for cereal but I am not sure yet. From the looks of this picture he wants to move right on to the good stuff!
I will update with pics of the home staging very soon! In the meantime enjoy the pics of th
e kiddos....Ma, told ya Grant was getting so big and changing fast!
Grant slept most of the time. The water was a little too cold to let him try and get in.
Love this picture!
We went shopping most of the day on Friday. We hit up Ikea and Garden Ridge and got lots of goodies.....pictures coming! We met Mom and Dad for dinner at IHOP then hit DQ. I love this picture of Grant. The sky looks so neat!
Hmmm.....his Mamaw says he is ready for cereal but I am not sure yet. From the looks of this picture he wants to move right on to the good stuff!
I will update with pics of the home staging very soon! In the meantime enjoy the pics of th
e kiddos....Ma, told ya Grant was getting so big and changing fast!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
New Do's
Caroline has been terrible about letting us fix her hair. She has GOBS of hair bows and headbands but usually won't wear them. I decided to get her hair cut so it didn't look so shaggy all the time. Well the last few weeks she has been letting us fix her hair so then I was second guessing the decision. Last week we just went ahead and did it! I took her to the "big girl" salon to get her haircut this time. We usually go to a place just for kids. She did so good, even letting them shampoo her hair! She had a lot of fun with just Mommy that day! We went to Wal-mart after we were done. I think her hair looks so cute. She isn't a baby anymore....she is getting too big, too fast!!
Grayson also got to go to the "big boy" barber with Daddy a few weeks ago. He wasn't as thrilled as Caroline (as evidenced by the look on his face :)
My babies are growing up!
Grayson also got to go to the "big boy" barber with Daddy a few weeks ago. He wasn't as thrilled as Caroline (as evidenced by the look on his face :)
My babies are growing up!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
I Love Summer
I am joining in Darlene's "I Love Summer Party" over at Our Creative Life today. So....Why do I love summer....THE BEACH!! It is the #1 thing I miss most about Delaware (besides my family). We usually spend a week at Bethany Beach every summer. This year we won't be doing our week long beach vacation due to the economy and Dad's job loss. We are going to Delaware in August though and will spend a day or two at the beach. So here ya go...Why I Love summer!
Playing in the Sand!!
Did I really post a picture of me in my maternity bathing suit?
Well, here I am in pre-baby skinny days....makes up for the above picture :)
Funland Rides in Rehoboth...the same boats I rode as a child!
Ice Cream
And of course.....Crabs
Another pre-baby, actually pre- wedding picture. Oh to be so young, thin and tan again!
So that's why I love summer. Our summer here in the midwest is great but very different. I look forward to going to my homestate every year because summer is just more fun on the East Coast!
Playing in the Sand!!
Did I really post a picture of me in my maternity bathing suit?
Well, here I am in pre-baby skinny days....makes up for the above picture :)
Funland Rides in Rehoboth...the same boats I rode as a child!
Grotto Pizza!!!!
Ice Cream
And of course.....Crabs
Another pre-baby, actually pre- wedding picture. Oh to be so young, thin and tan again!
So that's why I love summer. Our summer here in the midwest is great but very different. I look forward to going to my homestate every year because summer is just more fun on the East Coast!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Cheesecake Bites
I am using an old post to jump in the mcklinky blog party. This recipe is YUMMY!!
My boss' birthday is tomorrow and I wanted to make her a cake or something. I was going to try out Bakerella's cake pops and saw cheesecake pops on her blog. I decided to give them a try. I used premade cheesecake filling though.
I just scooped it out with a mini ice cream scoop (it's actually marketed as a cookie scoop). It helps if you put the filling in the freezer for a little bit so it doesn't stick to the scoop as bad. This filling is way softer than a regular cheesecake would be. I decided not to do "pops" because they were so soft I don't think they would stay on the stick.
I almost forgot this step. While the cheesecake balls were in the freezer to harden a little, I crushed up some graham crackers in the food processor.
I then rolled the balls in the graham cracker crumbs.
I put them back in the freezer for a little bit. While they were in the freezer I melted the chocolate coating (found in the baking aisle at Wal-Mart, nothin fancy!) in the microwave in a glass dish. I used two spoons to get the chocolate on the balls. This was the worst part and a little bit of trial and error! I just put the ball on one spoon that had some chocolate on it. Then I spooned chocolate over the top (all done over the glass dish). I jiggled the spoon a little to get rid of the excess. Dumped it out onto the parchment paper. Some of them had a little spot where there was no chocolate after coming off the spoon so I just drizzled more chocolate over them.
The coating dries hard and the inside is soft and YUMM-O! Mark LOVED them!!
My boss' birthday is tomorrow and I wanted to make her a cake or something. I was going to try out Bakerella's cake pops and saw cheesecake pops on her blog. I decided to give them a try. I used premade cheesecake filling though.
I just scooped it out with a mini ice cream scoop (it's actually marketed as a cookie scoop). It helps if you put the filling in the freezer for a little bit so it doesn't stick to the scoop as bad. This filling is way softer than a regular cheesecake would be. I decided not to do "pops" because they were so soft I don't think they would stay on the stick.
I almost forgot this step. While the cheesecake balls were in the freezer to harden a little, I crushed up some graham crackers in the food processor.
I then rolled the balls in the graham cracker crumbs.
I put them back in the freezer for a little bit. While they were in the freezer I melted the chocolate coating (found in the baking aisle at Wal-Mart, nothin fancy!) in the microwave in a glass dish. I used two spoons to get the chocolate on the balls. This was the worst part and a little bit of trial and error! I just put the ball on one spoon that had some chocolate on it. Then I spooned chocolate over the top (all done over the glass dish). I jiggled the spoon a little to get rid of the excess. Dumped it out onto the parchment paper. Some of them had a little spot where there was no chocolate after coming off the spoon so I just drizzled more chocolate over them.
The coating dries hard and the inside is soft and YUMM-O! Mark LOVED them!!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Day Away
Mamaw Lisa took Caroline and Grayson to Delaware to visit with my sister Lori and her family. They are coming into town from Oklahoma. My cousin Benjamin is also graduating from high school today so they will get to be there for that too. I really wanted to go but couldn't take off work again so soon after maternity leave. We are enjoying some time with just our baby! Yesterday was a gorgeous day so we went to Waynesville to walk around. We love it there but it is not toddler friendly so we don't go very often. We enjoyed lunch at the Hammel House Inn. It is a bed and breakfast and restaurant. We got to eat outside on their porch. It was so nice outside it was great to enjoy the weather and people watch while we ate!
We shopped for about 2 hours just looking at all the beautiful antiques and furniture! So many of the stores also have the neatest gifts and decorations. We got the cutest 4th of July firecracker and a little surprise for Mamaw Lisa. We then stopped for a treat!
Yum, Chocolate with Buttercream for me and Banana with Caramel for Mark!
Everyone loved our little man and he was an angel all day. It was so fun to be outside on a beautiful day and get to spend some time getting to know our newest little man a little better!
We shopped for about 2 hours just looking at all the beautiful antiques and furniture! So many of the stores also have the neatest gifts and decorations. We got the cutest 4th of July firecracker and a little surprise for Mamaw Lisa. We then stopped for a treat!
Yum, Chocolate with Buttercream for me and Banana with Caramel for Mark!
Everyone loved our little man and he was an angel all day. It was so fun to be outside on a beautiful day and get to spend some time getting to know our newest little man a little better!
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