Scenes of summer

A few random pictures from summer

 This was driving next to us on the way to Florida

 Pensacola, FL blue angel fighter jets.

 Rachel and Spencer took the red eye to Pensacola and had us pick them up, despite us only having one available seat between our 4 kids.  I know Spencer looks thrilled, but he agreed to marry Rachel after this, so I guess it wasn't too much of a deterrent. 

 Aeronautics museum in Pensacola

 Mesker Park Zoo

 The flag cake I have been waiting a year to make....and then someone brought the same cake to the party....failure. 

 Summer tea parties

 City Meet boy - 6 and under boys freestyle- 4th place

 Lily and I on a Sunday

We aren't getting much use out of our princess dresses these days, and Lily decided to dress up her brothers. This will haunt him one day. She definitely needs a sister.  Poor boys. 

Pudding Party

They had a a coupon to buy 3 puddings get 3lbs. bananas free, and since we were buying bananas already...

The teacups are the perfect size serving for the sickeningly sweet Butterscotch pudding. Miss L just loved it because it was her size. I think the only improvement would be my mom's crumbly shortbread pecan topping.

Peanut Butter Heaven

I'd normally post these on my other blog, but there is nothing really fancy about making peanut butter cookies... my secret twist...freshly ground whole wheat. I am trying more and more to put in whole wheat into my cooking, it is so much better for you, and Type II diabetes runs in my family. Pretty soon I'll be growing all my own produce and eating strictly organic (which in all seriousness, I have thought about) but my budget cannot afford it and I'd need a bigger plot of ground...aka backyard. You can't tell, since peanut butter cookies are kinda grainy anyway, and it does make them a bit more crumbly, but still delish.

Today for the first time I added kisses. I have never made them like this, but I have received a few like this in my day, and I think they taste wonderful. Plus, Valentine's Hershey kisses were 80% off at my HEB. And I was babysitting, so the kiddos unwrapped them all for me. Gotta love that. Made for a great tea party.

Tea Party

Haven't had a real one since Miss L's birthday. But I was inspired with this recipe (since Miss L has a tiny little bundt pan), which Erika made me for Christmas.

Miss L loves when the cake is her size....it's good for me. Talk about portion control. Who cares if you eat the whole cake.

We made one for Gary too, cuz he is a chocoholic. I have the coolest bundt pan (pictured in back) It is made out of silicone, or something and bends. It is fun to have an excuse to use it.



So Little G wanted to join the tea party, so we made him the official puppy. (Note: his shirt says I love puppies quite on accident). We gave him a bowl of cheerios and he ate under the table, what a cutie.

Rainy Day

We lazed around today. I have barley beef soup in the crock pot and it smells delicious. We also did a little of this...
This girl is beautiful. Aren't her eyes just so pretty. Never mind the pink frosting in her hair. It come with the gig. She had a little accident with a treadmill too....

Tea Party II

Today, the pool was closed and I forgot. So, we had a tea party instead. Miss L gets to do everything for these...cut my food, pour the water, set the table. She loves it, I love it too, unless she decides my cookie needs to be "pretend" re-baked in the hot dog pot before eating...that was a little yucky.


I have thought of doing this for her birthday party, making frilly aprons as party favors, and got so excited I wanted to start them today. My only question: Can you invite boys to a tea party?