Josh is 18!!!

Can you believe it? Where has the time gone...where has my once sweet little boy gone? He has been replaced by some big ol' basketball playing dude! We went to our usual family dinner a night early this year because Josh had plans for tonight with "important" people. Not sure if it was the Red Lobster or something else, but several of us ended up getting sick. It start in the middle of the night. Cameron and Lila had it worse than the rest of us, but it seems to be over for the most part.

I made him a cake...it is still in the kitchen looking just like this. His plans were SOOOO important, he left before we got to the cake! We should have cut a big corner of it to eat while he was gone!

This was the best picture I was able to get..I should have posted the bad ones!

It is hard to imagine that in June Josh will graduate and be heading off to college somewhere. Wow...Happy Birthday Dude!

Ree Drummond - The Pioneer Woman

Have you heard of her? No? Where have you been? Under a rock? I guess I have to say I don't really know that much about her. Just the little bit I have read on her blog..she has three by the way. One about cooking, one about photography and one about everything else!!!! And I do mean everything. She is too funny and sometimes I actually laugh out loud!

I think she and Martha Stewart were twins (not identical of course - Ree is much cuter than Martha!!) that were seperated at birth. Ree started out in the city and ended up a country girl. I think she was always a country girl at heart..she just had to play in the mud (and manure) for a while to find out! I pop in on her blogs every once in a while, though I rarely comment...that is because she has like a billion readers and I feel like my comment buried a mile deep wouldn't really matter much.

A while back I read that her new recipe book was coming out and she was going on tour. And that was really the only thought I gave to it. Then for Christmas, Liz gave Lila and Chris her new book. Last week Chris and Lila made her chicken fried steak and then tonight I made the cube steak sandwich recipe that is her husbands favorite. Let me just say...Oh my freakin gosh! (pardon my french!) These are 2 of the best meals I have had in quite some time! I am convinced that she made the sandwich for "The Marlboro Man" while they were dating - at which time after the first bite, he immediately turned to her and dropping to one knee begged her to marry him! I am sure that is how it happened! I just know! Seriously..this stuff is so good, it might would have convinced me to marry her! Well, ok...maybe not. But you get the point!

Prior to this, I hadn't really given her book much thought. But now, since Chris and Lila will eventually move out...I only have a few options. Buy my own copy of the book, hide it while they are packing and hope they don't notice or take them to court and fight them for custody!

For my friend Deann

Today's class went really well. Once the class was over we made a quick trip to buy some groceries and I came home to find harrassing messages from my dear friend and student... ;`P

So here are some pictures of how I spent the rest of my afternoon just for her.

Southern Salsa and chips for an afternoon snack! The roast smells yummy cooking...

And then I made some dessert for tonight...although I didn't wait to try them out.





Yummy! Whatever Deann!!!

:)

One more down...plenty left to go!

Apparently these two weeks were mostly about Cameron! I guess that is ok...he deserves a week or two every now and then!

Week...week...week - What week I am on now?

Well I am happy to say I am now done with weeks 34 & 35 and ready to move on down the road...errr uhm...calendar!

Next!!!!

One more LO done! Weeks 32 & 33 are finish!

Rockin on!

Lots has been going on since I last posted on the 4th. Here is just a few things...

Kylie has been learning to ride the bike she got for Christmas. She is doing great! She had given up bike riding for her scooter since she crashed her old bike when she was younger.



Adri has been learning to make faces! She is too funny!




And I have been busy catching up on some scrapping...among other things!