Girlie Stuff

Tomorrow I will post another recipe from my collection....I'm know you are waiting on the edge of your seats! WeeHoo! Today I am relaxing with my kiddos. The house is clean, and the kids are in great spirits. Me too :) I am looking forward to this Saturday. I am going to see some of my best friends from high school. I am so excited. I will take lots of pics to post next week. Right now I am getting LK excited about her hair cut tomorrow! We are going to see Danielle...she will do great with LK. It is so nice to finally have a "hair person". Good ones are hard to find, and for the longest time I was driving all the way to Waco to get my hair done. Now I have a super duper lady somewhat close to home in Southlake. Yay!

Here are a few before pics of LK's hair.

Wrestle Mania

Aunt Gina sent the kids a care package in the mail yesterday. They were both napping when it arrived, and once they both woke up they tore into it. Have you seen freshly napped children tear into a box of goodies?? Holy Mess. Hayden had a ball playing with the box. Layla was super excited to receive a dress, a million pairs of panties and 2 swim suits! She tried everything on and started jumping around the house. She managed to get Hayden all riled up and excited too. They were so silly and loud...not really sure where they get that from...maybe daddy? Teehee!

Good Grief...I'm not sure how he keeps his clothes on.

She is always pulling on them.

Yelling at sister.

Sitting with his loot!

Cute dress

Showing off her new princess swim suit.

Thanks Gina!!

Not Me Monday

I have never done this before, but heck it was a crazy week. So, remember the blog I have been following when I asked you all to pray for Stellan? Well, his mom does a weekly Not Me Monday blog post...so here goes!





I did not mix up my husband and my daughter's lunches. She was not having a hot and spicy V8, brisket and salad with blue cheese and he was not having PB&J and grapes w/ a fruit chews snack. He did not open his lunch while attending a working lunch with 6 co-workers.

I did not push my daughters bicycle into the sheet rock of our garage while backing the SUV in, and I certainly didn't try to cover it up with toothpaste.

OK...so heehee I'm embarrassed!! HA!!

Garage Party & Picnic

*Get this party started*

Walker golfing...ha!
Crash-up Derby...not to be confused with the Kentucky Derby.


Now for the picnic part:
Corn dog...down the hatch...YUM! Followed by kiwi & watermelon.
His first corn dog ever....he loved it!
Hot dog and watermelon~see the jacket~it was chilly today.

We had a busy weekend! Gary & I had a list of chores to do and we finally got some of them marked off the list. Our garage had a ton of stuff in it. How did we acquire all that stuff?? Hello...kids. I posted a few things on craigslist, and the other stuff went into the attic. I actually sold the things I posted...woohoo. Gary was happy...his garage is clean now. So, what do you do in a clean garage?? You have a picnic & party. It was cloudy and chilly most all of today, so it was perfect. The kids played so hard they needed more energy, so we had a picnic. Later, while the kids were napping we hung my new chandelier in the breakfast area....I really like it. The light is so bright, maybe we should get a dimmer. I guess that is another thing to put on the honey do list. Anyway, it sure is nice to have a clean house, mowed yard, spotless garage and a few things marked off the to~do list! Hope you had a great weekend :)

Little Gardeners

Planting some veggies

Sampling the goods

Tastes good to me!

Mine is empty

Git er done

Watching them grow...HA!

Eehhh...we are out of here.

FFF / Fabulous Food Friday

I have a Weight Watcher 'friendly' recipe to share with you today! The first time Mark and Jeannie cooked it I was sceptical. I was pregnant with Hayden, and the smell of the sauce was so strong. That was only my pregnancy nose talking. It turned out to be a favorite meal for us. WooHoo...only 7 points if you are counting. You could probably do it with chicken...if you are afraid of swine right now. Ha Ha...I know it has nothing to do with food...I just had to insert a comment about all the swine flu mess...dang media. I've never cooked it with chicken, but it might be yummy.

Spicy Pork Au Jus

2 boneless, center cut pork chops, trimmed
1 t. olive oil
¼ C. water
1 ½ t. sugar
1 ½ T. low-sodium Worcestershire
1 ½ T. balsamic vinegar
1 ½ T. low-sodium soy sauce
salt and pepper
saffron rice cooked according to package instructions

Sprinkle both sides of pork chops with salt and peooer. Heat a skillet over high heat; add oil. Add pork and cook 4 minutes a side, or until done. Remove from pan and set aside.

Combine remainder of ingredients. Add to pan and cook over medium-high heat until reduced. Serve sauce over pork chop atop saffron rice.

7 points per serving (rice included)




I couldn't go a day or two without posting a picture of one of the kids....

Yesterday, we played at Sophie and Hunter's house. The boys are so cute together. Hunter is turning 1 year old in June, so he is just a few months older than Hayden. They crawled around the house chasing each another! Hunter was grabbing Hayden's numi (paci), and then Hayden would poke at Hunter's face. Meanwhile, the girls dipped strawberries in chocolate. Messy messy, but super fun and yummy! Thanks for the fun play date!

LK sampling the chocolate.