A cousin to be proud of

Thanks for the well wishes you guys!

Having a cold is no fun, but I hope to kick it soon.

The above photo is awesome for many reasons.

1. Jeannie, my bff & the hostess, is pictured placing Blue Crab Nachos onto a serving dish.

Holy moly those little nachos are the best appetizer on the planet. If you want the recipe, just click on the words Blue.Crab.Nachos above. You WILL thank me!

2. Cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation is in the photo.

You can see him in the white sweater with the black dickie. Look closely. Gary and I were laughing so hard at him. He was even wearing white shoes. I love that he wore the Eddie get-up. Hysterical. And brave. I wonder what people that HAVEN'T seen Christmas Vacation thought. First of all too bad for them....CV is only the BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER!!! I bet they thought his sense of style were lacking. I mean white shoes in winter.

Gary and I thought it was priceless and even wished we had thought of it ourselves.

Another party guy showed up in his mother-in-laws old Christmas sweater. It was complete with the moth ball smell. Next year I am so planning on hosting an 'Ugly Christmas Sweater' party.

So, if you can get your husbands to do it, Eddie at the Christmas party this year would be AWESOME!!!

Gary and I had so much fun having an adult night out on Saturday night!

Thank you Susan for hanging out with the kiddos.

We appreciate it more than you know.

Restful evening ahead

I am so stuffy...aaagghhhh.

My nose is tricking me into thinking I need to sneeze.

I have been walking around the house with a tissue in hand thinking I will sneeze at any second.

Nothing happens.

Don't you just hate that ticklie nose feeling?

I'm pretty sure tickly/ticklie is not a word...must be the Sudafed.

My throat is a bit scratchy and my head feels full of air.

So I said it...I am an airhead!

This airhead is curling up on the couch to watch some football.

I had big blog plans today, but they can wait!!

Tree Talk

I'm not sure what is going on in this photo.

Maybe

they are trying to figure out why there aren't any gifts under the tree yet.

Or maybe

Layla is telling Hayden to ask Santa for a jeep, but he can' t talk, so probably not that either.

Whatever

they are doing I had to grab my camera and take a picture of these two kids!

I love them more than I can express!

Five Minute Fudge

I have been making this fudge recipe since Rachael Ray was on Oprah back in 2005. I remember watching the Oprah episode thinking I can do this!

Layla was a little tooter pants lying on a blanket cooing and kicking. I was a new stay at home mom with a need to be more domestic and there you have it a fudge maker was born.

(i found this pic @ google images)

Ingredients:

12 ounce package semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
8 ounce can walnuts (optional)

Here how to do it:

Pour the chocolate and butter scotch chips condensed milk and vanilla into a medium saucepan over low heat.
Stir the chips and milk until they melt together, about 3 minutes. Stir in nuts. Pour fudge into a greased pan, place in fridge and chill until firm. Cut the fudge into thin slices to serve.

That's it~so easy, fast & yummy!!

Snow in Texas

The elf has arrived! The elf has arrived!

This lovely elf sends daily reports to Santa letting him know if the kiddos are being good or bad!

Thank you Santa for the help ;)

If only Hayden were old enough to understand. Hmm.

He is a handful these days.