He Has Risen

"The great gift of Easter is HOPE - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in His ultimate triumph, and in His goodness and love, which nothing can shake." Basil C. Hume

Wishing everyone had a Blessed and Happy Easter.
I'll leave you with one of my favorite pics from last years Easter....it is a picture of my Landon and my niece, Ashytn and they are VERY upset that the Easter egg hunt and fun is over....cracks me up!

What we have been up to....

I have been a blog slacker and not blogged in awhile. Spring Break has passed and Easter is around the corner. Can you believe it?!!! I cant!
Spring Break was fairly uneventful. The only trip we took was to Mason, TX to see my one of my very best friends in the world, Jennifer. Oh, how I miss her! Anyways, her and her family just renovated a house built in the 1930's and we went to check it out and visit with her. Of course, we picked the ONE day that the heavens opened up and poured buckets of rain, hail and tornadoes on us. And of course this all happened while we were on a trailer being pulled by an ATV in the middle of ten-buck-2(Jennifer's hubby works
on a ranch in the middle of 10buck2 and was showing us around)with 7 screaming, terrified children...I take that back...6 screaming children...Luke loved every minute of it and was laughing like a deranged hyena amidst
the chaos(he will give me gray hair). We made it out alive, I was certain lightening would strike the trailer we were in but God heard our prayers and we made it off the ranch safely. Drama seems to follow Jennifer wherever we go...were a dangerous combination, I guess. =)
Last week was extremely busy with T-ball games, we had a rehearsal dinner at our house and then a wedding(not at our house) the next
day. Landon was the ring bearer in this wedding and man, he looked handsome. He did an awesome job and made his momma and daddy proud. I will post pics soon. =)
Luke was the poster child for the "Terrible Two's" last week and now it's official...I have earned my Motherhood Patience Badge. Whheewww. I dont think Luke and I will ever be allowed back into Hobby Lobby ever again but atleast I stood my ground and think I may have broken thru to him...
"Extreme flopping, flailing and screaming in aisles and damaging inventory
= grande spanking in backseat of car in parking lot of Hobby Lobby".
Ahh! Thankfully, this week he has returned to my sweet baby boy. I love you, my crazy Lukey.
P.S. Not sure why my whole post in underlined and in blue but I'll just roll with it.....;-)

Pitcher Perfect

I just happened to be browsing a favorite blog of mine and came across one of her old favorite posts from another woman's blog...funny how you find something of so much substance when you least expect it....Here is the link...read it..its worth it...=)
http://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/2008/05/past-and-pitcher.html

Turkeyloaf and the Cake

Lately I have been on a little health kick. When I say little, I mean little. I enjoy my food, so a girl can only sacrifice so much....Anyways, my sacrifices include the use of red meat in the majority of my meals, I have been using ground turkey.

So, tonight was meatloaf or rather, turkeyloaf. I had a healthy meal planned out, turkey loaf and a salad for Larry and me and I threw in some mac and cheese for the kiddos. I must say my turkeyloaf turned out good, everybody scarfed it up. And you wouldn't believe the lack of grease, none! That has to be good for the ole arteries!

But the Party Rainbow Chip cake and icing was calling my name from the pantry....I have no WillfreakinPower. I made the Party Rainbow Chip cake and almost ate the whole canister of rainbow chip icing before the cake was even finished baking.....which left me with a slightly naked cake...ooooopps....

Needless to say, turkeyloaf and mass amounts of Rainbow Chip icing DO NOT MIX. I polished it all off with a big glass of whole milk. Yup! I'm healthy!

Going Green...in my own way....

In honor of St. Patty's Day tomorrow, I may just go purchase these little beauties .....

Target $19.99......Love them!

I miss surgery....

Landon had surgery this past Monday to correct his trigger thumb. Trigger thumb just means his thumb never extended to full extension, it just sort of always hung out in a bent state. So the doctor just had to make a small incision to release the tendon to its full extension.

Landon's form of trigger thumb was also congenital meaning he was born that way and he inherited it from his daddy. Larry had to have the same procedure done on both his thumbs when he was little.

Anyways, Landon showed know fear going into surgery. He was chipper as could be and was so excited to put on his "Cool" hospital gown and "Chefs" hat as he called it. He was super stoked when the Doc came in and drew a happy face on his thumb.

Then came the silly juice they gave him to relax him before they took him in. He was hilarious. Mammy had 3 eyes and he was "imaginationing"(as he said) all kinds of silly things......

Then they wheeled him off with a huge silly grin on his face leaving his momma and daddy to sit in the waiting room to worry. But he came out just fine and we were headed home. Later on the day when I was tucking him in he tells me, " Mom, I miss surgery. It was so much fun". I had to laugh.....

It certainly wasn't fun for Larry and me!

Rainy Day

We played hookie today and stayed home outta the rain. My plan was to enjoy a quiet day at home with the boys...playing games, watching TV, etc. What was I thinking.... That could never happen! I have 2 boys running around in their underwear COWABUNGING, jumping off the couches, and chasing our poor dog....SIIGGGHHHH ....=)