Thursday, June 28, 2007
Fun in the kitchen
Here's what you need:
2 can refrigerated crescent roll dough
2 - 8 oz packages cream cheese
1 cup of white sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter/margarine
1/4 cup white sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Spray a 9x13 pan and spread out one pkg crescent dough.
In a separate bowl mix together the cream cheese and 1 cup of sugar until it is creamy. Then spread on top of the dough.
Unroll the other pkg of crescent dough and place on top. Do not press it down. Just lay it there all sweet and pretty.
Then, melt the butter or margarine (I use butter) and pour that yummy goodness all over the top of it. Then mix the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and teaspoon of cinnamon and sprinkle all over the top. Bake at 35o for 25 to 30 minutes our until the top is golden and slightly crusty. This is wonderful warm, but it is also good the next day. Eat up!
Friday, June 22, 2007
Notes from the beach
Here is the front of our house called Happy Hour. This was a great house; four bedrooms, three baths and lots of extras.
Here is the hubby pulling Kensi & Camden in the bike trailer. Kensi really liked this little thing; Camden...not so much. We gave them juice to drink and there was a nice breeze, but he just didn't seem to like it as much as Kensington. Oh well.
Here we are on the way to the pool. The hubby is pushing Kensi in the stroller but he doesn't realize how his bulging bicep muscles are so distracting to passer-bys. Put those things away, man!
Here is my brother-in-law, Garrett. This is classic Garrett in action. He is the kind of guy you always want around. He just steps up and does things that need to be done but no one thinks to do. He is always helping other people out to make things easier. I imagine that in his head he is thinking, "What needs to be done here? Well, I can do this and this...Okay, lets go!"
Here is my son, Camden, playing with the bike rack. Who needs to buy toys with kids this age? They love Kleenex boxes and empty water bottles.
Little Kensi walking down the red brick road. She doesn't know where she's going; nor does she care. She is free, and she is going to try to go as far as she can, let me tell you!
Here is our daughter, Kensington Riley showing off her little baby Mohawk in the pool. You didn't know she had enough hair to do that did you?
And the boy in his float with his toys. He really liked the water this time. They're growing up fast, folks!
Here is Nana and Poppy. We were eating at a crab house this night. It was a lot of fun. What great memories are created on vacations!
Here is Jaymee & Garrett. What a great picture! Can we say, 'tan?'
This picture is of the hubby's youngest sister, Maegan, and her adorable daughter, Cami.
This is the hubby's other younger sister, Stacey. Stacey is engaged to a great guy named Ben and they are getting married next year. Also pictured is my nephew Trent, and my son Camden.
(You may not know it, but the hubby has three sisters. Jaymee is the oldest, then the hubby, then Stacey and then Maegan.)
This picture was taken at a wonderful restaurant called the Three Thirty-one. Oh my goodness their food is the BEST!! I always get the blackened fish with spinach on a grit cake. But the Panne chicken with capers is amazing. Everything here is good! Oh yeah, this is my hubby and his big sis, Jaymee.
Here is Jaymee looking *gorgeous* as we are getting ready to go to dinner. I love this yellow dress with her hair. Mmmmmhhhmmmm...
This little shot is from our professional photo shoot we had done on the beach. If this shows up in your mailbox at Christmas...pretend you haven't seen it before!
Can we say "screensaver??"
Friday, June 8, 2007
Going to the beach!!....and sharks!
I zoomed in so you could see the shadow, but it doesn't show up very well. But, its right there on the left. The seal was pretty large; He looked to the hubby, (as he saw him in pretty close range,) to be at least 6 feet or so.
Here is the house where we stayed; The Camelot.
Here we are posing on the highest deck towards the ocean.
Here is one of our black and white beach shots. This was obviously, pre-kids.
Well, I have always been fascinated with sharks. I would love to go to south Africa and do a shark dive with great whites. Yes, it sounds crazy. I would only do it if I was in a cage. Cage diving only, people. (Mom stop freaking out...) Anyways, I think that would be really cool. I have actually looked into it and they do them in California. Maybe I will do it one day. They say sharks are really like little fluffy baby kittens. And I love little furry kitties!
I think I will call him whiskers...
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Reminiscing...and cleaning!
Now as for the hubby, his childhood was wonderful as well. The hubby has an older sister named Jaymee. She and the hubby have a very special and unique relationship. They are as close as any brother and sister I have ever seen or known of. I love to hear some of their stories about the Magic Ballroom, and kicking soccer balls through windows. They grew up in a variety of places; North Carolina; Virginia; Tennessee; and have now given their hearts to sweet home Alabama. Jaymee and her family live only about 5 miles away and it's wonderful.
So how about some pictures you say? Alright then, just calm down! Now take a look:
Here I am at the beach. I guess I am about 2 or 3? Even then I did not like going into the ocean. Salt-water is just nasty and you don't know what might be swimming around you, ya know?
This is the hubby as a baby. How old is he? His mother will have to tell me. I would guess 1 or 2. What cute hair!
This next picture is of me and my brother. I don't exactly know what's going on here, but David is sure happy about something. The back of this picture says June '78. So I was about 5 months old. Hmph. Well, I'm sure alert and sitting up well for 5 months.
This is an adorable picture of Jaymee and the hubby. I don't know any history of this picture; and the hubby doesn't remember anything to tell me either (surprise, surprise). Why is it that men just don't remember much about childhood? Well, I just love this faux wicker/rattan wallpaper they are sporting in the foyer.
Okay, so anyone growing up in the 70's or 80's knows what Olan Mills is and probably has a slew of pictures posing behind something made of wood. Aren't these cute? I am wearing playful pigtails and the hubby has on the cutest suit with shorts I have ever seen. Honey, why don't you wear this shade of butter yellow anymore? I hope our siblings will still speak to us after the publishing of these photos...
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Cleaning!
So, the hubby and I spent today cleaning the house. Like REALLY cleaning the house. while I am doing laundry and cleaning bathrooms, the hubby rearranges his t-shirts. Need I say more? (That is totally something my dad would do. Why is it that at 6:00 am on the day we are leaving for vacation and all of our luggage is packed and the car is ready to go, that my dad has to go organize his underwear drawer?) Okay, so the hubby did more than just clean out old t-shirts; he actually did a LOT. He cleaned out the guest bedroom and the closet that was full of stuff. He made lots of trips up and down the stairs carrying out junk as well. He was actually sweating. I didn't sweat; that would be so icky. Well, here are just a few pictures of the fruits of our labors:
This is my uber clean kitchen. I LOVE it when my kitchen is clean. And it is gleaming right now. It is so clean, some would think my Father-in-Law was coming to visit. My kitchen is never this clean unless my Father-in-Law is coming into town.
Here is the twins bedroom. It can be hard to clean this room because it seems like they are always asleep in here! And when they are awake, I can't just go up there and clean it!
This is the closet that the hubby cleaned out. I wish I had a before and after picture. You have no idea how huge this is! This closet was so full the doors wouldn't close! And now look. It's so luxurious...
And now, a picture of our bedroom. We cleaned it out and made the bed, (which takes about 5 or 10 minutes in itself). But when it is made, it looks so nice and fluffy. Don't you just want to run in there and jump across it?
Lastly, here is my gorgeous honey. I love this new kit he is kickin. He is just so trendy in his green t-shirt and jacket; So Ryan Seacrest-ish.