Seriously?

Found out at 5:30n this morning(after I got up and got ready for my day) that school is closed!!!! SNOW DAY! Wish I could have found out a little earlier, but very glad about a day off! It is very typical in this town to get up, get ready, get the kids ready, and then right before you load into the car, get word that thereis indeed no school after all. LAST MINUTE!!!!

Got my BAKE on...

I got up early to start baking for Hayley's school. They are having a bake sale and cake walk this weekend. I made Almond Joy Cake, Chocolate Pecan Cake, Fantasy Fudge, and extreme cupcakes!!!!!! I made two of everything so I could give one set to the cake walk and one set to the bake sale.

I found out that all of my cakes and cupcakes sold first!

Just sittin' by the fire...

Baked Potato Soup

1 pk bacon 1 onion diced 1/2 cup flour 3 cans chicken broth bag of potatoes peeled, diced parsley 2 cups half and half 1 cup grated cheese 1 cup sour cream salt and pepper Cook bacon and onion together. Crumble bacon. Add flour and cook 1 minute.Add chicken broth. Stir constantly until thick and bubbly. Add potatoes, parsley, and half & half cooking for 10 minutes, Stir in cheese and sour cream. Servein bowl and garnish with extra cheese bacon crumbles, parsley(like a topped baked potato) This is my favorite soup(My mom mmakes it for my birthday)

Cheesey Potato Soup Day

I am making Cheesey Potato Soup and pecan brownies today! Because it is that kind of day! Cheesey potato Soup 10 lb bag of potatoes(peeled, cubed) 1 lb velveeta 1 onion 2 cans cream of celery soup 2 cans milk Cook until potatoes are tender Serve with crescent rolls! OMG! It just started snowing...huge white fluffy flakes are coming down hard!

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10 AM is not what I had in mind...but I do love your humor!!!!!! Today was 2 hours delayed for snow

Dear God

Please, please, please let the kids stay home from school tomorrow(snow day). But if they have to go I promise to only cry for an hour. After that I will try to be a big girl!!!!

ThE sKy iS FaLliNg...

SnOw dAy !!! Sara's itty bitty snowman!

And the real snowman!

And the Princess Snowman! Sara would not stop finding things to put on her princess snowman because "we ALWAYS make a boy snowman!"

The kids loved their SNOW cones!!!!

but the real winner is the SNow Ice cream!!! MMMmmmmm good!

SNOWBALL FIGHTTTT!!!!!

We even had a snow ball fight over the fence with our neighbors.

Down goes the tree

Took the tree down today and packed everything away! Finally parting with a few decorations that I am no longer interested in using again, like, the train that sits under the tree and winds its way around and around, angel tree topper, red bows, and ornaments.

Just had to do it

ABSOLUTELY had to go to the park today. Enjoyed a nice walk with my monkeys evjoying every minute of the 63 degree temps.

Happy New Year!

Every year on New Year's Day we go down to Grandma's & Grandpa's for Grandpa's Homemade Chili. Kevin & Grandpa spend the day in the cold cooking our chili until it is JUST RIGHT!

This was Ryan's first time to "help" out with chili cooking!

The girls stay inside and help make New Year's lunch. Sausage balls, pigs in ablanket, fried cabbage and black eyed peas. We save our chili for dinner. A great big bowl of steaming freshly made chili topped with fritos, cheese, onions, and ketchup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!