Making Meringue Cookies

Ella has been bugging me to make these cookies out of her Fairy Cookbook for awhile now. So, I decided today would be the day! Here are some pics. No final product yet. They are still in the oven! Enjoy!

First Come, First Served....

We got the kids these building blocks a few Christmas's ago and they NEVER play with them and they are getting one my nerves.

I think we have about one hundred of them. Does anyone want them?

Who is leaving tonight?

My guess is:

Syesha

Agree? We'll see!!

While we're on the topic of TV, I have to admit I'm thrilled for/excited about/looking forward to the new "The Office" next Thursday and "Desperate Housewives" next Sunday night!! Jon and I have been watching a little of "The Office" season III. I got him that for his (okay, okay, our) Easter basket.

Off to paint!

It Still Fits!

So, as I was going through one of our crawlspaces this morning I came across the box that held my wedding gown. It isn't a fancy box, not one that I paid a few hundred dollars to buy and then a few hundred more to preserve the actual dress. Nope. It's a good 'ol Rubbermaid storage tote. When I opened it up I pulled out the garment bag that held the dress. I wonder why I even bother with the garment bag...it has a ton of rips in it! Anyway, Ella was all excited to see it so I pulled it out for her (read: almost got attacked by it when it came free from the box...think 90's wedding.....POUF!). Then, because I had pulled it out I decided to try it on. Lo and behold... it fit (I guess I gave away the hint of suspense and to whether or not it actually would by my title..)!! Amazing......

So, I'm about to go through my closet and switch over clothes and pack away the stuff I won't need until next winter where it will undoubtedly be unpacked in a much smaller closet. But we'll have more land, right? RIGHT?

Anyone know where I can get some boxes?

Random Fact of the Day: I actually weigh less now than when I got married, but everything has also shifted around a bit....

Oh, and Kath....I feel like breaking into the chorus of "Stick to the Status Quo" with all this confessing we're doing....!!

Karen Kingsbury

Some of you know who this is. If you do not, let me fill you in! Karen Kingsbury is my favorite author. She can't release books fast enough for me! What I'm most excited about is that they are making a film out of one of her books, "Like Dandelion Dust." This is SO COOL! If you are looking for a wonderful, Christian fictional author, I suggest bee-lining it to your nearest library or bookstore. You will not be sorry!

Also on her site is her journal. If you have a minute I invite you to read her latest entry where she talks about the show "The Moment of Truth." I couldn't have said it better.

It looks like those of us waiting on the edge of our seats for the release of Sunset will have to wait until the fall. I'm excited to read it, but sad at the same time because I will miss reading about the Baxter's!


Tomorrow and Tuesday will be busy days for me. I'm doing a cool thing with some MOPS moms involving freezer meals. Cooking (well, food in general!) is one of my passions and helping people is another and this endeavor combines both. I'm helping a total of 20 moms prep a total of 100 meals over the course of four sessions. Forty are already done and bagged and labeled and in my freezer. Here are some pics of those two meals:

The two above are Sweet and Sour Chicken with Veggies and Rice made with one and a half pounds of chicken tenderloin each and the pic below is Herb Marinated Pork Chops. They got six boneless tenderloin pieces in each!

I shopped for all of it and had a BALL!! I did it for a great price as well!! Five complete meals (seven for some if they choose to divide the two that can be divided) that feed 6-8 for $40! The best part was calling the grocery stores. "You need how many pounds of chicken?!" So between that and working on the house I'll be busy.



I had a blast today with my girlfriend going through kid clothes. I love getting organized and I love seeing my kids' old clothes getting so much use!




Have a good Monday!




Random Fact of the Day: If I have a few extra minutes at night I love getting onto the kids' Webkinz site and playing games for them (and doing all the daily stuff if they didn't go on that day!). Maybe I should get one of my own. Maybe I should start a Webkinz Anonymous because I know I'm not the only one.....

FPF and other things....

The kids staged this picture themselves. Ella is so dramatic and you can see it here! Ha! This picture makes me laugh.

Anyway, the CC concert last night was......okay. We saw them with Nichole Nordeman a couple of years ago and it rocked. Last night was actually kindof boring. They did a lot of their slower songs. It was still fun, though. Thankfully the couple in front of us seemed to have "gotten a room" during intermission and didn't come back. Sceech!

Have a great weekend! Coby has practice tomorrow and Ella has a party to go to. Jon and I are both "on" this weekend at church so we will be there the majority of the weekend. We had over 2600 last weekend!! Woo Hoo! Then on Sunday I'm going to a friends house after church to help her go through kid clothes and Coby has a playdate. Jon will work through our list for the house to get it ready. "For what?" you ask..........

Random Fact of the Day: I often wish I could play the piano.

AFTERTHOUGHT: I was playing with Google (you know, in all my spare time!) and thought it would be fun to Google the kids names together. This is what I found!! WOW!!

I'm off.....

Going to THIS CONCERT and hoping to have a blast!!

Hmmmmm....

Maybe if I start NOT wanting Kristy voted off, she'll get voted off.....

I'm calling Comcast!!

I wish I had my vote for who is getting kicked off AI tonight, but I wasn't able to watch it! I was at my girlfriends house doing our Bible study. I came home all excited to watch with no commercials (!).I recorded it in HD and what a mistake! We've been having issues with our HD's quality so we had a technician come out. Of course, it didn't do it while he was standing there... We get something I call "Pixilation" where there are lines and stuff on the screen but the worst part is the horrible noise it makes. Impossible to watch a singing show.

So, according to my last few weeks I've said I want Kristy Lee Cook to go. Maybe I'll just wish for that again...

Ugh!

Random Fact of the Day: This is more of a confession of sorts.....I shouldn't have let my grandmom buy my kids that box of munchkins yesterday....opps.....

Easter Sunday

We had a great weekend! I love the ages the kids are for this sort of thing. We dyed eggs on Saturday late afternoon than had a family movie night. Ella had chosen a glitter kit (of course!) and they actually turned out pretty good! Here are some pics:






Sunday morning dawned sunny and the kids were excited to find their baskets. Here is a picture of Coby searching in the powder room:




Ella's was hidden in the laundry room on top of the dryer and Coby's was in the top oven! He gave me a strange look earlier (while we were waiting for Ella to wake up) when I had asked him to open the bottom one for me so I could put the potatoes in. I had told him the casserole was heavy and it was hard for me to lift it into the top one. He bought it!!! Hee Hee Hee...Later he told me it was a good thing I had noticed his basket there before I preheated the oven!

They were excited about what they got. They both got a new Webkinz, Peeps, those cool new Tooth Tunes toothbrushes (Jonas Brothers for Coby and Hannah Montana for Ella), and an egg with their fav candy (Fun Dip for Coby and a Pez for Ella). Then Coby got this cool Bionicle set and Ella got a radio with a CD player and MP3 jack for her room and the Mariposa movie.

Here they are ready for church:


After church we went to Jon's Aunt's house for good food and family and the annual Easter Egg hunt:



Great Grandmom had put a green jellybean in one of the eggs and whoever found it got an extra dollar. It was in Coby's egg!

Then we came home and crashed!!

Random Fact of the Day: The house that we live in was supposed to be our temporary "starter home." Almost eleven years and an added 1800 square feet later we are still here!!