Saturday's Project

The Castle Rescue

of C's Sandy Castle:

Taylor and Singletary

and some

"yellow guys"

have a planning meeting

(must talk about ALL angles on something like this!)

[B pretends not to listen

to the planning meeting in progress]

C diligently carries

out the big plans

and everyone is moved into action.
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Then Mom called "Lunch"

and the project was

aborted.

Hey, some

"Saturday projects"

are like that.

{to see all the li' guys in action, click on the pictures to enlarge!}

Cooking it Slow

While my sister JoMama

was at my house,

this summer,

she surprised me with a

new one of these

{a Slow Cooker}

-Brace Yourselves-

but I have never owned one.

{the shock and horror}

I always wanted one,

but

the thought of spending money

(a good amount of it)

on something so

PRACTICAL

was more than I could bear.

But I secretly had my

eye on this beauty!

How did she know?!

Since then,

I have used this

wonderful contraption

several times.

Even tonight.

Ah, how did I make it

without one?

Thanks Jo!

08.30.09

{Zucchini}

{Bread}

08.29.09

Saturday

B & C spent time at

Grandma & Grandpa T's

house

this morning

making a

bird feeder.

I tried to make

a dent in my

overflowing bin

of home-grown

tomatoes

and made some

{Salsa}

which we put to good use

on our

Macho Nachos,

at our

monthly

Nacho Night

munching nachos

to our hearts content

A Farewell Fiesta

08.22.09
Millcreek Canyon

In a Farewell to

Our niece H,

who will be traveling to

Mother Russia,

for several months,

The T Family

spent the day enjoying the

cooler temperatures of the Canyon,

and being happy to

spend the day together,

where the fashion of the day

was:

{a dirty hindy}

the menu consisted of:

{fire-roasted favorites}

and the activities involved;

politics,

cooling our tootsies,

and indulging our sweet tooths.

I was highly flattered

when the 7 layer dip

I brought

looked like this

before we even got

lunch on the fire.
I kid you not.

Love you, H

Be Safe.

08.18.09

Boys Night Out

Thanksgiving Point

Dinosaurs & Ice Cream

'till next month,

Love ya Dad!

Noting the Usual

{the other day}
B: "Mom, do you think I'm acting more usual than usual?"
Mom: "Huh?"

{while driving in the car, and referring to those little tabs they stick on the road before they paint it, to mark the lanes}
C: "Mom, why are there notes all over the road?"
Mom: "Notes?"
C: "Yah, notes, you know, like you write on?"
Then it clicked for me-
Yes, those do look like little yellow sticky notes, don't they.

Time for a Pow-Wow

Chief Sitting Bull
met with

Buffalo Bill

and agreed to be part

of his Wild West show.

Preformed daily for

Ma Squaw.

Free of Charge.

lucky me

The T Family

We had a great time

with the T Family

Saturday at their

new house!

Mr. T and Mr. T

were roommates at

college and it had

been SEVERAL

years since they had

seen each other.

looks like they have each

gained a few things

since their wild

and crazy days!

Funny thing.

The next day we

decided to go for a walk

in a place we had never been

not too close to home,

and who should we

meet on the same trail,

at the same time,

far from their home, too?

The T Family.

again.

and it was their first time there, too.

Blackberry Cobbler

If you have some of these:

{Blackberries}

Then you should

try this:

Blackberry Cobbler
4 cups Blackberries (fresh or frozen)
2 TBSP Lemon juice
Place berries in greased 8x8 pan
and sprinkle with lemon juice

In a bowl combine:
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 egg
Mix until crumbly- like corn meal
spread over top of berries
Melt
6 oz. butter (1 1/2 sticks)
and drizzle over top
Bake at 375
30-35 min.
Or until you can tell that
the crust is not gooey any longer.

Serve it warm,
with ice cream.

You'll Thank Me.