Sunday, November 29, 2009

Leavenworth

We are going here.


We are really excited......



because we will be doing some of this....






and maybe a little of this....







and we will probably have a little of this with a little of that.




Looking forward to spending some time with good friends in Leavenworth!



Friday, November 27, 2009

Four Cousins

These cute little Smith cousins look like they are having a blast! I asked C when he wanted to come home. He said......... "never".
Well, M & C are coming home Saturday....whether they want to or not! ;)

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Kennewick High Homecoming Parade


We are big time....not really, but it was fun!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

We are high society folk....

I just opened a bottle of wine...

and I'm cooking hamburger helper for dinner.

Cheeseburger Macaroni in case you were wondering. :)

Thursday, August 13, 2009

BLUEBERRIES

I bought 2 lbs. of blueberries at Yokes for 3.98. I was a little nervous about buying such a big package...but it was a great price.

My kids love fruit so it's nice to have fresh fruit during the summer! I figured I could make smoothies, add them to yogurt, etc. M and I ate some this morning and they were delicious!


Tonight we (M, C and I) made blueberry muffins with a streusel topping.
They were very tasty!

Blueberry Streusel Muffins
1 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup fresh blueberries ( I added 1 ½ cups of fresh blueberries)

Heat oven to 400°. Prepare streusel topping (listed below). Grease the bottoms of 12 medium muffin cups or insert paper muffin cups. Beat milk, oil, vanilla, and egg. Stir in flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt and mix just until flour is moist. Batter will be lumpy. Fold in blueberries. Divide evenly among muffin cups. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons of the streusel topping and bake 20 - 25 minutes until golden brown. Makes 12 muffins.

Streusel Topping
1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons firm butter or margarine1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Mix all ingredients until crumbly.


Thursday, July 2, 2009

summer break!


Today was my first day of summer vacation. It was great!

I took the boys to the park to play and then they cooled off with a swim in the pool. After swimming we had a picnic lunch and sat by the river in the park swings. Fun times!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

I'm sad....

I just missed out on a fabulous offer.....


A work conference in San Fransisco.



I cannot go because the conference is the same week as our family vacation. I shouldn't be sad but it's a bummer to not be able to go!