Broccoli Slaw

2 bags (3-ounce) Ramen Noodle Soup in Oriental (other flavors will work, too)
3/4 stick butter
1/4 cup slivered almonds
2 bags (12-ounce) bags broccoli cole slaw (in the bagged salad section of the grocery store)
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
Chopped green onions, for garnish

Dressing Mix:
3/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup brown or white sugar
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 ramen noodle seasoning packet

Put the ramen noodles in a bag and crush them with a rolling pin while melting butter in a large skillet over low/medium heat. Add the crushed noodles and slivered almonds to the skillet and saute, stirring occasionally (keep temperature at low/medium heat). Meanwhile, whisk together all the dressing ingredients in a small bowl. Place the shredded broccoli into bowl and toss with the noodles, almonds, and sunflower seeds. Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat. Garnish with chopped green onions.

Corn Casserole

Submitted to me by Amanda Johnson

 

Corn Casserole

1 stick margarine

1 can cream corn

1 can whole kernel corn drained

1 box Jiffy Corn Muffin mix

1 egg

8 oz sour cream

melt margarine in bowl, add other ingredients, mix well, cook at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until top starts to brown in spots, does well in 8 X 11 ½" dish or 8 X 8" (can use light margarine and light sour cream if desired)

Granny's Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Submitted to me by Lisa Bagents

 

Cream together 8 oz cream cheese and 3 sticks real butter until fluffy.

Add 3 cups sugar.

Add 6 eggs, beating well after each one.

Add 3 cups plain flour.

Add 2 tsp real vanilla.

Add a dash of salt.

Pour into greased and floured bunt pan. Bake 300 degrees for about an hour.

I make this all the time for the little sweet ladies at church and they love it. Hope you like it!

Lots to catch up on....but later

I have a lot that I want to post about and catch you all up on from last week, but for now I will post a little snippet about this morning at our house.  We got in last night from Memphis and the house is a wreck.  I have a lot to do today and a busy day with lots of activities...so I am not sure how much attention the house and laundry will get today.  Kennedy has dance class and I have to go get more baby food at Walmart.  Anyway, it is just one of those days and so let me just tell you how happy I was when I woke up this morning and remembered that it was Pajama day and Wacky Hair day at Mallory's school!!!  I didn't have any clothes to iron and it really didn't matter what her hair looked like....the worse the better in my opinion.  Woo Hoo! 

So I got her all fixed up and she was thrilled with the results!  She took her Minnie Mouse slippers in her backpack and she was out the door looking like this...   and she was loving it! Shane was laughing at her and making fun of her hair... referring to some 80's band...like she knew who they were???                                                                                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                          

 I thought to myself....what I wouldn't give to be able to go out the door looking like that today and know that it would be alright and nobody would look at me and wonder what I had been drinking?  :)  Ah to be a kid again!!! 

 

 

We did so many cool things last week and went a lot of places. I have a lot to fill you in about and hopefully I will get to do that sometime today.   I am off to try and get ready to take Kennedy to her class.  Everyone have a great day!  It is rainy here today and overcast, but I am still smiling!  You do the same!

Milestone Markers in our busy life...

Wow!  This week has flown by and I mean flown by...I don't know where all the time has gone!  Well, I mean I guess I do, but it just doesn't seem possible that it is already Friday night.  We have been busy, busy, busy this week and having a lot of fun too.  Mallory was on her Fall Break from school at the beginning of the week.  She was out on Mon.-Wed. and then went back on Thursday.  Why in the world they were out on M-W instead of W-F?  I have no earthly idea!  I don't make the calendar, but it sure wouldn't have been my first choice.  Anyway, we are back to regular school schedule and I don't think I have ever been so glad to see a Thursday morning roll around as I was yesterday morning.  :)  Not that I didn't love having her home and spending some quality time with her...because I did....but I was a little tired of the screaming that she and Kennedy were doing at each other!  :)

Speaking of Mallory...she is so proud of her four loose teeth and one of them is really starting to wiggle around a lot. She thinks she is big stuff and keeps asking me if it is loose enough to pull yet.  I think it is so funny!  I can remember being like her and being so excited about having a loose tooth!  And I can remember being told all kinds of stories about how to get rid of that loose tooth...everything from tying a string around it...to yanking it out with pliers!  She has hit one of those milestones I guess....she is a BIG first grader now, is starting to lose her baby teeth, getting so tall, just growing up so fast and I am missing my little girl.  She is still a sweetheart and in my heart is still my little baby girl, but I know that before I know it she will be grown and gone.  She wanted me to take a picture of her tooth to show everyone and she wanted to type something on Mama's blog, but I told her I would take care of that part for her....so here it is.... her daddy can't stand to see her wiggling it...so she will just walk up to him and do it to get on his nerves and I just laugh because it doesn't bother me in the least.  I know it doesn't show up much here, but her top middle two and her bottom middle two are all loose and I tease her and tell her by Christmas she is going to be a snaggle tooth!  She always giggles when you tell her that and argues that she won't be!  What a cutie!

Since I started off talking about milestones, let me tell you about Kennedy and Parker and what milestones they are reaching in their young little lives...

Kennedy is something else...she is so sweet and loving, but so Kennedy and very much knows what she wants when she wants it!  She is three and well...she is just three....not terrible twos....not fantastic fours....just three.  She is in the middle between an older sister and a baby brother and she is three.  Did I tell you that she is three?  I know that someday Kennedy will be a leader!  She will be successful and well respected in whatever she chooses to do with her life.  She will be great!  Of course, with Kennedy being in the middle...sometimes she doesn't get the recognition that she deserves so she has to make herself known and she has successfully mastered the art of doing that...trust me on that...but the one thing that came to mind when I was trying to think of milestones in each child's life....immediately for Kennedy I thought about the fact that finally she is now the BIG sister.  Now she is the protector, she is the boss, she is the one in charge, she is the one looked up to and loved....all those great things that Mallory got to experience...she will too and I think that is just awesome for Kennedy.  Parker loves to play with her and smiles each time she talks with him and loves on him.  She kisses him and tells him that she loves him constantly and is just a great BIG sister!  Way to go BIG sis!

Now on to Parker...wow he has a lot of things that I could talk about!  I mean he is at an age where almost everyday he reaches a new milestone in his life....and it is so much fun.  It makes me sad in a way because I know that this is the last time I will experience all of this precious "baby stuff", but this is the way it is supposed to be and all parents go through it and I will make it too.  The most recent thing that my little man has started to do is roll over on his tummy and hold his head up and play on his belly.  He has gotten so good at it!  We find him on his tummy in the mornings, when we lay him on his play mat, on the living room floor, etc.  Now, he only rolls over once to his belly....he hasn't figured out how to keep rolling over and over and over yet, but I am sure that is coming soon.  He is so adorable and so good....he just rolls over and grabs at a toy and plays.  He is doing so much better at holding up his head and reaching and grabbing on to his toys too.  Here are a couple of pictures that show his progress.  Isn't he adorable?  I know, I know...I may be a little biased!

                                                                                           

I am sure that there are many more milestones that the kids will exhibit over the next few days, weeks, and months and I will do my best to update...but these are just a few that come to mind today.  Thanks for visiting and reading about three of the most precious things in my life!  Have a great day!

Funny....

Ok...so I didn't get around to posting like I wanted to last night...so I will get back to it this evening...but here is a little funny to amuse you...I thought it was cute....but not true....we would never really mean anything other than what we really say .... would we???  :)

The guide to wife translations:

The wife says: You want
The wife means: You want

The wife says: We need
The wife means: I want

The wife says: It's your decision
The wife means: The correct decision should be obvious

The wife says: Do what you want
The wife means: You'll pay for this later

The wife says: We need to talk
The wife means: I need to complain

The wife says: Sure... go ahead
The wife means: I don't want you to

The wife says: I'n not upset
The wife means: Of course I'm upset you moron

The wife says: You're ... so manly
The wife means: You need a shave and sweat a lot

The wife says: This kitchen is so inconvenient
The wife means: I want a new house.

The wife says: I want new curtains.
The wife means: Also carpeting, furniture, and wallpaper!

The wife says: I need wedding shoes.
The wife means: The other forty pairs are the wrong shade of white.

The wife says: Hang the picture there
The wife means: No, I mean hang it there!

The wife says: I heard a noise
The wife means: I noticed you were almost asleep.

The wife says: Do you love me?
The wife means: I'm going to ask for something expensive.

The wife says: How much do you love me?
The wife means: I did something today you're not going to like.

The wife says: I'll be ready in a minute.
The wife means: Kick off your shoes and take an hour nap.

The wife says: Am I fat?
The wife means: Tell me I'm beautiful.

The wife says: You have to learn to communicate.
The wife means: Just agree with me.

The wife says: Are you listening to me?
The wife means: [Too late, your doomed.]

The wife says: Yes
The wife means: No

The wife says: No
The wife means: No

The wife says: Maybe
The wife means: No

The wife says: I'm sorry
The wife means: You'll be sorry

The wife says: Do you like this recipe?
The wife means: You better get used to it

The wife says: All we're going to buy is a soap dish
The wife means: I'm coming back with enough to fill this place.

The wife says: Was that the baby?
The wife means: Get out of bed and walk him

The wife says: I'm not yelling!
The wife means: Yes I am! I think this is important!

In answer to the question "What's wrong?"

The wife says: The same old thing.
The wife means: Nothing.

The wife says: Nothing.
The wife means: Everything.

The wife says: Nothing, really.
The wife means: It's just that you're an idiot.

The wife says: I don't want to talk about it.
The wife means: I'm still building up steam.

Still here...just busy with my family...

Hopefully I will get on this computer late tonight and update a little bit to all of this weeks events...there has been a lot going on this week...some humorous stories...some stressful...some hectic...just a plethora of things going on in this family...fun times and just the way it should be...this is what keeps it interesting and keeps me going...be back later tonight with some stories and new pictures for you!