Gabriel's Room is Almost Finished!

Archangel Gabriel

We love Ikea! (Not so much for adult furniture)

We're making Pizza together!

Gabe had such a good time making pizza and cookies today!

Fun at Costco

We are Walking!

Baby started walking a couple weeks ago and he's become quite good at it.

He can only walk holding on to his walker for now.

He gets very determined and takes off like he's got some business to take care of.

Failure!

I found this test on this website. Hilarious!!! ....And I thought I was doing 'ok'....

19 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Poor (Failure) Take the test!

Independence Day

We had such a great time with the family on the 4th. Unfortunately it rained the entire time, which is hard to see from the picture.




Wearing the pants I made him.


At last the we got some fireworks in before we headed back home.

Chicken Cheese Ball

This recipe is my mother-in-law's. I unfortunately don't have a personal picture of it, but instead obtained one form valley fresh. I am not certain on the exact measurements of the mustard and ketchup, but you can play around with it to adjust it to your taste. Do add less mustard then ketchup. I can't say that this is the healthiest snack, but very appropriate for a July 4th party! Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1 (10 ounce) can VALLEY FRESH® 100% Natural White Chicken, drained and diced
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
2-3 small chopped green onions

Salt to taste

1 tsp yellow mustard

1-2 tbs ketchup

1 cup almonds, chopped

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Directions:

In large bowl, combine all ingredients leaving out the almonds. Form mixture into a ball and then roll in chopped nuts. Refrigerate for one hour. Serve with your favorite crackers (Wheat Thins).

Laziness

Dinner is not happening around here lately, at least not until we get situated into the new home. We haven't been grocery shopping in a long long time, so the fridge is pretty much empty. My husband got creative with the basics we had in the fridge last night. He made the only thing he knows how to make; breakfast! Excellent turn out.

The packing isn't going so well. Haven't really started yet. :( Hopefully someday soon... We only have a little over a week to turn the keys in.

Happy Anniversary To Us!

Here is to 100 more years together!

We are Moving!

...for the 6th time in five years. Hopefully this will be the last for awhile, unless, of course, we win the lottery (I don't want more than 9 million-saw what happened to the 'big' winners on True Hollywood Story!).

We have purchased our first home! The one thing that always bothered me about apartment living is that we couldn't paint the walls and now that we can, we both agreed on the color white-off-white across the board!!!

We went to Lowe's yesterday and were told that Olympic was the best choice for painting a child's room, since it contained zero VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) and had low odor.

Blue walls.... Pottery Barn (so expensive! They should be shot!)

Cream colored walls.... I think we like the cream better, besides they don't look so babyish.

The Family - Corolla, NC

My Sister and I


Daddy
My mom