A Fun Day Off!

Cass made us healthy Strawberry Lemon Smoothies and we all enjoyed them.

This afternoon my friends Mary and Stacey met me at Cinemark and we saw "Black Swan". It was a very intense movie but I liked it.

Back to work tomorrow! Thank goodness it is only a 4 day work week.

Another Weekend Flew By

Saturday morning we went to the Kansas City Boat and Sports Show to see a celebrity. You will never guess who it was so I will tell you! We saw Twiggy the Water Skiing Squirrel!!!

This was the crowd so we pushed Dylan up to the front so he could see. He read about Twiggy at school so he was excited to see him.

Cass and I stood on a boat so we could see over all of the people.

Twiggy the Water Skiing Squirrel

There was also a trout pond and Dylan tried to catch one but was not successful.

That night Dylan spent the night with a friend and Cass wanted to go to Shogun Japanese Steakhouse. Here is Cass and Michael getting ready for some fun and food.

Today Dylan had a basketball game and I actually took this picture when Dylan took the ball away. I love his expression on his face.

Cass took this picture tonight so I thought I would post it.

Tomorrow the kids and I have the day off so I am thinking it will be just a lazy day!

Fruit and Veggie Day at Work

Today we had fruit and veggie day at work and we were suppose to bring a dish with a fruit or vegetable in it. Sounds healthy doesn't it???? Wrong! I made Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting and they were so good. There were actual strawberries in the cake and in the frosting so I followed the rules! :)

Click here for the recipe!

Snow Day #2

Look honey! I shoveled the whole driveway! (my half yesterday and yours today) Michael is out of town and I wanted to post this picture to prove I did something productive on my days off.

I also made Vanilla Buttermilk Cupcakes with my yummy homemade frosting. I love the cupcake liners my mom bought for me. I had to frost the cupcakes blue to match them.

Cass and Dylan put sprinkles on their cupcakes.

It was nice to have a four day weekend!! Back to reality tomorrow!

Snow Day!

I love snow days! We stayed in our pajamas all day long and we were very lazy. I did eventually shovel snow for 35 minutes but the rest of the time I sat in my comfy chair.

Dylan watching it snow and deciding on when he was going to go play in it.

Are you eating the snow???

I made Andes Mint Brownies (brownie mix and Andes mint chips) with frosting (powdered sugar frosting with mint extract and green food coloring) last night so I could take treats to work. I did not need to have these in the house today because they are one of my favorite brownies and no I did not eat half the pan by myself.

Dylan Got a Nice Surprise!

Dylan had no idea that Grandma and Grandpa were coming up for the weekend to watch his basketball game. He also did not know that Grandpa A and Marge were coming to the game. He was pretty proud to have seven people cheering him on. Grandpa Burdett was talking to the coach after the game so he did not get in this picture.

Here is Dylan and Grandpa spending some time together!

Saturday morning everyone was being lazy and we were all playing games on either our iPads, phones, or iPods. Cass is not in this picture because she was in the other room playing on the computer.

The weekend flew by once again but we had a lot of fun.

NO COMPUTER

That is not how a blogger wants to start the new year so now (only a day late) I want to a wish everyone a Happy New Year. This year for New Years Eve Cass and Dylan each invited a friend to spend the night and we all made it to midnight. (actually there was no question that the kids wouldn't make it to midnight) Before their friends came over we needed to make some yummy snacks.

Michael and Cass made guacamole

Cass and I made a snowman cookie cake and I also made puppy chow. We had a delicious nacho bar with lots of toppings.

Cass and Dylan with their friends

Tonight we made our own pizzas and they were very good. Here is Dylan with his "sauce only" pizza.


I am so happy to be blogging again. I know it has only been a few days but it was driving me crazy. Happy New Year!!!