It is Hot Outside!

Why not build a water slide in the backyard when it is over 100 degrees out?! While the rest of us did not even want to go outside Dylan was outside with pieces of wood, nails and trash bags building his own water slide.

It worked a lot better when we poured vegetable oil on the bags!

At least it kept him busy for awhile!!!

A Great Day with a Great Friend!

My friend Katie will be moving to Chicago on Saturday so she came over and spent the day with me. We did a little shopping, cooking and we even watched a movie this afternoon.

Making some of our favorite things: m&m cheesecake dip and spinach dip!

Katie, I am really going to miss you but I am so happy for you. Good luck and have fun!!!

Trying to Stay Cool!

This morning I got up and made maple glazed and chocolate glazed mini donuts for the kids.

Then we went to a Redbox and we each picked out a movie and that is all we accomplished today. We did not want to spend anytime outside!

I do not think we will be spending anytime outside tomorrow either!

Hot Summer Day

I have taken the whole week off from work and it is so hot outside that I do not want to leave the house!

Dylan did not want to wait for me to cut the watermelon!

This evening my friend Alysha took Cass and Dylan to go see the Winnie The Pooh movie. I love going to movies but I had no desire to go see this one. Alysha volunteered to take the kids since she actually wanted to see it.

Thanks Alysha!!!! Cass and Dylan enjoyed spending time with you!

Great Weekend

My mom and dad came to visit this weekend and we had lots of fun. Michael and I even got away Friday night and had dinner at One Bite Japanese Grill.

Michael did a little of work in the back yard. He took down a tree and he was done by 8:30am Saturday and then he had the rest of the day to do whatever.

Grandpa gave a driving lesson to Cass but started by just using a Tupperware lid. He taught Drivers Education for 25 years so we figured he would have more patience with Cass.

We did lots of shopping this weekend. Cass and I now have matching pajama pants.

They are Mr. Potato Head pants! They were our favorite purchase of the weekend.

Today we all went to the movies. Grandpa and Grandma took Cass and Dylan to go see Zookeeper and Michael and I saw Horrible Bosses. (I really enjoyed the movie) Then we watched Dylan play basketball. It was a good game and they only won by 5 points.

Tonight we had a delicious meal. Michael grilled hamburgers and we also had Chinese cole slaw, baked beans, potato salad, chips and dip, and watermelon.

I made caramel swirled pretzel m&m blondies. YUMMY DESSERT!

Mom and Dad are going on a mini vacation and they will be back on Thursday and they will stay a couple more days before heading back home.

Darn Alarm Clock

We had a nice thunderstorm last night but the power went out. It does not go out very often at our house and it got a little warm in the middle of the night. My alarm clock is SUPPOSE to set back to the real time when the power comes back on but it did not. My alarm went off at 6:00am and I got ready for work. I came downstairs and it was 5:10am. What time did I really get up???? Who knows but now I have a little extra time to post some recipes.

Mozzarella Stuffed Homemade Meatballs

Coffee Heath Bar Cake

(check it after half of the time because mine was close to done)

Spinach Garlic Mushroom Basil Pizza

Nutella Cheesecake Gooey Cake Bars

Chocolate Fudge Jr. Mint Cupcakes (LOVE THEM)

Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff

Hope you enjoy the recipes!!!

Kansas City Premiere is #1

The boys resting before the game!

They won the Lawrence Hoopfest Tournament!!! Good job Kansas City Premiere!

Good job Dylan! We are very proud of all your hard work!

One more tournament and then the season is over.