Whoops!!!!

My sister called and said I made a mistake on my blog. The children do NOT get coffee at Starbucks and I put that they do. Whoops! I tried a new recipe tonight and it was an easy not-so-healthy meal but perfect for this cool rainy evening. It was called Macaroni Taco Bake and click here if you would like the recipe. I did not put olives on it. YUCK!!!

Labor Day Weekend

My sister and her family and my parents came to visit this weekend. We always start our weekend off by going to Starbucks. ( The kids do get coffee) My sister spent most of Saturday morning at two urgent cares because Mikayla was not feeling well. She had pneumonia in her right lung. We did a little shopping, went to a new place to eat called Five Guys and went to a movie. Mom and I saw "Julie and Julia" and we both really liked it. Sunday night Michael made ribs, pork butt and then we had lots of different dips, baked beans and an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. Here are some of my favorite pictures.

Today Michael drove us to Independence, MO. and we went to Santa Calagon Days. I bought a new picture for the kitchen.

This evening Michael grilled steaks with a marinade, mushrooms, steak fries and I made Chocolate stuffed peanut butter brownies.

SURPRISE

If you have read my previous blogs, you know that I was going to get a new kitchen floor. Well, I got a new kitchen floor, painted the cabinets and walls, new sink/faucet, a new bar, new light fixture over the bar, new counter top, new back splash.... I guess you can say that I got a whole new kitchen and I love it. I only told my parents and sister that I was getting a new floor so Friday night when they walked in their mouths dropped open and I even heard some not so appropriate words come out of them. I think they were in shock and could not believe we took on this huge project. It took 3 weeks to complete. We would go to work all day and then come home and work all night on the kitchen. We actually finished the kitchen at 8:24pm Friday night and they got here at 9:00pm. We were cutting it a little close. I was lucky enough to have my friends Katie, Keri and Jennifer help me paint. They were a huge help and I want to thank them for keeping me sane through this stressful project. Here are some before and after pictures.

My new kitchen

The Weekend comes to an End!!

This weekend flew by! Cass spent the night with a friend, our friends Jennifer,Chris and Karsen stopped by, Michael worked on the kitchen floor, I did laundry and packed for my trip to Salina. Tomorrow I leave for Salina and will be back Thursday night. I am going to another training and I am hoping to find some fun stuff to do in Salina while I am there. I am looking forward to Friday because my parents and sister and her family are coming for Labor Day Weekend.

Karsen and Dylan on the 4-wheeler

Dylan also worked on another roller coaster. He builds roller coasters out of his K-nex toys without any directions. He finds pictures on the internet and then goes upstairs and starts building.

I was putting Dylan to bed and he asked me to take a picture of him and his favorite dog Snuffles.

Hope everyone has a great week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Happy Birthday Dad! I hope you have a great day and thanks for being the best dad in the world.

Water Coaster

Dylan loves roller coasters so he made a water coaster in his bedroom. He was well prepared with the towel under the coaster. I do not know how long he had been playing but the towel was soaked!!! Glad he can entertain himself.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Happy Birthday Mom! I hope you have a great day and I wish we could be together to celebrate. Thanks for being the best mom in the world!

I would also like to wish my niece Yasmine a very happy birthday. I hope you have a great day and I hope you have fun at your party.

I would like to remind everyone that this is August and it has felt like October the last few days. It has been wonderful! We have the house opened up and have been enjoying the cool breeze. When I came downstairs this morning Cass said she was freezing and this is what we saw!