The Weekend.........

We had another busy weekend...

On Friday, we celebrated all the January Birthdays at Dave's Dad & Penny's house with Sloppy Joe's for dinner and cupcakes. I made a new recipe thatmy cousin Laurel gave me, Jalapeno Pin Wheels, they seemed to be a big hit!

On Saturday, I was up at school helping with some baseball sign ups and the boys watched a Veggie Tales movie that the church was showing. They loved it!
We spent Saturday night celebrating with a friend of ours who finished his Master's. Congrats Dave!

Today we went to church and then straight to Dave's step brother's baby shower. Kit & Lisa have 1 son Kaiden and are expecting their 2nd baby, a boy(still unnamed :) in March.... we are so excited to have a new baby nephew :)
We came home and David worked on installing our new fireplace and I went grocery shopping .....We had my Dad & brother up for dinner tonight. I decide to make my Grandma's meatballs that my aunt made a few weeks ago for our girls night dinner. We had meatballs, mashed potatoes, cauliflower casserole, peas and carrots.

It was delicious and worth all the work!

*I will be posting the recipes this week.....

For now I am off to sleep, and doing a "snow dance".

It looks like we have some snow in our forecast....YIPPEE!!!

Hi/Lo Thursday

This post is the 2nd post of my new "Hi/Lo Thursday" posts started on the Riggs Family Blog (http://www.riggsfamilyblog.com/)
If you have not visted their blog, you should...it is worth the read!

The Hi part of my week was watching the football game with my boys and getting to see Kurt Warner earn his ticket to the Superbowl. I am so excited for him, and cannot wait to root for the Arizona Cardinals in 2 weeks!

The other Hi part of my week, was Matthew's PERFECT report card! I am so proud of him!

The Lo part of my week.... well that would be probably be the reminder that today it has already been 9 months since my Mom passed away!

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Matthew 6:33

(One of Kurt Warner's favorites, and such a good one!)

Making homemade pizzas for dinner & sundaes for dessert

Vicki & I

Lots of good times.....


We had a wonderful trip to visit our friends, Vicki, Hunter, Elizabeth, Lauren & Hannah(the dog).
They moved to Dyersburg over the summer, and this was our first time to make it down for a visit. We arrived on Saturday after lunch, and settled in. Then Vicki & I went for a "tour of the town". We visited a really cute shop called Fiddlesticks, full of all kinds of things. Vicki purchased a really cute platter and I bought a few appetizer dips, then we grabbed a coffee on the way back to the house.
Vicki had everything bought for the kids to make their own mini pizzas for dinner. They loved it and had so much fun making their own creations. After they ate their pizzas, they got to make their own sundaes. The kids had fun playing Wii together, watching movies and so much more!
We had an awesome dinner that Vicki made, pork tenderloin, twice baked potatoes, sauteed zucchini & squash and salad with rolls. For dessert, we had homemade apple pie!
We enjoyed a wonderful dinner with some good wine and great friends!

Sunday we had breakfast, then hung out for awhile. Vicki was helping us pick out our paint colors for the remodel in progress.... Decided to clean & pack up and go out to lunch. We had lunch at this great little place and then said our goodbyes, and headed home.
Thanks Vicki, Hunter, Elizabeth & Lauren for making us feel right at home during our visit! We've missed you guys! We love your new house and can't wait to come back again :)

We made it home safe and sound and enjoyed an awesome football game(that we recorded) and cannot wait for the Superbowl!
Go Cardinals!!!!!

Hi/Lo Thursday

This post is part of "Hi/Lo Thursday" on Riggs Family Blog (http://www.riggsfamilyblog.com/)
This is a new post I am trying.....should be fun :)
The Hi part(s) of my week was/were my girls night dinner at my aunts on Tuesday. It is nice to get together with my cousins and my Aunt is an excellent cook. She made my Grandma & Grandpa's homemade meatballs and they were delicious!
Matthew's pinewood derby race was tonight, and it was so much fun to see the excitement on his face, while he raced his own car and rooted on all of his friends. He did not "win" the race, but boy did he have a GREAT time!
Also we are headed to TN. to see our good friends Vicki & Hunter and I am very excited to see their new house and visit, it has been too long!

The Lo part(s) of my week was/were Michael throwing up at Noodles & Company last night- from a noodle that was (too spicy). At least it was not the flu, but still embarrassing and gross.
My friend Sahar, is the Mom of Alec, a boy in Matthew's class.
Her Mother was diagnosed with Anaplastic carcinoma a VERY aggressive form of thyroid cancer, six months ago. Yesterday morning a little after 6:00 am. Sahar's mom made her journey to heaven. It is so sad, she was only 62 years old, and was taken away to soon. I hope that you will say a prayer for Sahar, I know that she can really use them!

Many of you know that I lost my own mother in April at the age of 60.....sooo -Yep, definitely a Lo part of my week!

I hope everyone has a blessed weekend!

I will be back on Sunday, with pictures from our trip to Tennessee......

Pinewood Derby 2009

Sometimes I am afraid to post prayer requests. My main reason is that I feel like there are sooo many people who need the power of prayer. There many that are my family & friends and others like this little girl who are in close in my heart.

I want to make sure that no one ever feels like they are left out....I am trying to figure out a way to have "all" prayer requests on my blog someday.

With that being said, I am asking all of to be praying for a sweet little girl named Abby and her family; she was adopted from Guatemala. At three years old, she was diagnosed with a high-risk, aggressive form of Leukemia. Certain genetic complications have put her chance of surviving her upcoming treatment at about 20%.

Abby and her family really need our prayers right now.

I hope you will visit her family blog here, and follow her story.

Check out this video that her Dad made:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v1fLeI6gXY

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working

James 5:16

This is a wonderful healthy tea that is filled with antioxidants!
I make the whole recipe and heat it up as I want some, all week long.

Spiced Tea

6 individual tea bags (use decaf if you plan to drink this in the evening like I sometimes do when the kids are in bed).

2 tsp. whole cloves

2 sticks cinnamon

4 qt. boiling water

2 C. sugar (I used 1 C.)

2 C. pineapple juice

1 (6oz.) can frozen orange juice, undiluted

¾ C. lemon juice
Pour boiling water over tea bags, cloves and cinnamon; steep 10-15 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Heat and serve.

This stores well in refrigerator or may be frozen.
I just boil the water in a large pot and add tea bags and then the rest. I added way less sugar, with all the rest it does not need it :)

Yields: 5 quartsTime to make: 20 min .

*Thanks Vicki for sharing this wonderful recipe! I LOVE it!