Isn't she just precious?!!!
Teri went all out with the decorations!
She put on her best nightgown to host this party!
Kristy, pregnant with twins, again, drinking her Coors.
Beth loves to show off those panties.
Slutty trash?!!
Sunny needed to brush her teeth & Becky, she just looks cute!
Michelle & Naomi, trashy stuff! (These two and me all got 3 bunkos....Naomi ended up winning the money...so close!)
I brought some deviled eggs to the party & what's a white trash party without some Purple Passion (thanks, Michelle) which by the way.....tasted great in high school....eh, not so much now.
We were eating dinner when she walked in the door. She said, "You're going to kill me, but I just found this baby kitten and just had to save her and bring her home." John & I were both like...great, another cat! (we have 7 outside) Then John said, "well, at least she will be well fed and loved here until we find her a home."
John named her Alice...he said she saw Meg was getting off early and she planned her rescue. (you Twilight fans will understand) We started bottle feeding her because she was around 4 maybe 5 weeks old.
We all started falling in love with this tiny little girl. We decided to keep her & would keep her indoors....we haven't had an indoor cat in 8 + years.
She is a lot like the dogs....we come home and they greet us at the door, she is right behind them jumping up & down with them. She climbs up on the couch and takes a nap with them....sleeps in their beds and even tries to eat their food. She'll even beg for a piece of cheese like them & she eats it!
She is a huge snuggle bug....she would rather be right up on someone or in your lap while she is sleeping. If you sit down she is right there with you.
I asked her to dinner (normal thing I always do) but instead of picking her up I had my brother bring her to Little Rock. I told her I was running behind due to an appointment. When she walked in to Boscos....we all stood up and sang Happy Birthday! She was surprised and started crying. Didn't expect to see half her family there. (some had to work, others in another state)
Here she is with me, daughter-in-laws Becky & Diane, sister Kristy
Pictured here with three of her 4 sons, Mark, Chad & Timothy as well as my husband, John.
Just a handful of the granddaughters....Kayla, Elise, Tori, Emily & Meg.
Grandchildren & great-grandchildren!
I was happy it all worked out. It was a good time!
HEALTHY YUMMY COOKIES
3 large, ripe bananas, well mashed (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup coconut oil, barely warm - so it isn't solid (or alternately, olive oil)
2 cups rolled oats
2/3 cup almond meal
1/3 cup coconut, finely shredded & unsweetened
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 - 7 ounces chocolate chips or dark chocolate bar chopped
Preheat oven to 350°
In a large bowl combine the bananas, vanilla extract, and coconut oil. Set aside. In another bowl whisk together the oats, almond meal, shredded coconut, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks/chips.The dough is a bit looser than a standard cookie dough, don't worry about it. Drop dollops of the dough, each about 2 teaspoons in size, an inch apart, onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 12 - 14 minutes.
Makes about 3 dozen bite-sized cookies.
*You can make your own almond meal by pulsing almonds in a food processor until it is the texture of sand - don't go too far or you'll end up with almond butter.
(front of King quilt)
(back of King quilt)
(front)
(back)
"Those who sleep under a quilt
The quilt (no one knows yet how big it will get) will be on display at the 2nd World Parkinson's Congress in Glasgow, Scotland on September 28th - October 1st, 2010.
Brad was diagnosed in December of 2007. He was forced to retire from his job but has not let the disease get in the way of him enjoying God's green Earth. I decided to add a fishing pole & a fish because of Brad's love for the sport. This is one of the things he can still do that the disease has not robbed him of enjoying. Bagel is what my girls call Brad instead of Grandpa. A nickname that Meg coined when she was just 2 1/2 years old. It stuck and they still call him Bagel to this day.
An Embroidery Machine. Just a small, simple one.
A Lenni Longarm Quilter!! Oh, this is my dream machine! Look at the low price of only $9,900! That's a steal....seriously, that's cheap! I could quilt the most beautiful designs instead of just doing straight or wavy lines on my quilts as I do now.
Blood drip anyone?
The party favors were filled with vampire teeth, glow sticks, twilight band-aids & Twilight chocolate! She made that picture of her & Edward at faceinhole.com
We had a chocolate fountain! Yum!
She asked us what Team we were on...and made us all our own Martini glasses.
Jacob & Edward crashed our party! We were thrilled!!! :) Hey don't judge me in this picture...he's 18 now!!
Marie was Team Jacob
Jennifer couldn't decide so she was Team Jacward.
Sunny was loving her some Edward.
Becky & I laid in bed with Jacob. He was so stiff....hahaha wait...that doesn't sound good.
I didn't win again, as usual. But I sure did have a lot of FUN!!
I saw Eclipse with my mom on Wednesday. It was hands down the best one yet! The actors did a better job, the make-up was better, I'm more in love with Edward & Jacob now....ah, I can't wait for Breaking Dawn. Was it just me or was Victoria a different woman? That was the only thing I didn't like about the movie.
