It's Baseball Season!!!

Opening Day for Baseball season was today! The kids were so excited to dress in their uniforms and parade with their teammates! Caden is a Pirate this year and Macy a Crush!
Let the games begin....

3rd Grade 'Fluency Fair'

Yesterday we enjoyed an hour of listening to Caden's class read poetry in unison and play their recorders. We ended the trip with ice cream cones! What a great time with my kids! Caden says he recognized me in the gym by my purse! I guess my purse has made an impression on my son! :) I just love, love, love these kids! I am amazed at their growth this year!

Paying for a window

Caden broke out my sisters window with a basketball, luckily the Lumberyard man can repair it easily...however Caden is paying us back with chores...one being doing the dishes every night. We don't have a dishwasher....haha...well now we do and his name is Caden!! He is doing such a good job I think he's earned himself a full-time job. I get so much else done not having to do the supper dishes! Anyhow, I hope he has learned his lesson...DON'T CHUCK A BASKETBALL LIKE A BASEBALL AT A HOUSE!!!!! One of many lessons learned this year for a nine year old boy!

Easter Kids

 

 

Jazz up the boxed brownie!

I really don't mean to keep posting unhealthy recipes!! (OK, maybe I do!) Everyone loves peanut butter brownies, right!? I found this recipe on-line to jazz up my boxed brownie that was sitting in the cupboard for weeks. We Love them!! Yum,Yum!! I just made them for Easter dinner at Grandma's house, so that prompted me to share the recipe!

Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies (adapted)
1 boxed brownie mix for a 13x9 pan, prepared according to box directions

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup sugar
4 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Spray 13X9 pan with cooking spray.

Prepare peanut butter swirl: using a stand mixer, beat peanut butter, sugar, butter, flour, vanilla, and egg until well blended.

Spread two-thirds of the prepared chocolate brownie batter into the bottom of the pan. Top with 6 large (or 12 small) dollops of peanut butter mixture. Top with remaining 1/3 of brownie batter. With tip of knife, cut and twist through mixtures to create swirled effect.

Bake brownie 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from edge comes out almost clean. Cool in pan on wire rack.

Enjoy!

Poppy Seed Muffins or Bread

This is a favorite in our house! My kids go crazy over this recipe, so I thought I'd share it with you!

1 box yellow cake mix
4 eggs
1 box instant lemmon pudding
1/2 c. oil
1 c. warm water
1/4 c. poppy seeds

Mix ingredients and beat for 4 minutes. Bake at 350.
I make muffins just because we like muffins, but the actual recipe says it makes 2 loaves and bake for 30-40 minutes.

YUMMY! SOOOO YUMMY!!

It's Friday....but Sunday's Comin'!!

My Friend Liz!

I love this girl! This is Liz...she is a fantastic person and I just love her to death!! Josh and her husband grew up together...as soon as I met her when we moved here we were instant friends and we make the guys get together often. They like to talk about their good old baseball days. We usually get all of our kids together for family hangout time, but this month we opted for the adult double date night! Such fun...praise the Lord for friends to laugh and share life with!
 

AWANA Year-End

Yesterday was our official end to the AWANA year at church. Caden was a part of 'Truth & Training', Macy 'Sparks', Julia and Noelle 'Cubbies'. It was a fantastic year of learning Gods Word and fun with other kids. Josh led a group of 6th grade girls and I helped in the Cubbies room w/ Julia and Noelle. It has been a Sunday night family affair for us! It is a relief having the commitment wrapped up for the year with nicer weather setting in, however, we'll be anxious to start up again in the Fall! Awana's is definately a worthwhile ministry for kids and adults to be a part of...learning Gods Word and fellowship-such fun!
 

It goes on and on....

I'll tell you what, we've got this nasty flu bug in the house and it goes on and on and on....I'm pretty sure it is a 5 day bug! It has been one week- 2 are done with it, 2 in the middle of it, 1 just spiked the fever today, and 1 (that's be ME) has had nothing of it yet. I have to say it is nice not thinking about what's for supper. Toast, bananas, chicken noodle soup.... kind of nice on the budget, I guess if there is a positive-that'd be it! So, we are doing lots of hanging out and lots of making up of school work! The little girls enjoyed Caden home today, they ruffled him up! Their shrieks of laughter were pretty cute!

Sharing his news!

Caden attended try-outs this week for the local Major League baseball teams (ages 10-12, 9 year olds can try-out). He picked up the phone last night to call his Papa Tony and his Papa Trent (avid baseball fans) to share his big news! He got picked in the coaches draft....so he will officially be a "Pirate" this Summer. This boy has been practicing in the driveway since the snow has allowed him too. He is such a go-getter and works at it with all his might (Ecclesiates 9:10). This momma is SOOOO happy for him! Good job, Caden! GO PIRATES!!

Which is a great reminder that Summer is right around the corner!!!! Yipppeeee!!