Happy Birthday Trichelle

I LOVE this day....August 23.  This is the day that my dreams came true and I became a mommy to this Beautiful Girl!  What a blessing Trichelle has been to me in my life.  I have enjoyed her so much and have always learned so much from her.  She has been patient with me as I have learned to be a mommy.  We have always been good friends and have been able to share most things with each other.
I enjoy spending time with Trichelle.  Trichelle is smart and funny and witty and caring and patient and creative and beautiful (inside and out) and absolutely wonderful.  I love being Trichelle's mommy.  I love that she has always liked hanging out with me and the family.  I admire this girl and the strength that she has.

I'm so glad that she was born to me.  I have always been so proud of her...what a blessing she is to me and our entire family.  She's a wonderful first child.

It's hard to believe that Trichelle is older than I feel.  It's a strange thing about life.  Our bodies get older but our spirits reach an age and stop!  I look forward to celebrating many more birthdays with these cute girl of mine.  I love her so much!

Not a Volleyball

I was talking to Robin today after our walk around the block.  Funny that we don't say everything in those 3 miles.  Anyway I noticed something in the branches of our tree out front.  At first I thought it was a volleyball...I didn't have my contact in yet.  I mentioned to Robin and when we looked closer I could tell it was a wasp nest....a HUGE wasp nest!  I saw a few wasps flying in and out of the little hole.  It's  a pretty cool nest but will no longer be in service as of Monday.  The Pest Control guy is coming to spray our house and will be taking care of this place too.  I am very interested in seeing the nest up close....it looks like it is wrapped in paper.

Surprise

Oh my heck....I must have done something good at Nationals!  I received a check from the Women's Championships.  It was for our team bowling....Debbie and I must have been okay.  I surely didn't ever expect to get anything back. So I think it's cool!

Shirley's Birthday

Our excuse for going out tonight was to celebrate Shirley's Birthday.  It's always a good excuse and for some reason it helps make the night happen.  Shirley's birthday is on Sunday but since Kathy and I have been wanting to get together with Shirley and it took us a few weeks to get a date....it worked out great!

We saw the Adairs there too celebrating Ashley's 21st birthday.  Birthdays are so great and should be celebrated and fun.

I just have to say that I laughed so hard tonight.....all the laughing had to be good for my tummy muscles...Holy Moly.....Good Times!

I am very blessed to have such wonderful neighbors. My whole street has only good and wonderful people living on it and we are all friends.  It's been fun growing up with these ladies and raising parts of our families together.

I always thank Heavenly Father for putting such great people in my life.  I am "needy" in that way and I feel His love and recognize His blessings!

Grand Son's

I had fun with my grandson's today.  Holy Crud they are so stinkin cute and fun.  These two littles love each other so much and play so good together.  Since I was going to watch Zaden and Parker was going to come later I decided to pick them both up so they had more together time.

Being a gramma is like ...... the best calling ever!  The little ones love seeing you and even get excited when they get to come play at your house.  They run and jump into my arms for hugs and squeezes. (I like that a lot)  They call me "Princess" and "Beautiful" and "Fun".  They truly do something different to my heart....it's such a great feeling!

I enjoyed having the boys over for some boy time while their sisters and cousin were involved with "school stuff".  I hope they always enjoy each other as much as they do now.  They are go great!  I'm so glad it's me they call Gramma!  I'm the lucky one!

Just 4 more of these ;)

I can't believe that school has started again.  What in the heck happened to summer....where did it go?

The nice thing about school starting again is that it means another school year will be behind us again soon.  My kids enjoy going to school for which I am glad but for us all it is added stress that I would rather not have.  It's part of life though so I just need to buck up and be happy that they are getting so smart.  I'm glad for all the learning....that's the part I like.  It's all the "I don't get it's" that frustrates me.  Truthfully it's all the homework.....hopefully this year there won't be as much.

I hope these two do enjoy this time in their lives.  I hope they love getting smarter and gaining more knowledge. I hope they make new friends that they will enjoy for a long time.  I hope that they will believe in themselves.  I hope that they will work hard, do their best and have fun.  I hope they will make good memories to share with their kids.  I hope they realize how wonderful and smart they really are!  I hope they know that this mommy loves them and believes in them!

Fudge Chewies........

Oh my heck....I love these yummy bars of goodness.....so much in fact I am sharing the recipe....we should share good things right?

Melt: 2 cubes of butter or margarine (don't worry about calories...you'll miss out"
add:  1 cup brown sugar, and 1 cup sugar (no prejudice here)
stir in: 2 tsp vanilla, 2 beaten eggs (I beat them as I stir them in)
add:  2 tsp baking soda....stir then add, 2 cups flour and 3 cups oatmeal. (I believe that qualifies these as healthy)
keep this bowl close by but get out another one that will be ok in the microwave.

In the other bowl....melt in the microwave for about 3 minutes
1 cube of butter or margarine (quit counting), 1 can sweet & condensed milk, 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (sometimes I just use the whole bag) and 1 TBL vanilla.  Stir until creamy.  (I call licking this spoon)

Pat 1/2 of the oatmeal mixture into a greased 9 x 13 pan.  Pour the fudge on top and then drop the rest of the oatmeal mixture on top of that.  (I clean my hands and pat it and lay it on top).

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes (when the top is "lightly" browned)  ENJOY!!!

(My recipe card has 3 dancing skeletons on it....haha☻ I guess so we think skinny and not worry about the calories)