Wordless Wednesday: Halloween

I know Halloween just passed on Monday but I couldn't resist a Wordless Wednesday about little one's past costumes!

2007 - Learning well from her mother - BOOMER SOONER!

2008 - Flower fairy

2009 - Another fairy

2010 - The year of the witch

2011 - Tangled Rapunzel!

Wordless Wednesday: So many Cookbooks

Today's pictures brought to you courtesy of my frantic search for appetizer and sweets recipes for our open house.  Why is it that with so many cookbooks, I find very few recipes I want to try out!  I have till next Thursday to decide what I am going to fix.

Small wire bound cookbooks -
mostly these are from organization fundraisers

Beta Sigma Phi and Family cookbooks -- and Betty Crocker collection. 
The blue on the right is signed by Alton Brown whom I
met in Louisville in 2007; alas I have used one recipe from it!

Diabetic, sugar free and Southern Living Books.  I use the Slow Cooker one all the time.

The only two in my collection which may actually be used for the housewarming appetizer buffet!
Along with the old standby of rotel cheese and chips!

Wordless Wednesday: SimplyFun

Today's wordless wednesday post comes from one of our consultancies:  SimplyFun.  What is it?  Wonderful and award winning games for the whole family.   Family game night, here we come!



Boost your elementals by connecting
matching tiles, and avoid tiles that will weaken them

Test your nutrition IQ with Foodle!

Pick your monster and
 collect all their missing
shapes by reaching into the bag.



Can you see your pattern
 on the board? If not, add a peg or
make a Hue Turn to get the pattern
you need to score your card!

Award Winners:



Earn. Save. Buy a bike!

Come one, come all to see the amazing Handy game!
With your teammates,
hold balls between your fingers while more
and more balls are added to the "hand tree."

Fill the sails of your ship with wind as you navigate
your way to the valuable jewels of a Lost Civilization!



Let your child's creativity flourish as
 they exercise their imagination with hands-on fun!
 Featuring 88 full-color felt pieces and three story scenes

Wordless Wednesday: Mass Chaos

If you read yesterday's post, then you know we played Mass Chaos (yeah for cool whip, chocolate syrup & water hoses) at church last week.  Here are few more pictures of the event:

Wordless Wednesday: Two weeks, really??

This week's wordless Wednesday comes from our cat, Brat, and her observations of progress on the renovation.



One of my favorite seats in the RV, now if I could figure out how
to get rid of that upstart Chase.

Anyone wanna cook?

Deck from office door end

Hmm lighting leaves a bit to be desired

Where are the steps and railing, that is an awful big step for a little thing like me

Storage? Bathroom?

Wordless Wednesday: When I grow up, I wanna be..........

Pictures taken at Govan SC Fire Department -- Thanks Fire Chief Mike!

Wordless Wednesday: Sleeping Beauties

I got up this morning and my daughter was still asleep.  I found my wordless post for today.  My wonderful sleeping beauties.   Although I couldn't find one of the best sleepers in the house ... Brat!  Anyway here goes

Today- Almost 4 years old

October 2010

July 2011 (the new addition)

Wordless Wednesday: More Renovation

Are you sick of it yet?  Yeah, so am I.  I am so ready for it to be done! And we still have about 3-4 more weeks before we can move furniture back in!  So with that said, here we go:

Bill in demolition mode (goggles and mask a must!)

Daddy, is it done yet?  PLEASE!

Old dishwasher, kitchen is no more!

Beams are in! Standing at the back wall of living room,
looking toward what will be the island cooktop/raised bar and kitchen wall.

Wordless Wednesday: Hard at work!

Been waiting for today to really show off the efforts of our hard work this week!

End cabinet next to Fridge and basically where a column will be!

Fridge and cabinet area and part of the cooktop island

End view of kitchen looking into what will become the study

Cabinets gone where the fridge used to be

Where the new island/bar and cooktop will be looking into the living room

Wordless Wednesday: Grandpa's Girl

I decided to try this out... in honor of my Dad leaving today to visit his brother in Topeka and the fact that my daughter already misses him.

June 2011
Planting the container garden

May 2011
In Grandpa's hat

December 2010
At the Christmas light tour and village

July 2011
Here he is with his oldest granddaughter