All Together For The First Time!

All seven grands together for the first time.

Nonny and Poppy are blessed!

Happy Mother's Day

To Mom

"You painted no Madonnas 

On chapel walls in Rome, 

But with a touch diviner 

You lived one in your home. 

You wrote no lofty poems 

That critics counted art, 

But with a nobler vision 

You lived them in your heart. 

You carved no shapeless marble 

To some high-souled design, 

But with a finer sculpture 

You shaped this soul of mine. 

You built no great cathedrals 

That centuries applaud, 

But with a grace exquisite 

Your life cathedraled God. 

Had I the gift of Raphael, 

Or Michelangelo, 

Oh, what a rare Madonna 

My mother's life would show!"

--Thomas W. Fessenden

Happy Mother's Day Mom.

I love you.

My Sweet NIECE, M, is turning SEVEN!

This FIVE pound baby girl turns SEVEN today!

She stole my heart immediately.

Miss Angelove adores you!

I am so proud of you!

Happy Happy Birthday!

(She chose a Starbuck's Gift Card as her gift from me.)

(WHAT????????? She is SEVEN!!) 

:)

Silly Girls

If you have read my blog for very long 

you know I am in love with these two grandgirls of mine!

When they go out anywhere they are always dressed so cute!

BUT,

When they get home, (or their temporary apartment home)

 Their very favorite thing to do is chose what to wear.

THIS is what they look like.

Every. Single. Day. 

Silly Girls.

Love them!

Happy Birthday to Our Girl!

Our only daughter has a birthday today.

There are 33 candles on her cake.

We are so proud of her.

She has been a wonderful daughter to us and an equally good

wife and mother.

..

We celebrate her today and all she means to us.

Happy Birthday Sis!

We love you dearly!

A Weekend With Baby B

Baby B needed some time away from the new twins.

He spent the weekend with Nonny and Poppy.

We had a blast!

I think he did too.

Just in case you thought it was all fun and games.....

Here is what happens when you tell a two year old the rides are over:

I'm pretty sure he thought the world had ended.

:(

Bench and Chair Redo

As part of my bedroom makeover I decided to cover a bench top and a chair.

Side note: 

My Mamaw won the chair years ago in a ballroom dance competition.

Before:

Hello 1970's.

Give me my material back.

After:

Much better!

FOUR Ingredient Bread...A M A Z I N G!

A friend told me about this bread recipe she found on Pinterest.

It only has four ingredients.

I am NOT a bread maker, BUT, with four ingredients

I thought I would give it a shot.

I bought a new Enameled Cast Iron Pot.

B J's had them on sale for $29.99!!!!

Grab one before they get gone!

I made it last night.

Here it is after mixing the four ingredients....

Bread flour. Salt. Water. Rapid Yeast.

I let it rise overnight and here it is 18 hours later:

The finished bread:

There are a lot of variations of this bread.

I plan to try them soon!