Archive for July, 2008

MUD DAY

Combine 200 tons of topsoil and 20,000 gallons of water and you have created every child’s fantasy – and every mother’s nightmare! To top off the event, Mr. and Ms. Mud are crowned. The Westland Fire Department is on hand to hose off the muddy kids. The kids had a good time, but it smelled. [...]

Silence

I need silence, for just a few minutes…

Icecream Sandwich Recipe

Cut one ice cream sandwich in half. Place one whole and one half sandwich along a short side of an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. pan. Arrange eight sandwiches in opposite direction in the pan. Spread with half of the whipped topping (cool whip). Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of Butterfinger camdy bar. Cover and [...]

Happy Birthday Jack

Jack turned 9 years old on the 15th of July. I told him he could have whatever he wanted for dinner (thinking he would say Little Ceasars). He picked to go to CiCi’s restaurant. Well I was in luck because they did the reading program for them and earned a free child’s buffet. Daniel and [...]

Happy Anniversary- 10 years baby!!

Daniel and I had always talked about for our 10 years we would go away (from the children) and do something fun for our anniversary. Well 10 years came a lot quicker than we had thought. It has been a great year for us. We bought a home and were surprised to find out another [...]

Zoey’s new haircut

I took Zoey to the hair salon today to get her hair chopped off. She usually gets it done every summer. This summer she didn’t mention it and I didn’t say anything about it. I have to admit I had secretly hoped she would come to me as soon as dance was over in May [...]

Too Creepy for me

If you all look to the left, you will see a picture of a baby floating around. I am getting rid of it ASAP! I hate it. Every time I get on the website, it’s the first thing I see and to tell you the truth its way creepy. Of course I say I will [...]

4th of July

On the 4th of July we went to a ward picnic. It was a ton of fun. We had lunch, played games, and they even had a bike parade for the kids! My chocolate covered peanut took some snapshot of our family. After the picnic some of the family took to kids to the park [...]

Family outing to The Toledo Zoo

On Saturday we took our kids and went to the Toledo Zoo. We met up with $ and 300, Crystal and Less than and their little ones, blond bombshell and her kids (JD couldn’t make it), Mog, East coast girl and kids are here too so they were able to make it. The weather was [...]

Neiman Marcus Cookies

Neiman Marcus Cookies Ingredients: 2 c butter 2 c sugar 2 c brown sugar 4 eggs 2 t vanilla 4 c flour 1 t salt 2 t baking soda 2 t baking powder 5 c old-fashioned oats, ground to flour in a food processor or blender 2 (11 1/2 ounce) packages semi-sweet chocolate chips 8-ounce [...]