January 30, 2009

Having a wintery blast!!

The kids have absolutely LOVED being snowed in, especially since daddy was snowed in with us!! We have had a whole week of sledding, snowball fights, and of course OU snow....buddies!!


This is a pic of Braden and his best friend.. Rusty!!


Kali was about to throw a snowball at me.... She knew better then to throw it when I had the camera...LOL


Kali and Daddy had a pretty good snowball fight, while Braden and I laughed in the background.


Braden was hiding from Kali.... he can throw snowballs at you, but don't you dare throw one at him...LOL.

January 29, 2009

Cooking!!

Being snowed in this week, with nothing to do but eat, I have been doing quite a bit of cooking in my new kitchen!! The new hasn't worn off yet, so I still enjoy being in it and cleaning it...LOL. Our menu this week consisted of Chicken N' Dumplins, Catfish, Beans & Cornbread, Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies, brownies, and blueberry cheesecake muffins!! Today Kali is begging me to let her make cupcakes with her new baking stuff she got from Nana for Christmas!! I am going to gain 20 lbs this week!!

My little Chef LOVES to help cook!! He may not eat it, but he LOVES to help make it!!


We made these special cookies and some brownies for daddy when he was going to have to go to McAlester to work the ice storm. Then they told him to just stay home so I ended up eating half of them!! It was a good idea when they weren't going to stay in the house...LOL


Kali helped me make cornbread muffins to go with our beans. YUMMY!!


These are my beans... I still don't have them perfected. I can't make them like my mom or Brad's Granny. And of course they don't have a "recipe." They add a pinch of this and a dash of that. I am still in training when it comes to cooking and I need step by step instructions!!

January 27, 2009

Ice Storm 2009

Braden got a running start and jumped on the snow tube.....LOL. Thank goodness he thought it was hilarious and didn't get hurt. I don't know how I managed to get a picture of him airborne!!


Kali making "Ice Angels"


SLEDDING!!!!!


My poor bushes!!


Ice on the trees









January 26, 2009

Sneak Peak!!

Here is a sneak peak of the transformation of my new kitchen!! It is coming together GREAT!! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful hubby who is willing and able to "redo, undo, update, change this, fix that." It is a disorder that I have, called "discontentedness!!" LOL..... Is that even a word?? Anyway.. I LOVE and appreciate him dearly and I LOVE my new kitchen. I am very satisfied and finally content with my kitchen ;)


1) This is when we first bought the house. We spent many hours stripping that beautiful yellow and green foil wallpaper and scraping up yellow linoleum flooring!!


2) This was after the wallpaper and linoleum were gone and fresh paint, tile and black appliances were added!!

3) This is now!! New counter tops, built in microwave, refinished cabinets, bead board backsplash, can lights and NO MORE SUSPENDED CEILING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

January 25, 2009