Tasty Tuesdays

Tamale Pie

I invited Travis over for supper Friday night with the ulterior motive of getting him to move my heavy generator back into my garage. We had loaned it out and the person returned it to us when we weren't home and just left it out side! I had cooked this Tamale Pie that I had seen on Katherine's blog, Smokey Mountain Cafe . Click here for the recipe. It was really good. We topped off the dinner with these 'Milk Chocolate and Honey Graham Smore's Bars' I had seen over at Prudence Pennywise blog. Click here for her recipe!
They were some kind of good and gooey and chocolaty rich!

Milk Chocolate Honey Graham Smores

Both recipe's I'll use again sometime!

Good Times

Some one had a birthday yesterday and he turned 58. That would be my brother in law, Phil, (Not just Aaron and Josh's dad but Leah and Rachael's Dad too). Mom and Dad Griffis hosted a family dinner last night at their home. We sang Happy Birthday to him. I know his cake has a 50 on it. It was my joke for this other brother in law, Roger. Harry's youngest brother.

He will turn 50 in November and he just rolled into town on his Harley from Ohio. He came for a short visit. Mom cooked this.

and this

and this

and some how I missed the sausage. It was yummy good.

Good Times part 2

This is Sue, Harry's oldest sister and Phil's wife.

This is Aaron, Phil's oldest son.

This is Phil's #2 son, Josh and Phil's mother, Lucille.

This is my D.I.L., Jordan and Molly, Arron's wife and Phil's D.I.L.

This is Jonah, Molly and Arron's son and Phil's first grandson.

This is Manny, Jonah's younger brother and Aaron and Molly's youngest son and Phil's youngest grandson.

Good Times #3

Harry's middle brother, Brad.

Harry's youngest brother, Roger.

Mom and Dad, Harry's parents.

Reagan and Christon

Harrison and Shelby

Awe...

Harry showing his BKA

(below the knee amputation)

Shelby and her aunt Jor Jor.


Roger, Harry and Sue.

Tired Mom.

Sunday Sunday

Fable related by Elder George A. Smith, who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:

“A man, traveling through the country, came to a large city, very rich and splendid; he looked at it and said to his guide, ‘This must be a very righteous people, for I can only see but one little devil in this great city.’

“The guide replied, ‘You do not understand, sir; this city is so perfectly given up to wickedness, corruption, degradation and abomination of every kind that it only requires one devil to keep them all in subjection.’

“Traveling on a little further he came to a rugged path and saw an old man trying to get up the hill side, surrounded by seven great, big, coarse looking devils.

“ ‘Why,’ says the traveller, ‘this must be a tremendously wicked old man, only see how many devils there are around him!’

“ ‘This,’ replied the guide, ‘is the only righteous man in the country and there are seven of the biggest devils trying to turn him out of his path and they all cannot do it’ ”

(in Deseret News, 11 Nov. 1857, 7:287).

As we strive to faithfully keep the commandments, we will face opposition. Some people endure in spite of all opposition, while others received great blessings yet quickly “turn from their righteousness” We can learn the importance of remaining faithful in spite of trials and temptation. We wait for the coming of the Savior. While we wait, Satan will try to turn us toward wickedness. If we prepare ourselves and if we endure in righteousness, we will be worthy to receive all that the Lord desires to bestow upon us.

This was from our Sunday School lesson for today, boy was it a good one.

Paul Newman

Legendary film star Paul Newman, whose brilliant blue eyes, good looks and talent made him one of Hollywood's top actors over six decades has died. He was 83, and he died on Friday night.
Newman appeared in some 60 movies, including "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "The Hustler," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," and "The Sting." He earned nine Oscar nominations for acting and won the best actor honor for 1986's "The Color of Money." Newman was married to Oscar-winning actress Joanne Woodward for more than 50 years.

It's That Time

How to look glamorous in glasses.

American Optical, 1959

Being Prepared

Nicole over on "Livin' Life Patino Style!" posted this great quote by President Monson yesterday.

“Many more people could ride out the storm-tossed waves in their economic lives if they had their year’s supply of food … and were debt-free. Today we find that many have followed this counsel in reverse: they have at least a year’s supply of debt and are food-free.” President Thomas S. Monson

She also had some really great sites posted as to where to go for help with your food storage and other things. Go read her post or check out some of these by clicking on the name.

www.rugettingprepared.blogspot.com

http://www.safelygatheredin.blogspot.com

http://blog.totallyready.com/

http://www.everydayfoodstorage.blogspot.com/

http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/

Out of the box

I finally got my new camera out of the box yesterday. Was able to snap a few pictures of Reagan before heading off to class. I started 'Fundamentals of Photography' last night. I feel lost and overwhelmed already. I'm looking forward to the end results.

Wordless Wednesday

Charles Martin

Today

September 24, 2008

G. J. Book Store
Saint Simons Island

5:00 P.M.

Brunswick Library

7:30 P.M.

Tasty Tuesdays

Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

Sift together: 1 box yellow cake mix

1 sm. box chocolate pudding mix

Whisk together: 3 eggs

3/4 cup Wesson oil

1/2 cup water

Mix the above all together then add:

8 oz. sour cream

12 oz. bag Mini Chocolate chips

Bake in a greased bunt pan at

*350 for 45 minutes

Jordan came home from a party

a few years ago with this recipe.

Not really sure who to give credit to.

It's also called a funeral cake.

This is a picture of the one

I baked last week for the meal

after the funeral of a Sister

from our Ward.

Don't wait until

there's a funeral to make this

cake. I bake a lot of them at

Christmas time too. Any time you

want a quick chocolaty cake,

whip this up.

How Will You Celebrate

Monday September 22
American Business Women's Day
Autumnal Equinox
Fall Begins Northern Hemisphere
Spring Begins Southern Hemisphere
Dear Diary Day
Elephant Appreciation Day
Family Day - A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children
Hobbit Day
Long Count Day
Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary
Ice Cream Cone Birthday

On Holidays on the Net all the above was listed! I was just happy to celebrate the first day of Fall! I had no idea that there was so much more to celebrate, gosh, you know, I've never been to an Elephant Appreciation Day. Sounds really fun.

More Shrimp and Grits

Christon driving, Courtney holding

MacKenzie, Ethan and Shelby on the back.

Harry, Reagan and I were following on our golf cart.

Christon and Harry

Courtney and Harry, holding Madi, MacKenzie, Ethan and Reagan.

Shelby and Madi

Reagan

Madi and Shelby

Shelby was trying to scare MacKenzie and Ethan with her pink snake!

Shrimp and Grits

Fun Good Times Today!

Signs Of The Season

I've seen some of the cutest things all over the blogging world and the web. Most of these things are so do-able if you really wanted to.