Road Trippin

Have boiled peanuts, will travel.

I figured, if fall wouldn't come to me!!!

I'd go find it!

See ya soon :)

Happy Anniversary

From this

to this

in 6 years!

More Silhouettes

We were at the Georgia Aquarium yesterday with the family and I couldn't help to see silhouettes every where! I needed to show yall some more.

That place was a great place to spend the day!

Loved it!

Friday Shoot Out

Friday Shoot Out

This weeks theme: SILHOUETTES
- By: Carrie

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What~EVER!

I AM HOT!!!!

Not sure what is going on down here but at 6:00 p.m. it was 90* with a heat index of 103*!!!

Where is FAll??????

I am so over this extended summer!!!

It's Cotton Pickin Time, Again!

I can't hardly pass by a cotton patch that I don't want to stop and pick some cotton.

You see what's on the dash??

It is freshly picked cotton.

We stopped at a random cotton patch along GA. Hyw. 32.

A patch that was far enough away that no one would shoot us for picking a little cotton.

Shelby got enough to take to "show and tell" at school.

I remember my parents stopping so all us children could pick some for the same thing.

I grew up in Florida so coming to Georgia every October for a family reunion we drove past

many a cotton field. It was always fun taking some to school as a child.

It's fun to remember.

Big Baby's Birthday

Not today, but tomorrow is my Big Baby's birthday.

This was his last year's birthday picture with his requested Birthday cake.

Like last year he has requested me to make my carrot cake again for his birthday.

If you haven't made this cake yet, since it's been on my blog for over a year now, you really should!

Jordan made one last week and took to an office birthday party and it was a hit.

You really can't go wrong, I promise, you'll love it!

Just ask anyone that has had it, they'll tell ya how good it is, yum.

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Carrot Cake
2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 -1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
3- 4oz. jars of carrot baby food (like stage 2)
1 8oz can crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 cup chopped pecans
In mixing bowl combine all dry ingredients. Add oil, eggs and baby food. Mix on low speed until well blended. Stir in pineapple and nuts. Pour into two 9 inch cake pans or three 8 inch pans. Bake at 350* for 35 mins. or until it passes the tooth pick test. (when the tooth pick comes out clean)
Cream Cheese Icing
1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)
1 -8oz. block of cream cheese
3 or more cups of powdered sugar
1-1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
Blend butter and cream cheese until creamy. Start adding sugar and a drop or two of milk until you get the right consistency. Then blend in the nuts and ice completely cooled cake.

What Matters Most

Where's The Fire?

Sunday Stills

Sunday Stills

This weeks theme: Happiness

Mule Days 2009 Guysie, Georgia

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Baby Collin

10 days old

I'm Doing The Happy Dance!

I've got Internet and phone service!!

Screaming!

I came home from playing at the park and saw the sweetheart on the tractor.

I was excited until he told me he cut the phone lines again!

I made him call AT&T!

We will not have phone or Internet until Friday or Saturday.

Friday Shoot Out Gang, forgive my absents this week.

Be back with ya next week.

All the rest if you need us try our cell phones!

Tasty Tuesday

Last week Cherie over on Bakow Babble made and shared this wonderful recipe for fudge that is pretty enough to serve for Halloween and fall treats. So I made it and got down to the part where you add the food coloring and found that I didn't have any Red Food Coloring :{ You know I must have used it all on that Red Velvet Cake or the Red Velvet Cheesecake the last time I made it, any who, all I had was yellow. Well I must tell you that it turned out tasting GREAT but it looked like CRAP! I am to embarrassed to show my picture so I asked permission from Cherie to show her picture and she agreed. Thank you much Cherie.

**Now my word of caution to you is this: Make it! Taste it! Have one more little taste! Now cut it up and run next door and give it to your neighbors. Take it to work. Hey, take it to the ladies you visit teach or leave some in the mail box for your favorite postman but DON'T KEEP IT AROUND YOUR HOUSE! You might just eat more than you really need. It's that good!

Orange Marble Fudge
3/4 cup butter
3 cups sugar
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 package vanilla or white chips
1 Jar marshmallow creme
3 teaspoons orange extract
12 drops yellow food coloring
5 drops red food coloring
Grease a 13 x 9 inch pan. In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, cream and butter . Cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 4 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in chips and marshmallow creme until smooth. Remove 1 cup and set aside.
Add orange extract and food colorings to the remaining mixture; stir until blended. Pour into prepared pan. Drop the reserved mixture by tablespoonfuls over top; cut through mixture with a knife to swirl. Cover and refrigerate until set - then you can leave it on the counter. This must be made many, many times throughout the Fall!