Suffocated

I feel so freaking suffocated right now it is not even funny! I just wish that I could somehow get a break. That is all...............

So I knew this would happen sometime, I just never thought so soon!

Let me start this off by saying we got our taxes back yesterday WOOHOO!!! So I took the kids to get shoes today and I actually went to Target THREE separate times. The reason you ask well because if you have ever tried to shoe shop with three kids ten years and under or any age for that matter it is HELL on freaking wheels!!!! LOL

Now the shopping went pretty easily if I do say so myself. Took Princess first and she picked out her shoes in 5mins after trying to two different pair. Spunkmeister on the other hand took literally 30mins of looking and trying on to find a pair of shoes!! That girl is gonna be my shoe whore! lol She had to keep picking out every sparkling pair until I had to say "Today we are just here for tennis shoes" a hundred times.

With the boy we went to the boys section as normal and started trying on shoes. Well we quickly realized that we needed to be in the men's section!! So we go to the men's section and find a really cool pair of size 7 men's shoes! Get home and I realize his shoes look like they would fit me! Now I do not have small feet I wear a size 9 so now I am thinking hummmmm...... I put my shoe up to his and his shoes are bigger than mine! I try them on and sure enough my foot fits right in!!!!

OMFG I CAN WEAR MY 10YEAR OLD SONS SHOES!!!! THAT IS SOOO NOT RIGHT!

Ok I am done freaking out well maybe.........

PhotoHunt: High

This week's theme for PhotoHunt is High. I had to think about this one for a bit and search through my albums. It seems I do not have many photos I can classify as High. lol So I hope these pictures do the theme justice!

These were taken in Ruidoso, NM last year while we were on Spring Break vacation. We had a really good time and I miss living in the mountains of New Mexico. The scenery is awesome and we were high up on the mountain when I took these pictures!

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Sometimes I wonder

So the other day I made some deviled eggs. Spunkmeister does not really like them so when I offered them to the kiddos for a snack today I thought she would ask for something else. Well she did not sooooo I thought all was good and that she had grown to like them! Oh how wrong I was LOL!!

So I asked her earlier do you like them? What are you doing with the middle part of the deviled egg?

She says "No I do not like the middle part, but Samantha does and so she licks out the middle and then I eat the white part!"

OMG I thought you are not!!! lol

So what ya gonna do!

Wordless Wednesday - My mother and brother!

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Chocolate Banana Bread

I made this bread as part of our Easter spread yesterday and everyone seemed to enjoy it! There was not a single piece left at the end of the festivities! lol

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup ripe mashed banana (about 3 medium ones)
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup chocolate chips

1. Heat the oven to 325°F. Using shortening or soft butter, grease a 9 x 5-inch bread pan with a piece of bunched-up waxed paper.

2. Put a little flour in the pan, then tilt and tap the pan to coat the sides with flour. Tap out the excess.

3. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a mixing bowl and then set it aside.

4. With an electric mixer, cream the butter in a separate bowl. Gradually beat in the sugar. One at a time, have your child crack each egg into a small bowl and beat it into the creamed mixture. Blend in the vanilla extract.

5. In another bowl, stir together the banana and yogurt until well mixed.

6. Blend the dry mixture and the banana mixture into the creamed mixture in thirds, alternating dry and wet to help prevent the dry ingredients from clumping. Fold in the chocolate chips.

7. With a rubber spatula, scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.

8. Bake the bread on the center oven rack for 60 to 70 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and a tester comes out clean. Cool in the pan, on a wire rack, for 15 minutes.

9. Remove the loaf from the pan and let it cool thoroughly before slicing. Makes 10 to 12 slices.

I found this awesome recipe at Familyfun.com

Easter eggs

I wanted to wish you all a Happy Easter today! I also wanted to show off the wonderfully decorated Easter eggs the kids and I made last night. We had such a great time even though we made a huge mess! lol Also I found an awesome new hard boiled egg recipe that I used last night I wanted to share.

How to boil the PERFECT hard boiled egg!

Things You’ll Need:
Fire
Eggs
Timer
Water
Saucepan with tight fitted lid

Step 1: Place eggs in the saucepan, it does not matter if it is 2 or 12 eggs, this way works. Just cover them with cold water, not too deep. Do NOT salt the water. Place on burner on HIGH heat.

Step 2: Place on burner on HIGH heat. Once they start to boil turn on the timer to 3 minutes

Step 3: When the timer goes off, quickly take off the heat, put on the lid and reset the timer to 8 minutes.

Step 4: When 8 minutes are up, take to sink and run cold water over them for about a minute, let them soak a bit to cool off. They will peel best if you set them in the refrigerator for about 1/2 to 1 hour, but you can eat them now!

Step 5: Never have green or gray yolks again!

I got this recipe from a post over at ehow.com!

PhotoHunt: Metal

This week's PhotoHunt is Metal so I spent some time looking through my albums and I think I found one that works well! This is the one of the top parts of the USS Arizona sticking up out of the ocean in Pearl Harbor. I was fortunate enough to be able to go to Hawaii with my grandparents when I was 13yrs old and this one one of the many sites I was able to see. It was very touching to be so close to where so many soldiers passed.

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Wordless Wednesday - Pretty flower from the backyard!

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Happy St Patrick's Day!

Happy St Patrick's Day everyone!!

Just wanted to post a simple recipe the kids and I made tonight in Celebration of St Patrick's Day! So here is the recipe and a few pictures of our finished project! :)

Sweet Shamrock Pretzels

Here's a tasty new twist on the traditional St. Patrick's Day shamrock -- sweet green pretzels fashioned from canned refrigerated bread stick dough and coated with a sprinkling of colored sugar and cinnamon.

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
Canned refrigerated bread stick dough (we used Pillsbury Original Bread sticks)
Colored sugar
Cinnamon

1. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and lightly coat it with cooking spray.

2. To create the clover shape, mold 3 sections of bread sticks into hearts and press them together as shown. Attach a small stem, decorate, bake according to the package directions, and serve them up to your lucky guests.

I found this easy and quick recipe here at familyfun.com