Brian and Felicity's Birthday

I can't believe I didn't get a better picture of "the birthday kids" together. I guess sometimes a person just gets too busy at a party. The cake was delicious, as you can tell by the looks on both of their faces.

Joni (Felicity's Godmother) came over to see her on her birthday.

She brought her this tutu skirt that Felicity wore the rest of the day. It was so adorable.

You can only get away with this when you are one.

Then it was cake time. First a picture of her "birthday plate" when it was still clean.

Then we let her have her cake, and eat it too.


After the cake episode she took a bath. She came back out to the porch and took a liking to Chris. Now anyone who knows Felicity knows that she is a girl on the go. She doesn't sit on your lap for more than 2 or 3 seconds. She layed on Chris' shoulder like this for about 5 minutes! We were all jealous. Chris isn't the biggest "kid" person but I think deep down he kind of liked it too.

Weekly Blog Hop - Favorite Recipe

Most people call these cookies "No Bake Cookies." Growing up at our house, a dairy farm in Wisconsin, they are called "Oatmeal Fudgies." With 5 older brothers it was tough to get a taste of these gooey delights. Once I was grown and got my own place I could make them and eat as many as I want! I have been known to eat almost the whole batch. The belly-ache after isn't so great. Make them today, but make sure you hide a few for yourself.


Oatmeal Fudgies

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter (no substitutes)
1/2 cup milk

Boil these three ingredients until the sugar dissolves.

Add:
3 cups oatmeal (I use instant)
1 cup coconut
4 T cocoa
1 t vanilla

Mix well, eat many.

Happy Birthday Brian & Felicity

Happy Birthday to Brian and Felicity. What are the chances that she would be born almost three weeks late, just to share her birthday with her Grandpa. We are so blessed to have her in our lives. The past year has gone so fast. Here are a couple pictures of them sharing a root beer float. I think she ate almost as much as Grandpa did. Happy Birthday to you both.

Welcome Rain

It has been raining on and off for the last couple days. It is wonderful. Our lawn was beginning to turn brown. The only nice thing about that is we don't have to mow every 3 or 4 days. But we'll take the rain and the plush green lawn instead of the brown picky one. We haven't really had summer yet, just a few days a couple weeks ago. Today it is only 56 degrees the last that I looked. BRRRRRR.

The rain filled up my crock on the back patio. My flowers will love that this week. Do you know what these crocks sell for at antique stores? I found a 20 and they wanted $275.00 for it! That is crazy. This 25 is pretty big and just perfect for catching the rain water for my plants. Some antique dealer somewhere would love to get their hands on this one. They can't have it, it's mine. That is an old minnow bucket sitting next to it. That's what I use to water my flowers with. Nothing fancy here. Enjoy the rain.

Flashback Friday

This is a great picture. The hair, the glasses, the clothes. Do you recognize anyone here? I have no idea when this was taken. Can you help me Diane? (Oops, did I just give it away?)

Baby Pug's Lilac Tree

When Felicity was in my belly, we called her Pug. That's because I was so sure that I was having a baby boy. My instincts are horrible. Anyways, last summer Cole and I planted this lilac tree. I wanted to take a picture of our baby (Felicity) in front of the tree each summer.

Well, here is the first picture. It was kinda hard to get her to stand close to the tree and look up at the camera. She was too busy playing in the mulch to look up at me. Isn't she just getting so big? I cannot believe that she is going to be ONE on Sunday! Seriously, where did the time go? I know people always say that, but for real! I feel like just yesterday I was nursing her and feeding her baby cereal and smashed bananas. I guess it might be time for another one!? Hmmmm...

My Birthday Present from My Wonderful Husband

Cole and I have been wanting a porch ever since we built our house, and now we have one! Isn't it just beautiful. Dorchester Meyer Builders built it (they also built our home three years ago). We absolutely LOVE what they do.

Here you can see that we finally did some landscaping as well. Cole brought in and positioned all of the boulders. My mom and I laid all the plastic, scooped the mulch and planted all the plants and trees. (I learned that I do NOT like to plant things. It's a good thing my mom loves to!)

Now my evenings are spent out on the porch reading my book (YadaYada, of course. Yes, my mom got me hooked!) and drinking a glass of Diet Pepsi over ice. Felicity drinks her milk on the porch snuggled up in my arms, and then I put her to bed. Then, I get to spend the rest of the night reading, relaxing and enjoying this beautiful home that God has blessed me with.

I do have to send out a HUGE thanks to my wonderful husband for all of his hard work to pay for our new porch and landscaping. What a sweetheart! We miss you and love you very much Daddy!