So excited.

I came across a website awhile ago of a woman who had written a cookbook.
She has some of her recipes posted online and while looking through them I saw that they were a lot meat and potato kind of recipes.

Meaning, my husband would probably love the stuff!
So, I used my Swagbucks, got gift cards to Amazon and bought her cookbook.
Now I am just waiting for it to come in the mail.
I can't wait to try some of the recipes!

Grace's Early Birthday Present

Grandma Rutter came up for a visit and to help my sister with the kids while she taught summer school. Since she won't be up here for Grace's birthday in August she decided to give her her present early. It is a sand/water table but will only be used for water outside.
Grace likes to splash her hands in the water and then lick the water off.

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for the wonderful birthday present!

Kindergarten Graduation

My Baby is no longer in Kindergarten!
He is a First Grader now!
Didn't get very many good pictures.
Hard to do with an almost 10 month old in my lap and
having to keep two boys behaving beside me.

Photo op time for all the parents.

Singing songs for all the parents.
Michael wore his hat all day and into all the stores while we were running errands today!

Daisy Mae

I'd like to introduce you to our beloved companion, Daisy.
Brian and I have had her since she was six weeks old.
We drove 1600 miles just to pick her up.
You wouldn't believe but she used to be small enough to sit on the door handle of a geo metro.
She was loved.
Most people see a Rottie and they think mean aggressive dog.
Daisy was anything but that and would never hurt a fly.

I remember when I was pregnant with Michael,
she would follow me around and not let me out of her sight.
During the summer we would leave the back door open and if I was out of sight for to long
she would make a circle through the house, check on me and then go back and lay back by the door.

Saturday afternoon we noticed she was limping and had a big lump on her leg.
The vet had no openings, so I had to wait until Monday to take her in.
The vet said he has never had a Rottie that he could put up on the xray table and just put where he needed her to be. Xray came back with the news of bone cancer.

After a bit of talking it over we decided that it would be best if she was no longer in pain.
I made sure to get one last picture of our precious dog with the kids that loved her.
She has been one of the best dogs we ever had and even in the pain she was in wanted to do nothing but please us.

We will miss you Daisy!

I call her, Silve

Silve the Silverado that is. Last weekend I took our 98 expedition into a mechanic, who happens to know my dad, who looked at it free of charge. He so kindly told me that it needed a new rear end, axle bearing on the passengers rear side, and ball joints on the front. The cost would of have been $1250.....just for the rear end! UGH!
Brian and decided to get rid of it before it died. Only way to do that was to trade in the expedition and my husband's beloved Mercedes. We had a looked at a few used vehicles but because of the years of the vehicles the banks wanted to charge us a higher interest rate.
We talked with one of Brian's friends who is a car salesman and he went to bat for us. Showed us this 2010 Chevy Silverado LT....and she is a beaut!

Best part of all, she has the most lovely warranty.

Now to get the husband a cheap commuter so that I have a way to get around during the day.

On a side note. My brother in law Ben is letting us borrow his jeep so that I can take our poor dog Daisy to get some x-rays done on her leg tomorrow. Hoping it doesn't get to expensive!

Grace in Action

Peyton Party

He really did like his crayon cake he just didn't want to smile!
He had a great time and loves all his presents.