:: Buttermilk Pie ::

:: I stay tuned on a sweet little Southern blog called "Warm Pie, Happy Home" ~ if you don't know me personally...I'll let you in on a little secret...I'm a little bit of a Southern girl living in the North ::

:: I like big hair, accessories, I say "y'all" in real life - not that all those things make you "Southern" but I would have to say that I'm attracted to all things Southern ::

:: Anyway, that brings me to Buttermilk Pie. The other day when I was reading about Ruth Ann's venture with this AMAZING Buttermilk Pie, I didn't believe it! It couldn't be true that it was as good as she was saying ::

:: So y'all, what do you do when you can't eat any baking, you bake, not just anything, you bake Buttermilk Pie! ::

:: So I took her recipe for Buttermilk Pie (& crust) directly from her post and this is how it went ::

:: Made the super easy crust ::

:: Mixed the ingredients (except I didn't have buttermilk so I made my own and I didn't have a lemon, so I just used the lemon juice I had in the fridge) :::: Bake the pie :::: And voila, a super yummy smelling, brown on top, glorious looking pie. And get this -- it tastes stinking fabulous! No joke! Yes, I did go off the death diet to try a bite or two and it was WELL worth it :::: So when you get a chance go here and bake your hunny up some good 'ol Southern pie, he'll be happy you did! ::

:: Could it be ANY cuter!?!? ::

:: I've been up to my eye-balls in cake orders lately and I made these little beauties for a special little girl ::

:: Could they be ANY cuter?!?! ::

:: My Boys ::

:: My Mom asked me for new pictures of my boys ages ago, life didn't allow and I was very disobedient! ::

:: Here they are though, better late than never! ::

:: Here is my little big boy, he's now 2 1/2 and full full full of energy! ::


:: Here's my baby boy, he is always a little busy body - hmmm, wonder where he gets that from?!?! ::

:: My poor boys have been without Grammie & Grampie and Nana & Papa for the past two weeks...hopefully someone will come home soon to love them more than we do! ::

:: Kisses & Hugs from the boys to the warm lands that you are visiting! ::

:: Seriously! ::

:: This is what it looked like out my door at 4.30pm this afternoon...and I so thought Spring was just around the corner!?!?! ::

:: Love Day ::

:: Paul and I decided to celebrate Valentines Day a few days early to avoid the craze in the restaurants and to sit back and enjoy each other ::

:: We had Aunty Lindsey come over and baby sit the boys and then we headed out to White Spot for dinner & a movie ::

:: We had a great time at dinner and we saw New in Town with Renee Zelwiger (sp?) - the movie was fabulous, full of great laughs and tons of fun! ::
:: Paul surprised me with a sweet little bracelet from Tiffany & co and I made him some Oreo truffles and bought him a new pair of jeans ::

:: We celebrated Valentines day with the boys on Saturday (the actual day) we gave them each a personalized cupcake and just enjoyed the day together ::


:: It was awesome to be in the midst of the ones that I love SO much! ::

:: Digger Digger Digger ::

:: A couple of weeks ago {yes, this is how far behind I am on posting!} we had an "inside day" ::

:: Our February weather was not conducive to having my little big boy go outside to play with his diggers, so out came the rice and a baking sheet a voila! A digger's Paradise & a little big boys entertainment for hours ::

:: Thank you Lord, for rice, diggers & imaginations! ::

:: Women's Wednesday - Fashion Fabulous ::

:: Hey Girls! Here's an invite to a super fun Women's Wednesday tonight. We're talking all about fashion, make-up, skin-care & the inner beauty of a woman ::

:: We have fabulous surprises, give-aways & gifts, so come bring a friend, a Mom, a cousin, a sister...there will be something for everyone! ::

:: Our specialty drink of the month is a "London Fog" ~ So come and celebrate your girlie side, get a hot drink, enjoy some great fellowship and leave with a gift...what could be more fun?!?! ::

:: Here are the details ::


Ps. we may just have a special on tickets for Absolute Adoration so make sure you come to pick up your tickets at the resource center!

:: I can't believe it! ::

:: I'm sitting here while my two little babes are napping & I'm filling out preschool forms, seriously, my babe is going to preschool in September! ::

:: This whole "school" process has ran up and bit me in the butt! You would think since I've taught in classrooms and been around school for most of my 28 years that I would have thought a little more about the fact that sooner or later I must register my little big boy into school!?!? Nope, not me, not a once! ::

:: None of the process terrifies me, it's just so foreign to be signing MY child up for it! ::

:: At any rate we will begin the rat race this September of the good 'ol "school days" and probably throw some speech therapy in there for good measure. Jacob knows his words, he's just choosing not to use them. This is annoying and frustrating for this Mama, so yesterday we went to the doctor and received a referral for a speech therapist. It's good, I've been told to start earlier than later, so here we go! ::

:: This process has definitely absorbed a good portion of our energy and brains in the last 72 hours, deciding where they (because they'll be one year after the next) will go to preschool, elementary school etc etc etc. We (even though we are Christians) don't think that going to a Christian school is the only way to go, so we are looking into all options and I think we have decided to go with the Traditional route. Yes, it'll be a drive for me but so would any school that we take the boys too! ::

:: I'm off to read over and finish filling out these forms - Happy (totally crazy) Tuesday People! My kid is going to preschool - Yikes! ::

:: Ps. My son got the last spot in the morning class - Glory Glory, someone was taking care of us! ::

:: Quite Pathetic! ::

:: This blog that is! All I have written about in the past three weeks (or more!) has been The Bachelor, although it is a totally fun topic ~ it is not what this blog is based on! ::

:: So, this is to let you know that I will be back in full blogging force and lots of yummy updates..well, maybe not yummy but an update non the less! ::

:: Here are a few things we have been busy doing: Going on a trip to Whistler with Paul's fam, updating my site, taking children to doctors appointments, going to get dental surgery for myself, baking up a storm, planning our spring conference & eating healthy (I'm on a very restricted diet) - besides all these things I have blogged, I just haven't taken the time to edit and post them. But I promise they will be coming soon! ::

:: The Bachelor - Week 7 ::

:: Oh meeee, oh myyyy! ::

:: What a full episode last night! ::

:: So Mr. Jason had his three dates fly to New Zealand to have his overnight dates with them. They were all amazing dates {not to mention that he ended up in the hot tub with each of them!} ::

:: Jillian was first up and they had a fabulously steamy date - however you could tell that he wasn't quite there with her, it seemed as though his mind was travelling ::

:: Molly and him also had a great date, less physical {from what they showed us} but still a great date of getting to know each other. She ended up having a list of almost 20 questions to ask him...just in case they end up engaged and she doesn't know his favorite ice cream!?!? ::

:: Melissa, oh Melissa...their electricity is overwhelming! They are so powerful together and the passion he feels for her is SO evident! She's real and candid and she needs him - he loves her ::

:: So it's sad but true but Jillian was not given a rose last night...yes I know, she was the one that I thought would be through until the end ::

:: This is what I think: Jason loved Jillian and he could totally make a relationship work with her. However, she doesn't NEED him, she lives a full satisfying life with our without a man {Go Canadian Girl!}. Jason loves that Melissa NEEDS him, he can be her comfort ::

:: So here's my theory: Jason wanted to love Jillian as much as he loves Melissa, but it wasn't there. But Jason doesn't love Molly as much as he loves Jillian. So to make it easy on himself and take away the distraction {Jillian} he decided to not give her a rose, to keep Molly as he knows that she is third place and he can then focus more of his energy on Melissa. You got me? If you notice after he said good-bye to Jillian he went back to Molly & Melissa and he spoke about the future and them meeting his family & Ty next week - but that whole time he was ignoring Molly and speaking directly to Melissa {it's so obvious now} ::

:: Good-bye Jillian, hope you had a great time and I hope that you will find someone who loves your independence and direction, you TRULY deserve it! ::

{Seriously, could she be ANY cuter!?!?! }

:: Ps. Do you think that Jillian will be the next bachelorette? I don't think so, I think she's too strong for that..however you never know! ::