Summer delights

Refreshing Cantaloupe Smoothie

And piping hot, fresh-out-of-the-oven Blueberry Muffins

Just a couple things I enjoy about summer, My dads delicious smoothies (in all flavors, including Mango, Peach, Blackberry, Honeydew Melon and Coconut pineapple, to name a few) and my sister Haviland's delicious homemade muffins, made with freshly picked blueberries.  I hope y'all are enjoying your summer :)

Grandmother's Garden

My Grandmother's beautiful garden!

The Roses are my favorites

Everything is sooooo colorful

My dear grandmother has such a gorgeous garden and I just wanted to share a little bit of it with y'all. I hope you're having a wounderful, blessed day :)

Meet Oreo

About 2 weeks ago I arrived home from our Wednesday night prayer meeting, to which we had arrived directly from a conference in Atlanta, when I was informed by my siblings that we had an intruder under our car.  As I got closer I heard a tiny "meow" and then saw a beautiful Kitten of about 2-3 weeks crouching by the tire of our car.  It was love at first sight :) For those of y'all who know my family, we once had 14 cats and Kittens all at once but had to get rid of them due to health issues. But I have wanted a little kitten for quite a while and little Oreo was perfect.  After much deliberation and begging, Oreo was officially installed into my room as the newest member of our family.  When we first got him/her (we still don't know what it is) he was a scrawny, scared little thing but after a good bath and plenty of food Oreo is growing into a healthy kitten, loves to be with us, and has completely adapted to his/her new family.

Beautiful Kitten with Beautiful girl

Soo adorable

Shiloh still isn't sure what to do with the Kitty

Our cute little Oreo Cookie :)

Introducing...

Well hello again to all of you who still have hope that I will post!!! I've been extremely busy of late and just got back from a spur-of-the-moment trip to Ontario, California, but I am hoping to get back to a steady schedule of blogging again. So I would like to introduce you to me new blog A Southern Gal's Heritage at dixierepublic.blogspot.com! I'm so excited to launch this blog and hope all my readers and viewers will click on over and read my posts. I will be continuing this blog as well so stay tuned for a post on the very newest member of our family, Oreo :)

Christmas Giveaway

For as long as I can remember I have enjoyed reading the Vision Forum catalog and buying items from their online store. Vision Forum is a Christian book and resource store that helps... well further one's vision lol. This year Vision Forum is giving away $600 dollars worth in gift certificates. If you would like to enter to win this fabulous offer please go to A Wise Woman Builds Her Home and leave a comment.
                                                 I hope y'all are having a wonderful evening :)

This is what happens when you don't post in months

Well by forfeit Teresa won my book giveaway being the only person to comment.
So Mrs. Garlic we'll be sending you your copy of "A Child's book of Church Etiquette" asap.
To all y'all out there who had given up hope of my ever posting again sorry you missed out on this great opportunity and I'm sorry for not posting in so long :P.

TV dinner anyone?

On Tuesday I decided to make a TV Dinner for after Dinner with the help of all the children.

Now you might wonder why on earth I would make a TV dinner for after dinner so maybe this excerpt from the recipe book will help enlighten y'all ;)

" No need to worry about your peas and carrots mixing with you chocolate pudding in this TV dinner...it's all made with candy and sugar. Go ahead and grab a chicken leg by it's white chocolate bone, or dig into the pile of frosting mashed potatoes topped with caramel gravy. You might want to save the vegetables for last, because the peas and carrots are actually Runts and Starbursts."

For a sweet tooth like myself a description like that is VERY tempting lol so I decided to have a special cooking spree with the children as I knew they would greatly enjoy making this. So I went and bought the necessary ingredients and told them we were gonna do something special after lunch.

Cutting orange Starbursts

Happily picking out all the green Runts

As we began the children were still wondering what in the world I was doing but they were soooo excited to help and they enjoyed getting to eat the left over candy too ;)

Cream cheese frosting

Mashed potatoes with butter and gravy

Carrots and Peas ( My personal favorite lol)

Ready for dinner. Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots and Peas and Chocolate Pudding (for "dessert" ;))

Sooooooo HAPPY :D

All my helpers

So there you have it TV dinner cupcakes. It was sooooo much fun making these with the chillens and they enjoyed eating the fruit of their labors.
Have a blessed day y'all!!!