Apple Pie-Molly Carew would be so proud.

Yesterday afternoon Brian and I spent most of our time in the Kitchen. We got a new cookbook for Christmas, Pioneer Women, and decided to try out a couple new recipes. Luckily, we were making dinner for some friends of ours so we would have all this food to share. Thank God, because we all know Brian and I can consume large amounts of food just between the two of us.

For starters we had Bacon-Wrapped Jalapenos Thingies.

For Dinner we had the famous Ann Scott-- Black bean spinach Lasagna with a tossed salad.

And for dessert homemade apple pie. I even made homemade crust. Mark that down for starters!
I have a picture of it only I left the camera at our friends house...so I will post a picture as soon as I get it back.

It was also a Pioneer Women recipe from the book. It is not on her website. But, it is so easy and probably one of the best apple pies I've ever had.

If you don't have the Pioneer Women Cookbook, I highly recommend it. You can also visit her website.

Amanda

Snow day!

Since It was a snow day...I felt it was only necessary to act like I was in grade school. I love to swing.


As most of you probably already know, Oklahoma has been hit with an ice/snow storm. We were so thrilled when we were informed we TOO would be getting a snow day. Luckily, up here in Edmond, we did not get as much ice as was thought; but more sleet. Of course, all that turned into ice overnight. It has been snowing non-stop today. We have around 5-6 inches of snow as of 6pm on top of 3/4in of ice. We decided to take a walk with Charlie and check out the damage, if any, around our neighborhood. Plus we needed to get out of the house before we went insane. There is only so much Wii you can play and daytime tv is awful.

We decided to let charlie off his leash on our walk. Surprisingly he did a great job.




We love snow!



Brian and Charlie



Oh, Charlie...


My boys!!

Charlie loves his sticks.







He's growing up.



Hello Ice!
Our beautiful home. We couldn't be any happier with our decision.


The past couple of weeks have been crazy busy for Brian and I. We both have been working late and putting in a lot of overtime with our jobs. It's nice to have a long weekend spent with our little family.

Just for laughs and giggles, Brian and I start a couples yoga class next week. We will keep you updated on how this goes. haha :)

The Wii is for all ages.

Charlie boy and the cold weather.

First let me start off by saying that UCO, which is where I work, was on a 2.5 hour delay today because it was cold. But, I of course showed up at 7:40am opened up the enrollment management section and was ready to go. All the while, wondering why no one else was at work. It was not until someone told me that the University was on a delay. My response, "A delay? What for?" " The cold weather." Well, that is a first for me. I came home cleaned the house, did some laundry, and watched some tv. I guess I need to start checking the new station more often when it's going to be cold. CRAZY! I will check in the morning because it is supposed to be about 10 degrees colder than today.

When I came home for lunch today, I was greeted by someone at the door...Charlie. In our house we have it set up to where he has full access to the backyard, our mud room, and the house (he goes through his dog door and straight into his crate). We have his crate sitting on a blanket so that it does not scratch up the floor. Charlie either got too cold (18 degrees & wind gust up to 40mph) or bored and figured out a way to move his crate to where he could get out. I was so proud of him, not because he managed to get out of his crate, but that he did not destroy anything. Once I left to go back to work, I arranged everything back to how it normally was when Brian got home he had a greeter as well.

:)

Stay warm.

Christmas in Kentucky.

As we left for Kentucky we were excited that we may get to see a snow flurry or two. Oklahoma hardly gets any snow or rain for that matter. Little did we know that Oklahoma would get a down pour of freezing rain then 14 inches of snow on top of that on Christmas eve and Christmas day. Wow, thanks Oklahoma. Once we made it back to Oklahoma Brian had to push the car out of our parking spot at the airport. The roads were awful and the side roads still are pretty bad. I got passed today by another suv on a side road. I guess I was going to slow.

But let's get to our first Christmas as a married couple. This was probably one of the most memorable Christmas' for me. This Christmas I think I realized one of the many reasons for the season. And that was giving. My aunt who has been legally blind for a long time now got a huge surprise. Let me give you a little back ground of why she is so deserving. She took care of my grandparents (my mamaw was blind), before she lost her sight she was constantly taking my cousins and I shopping, to the movies, out to eat, etc. She help us set up lemonade stands in the front yard. She would do anything for anyone. And she would scratch my back and play with my hair for hours. :) I spent a lot of my time at my grandparents house and have very good memories. I realize I am so lucky to have shared many of my days with these wonderful people. I know now that materialistic things could never replace all the years spent in the "little yellow house".

So, she had been thinking about getting a flat screen TV. She had decided to wait till after Christmas in hopes that they would go on sale. Well, did she get a BIG surprise! When she opened the box and realized what it was it brought tears to her eyes. She couldn't speak for about five minutes. And that people is what it is all about.

That was not the only heart warming surprise. My cousin, Carmen, who is 8 was so excited when she saw that Santa had brought her a pair of roller blades. She screamed through the house. Let's hope she does not break her arm for a third time. :)




































































The one that was the funniest surprise would have to be a my father-in-law who screamed and laughed for what seemed like forever. We finally got him to show us what it was and sure enough it was a Wii. He also got the Wii fit to go with it. Ed's Wii fit age was 47. Brian's age was 32 and Gregs was 39. HAHAHA. FUNNY. What a good Christmas Ed had...not only did he get a Wii but he also got the gift of being like 20 years younger. Now that yall is priceless.


Some of my fellow readers (surprised I had any) had asked if Santa brought me the one thing I asked for Christmas...and that he did!

Hey Good Lookin'

Brian fixes up rather nicely!

Char-dog!

Enjoy.