HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS KENDALL MARIE!

PRINCESS KENDALL
happy birthday

3 years old

Minki-Taggi Blankies

I love making these Minki Blankies for all my babies, whether they are my own grandbabies or friends

They all love how soft these are, even the Mommies want one.

My stash was out, I spent a few hours making some new ones, there are babies coming that will need one of these.

Lasagna

Made Ree Drummond's (Pioneer Woman) Lasagna for Sunday dinner

AMAZING

This was an instant favorite....

Next, her Sour Cream Pancakes!

HAPPY 33RD BIRTHDAY, KEVIN MICHAEL

Happy Birthday, Kevin!

We are so proud of you......

January 18, 1977

Saguaro National Park

Mike and I went to Saguaro National Park

We had such a great day, we went on some of the trails, took pictures

just sat and soaked up the gorgeous weather!

BEAUTIFUL FRUIT!

I had the honor of helping my friends, Dave and LouAnne with a Party they had for Dave's Dad's 80th birthday.

I had the job of doing the fruit

I felt like I was the caterer.....

My New CookBook

When asked what I wanted for Christmas, it was for sure this cookBook by Ree Drummond

"The Pioneer Women Cooks"

It is a beautiful book and I have already tried her meatballs (oh my gosh, they were so good)

and I made the BlueBerrie Cobbler , YUMMY

the next thing , Mike wants the Egg in the Toast...

thank you, Nick and Betsy

Nick's Sara Lee Butter Streusel CoffeeCake

Our Family has ALWAYS had Sara Lee Butter Streusel CoffeeCake on Christmas Morning, Mike cooks up some sausage and we have this and another cinnamon roll offering and coffee and juice. The past couple of years we have had a harder time finding this Butter Streusel CoffeeCake, and this year Mike and I went to 8 different stores and called Sara Lee and went on line to try to buy it, no luck! Safeway was always mentioned as the store who carried them in our area, Not any of our Safeways here in Tucson. WE broke the news to Nick, No Sara Lee Butter Streusel CoffeeCake this year,

WHAT! He could not believe it, Betsy thought he should get over it and eat something new this Christmas, Nick was SAD.

I had one last idea, On Monday morning before Christmas I called my Sister, she lives very close to a Safeway in Mesa..........Please, I asked, would you go see if your Safeway has any of these coffeeCakes........She is such a nice a helpful sister, she went they had ONE, she called me said they had one and what did I want her to do! Well buy it, I will come there today and pick it up..

Yes, she thinks we are WEIRD! My wonderful sister (by the way, her husband Joe hates it when I call her my sister he thinks I should just say Margaret and vice-versa)

anyhow, Margaret, my sister, had the store call around to see if they had any more any where , they found 5 at another store, She went to get them for me.

I drove to Phoenix and picked up 6 very special Sara Lee Butter Streusel CoffeeCakes that day.

Christmas Morning was as it should be, Nick got to take all the rest of the CoffeeCakes home to his house.

I am already starting to worry about this Year's Christmas Morning.