Sweet Sixteen

Happy Birthday Chloe!
Sweet 16 today.
16 things we love about you.....
1. your smart
2. your fun loving
3. Your beautiful - inside and out.
4. Your a loyal friend
5. Your motivated
6. A dreamer
7. creative
8. you have a great sense of style.
9. artistic
10. you speak from your heart.
11. your adventurous
12. passionate about life
13. musically talented
14. your love for your family
15. your sweet (most of the time...)
16. you love to laugh
But, pretty much...
We love everything
about you!
~

Hello

New wine & cheese shop!
Wedge & Bottle
Must check this out - perhaps today.
They are having a wine tasting - tonight!
~

Free day

I had the day off today, unexpectedly,
we had no plans, so we headed to the library.
I must say, we completely enjoyed it.
The a/c was nice and cool.
After we found a few books for Logan, and
a few cookbooks and magazines for me,
we settled into some comfortable leather
chairs and enjoyed our reads.

Afterwards we came home and made
orange crush
slushes in the Cuisinart.

then.... surprise, we spent the rest
of the day in the pool.

Grandma Margie came over for dinner
and we did some more swimming while
Logan showed off his diving skills.

Pizza night

Beautiful sunflowers on my table

Pizza for dinner and some good red wine.
Movie last night was good - a little corny and
a bit predictable, but still pretty cute.
Will have a great soundtrack if they make one.
Very French-y.
15 min. before the movie...,
I was the only one in the theater...
Oh dear.
I don't mind going to the movies
by myself, but don't necessarily want to be the
only one in the place.
Thankfully several others joined me.
~
Logan and I went to our summer movie today
"Shark Tails" we have seen it before,
but I forgot how cute it is.
Spent the rest of the day in the pool,
too hot for much else...
106 today.

Movie night

Going to see this movie tonight

"Midnight in Paris"
I love Marion Cotillard, she is in
"A Good Year" - one of my favs.
D got 3 tickets to a baseball game
this evening and I gave up my seat
so Chloe and Logan could go with him.
I think they will enjoy it more than
I would anyhow. So, I am heading to
the movies. This looks so cute and
set in Paris - what could be better?!

Sweet blueberries

The most sweet & delicious

Blueberries

from Costco. We have been eating them

fresh and frozen.

Dinner last night

Just Logan and I for dinner last night.

I made mac and cheese for him (his request)
and
tomato mozzarella
for me - delish!

Earlier in the day we went to the 3 dollar

theatre to see "African Cats"

great way to spend a hot afternoon.
~

Saturday afternoon treat

{Homemade Oreos}

1 Devils Food Chocolate Cake mix

2 Eggs

1/2 cup oil

Mix it all up and shape into balls.
Slightly flatten the balls with your hand or
the bottom of a glass.
Bake at 350 for 8 minutes.
Allow to cool for 1-2 minutes before removing
to cool on a wire rack.

Cream Cheese Icing:

1-4oz. package cream cheese, softened

1/4 c. butter (1/2 a stick), softened

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 1/4 c. powdered sugar

Mix it all together until nice and
fluffy and creamy.
Put it into a plastic bag and snip the end off.
Pipe a large "blob" onto a cooled cookie.
Place another cooled cookie on top
and gently squish it.

Dinner inspiration

Doesn't this make your mouth water?

It does mine.

Plan to make for dinner tonight.

Pie in a jar

Made these Key Lime Pie in a jar
desserts for 4th of July.
They turned out so cute - and delicious!

Can't take credit for the idea...
got that here
~
Key Lime Pie
Crust:
1 sleeve of graham crackers
5 Tbl. butter, melted
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup pecans
Filling:
3 egg yolks
2 tsp. lime zest
1 (14oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
2/3 c. key lime juice
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Process crackers & nuts in food processor, add
sugar, then melted butter. Press a heaping spoonful
into ea. jar. Bake till set and golden, approx. 8-10 min.
Set aside to cool on a wire rack. Beat eggs & lime zest
till light and fluffy. Gradually add condensed milk and
beat till thick. On lower speed add lime juice and mix.
Pour into jars. Bake at 350 for 10 min., then cool
on wire rack. Cool in fridge for several hours
before serving. *I topped with fresh whipped cream.
Yummy!

Covered in dust

Huge dust storm last night - or Haboob,
yes, it has a name. I did not take this
picture - we did not see it coming till
the air was filled with dust.
Tons of amazing photos on the Internet.
Spent the past 2 hours this morning,
cleaning up the pool
and hosing down the entire patio and
everything on it!
Such a mess!

4th of July weekend 2011

The Flagstaff cousins were visiting

for the holiday weekend.

We spent most of the time out in the pool.
July 3rd temp. was a record 119 - yikes!

Fun times!