Happy Birthday LIZ!!

Happy Birthday to Liz!! We had a fun Sunday dinner. All of her favorites. Chicken and Broccoli Bake, hot rolls, and chocolate sheet cake. No Princess cake this year!!?? My baby is 22. I can't believe it. She is just as pretty as ever, as always just as nice. We had Jenn/Codye, Jeff/Brooke and families. Oh, yes, and Josh. We had a lot of fun. Jeff and Brooke and the boys even got us to play their new game. It was great to be together. Happy Birthday, Liz. We are SO grateful that you are part of our family.

E is ELEGANT. Liz likes to do things in a beautiful and formal way.
L is Literature. She loves to read .
I is Independent. There are days that we don't even talk.
Z is ZUNDEL!
A is Articulate. She speaks well, and doesn't tolerate poor grammar.
B is Beautiful! So glad that you got to see Preston last week for those gorgeous golden locks.
E is Early! She is always on time, unlike some of the rest of us.
T is Teachable. She is interested in learning all kinds of things.
H is Horton. Wow! You really hit the jackpot with Josh!

LOVEYOUTONSMOM

The week....

We had a rather full week. We had another visit to our favorite IHC Marriott. Bill is the lucky recipient of stent #6 and another stent got "reballooned". Not so fun for him, but hopefully feeling better. His arteries really like to hang onto that plaque. On a happier note, we went to Nevada and picked up our latest addition. Chris and Deena were kind enough to share their pick of the litter from their dog Madison's batch of puppies. Our new doll is going to be called Princess Madison, otherwise known as Maddie. She likes her new home, and we are nuts about her!

And the name is.....??? Help us name her!

Paula Deen's Eclair Cake

I didn't take any pictures because we ate it too fast....

Cake:
1 box graham crackers
2 (3 1/4 oz) boxes instant French Vanilla pudding
3 1/2 C milk
1 (8 oz) container frozen whipped topping (thawed)

Frosting:
1 1/2 C sugar
1/2 C cocoa
3 TBS butter, softened
1/3 C milk
2 tsp light corn syrup
2 tsp vanilla

Butter bottom of 13x9x2 pan. Line with whole graham crackers. In a bowl with electric mixer, mix pudding with milk for 2 mins on med speed. Fold in whipped topping. Pour half pudding mixture over graham crackers. Place another layer of whole graham crackers on top of pudding layer. Pour remaining pudding mixture over and cover with another layer of graham crackers.

For frosting, blend together sugar and cocoa. Add butter and milk, mixing well. Add corn syrup and vanilla. Stir until creamy. Cover cake with frosting and refrigerate 24 hours.

Seriously, this is sooo flipping good!

Closets done, drawers done, quilt done.....summer done

This has been a productive and relaxing summer. We got to have two really fun trips. One was a reunion with Bill's cousins and some kids and grandkids. One was to Seattle for a very special wedding. We finished some projects in the house. We got a lot of cleaning and organizing done. Bill made a successful transition to home dialysis. He passed his Echo cardiogram with flying colors, not once, but twice! He is getting closer to being back on the list. I got to spend some time in the sun. I got to have lunch with some awesome cousins. I have two new projects to start and one finished. I have one week left officially. Next week I will be heading back to the routine. So grateful that I love the people at Oak Hills!