Weekend in Review…

01 Monday Sep 2014

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We road tripped to St. Louis for the holiday weekend!

We left Friday after The Kid got home from school…spent the night in Springfield…had breakfast with The Hubs’s cousin and his wife at Cooking from Scratch in the Missouri town of Doolittle and then traveled the last leg to St. Louis!

The Kid was so excited to see this guy…
Jackson the Bull Terrier
That’s Jackson, my in-laws 60 pound bull terrier. This dog is a miracle! Click HERE to find out why…

We were also excited to visit with The Hubs’s sister, her husband and 3 precious little girls! They have grown so much!

Later that afternoon, we did this…
Football!
Razorbacks on the left, Mizzou Tigers on the right. My Hogs lost to Auburn, the Tigers beat South Dakota.

That night we celebrated my mother-in-law’s birthday with a dinner, delicious dessert and gifts!

On Sunday, after church and lunch, we went to the movies to see this…

This movie is so wonderful! I admit it…I cried twice, yes twice! If you haven’t seen it, yet…GO SEE IT!

We visited a little while longer Sunday night and then it was time to hit the sack since we were getting up super early to drive home. Jackson has the right idea…
Jackson the Bull Terrier

The Hubs woke up at 4 (The Kid and me a little later) and we were on the road shortly after 6. We realized a few miles into our trip home that satellite radio was free because of the holiday!
The Hubs loves Van Halen
Check it out! Van Halen! We thoroughly enjoyed listening to 90’s on 9 the entire journey!

A little bit later, our stomachs reminded us it had been several hours since we had eaten breakfast, so we stopped here… Faye's Dinner
Faye’s Dinner is located in Lebanon, Missouri. It was okay… nothing to write home about and we probably won’t stop there again, but the atmosphere was neat…

We arrived home to our precious bull terriers around 3:30…and that was our long holiday weekend! How was your’s?

PsOTD…

14 Monday Jul 2014

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Time for me to play catch-up! Here is a quick look back at the last 11 days…

Last Thursday, The Hubs’ parents traveled roughly 9 hours to come spend the 4th of July weekend with us! We also celebrated my father-in-law’s birthday with this masterpiece from our local grocery store.
Happy Birthday Pops!
I drew a cartoon version of The Hubs’ dad and they put it on a cake! It was delicious!

On Friday, following a walk in Bricktown for my mother-in-law, the bullies and myself while The Hubs and his dad were biking the River Trail, we loaded up the vehicle and drove about an hour and 20 minutes south to Davis, Oklahoma to the Bedre’ Chocolate Factory. I failed to get pictures, but you can visit their website by clicking HERE. We also visited Sulpher, Oklahoma…again, no pictures. Epic Blogger Fail.

Since it was 4th of July, we decided to head to our city park to watch the fireworks. Since neither The Hubs nor his dad are fond of large crowds, we ended up doing this…

Yep, that’s an overpass over Interstate 40. It turned out to be a great spot to watch the show!

On Saturday, we went here for bamboo…
Alligator Alley
It’s also a pet store for those who like exotic type animals…

The store is also the proud owner of millions upon millions of nasty mosquitoes, which had a feast of me!

I must be really allergic to this particular breed… I’ve never reacted to mosquito bites quite like this! Fortunately I didn’t end up in the hospital with West Nile or H1N1! Not yet, anyway.

Later that afternoon, The Hubs and I took his mother to see the magnificent Clydesdales at Express Farms…
Express Clydesdales

I just love going here! See my original post HERE.

Saturday night, we decided to watch “Lone Survivor”. I’m not a big fan of war movies, especially the kind with crazy amounts of foul language. I stayed in the living room with the family while they watched it, but I tuned it out and focused on copy editing my friend’s novel. I did stop to take this picture…
Movie with the bully
Aren’t they so cute!

My in-laws left to head back home early Sunday morning…I left around 11:30 to drive The Kid back to meet his dad for the rest of the summer and The Hubs took off for a business trip to Texas. It was just me and the bullies until late Wednesday night!

This past Friday, The Hubs and I went here…
Barn Raising Party
This is our church’s Children’s’ Pastor and our Sunday School teacher’s new barn! I’d never been to a “Barn Raising” Party before, but this one was great fun! They have two horses…here’s The Hubs with Cassa…

They also have these…

We will have chickens at our next house! How cute are they? There were 3 little chicks running around, too. Their fluffy legs just crack me up!

Following a meal of hot dogs and delicious deserts, The Hubs and I broke out our Washers game and set it up in their yard. The Hubs and I battled it out first. I’ve never made it in the hole before, until this night!
Washers
And I did it twice! I beat The Hubs 14-12!

Saturday night we drove out to another friend’s house for a fish fry. This is the only picture I took…

I don’t really like watermelon, but this one sure smelled delicious! The fried fish and all the fixings were AMAZING!

That wraps up the past nearly two weeks! I’ll have a new recipe tomorrow!

Until next time…
Happy Blogging!
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PsOTD…

28 Wednesday May 2014

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Hi there! Sorry I’ve been absent for a couple days…still recovering from our journey to Arkansas for the Memorial Day weekend. Pictures to come tomorrow.

Here are a couple pictures from today in the meantime…
Last year, The Hubs built me a raised vegetable garden (Click HERE). Once our broccoli died out, we used it as a bird feeder…yes, I know…that probably wasn’t the smartest idea, because come warmer weather this year, the box is now full of grass! But, it also has these…

…because there are sunflower seeds in bird seed! I love sunflowers…to me they are the quintessential sign of spring! I’m enjoying watching them grow and bloom and I can’t wait to see how tall they get!

Today was such a beautiful day after all the rain we’ve received. The bull terriers love basking in the sunshine in the backyard…

I hope your “Hump Day” was wonderful!

Until next time…
Happy Blogging!

Throwback Thursday…

15 Thursday May 2014

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I’m throwing it back quite a few years to 2009… This was the weekend that The Hubs’ parents visited our home in Arkansas. They brought their precious bull terrier Jackson on the trip. Here are Jackson and our girl Macy after rolling around in the mud in our backyard!

We had so much fun that weekend! We’re looking forward to another visit from the in-laws pretty soon…although, I don’t think Jack will make the trip this time. Jackson is our Miracle Dog… click HERE for more on his amazing survival story!

Until next time…
Happy Blogging!

PsOTD…

24 Monday Mar 2014

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I’ve got a couple pictures for you today…

The first is, of course, our precious bull terriers, Macy and Rossi…We’ve had Rossi for nearly 2 years. It’s taken this long for these puppies to want to be so close! I’m sure it doesn’t hurt that they’re both trying to be as close to the Hubs as they can get! They are such sweet doggies!

Up next, On Tonight’s Plate…I’ve made this dish before, but it’s been several months. I’d forgotten how easy it is and how much I love it! Here’s how to make Provolone Chicken…

Ingredients:
3 or 4 chicken breasts
Sliced provolone cheese
1 envelope Italian Dressing mix
1 stick of butter

Directions:
Melt the butter and stir in the Italian dressing mix to make a coating.
Dip the chicken in the butter mix and turn to coat.
Place chicken on foil lined baking sheet and bake in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes until cooked through.
Place one slice of provolone cheese on each chicken breast and bake for 5 more minutes until the cheese is melted.

That’s it! It’s so good!

Until next time…
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