I SMILE BECAUSE......

       

We got to see Tiffany and her new baby.  Parker was CRAZY over baby Layton and Tiff is a great mom because she had so much practice mothering my kids!! 

      

Chandler LOVES my new TOBI steam presser (so do I!!!) it is fast and does a great job, but the best thing is that Chan spent 2 hours yesterday steaming everyones clothes because he thought it was so much fun!!

  

We have been on a "jalepenos popper" kick around here. So YUMMY grilled, we stuff them with grilled chicken, gouda chesse and bacon! DELICIOSO!

             

Miss Hannah is done with crew for the year (posing with her coaches while they make her laugh)

She is sad, I am not so sad! She practiced 5 days a week @ the Port of Sacramento

That is a lot of practice and carpooling!

I keep smiling thinking that in 45 days I will be enjoying my favorite place on earth the glorious

LAKE POWELL!!

And....only 12 more days of school left!!!

ONE MORE TEENAGER!

HAPPY 13TH PARKER SHAY!!!!

SoCiAl BuTtErFlY, WITTY, donut eater,

UNUSUALLY  ENTERTAINING

 HiLaRiOuS

WILLING HELPER, loveable, ReAdInG MaNiAc,

  

          BOLD,  

Validates GREY HAIR!!

MY KIDS BEG ME TO MAKE THIS RECIPE. . .

BBQ SHRIMP

1 # raw shrimp with tails, rinse and set aside  in pan

2 T Worcestershire Sauce

2 T Italian Dressing

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 tsp Crab Boil (this is the liquid kind made by Zatarains)

1/4 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

1/2 cup onion chopped into big chunks

2 tsp minced garlic

2 T butter

Combine all spices and cook in microwave til melted. Pour over shrimp and onion and cover with foil. Bake @ 400 degrees for 20 minutes turning after 10 minutes. Do not overcook. Done when shrimp is pink. 

This can be doubled, but don't double pepper and cayenne unless you like HOT.

Serve with french bread to dip with. YUM! And very easy!

Girls would NEVER. . . .

EVER in a million years. . .

as a matter of fact it pretty much FREAKS us out!

to have an all out "wedgie-fest"

this is something that Hannah and her friends never do or even think of doing!

IT'S A BOY THING, ONE OF THE VERY CURIOUS AND OBNOXIOUS THINGS THAT IS UNIQUE TO BOYS OF ALL AGES AND IT HAPPENS IN THIS HOUSE I AM EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT!

(if you don't know what a wedgie is, then you do not have boys and I am not going to explain the process!)

HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN!!

"A DAUGHTER IS A DAY BRIGHTENER AND A HEART WARMER"

anonymous

HIGH MAINTENANCE

I really never thought we were a high maintenance family, but I am really having to re-evaluate this thought! This is our car packed (minus a stop @ Trader Joe's for grub) for a 2 day (no typo, 2 days) trip to Dillon beach. We are leaving "no later than 10:30 a.m." and here it is after 1:00 p.m. and we are still not on the road (typical Wiscombe style I know but not all of our fault, hazards of running a Funeral Home!) With a little luck, we are out of here soon!

I HEART PEEPS!!!