rhubarb pie

 no need to tell you what I did, lets just say that it took me almost 2 weeks to make it, but man was it worth it!  Oh so good!

simple and easy 

Rhubarb Pie

Ingredients

• 4 cups chopped rhubarb
• 1 1/3 cups white sugar
• 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
2. Combine sugar and flour. Sprinkle 1/4 of it over pastry in pie plate. Heap rhubarb over this mixture. Sprinkle with remaining sugar and flour. Cover with top crust.
3. Place pie on lowest rack in oven. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking for 40 to 45 minutes. Serve warm or cold.

July 29

all you need is rhubarb, sugar, flour and a couple of pie shells

getting ready to put it in the oven!

doesn't it look yummy?  you should have tasted it...oh so good!

making a kilt

I love sewing and I love sewing for people who ask me to sew something for them BUT I have to have them near me to finish it in one day.  So I make deals with them to be there with me so I get it done.  LOL  That's what I did with Matt-Matt.  BUT I got a bonus out of it.  He mowed my front yard as I was putting it all together.  I forgot how much work it was to make a kilt!  You need to plait and pin each one individual....that takes lots of time and is tedious...but I did it and it's finished....well all but for the snap to keep it closed as he wears it.

July 28

 

Kristen baby

I love that I'm doing ultrasound, that means that I can take pictures of people.  Bonus is when you can take pictures of little people on the inside of their mommas.  And here is little baby...we weren't able to see what it is but that's okay in a couple of weeks we're going to take some more ultrasound pix and hopefully we'll be able to say it's a boy or a girl.  If you can't tell what is what I labeled all the important parts. 

July 27

where the wild things grow

I planted these flowers last year, from seeds, but they really didn't grow.  And this year my little wild flower garden is growing.  Aren't they pretty?  I believe they're black eyed susans...please correct me if I'm wrong. ;-)

July 26

pool floaties

After we got back from the lake I just took the floaties and put them on the back deck...and left them there.  yep I left them there for a few days because I just didn't want to take them down the stairs to the pool.

July 25

lake mermaid

A little mermaid we met at the lake.  I think that's what all kids turn into when they get near a large body of water.  It was so fun watching her swim and having her parents tell her that she was going out to far...I guess most kids get told that over and over again because I was doing the same with my little ones. 

July 24

summer sky

 I love the look of a summer sky with clouds.  I love how blue the sky looks, the color of the clouds against the sky.  The wind as it moves across my body and the heat of the day.  Standing still and feeling the world move makes me feel at peace....it's even better when you're in the country or mountains, but on this day I was standing on my back deck enjoy it all.

July 23

girly dogs

yep, when you have girly girls in the house if you sit too long you may end up with girly things in your hair/fur before long.  That's what happen to these too.  LOL

July 22

baby panda at the zoo

One of the cutest photos of the day that wasn't a pix of any of our kiddos.  too cute, makes me want one....until I see how much they poop in a day.  LOL

July 21

hair brushing

T loves brushing hair and she found someone who loves to get her hair brushed.  The were like this for about 15 minutes, that's a long time for a not even 2 year old.  

July 20

Kiwi what's you looking at?

Got to watch my friend's dogs again while they took a short and quick vacation.  As I was taking them out this morning I decided to bring my camera and snap some photos of Kiwi, she is such a sweet dog.  She might look scary but she really is a sweetheart.  Not sure what's she looking at, but the best thing is she didn't start to run after it...along with my arm around her leash.  I *think* she saw a bunny rabbit, we have lots around in our sub.

July 17

looking up the ladder

 As you know ~if you've seen my blog in the last few days or so~ we've been painting the living room.  As I was sitting on the couch glad to be done for the day, I noticed that one of my girls decided to string a flashlight on a string of red beads and hang it on the said ladder.  I thought it would look really cool as a photo so I moved and crawled around and under the ladder to get just the photo I wanted....Voila my photo of the day.

July 16

pink nails

I usually have either blue or green nails. but this day I decided to go pink.  I don't remember the last time I got my nails painted just pink.  I did my toes blue and pink the day before T was born but not my fingers.  I think I like it.  I just might have to do it again.  ME with PINK NAILS....CRAZY!

July 14

spray water park

Why didn't I hear about this place a couple/three years ago?  It's a great place E&T loved it!  And the best part is IT...WAS...ONLY...A...BUCK!!! to get in for each person. For that you can stay for 20 minutes or 6 hours.  We're diffidently going back there!!  This photo isn't one of my girls it's just a little girl playing hide and seek with my kiddos....do you think she's doing a good job of hiding?  LOL

July 13

lucky baby

Love this bumper sticker!  I love the idea that this family is letting the world know that she breastfeeds. I wanted to ask where they got it so I could get one for my oldest daughter but in stead,  I reached over grabbed my camera took a few shot and didn't care when people honked at me to get moving.  Oh and if you're wondering I did breast feed all my babies. <3

July 12

neighbor kid

So his friends have gone on vacation and I guess he doesn't know when they'll be coming home.  He kept coming around to stare at their house like it will magically make them come back.  We only wish it would work that way when we were kids.  If you wish and think hard enough it will happen, nope not always.

July 11

swim time

one of the best things in the summer is being able to go swimming and it's even better when you have a pool in the backyard.  Oh the joys of summer!  I swear the girls would be there every day if I let them.  Swim time is the best time on a hot hot summer day.

July 10

repainting the living room

yep after about 6 years I think it's time to repaint the living room we put up some wood beams to make it look "country" and it did but it's now time for a change.  Going green this time, but we think this green is a little to light so we darkened it up some.  This is an in between where we're taking down the wood before painting it all green.  I kind of miss the wood but well like I said it's was time for a change.

July 9

cutie with sun glasses

don't you love the way toddlers wear sun glasses?  on, off, on again...can't decide what they want.  LOL  It's so cute, heck she's such a cutie no matter if she wearing sun glasses or not.

July 7

dinning room table

This is what my dinning room table looks like as I'm painting my living room.  all the stuff ~and then some stuff that my daughters added to it, like the roses~  that was on the wall in there are now on the dinning room table waiting to be put back on the walls....or most of the things will be put back up.  I think I'm getting bored with some of the stuff.  I might have to go shopping and pick something new up for my living room.  What goes with light green walls?  ;-)

July 6

bad hair

Our old dog, Kylie, just chilling out.  Oh this old one hasn't had a good hair day since......I don't know when!  LOL  I guess being an old bitty might have something to do with it, it's about 13 years old even though everyone thinks she still a puppy.  That what happens when you're a little dog.

July 5

brush ah brush brush ah....

yep that the new thing that T's been love doing.  Her, mine and Edd...oh and wait if you're a girl and have hair and come over she just might brush your hair too.

July 4

T in tub

Remember the pick of Henry in the tub?  T does and had to show me that she fit in it ~sort of~ too!  LOL I *think* she might be just a little to big for it...time to get back in the big pool Tt!!!

July 3

mushroom

I guess we've had lots of rain, because we've had couple of mushrooms pop up in the backyard lately.  here's one that reminds me of a fairy mushroom.  LOL...go ahead a Google "fairy mushrooms" to understand what I'm talking about.  ;-)~

July 2

Acworth Gallery

 Working in small towns are great thee is always something going on that has nothing to do with anything but is always cool.  BUT then something like the 4th of July it has something great that happens only wish I/we could have made it there to see the fireworks

July 1

pool time

Got to watch the grandbaby and yep, when you're little and everything is just too big for you, you get special treatment some times.  That's why he's in the foot wash instead of the big pool.  I didn't have to worry about him dunking his face in the water and coming up spitting and gagging thinking it was great fun and giving me a heart attack.  LOL

June 30

what we're drinking

yep, it's what we were drinking as we made dinner....kind of forgot what we ate.  LOL  think it was hotdogs and chips.

June 29

happy birthday to my baby girl

She turned 21 this day at 1:01pm Okinawa time.  Looking at her now she's not my baby anymore with a baby of her own, so here's a peek of her when she was a baby 20 odd years ago in the place of her birth....and no she's not a Japanese citizen, she was born on a military base to us, look at her as a baby it was hard too tell with her skin tone and dark hair until you saw her blue, blue eyes.  Can't really tell what color her eyes are in this picture, but trust me they were blue!

happy birthday baby girl!!!

June 28

Alpharetta fountain

Coming home from the clinic after driving for almost an hour I'm stopped at a light in downtown Alpharetta I look to my left and see the fountain. It makes me take a deep breath, think how nice it would be to be sitting by the fountain listening the water, than I pull my camera out before the light turns green.  It's really is nice place to stop and relax....that is IF you're not in traffic and the traffic isn't too busy, like a early weekend morning.

June

I heart Ikea

 I love this store.  I don't know why but I love to find a reason or two to shop there.  Yep, needed to get something, a bookshelf for the girls room.  To go between their Ikea bed and across from their Ikea dressers.  Like I said I <3 Ikea!  Good think there's one in Atlanta not too far from me.  hehehehe

June 26

day with the family

since I've been lax ~very lax~ in taking photos and updating I thought I would treat you all with a bunch today.  Got to spent the day with the family, from our oldest to our youngest grandkid and everyone in between.  It was a house full at dinner time.  It started off with making a pork butt around 10 o'clock am and everyone one sitting down to eat at 5:30.  Afterwards swimming, than hanging out and talking awhile...with me snapping photos.  LOL   Great day all around!

June 25

Domo saying that it's his pork butt!

one proud poppa to his baby girl.

happy baby

ohhhh, he's so handsome!

one cool cat

Davis is one cool cat!  we got to watch him while is human was enjoying herself ~along with her family~ in Italy for a few days.  Hope she a great time and as much fun as we did hanging out with cool-cat Davis.  I know we've missed going over to see him every day since then.

June 23

pool toys

pool toys that didn't make it into the pool with the kiddos, so I decided to take a picture of them...bummed out swim toys.  LOL

June 22

my hat

I love my hat.  I got it a few years ago while visiting my sisters in Texas.  I call it my Mexican hat, because it was being advertised that way.  I wear it every where.  I also take it with me on vacation too.  It's been to MD, MI, OH, CA, and Vegas.  I just love it.  The other stuff in the photo are some cool things too, but this pix is all about my hat.

June 20

glitter girl

oh my, Edd loves to make things girly-girl or just add a bit glam to her dress, even if it's jammies that already have some glitter/glam to it.  I swear we're going to have a problem with her when she gets older and finds the joy of shopping for her own clothes.  I don't think we'll have the money for the outfits that she *thinks* she'll need in the future.  LOL

June 19

at the park

meet up with some friends at the park and this happened to be my favorite photo.  I love the intense look on her face like she's going to get up there no matter what!  No matter what the weather kids will always find the energy to play and boy was it hot out!!

June 18