whoa, i'm feeling better now

WORD OF THE DAY- fiduciary: Relating to the holding of something in trust for another.

i received my apron from my swap partner. it is my favorite color and reversible. below are some pics of it. sign up for the fall apron swap has begun, so if you want to participate click on the button for summer sassy apron swap on the side of my blog.


now for some pics of the ever famous pattylicious clan. isn't constence sweet. she's waving at aunt reina
below the mayornator and constence hanging at our house.
sweet babies are everywhere. i love this pic. it is so sweet
her highness wanted to hold a baby, so we obliged. most of these were taken with my phone so the quality is somewhat lacking
what happened after this photo was taken is really humorous. constence went poo and her highness nearly threw the baby at us to get away from the smell.

a pic of the fourth of July in the pool.

this is from quite a while back. mille was holding her highness and they were singing together.

on a different note. the sip and see went very well. i forgot to take pics, sorry. the food was wonderful. i made two different kinds of quiches a green chili and a Italian. we ended up having about 5 dozen mini ones of each kind. i also made oregano focaccia and a thyme focaccia. we also had strawberry cake covered in white chocolate. i almost forgot the veggie tray with garlic dip and ranch dip that pattylicious made. a good time was had by everyone that came and there was a good crowd. it was come and go, so it never felt real crowded. hope everyone is having a good week so far.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT- IN THE WORDS OF Anatole France -"People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them."

she will be loved

WORD OF THE DAY- CLAQUE: A group of fawning admirers.

what you have all been waiting for.... a blog about the beautiful twins. they are sooo sweet. cadence is the sweet little girl in pink. constence is the sweet little girl in white.

they came over to visit with their mom, dad, and two brothers. while the big kids played in the pool the wee ones hung out on a blanket in the den.
here is cadence fast asleep after her feeding. the quality of picture isn't great sorry.
constence being a wee bit melodramatic. both pics were taken on my phone, so the quality is lacking, but hey i have tons of pics anyways.
Thursday we went and hung out with the pattilicious clan. it was wing night at applebees. then Friday is pizza night, so we went and hung out again. eventually they will tire of us i fear. Saturday they had plans, so we hung at the house. the hubby and i made apricot butter. one is just plain, but one of them is amaretto flavored. mmmmm the hubby has taken to calling it "nectar of the gods." we canned roughly 44 pints of the yummy apricot goodness on Saturday.
Sunday we had 5th Sunday potluck at our church. monkey made a volcano cake for the get together. my phone is being angry at me and won't let me retrieve the photos of it. it was a chocolate bundt cake. then you fill the hole in the center with whipped cream, top it with cherry pie filling, and chocolate sprinkles. the cake was beautiful and tasty. i am so very proud of her. did i mention that my sweet hubby put in a call to my stepmother on Saturday? well, that's a blog for another day.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT- IN THE WORDS OF Robertson Davies "A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life."