Sunday, August 31, 2008

Happy 9th Birthday Tia

Today is sweet little Tia’s 9th birthday. It is hard to believe that she is already 9 years old. We celebrated last night with cake and ice cream. The Kung Fu Panda cake was decorated so cute.
This is the invitation Tia's mommy created and sent by email to each of us. She is so clever. Tia looks so cute with her long black hair!
Cousins Bethany and Marisa and sisters TaraKate and Tabi sang "Happy Birthday Tia".

Thursday, August 21, 2008

A visit with my sister











Tuesday we decided to get away just for the day, so we went
to visit my dear sister that lives about 2 hours away.
I don’t get to visit with her very much so it was nice to just sit
and talk to her for awhile.
She baked the most delicious oatmeal cake for us to enjoy
together. It was so yummy!
Of course both our husbands enjoyed the cake too.




Recipe for Homemade Oatmeal Cake

1 cup oatmeal in 1 ¼ cups boiling water
Let set for 15 minutes
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Cream ½ cup shortening
Add 2 eggs
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
Add oatmeal
1 and 1/3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
Mix it all up
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Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes
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Icing
3 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
1 can evaporated milk
½ cup butter

Boil for about 12 minutes
Add coconut and nuts

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Celebrating 47 Years Together

This picture was taken just as we were leaving our wedding reception August 5, 1961. We look so much younger.

On Our Special Day

I love looking back to where we began, seeing us as we were at the beginning, then slowly leafing through the memories we've made together to bring us to where we are today...I love anticipating the days ahead of us, wondering what we'll find in each other, in ourselves, before another year has slipped away...But, best of all, I love being with you where we are today, together writing the pages we'll remember tomorrow.
Quotes from Denny Davis


Psalm 136:1
O Give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy
endureth forever.
These Lilies just popped up in time to help us celebrate our Wedding Anniversary. I took this photo one morning after it had rained and so they still had raindrops on them, I just love to see them. We call them surprise lilies since they just seem to appear magically. God has made some wonderful things for us to enjoy.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Fresh garden vegetables



Today my gardener husband dug potatoes. I could hardly believe how nice and big they have grown. I put them in a basket with some of our other veggies and thought they would look neat displayed on my blog.