HALLOWEEN PREP

Can you tell what it is?? It is supposed to be a ghost and tombstone :)

We are ready!!!

Out of Nana's photo album

I had to post some of these pictures of my cousins!! Dad sent me a bunch of pictures from some of Nana's photo albums- Tara I wonder if you have alot of the same pictures I have. I don't have a scanner (as I am super low tech) so I just took pictures of these pictures I hope you see them ok :)

I like this picture of me and Papa

Bridget at my very first birthday I think we ALL had matching outfits I donno where Molly is though

Splatter paint shirts and doughnuts!!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE AUNT GAYLE WAS ALWAYS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REUNIONS!!

Here is one of the many McKee reunion photos, I think we were sitting in birth order!!

Tara what a cutie- I did every one's hair that day!! I swear I need a daughter!!

Bridget I think you are holding Meg in this picture, I donno where Maura is but Molly and I are stylin'

WHAT A HIT :)

OH HAPPY DAY :)

I MADE THE PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE BALLS AGAIN FOR MY CHURCH BIBLE STUDY!! OH WHAT A HIT THEY WERE SO GOOD AND EVERYONE WANTED THE RECIPE :) I USED VANILLA ALMOND BARK THIS TIME AND THEY TURNED OUT SOOO GOOD. THANK YOU AGAIN BRIDGET!!

THOMAS the Tank Engine??

Daddy was feeling better so we needed to get out of the house!!
There are these painted buffalo all over the state of Oklahoma.

Logan loves the show THOMAS THE TRAIN ( I mean he is crazy about that show) so we took him to our train station here in Ardmore. It is actually one of the cutest little train stations I have ever seen. The boys decided to hop the tracks so Logan could get close to the train. I think we will have to take an Amtrak line to Dallas one of these weekends :)

DRIVING MRS. FLYNN

OK WELL WE ARE ALIVE!! TODAY I TOOK ZACH OUT DRIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I MUST SAY HE DID VERY WELL. HE ALMOST HIT A COUPLE CURBS BUT WE DROVE FOR QUITE A WHILE AND HE GOT BETTER AND BETTER. I NEVER LET GO OF THAT HANDLE THING BUT I AM SO PROUD ;) HE EVEN DROVE ON A COUPLE OF MAIN ROADS AND THEN HE DROVE (WITH ME) TO HIS FRIENDS HOUSE. HE STARTS THE DRIVING PORTION OF DRIVER'S ED NEXT WEEK!!!! I AM FREAKING AND HE WILL HAVE HIS PERMIT THIS JANUARY ARRGH!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE HE IS SO MATURE AND TURNING INTO SUCH A WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN. KEEP HIM (AND HIS MOMMY) IN YOUR PRAYERS. WE HAVE OUR ST. CHRISTOPHER THAT NANA GAVE ME WHEN I TURNED 16 THAT WILL BE PROTECTING US!!

2 DOWN 1 TO GO

I HAVE FINISHED 2 OUT OF 3 OF MY LIL DANCERS LEG WARMERS. WE ARE MAKING HOMEMADE GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR AS WE ARE ON A VERY TIGHT BUDGET. I ALSO JOINED A SEWING GROUP AT CHURCH (I SWEAR I AM TURNING INTO MY NANA) AND I AM KNITTING CAPS FOR CANCER PATIENTS. THE LADIES THERE SEW CUTE ONES FOR THE WOMEN BUT NONE OF THE MEN HAVE CAPS SO I AM IN CHARGE OF KNITTING SOME CAPS FOR THE MEN. THIS HAS MEANT ALOT TO ME SINCE I HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY DIE OF CANCER.

I LOVE THIS PICTURE IT MAKES ME LAUGH :)

Too GOOD

I MADE THESE PUMPKIN SPICE BALLS YESTERDAY THANKS TO MY COUSIN BRIDGET. I NEEDED SOMETHING TO BRING FOR A CHURCH FUNCTION SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TEST THESE OUT. CAN I JUST SAY THEY ARE DELICIOUS AND DANGEROUS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRY MAKING THESE THE RECIPE IS ON MY COUSIN'S BLOG BAKE AT 350- .

I WILL MAKE THEM AGAIN FOR THE FUNCTION BUT I MIGHT TRY USING A WHITE CHOCOLATE :) AND I WILL MAKE THEM AGAIN FOR HOLIDAY DINNERS! THEY ARE SO GOOD BUT I NEED TO WORK OUT EXTRA HARD BECAUSE I FEEL THE POUNDS COMING ON TEEHEE!

FALL

Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Cookies
2/3 c Butter
2/3 c Brown Sugar
2 Large Eggs
1-1/2 c Old Fashion Oats
1-1/2 c Flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1- 6oz package dried cranberries
2/3 c chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375. Using a mixer, beat butter and sugar together in a medium mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, mixing well. Combine oats, flour,baking soda and salt in separate mixing bowl. Add to butter in several additions, mixing well after each addition. Stir in cranberries and choc. chips. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack.

This fall is wearing us out.

Too long

We are back. I know it has been too long. I have been so incredibly busy, but I finally uploaded some pictures. Violet is doing great - walking everywhere. She loves running in circles and singing the itsy bitsy spider song. She has boundless energy and is the cutest thing in the world. I hope everyone is well. I will promise to write more often.  

October

Logan and Braden are hanging out in their fall colors :) Braden looks so much older but he is only a couple months older than Logan. We got all the Halloween Decorations out and we are ready :) I love this time of year there is a coolness in the air. Max's football games (pictures soon) are every Tuesday and Thursday!


Gregg's issue is much more serious than we expected. He is NOW wearing a neck brace, they found that his neck vertebrae is crushing his spinal cord. His spinal cord is very bruised and he needs up to 3 operations on his neck to fix this problem! The Doctor explained that this is very serious and he NEEDS to wear the neck brace 24/7 or he could hurt his neck and be paralyzed. Needless to say he is not a happy camper! So for Halloween WE are going to shave his head and he will be DARTH VADER (In Return of the Jedi) and maybe Logan and Max will be a lil Jedi's - we have lots of Light Sabers around this house.