I baked a...

Strawberry Dump Cake

What you'll need:

1 yellow cake mix

15oz can crushed pineapple

15oz can strawberry pie filling

stick of butter - cubed

grease a 9x13 dish

pour pineapple with juice in bottom of dish

add strawberry pie filling

 

pour cake mix on top of strawberry pie filling

top with butter

Bake @ 325 for 45mins

My house smells oooooohhhhh soooo good!  The directions say to cool before indulging, but that's just plain torture.  Enjoy!

Birthday Week

As you can see, we had 2 birthdays this week in our family.  Kris is always quick to remind Beth she is 1 day older.  They both turned 36 this year (hope they don't mind me revealing their age).  :)

Sunday for lunch we headed over to Meme and Papaw's.  As always, she cooked too much food. 

I snapped a picture of Jacob on our way over there.  It was not that cold out, but he insisted wearing his gloves that are too small. 

Here is the birthday girl with her cake and sweet Kate.  Love her smile. 

Meme, Beth and Kate

Meme also made a cake for both Beth & Kris.  Here they are blowing out the candles.  As you can see they had 2 curious onlookers.  :)

Kris' birthday was Monday.  Here he is making a wish. 

Hope it comes true!

Next up is Jacob's birthday.  He'll be 3 in one month.  Tear :(

Happy Birthday Hubs!

Happy Birthday to My Love!! He makes me laugh every day, and I'm so happy to be on this journey of life with him. A long time ago I said we go together "like beans and carrots". He said, don't you mean peas and carrots? Sure I did, but the beans have stuck. :)

Jacob and I love you Kris, and we hope you have a great birthday!

Happy Birthday Beth!

Happy Birthday to my bestie - my sister Beth!! I love having a sister and I am so thankful we are close and have each other to lean on - no matter what!

Beth, I love you and so thankful to have you in my life.  I hope you have a wonderful birthday!! 

$4.79!!!

I L.O.V.E Hobby Lobby!  For all of my seasonal decorations, I have hit the local HL after the holiday to capture the discounts.  I've never been a big decorator, but once we had Jacob, I wanted to decorate more for each holiday.  I still don't go all out, but I do try (somewhat).  I envision Jacob when he's a teenager telling his friends, "my mom always decorates for the holidays".  Hopefully he's not rolling his eyes as he says it.  HA!  :) 

I have actually been to HL twice this week.  On Monday, the Valentine merchandise was 50% off.  I always wait till at least 75% off before I make my move.  Well today I went back because I knew their supply wouldn't last.  I walked in, and 80% was marked!  Yippee!!

I bought these 3.  The 2 wooden ones at the top were originally $4.99 each, and the ceramic plate was $13.99.  Score for me!!  $4.79!! 

I H.E.A.R.T a good bargain.  Pun intended.  :) 

Once Again...

Jacob fell asleep while watching TV in our bed.  He was watching Thomas the Train and eating wafers - hence the train across his body and empty bowl.  His teacher at daycare has been telling us that he will not take naps after lunch, which is so new for him.  So instead he's falling asleep before 8pm. 

After I took pictures, Kris picked him up and carried him to bed.  :)  Good night little man. 

Way Back When-esday

Timeline:  September 2007 
Age:  6mos.

New Necklace

I attended a Stella & Dot jewelry party on Saturday with Beth.  John was kind enough to watch all 3 kiddos while we got away.  We had a good time, and saw a lot of pretty "date" jewelry as I refer to it.  I must say, the prices were not Forever 21 prices, but I'm sure the quality is much better. 

I bought this little number - simple, dainty. 

Thanks Beth for the invite!

Happy Love

I receveid a sweet card from Jacob and one from Kris, and..... pancakes for breakfast! YUM!

Oh, and flowers delivered to work on Friday.

Thanks to My Love!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

What All Cousins Do

Take a bath together, right? :)

I just love Luke's new "cheeeeeeeeeese".



And one more picture of Jacob with his eyes closed. We had red water tonight, and NONE of them wanted to get out - as you can imagine. You think this time next year there will be room for one more kiddo in there? :)

For Me

I received flowers today at work from Kris. It was such a surprise, let me tell ya! This is not a normal gesture for him to do. I made the mistake a few years ago saying "flowers just die", and he's never let me forget about it. But I think I convinced him that I enjoy the thought he puts into it. Thank you Lovebug!! I love you! This made my day!

Blue Bath Time

I recently saw these color tablets on another blog, and thought I'd get some for Jacob. Of course, he loved them!


Tonight we used blue. From looking at this picture, poor thing didn't have much water to play in. Oh well, he didn't seem to mind.

Way Back When-esday

Timeline: February 14, 2008
Age: 11mos.
*I love so many things about this picture: sticking his tongue out, those lashes for days, that sweet little bald head, and you can barely see them, but the Pediped shoes - my fave!

Getting Too Big Too Fast

I cannot believe Jacob will be 3yrs old next month. He has been the center of our world so I hope he will welcome his baby sister/brother with open arms. One can wish... :)

Love you Jacobbob!

Simple Pleasures

I saw this on another blog, and thought I would write mine down as well. As you will be able to see, it's the little things that I enjoy. In no particular order:

• smell of grass being mowed
• brand new windshield wipers
• fresh clean sheets
• strawberry lime aid from Sonic
• Jacob speaking in Spanish instead of English
• hugs from my niece and nephew that usually include a sloppy kiss
• a stocked refrigerator
• lunch with Beth
• a phone call from mom
• a peck from Kris (cheesy I know)

I hope I always apprecite the Little Things in Life.

Way Back When-esday

Timeline: April 2007
Age: 1 mo. Hope I'm ready for these early days again. Our next little one will be here before we know it!

You ready?

Tonight's the night! Hip Hip!