Christmas in October

As we were looking through the Sunday ads a couple weeks ago, Seth pointed out that the price of the Wii had dropped...much to his excitement! :) The next thing I know, Seth AND his two brothers are triple teaming me, trying to talk me into going to buy a Wii THAT day! After a couple of hours, they wore me down and I caved. Off to Target, I went. By Sunday afternoon, we had a new addition to the family....

It wasn't until later that evening that Christmas came. Seth's mom informed us that they had planned on getting us a Wii for Christmas! What?! So, she offered to pay for the Wii and let us keep it as an early Christmas gift! Woo-hoo!! What great in-laws! :) We have loved playing with it. We got Mario Kart and Big Game Hunter (or some kind of hunting game). I love it because I actually have a chance at beating Seth at some of these games! So, for those of you who have a Wii, any suggestions on games that we might enjoy??

The Cake Lady

When Seth and I were growing up, our moms were both known as "The Cake Lady." My mom made cakes with the cute Wilton cake pans all the time for any and all holidays...Easter, Halloween, Christmas. Come to find out, Seth's mom did the same. She made birthday cakes for all the kids in their family every year. However, both of our moms have been gladly out of the cake making business for quite a few years now. So the apron and cake pans have been passed to a new cake lady...and apparantly that is me.



I started out just making Seth a couple baseball birthday cakes. Not thinking it would turn into more cakes. Well, since then we've had a Tennessee football cake, Sesame Street cupcakes, a tractor cake, pumpkin cookies, and soon a Ninja Turtle cake! Our cakes are by no means perfect, but we enjoy maiking them and the family enjoys eating them! Here are a couple of pictures of the latest cakes Seth and I have attempted. (Yes, Seth is my trusty cake baking assistant!!)

It's Official...

...I have reached the point where I am absolutely and perfectly content sitting on a blanket in the front yard...

...working on a scrapbook....

...watching my wonderful hubby pressure wash our sidewalks.


Yes...that is what I call a nice evening out! Funny how such simple things in life can be so marvelous!

Space and Rocket Center

Seth's employeer, Torch Technologies, recently treated us to a Family Day at the Space and Rocket Center. Since neither of us had been in the past decade or more, we went and had a great time! Here is one picture that I took. I thought it turned out very nice and artistic. :) Haha...I'm always excited when I accidentally take a really neat picture.

Do you have Kookamongaphobia??

We thought the answer would be "NO!" until the mammoth burger showed up at our table....The Kookamonga Challenge: 4 pounds of beef, 2 pounds of a custom hamburger bun, 1.5 pounds of lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onion, and chesse....amounting to a whopping 7.5 pound cheeseburger!! And don't forget that it comes with fries!!




A few months ago we saw where the tv show Man vs. Food had visited Kooky Canuck in Memphis to try to conquer their Kookamonga Challenge. So, while visiting the folks last weekend, they decided to take us to a Redbirds game and to attempt to eat this burger ourselves. Of course, for the real challenge, you must eat the entire burger ALONE in 1 HOUR! We split it between the four of us and took our sweet time! Seth was able to chow down half the burger, I had a fourth, and my parents split the other fourth. And man were we STUFFED!! (We also had deep fried pickles as an appetizer. YUM!) It was actually a very tasty burger and the theme of the restaurant is very unique.






Afterwards we walked over to Autozone Park for the Memphis Redbirds game. Their park is supposed to be one of the best in the minor league. It was very nice and clean and open. It had the feel of a major league park...just on a smaller scale.

Although we lost the game, we had a great time! And, if you ever find yourself in Memphis and VERY hungry...Kooky Canuck is the place to go!

Home Sweet Home

Seth and I made the drive up to Henderson this past weekend to visit my family. We hadn't been up there in a couple months, so it was nice getting to see everyone for a little bit. ESPECIALLY this little face...

Our little Luke is growing up so fast! He changes so much every time we get to see him! This time he was getting soooo close to walking! He'll be into everything before his mama and daddy know it!

We also enjoyed some time playing the Wii. My parents are trying to decide if they want to buy one, so they borrowed one for the weekend for us to test out.

We even got my grandparents in on the action!!

We also all watched as Luke had his first taste of watermelon. It takes so little to amuse us!

Luke loved it! Notice the corner missing from the watermelon on the next picture. Adam stole a bite from him! Adam got quite a few dirty looks from Luke after that!

Beach Vacation

Okay...I need some suggestions. My family is thinking about renting a condo in the Gulf Shores area next summer for a few days. We've never done the condo thing before, so I need some ideas for places to stay. Right now, we're looking at Phoenix West. But I'd love some ideas for other places to stay! Any suggestions???