I made brownies because we are going to have sweet little guests for  the weekend.

Emerson, Aidan and Samara!!!

Aidan checking out the pond.

..driving the car.

Samara having a brownie.

Older kids love the computer.

Sami checking out the pool area.

..and fishing..

Showing off the gummy alligator we brought her from Florida.

Making cotton candy -- Grandpa's specialty!!!

Went to dinner at Applebee's.

Emerson spotted this place..."Sweet Frog" - we didn't know about this place.  Emmy had been to one near her house.  We had to check it out for dessert.

It was very crowded, but moved right along.

3 different size cups - you had a lot of choices of soft serve ice cream (yogurt) - lots of flavors.  They were priced by the ounce.

Samara picked out a lot of toppings - everything is self serve and a lot of choices are available.

We were all pretty full.  It was a great weekend. 

The leaves in our yard are out of control.  So we have started the big cleanup.

Bags and Bags of leaves!

Dave has re - designed his pond.  I like it.

Higher drop.

Cleaned out my herb area.

I think my lavender patch isn't going to make it, looks bad = I may have to replant.

New umbrella.

Next projects:  Garden and Pool!!!

It has warmed up some but we still have cool evenings - Home made potato soup to warm us up.

I found these matching lamps at a flea market in Florida - love them.

Annabelle -

Bandit napping on Dave.

Naps are great!

Valentine's Day

We had a nice quiet dinner at home for Valentine's - we had eaten out so much the two weeks we were in Florida we were ready to stay home.

I made Dave's favorite - Salisbury Steak.

I made a recipe that Cathy gave me - Saurcrat and ribs in the crockpot.

These lights are great - they last 60 plus hours - plus they are safer.

 Looks like a real flame.

These pie molds are from Avon - can't wait to try them out.

I made this Mexican Pizza recently - a little disapointing