spikey hair friday

Archer is very particular about a lot of things.. one of them is his hair, it always has to be flat... no matter what. He also is very concerned about having clean hands and we have to watch him or he will wash them too much. Eric and I decided that we need to help him feel comfortable trying different things so we instituted spikey hair friday, if he wears his hair spikey all day than he gets to go to the dollar store. It seems to be working so far.

Straw.berry P.ie

1) Crust: 2 sticks of butter
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of flour
1 heaping tablespoon of powdered sugar

Work this mixture with your hands until it is a pliable ball. Pat it out in a deep dish or 10 inch pie plate. Bake at 350 degrees until it is light golden brown. (This makes enough for 2 crusts)



2) Base: 8oz cream cheese
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
1 ½ cups cool whip
1 large container of strawberries

Blend together with an electric mixer until smooth. Spread in a cool pie shell. (This makes enough for 2 pie shells). Slice the strawberries to place on top of the base.

3) Glaze: 2 small boxes of strawberry jello
1 ½ cups of sugar
2 cups of water
¼ cup cornstarch

Mix water, jello and sugar in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Mix cornstarch and enough water to make 1 cup. Add cornstarch mixture and bring to a boil again. Cook until thick. Cool a little before pouring over the sliced strawberries.

Refrigerate to set it up, when ready, serve it with cool whip.

what a great time!!

OK, hands down -the best $ ever spent- We had such a fantastic time!! Our favorite ride was P of the C (aka: P.irates) we rode it 4 times.. there are two drops that are really fun and the first couple of times we rode it Archer held on for dear life but by the third time he raised his arms for the entire ride.. it was so funny to watch him cuz after those drops the ride is really slow and mellow and here he is with his arms held high up in the air..funny..Ryder loved Mickey. When we went to visit Mickey at his house and take pictures Ryder did not want to leave and anytime he saw any animal at all he got so excited. Ethan was just happy all the way around and kept asking if this was real or just a dream. There are way too many great things we did to put them all down but of course I have to share pictures..

1st day at disney

outta here..

We are getting ready to leave for our vacation!! This is the first real "vacation" our family has been on. I am way too excited to post any pictures, but when we get back I am sure there will be more than enough.

there is beauty all around

I would normally post something about the beautiful spring weather.. but we got a couple of inches of snow today... yuck! so i will post pictures of my three beautiful nieces..

EMILEE(17)

BABY ANGIE(16) & ALITA(19)

i am so proud of them and love them -so- much!!

vicarious living

first of all, a big THANK YOU to everyone's thoughts and prayers.. I am feeling much better. The Dr. says it isn't an ulcer but I know she is wrong...
Two weeks from today we head down to Cali to get our Disney on. And now I have nothing else to post from my life so I will borrow from my parents lives.. so sad..

my beautiful mom.. she is a looker for sure --^



dad giving Ron some financial advice..

don't you just want to be right here?!?!