Southern Favorites

I've been on a movie kick lately and have the easy ONE CLICK on an account.. one of those MAJOR websites.. was looking for another one of my FAVE southern movies, Driving Miss Daisy and found it for 7 bucks. REALLY?! Who could pass up THAT deal? And so, like a kid on Christmas, i've checked my mailbox EVERY day for it and it FINALLY came today- guess whats on for background noise while i did math and now blogging? Yup- the girls are watching it ;) Cutest movie ever- and i believe its filmed in Georgia!
About a year ago, my sister in law made me a tomato pie- out of the blue yesterday i remembered it, and i'm a food addict. Once i start thinking about something, i HAVE to get it! I went to the grocery store and bought some fresh tomatoes and made myself one.. dont tell anyone, but i ate HALF of the pie! this pic is taken from the web, but i really wish my picture turned out, because mine looked TEN times better! I used FRESH basil ( about 9 plus leaves) and tore them up and i think it gave it a real kick!

Tomato Pie

*Pie Crust
*Sharp cheddar cheese
*Basil
*3-4 large tomatoes
*salt & pepper to flavor

I thinly sliced my tomatoes, and literally layered them like lasagne in the pie pan. I'd sprinkle salt, pepper, freshly grated cheese and basil on EACH layer. i did NOT use another pie crust, but just added alot of cheese on top-

Put in the oven @ 400 for about 35-40 minutes. I made the mistake of NOT cooking the pie crust before hand and it was Mooshy.. so make sure you cook it first. Seriously.. this is THE BEST ever.. and with all the fresh tomatoes coming up, oh.my.word.. my mouth is salivating just thinking of it!

GO GET YOURSELF SOME INGREDIENTS AND GET COOKING~!

HE IS RISEN!!!

....Happy Easter, Everyone!! We spent it with our cousins and family and had a blast! My sister in law and i stayed up until 1 am to fill ( no lie) about 200 eggs!! She hides them IN her house all over and then did another one for the OTHER cousins that came over this afternoon, but that one was outside. All the kids had to stay upstairs until everyone was up and ready to egg hunt

oh, lil muffin.. how your hair is so.. so.... CRAZY!

Waiting for church to start- lil muffin wanted to be with the BIG girls-

Uncle and his nephew

AS lil muffin would say : "i Wub him"

"mom, she's getting heavy, HURRY UP!"

Family pic.. even lil cocoa has her easter dress on, you cant see it, but its white and pink, a handme down from little Jewel ( bless her heart!)

Now.. as many of you know, she HATES wearing clothes- its either a costume, or a princess dress, but most often in her skivvies.. and that's how she ate. No lie..

My sister and law and i- she's the BEST mom ever! all American mom- best cook EVER, i take tips from her!

Outdoor egg hunt and like i said... Skivvies was the outfit of the afternoon!

Uh... TWINS!!!

She made out like a bandit on BOTH egg hunts today and if you know us, you'll know that the picture is ironic and funny!

Cousins and oldest cousins bff

uhm... no that's not a bee sting, she didnt get hurt, the chick got into her cousins LIPSTICK stash and wiped it on her eyes like eye shadow, bahahah

No matter where you celebrated, we hope that ya'll had a great time and took time to think about what Easter is REALLY about-

Driving in town the other day, i saw a billboard of a picture of Jesus hanging on the cross and underneath said :" THIS IS LOVE" . Wow.. i got so choked up. It is. Because of HIM loving us so much, he died on the cross for all of our sins. THATS a Fathers love!!

Cousin Came for a visit from Minne!

Our cousin came for a visit and we had a blast! pretty sure we constantly ate ( which is normal for our family, the foodies), went to the circus and she got a tour of the town and of course the gypsie houses- meet new friends and have a great time which consisted of teaching my kids bad habits ( paybacks will be great!!) Circus pre-show.. wanna guess what she's laughing at? the Elephants huge butt!

Asking questions about the elephant-
Cousins- seriously first time EVER i've been darker than her! she's usually the golden goddess at summertime from being out at the lake all the time

Mini me's signature pose!

Lil Muffin was throwing a fit that night- lack of a nap

Think its funny my cousin took a picture of a sign i bought and hung in my house. i've wanted this sign for a year and finally broke down and bought it. i LOVE this sign!

Shopping for a southern hat for a bridal shower i went to ( dont worry, pictures will be posted of that as well!)

Look who likes to hide in the clothes!!! haha

Rare mom and kid shot.. i'm usually taking the pictures-

Cousins again!

We had the BEST time.. it was her first time coming out to visit and hopefully not the last because the girls, my friends and i had too much fun!

( and i am proud to say she loved southern food and cleaned her plate up with no problem!!)

More Precious Grandpa Moments-

As promised, more shots of Grandpa with the girls! ;) This was on a walk we went on- there was a hewi ( spelling). Dad is intrigued with any facts, movies, etc of war so this was a big thing for him. Inside shot of the helicopter-
Grandpa picking out flowers for our Urns out front and mini me helping him EVERY step of the way



One of my favorites!!!

Uhm, yes.. she pulled this

Time for Grandpa to come back!!! Lil Muffin asks about him EVERY day if he's coming to dinner with us, or if he'll be at our house and asks when Grandpa and Grandma are coming-

Thanks for the memories, Grandpa!!! XO

Grandpa's Here!!!

Grandpa, aka "Bampa" has come.... and gone and we are missing him SO much .. so so much!!! We took a ton of pictures.. here is the best ones.. and there will be more on the next post. ( dad- just save these onto your hard drive, easier for me)

Dad has a conference and was able to share his time with us by coming a few days earlier. Now that we've lived here long enough., we took him to all of our Fave spots, were able to feed him lots of southern cookin, and lots of homemade sweet tea. Hopefully we fattened him up a little bit, so he has constant reminders of us ;) He came bearing gifts from Grandma as well- Easter dresses, and lots of goodies from Oregon, and "grandmas goodie shop" as mini me calls it - aka Harry and Davids.

The pink Spatula that this little muffin was OBSESSED with!!! ( from W & Son. cooking store, what do you expect, she has GREAT taste!)

A special moment captured - after dinner eating some kind of dessert

Lookie lookie.. those flower pots are being filled with fresh new flowers!! We found a new nursery here that reminds me of our fave back in Oregon, but the gift shop is NOTHING in comparison! I have pics on the next post of lil muffin and bampa in the greenhouses. Bampa was like a kid in the candy shop there!

Neighborhood garage sale- since we just moved a few years ago, i had nothing to really sell.. i'm a purger so i dont save alot.. BUT that didnt stop mini me! she set up shop in the back of her daddy's truck and sold lemonade and fresh baked chocolate chip cookies for 50 cents each and lemme tell you- the chick made 38 bucks! lol- needless to say, she's eager to have another sale soon!

Two of my ALL TIME fave pics.. We went to dinner Saturday nite at our FAVE sports bar with the best wings ever! See the resemblence?!

UH-- although this is such a fantastic picture, it makes me get choked up.. this was before saying goodbye- i HATE goodbyes.. you never know when the next time will be. !!

Grandpa- Thank you for such a wonderful few days with you!!!! We LOVE you!!!

Golf decor is all up now

Now that i have my golf wreath up, i had to add a touch more to welcome that huge championship to town! Bring on the golfers, and all the madness! Sorry, Tiger, i no longer swoon over you-- you pig.

I went to this huge garage sale put on my the junior league- next year, i'll be there right when it opens! I got an entire bag of golf clubs for a BUCK! i was seriously sqealing! I also got this urn at a garage sale, along with the balls and some tees for a smokin deal. i had wanted to make it full of balls, and then had this left over plant from the address planters i made- and got those cool moss rocks, which i've been obsessing over for a year now and would never pay the ridiculous price for.. guess what? Holla Dolla !!! I found packs of them- uhm.. you better believe i think i maybe bought 10 bags of them.. yes.. i did. So.. those lil rocks made an appearance in the urn as well. ALSO super obsessed how it turned out.. ( SUZY- if you do this project, i expect another tag with my name on it ;)

And of course the mailbox cant be left out!!! Its the only on the block to be decorated so far.. Stacey will be soon behind - maybe next year since she's in the whole getting married whirlwind.



Leftover ribbon from my wreath and voila peeps..
( and if they were stolen, it wouldnt be the end of the world since i got a whole bag of them for a buck!).. but if i caught someone TRYING to steal them, i would beat em ha