Waiting...

I cannot wait to cut a tomato up from my garden. Hopefully not too much longer!

DC Trip

Last week our family headed up to DC for a few days.  My husband's brother and his family live near there so it was a time to visit family.  We decided to go into downtown DC for a tour.  We went on the DC Duck tour. This is an amphibious vehicle that tour you around all over DC then turns into a boat and you float down the Potomac River.

We were able to see all the sights in DC. With a total of 6 children this is the way to go.  Our next visit we will go to a museum, but this was a good way to break them in to all there was to see.

                                                                      Union Station

                                                                          Capital

                                                                      White House

                                                                        Lincoln Memorial 

                                                              Washington Monument 

The yellow things in the boys mouths they called "quackers" These make duck sounds that will drive you up a wall but the kids loved them!

                                              The kids had a wonderful time with their cousins! 

Homemade Ice Cream

4th of July would not be complete without homemade ice cream! Here is a wonderful recipe a friend shared with me.
2 cans evaporated milk
1 pint whipping cream
2 1/4 cups sugar
dash salt
3 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
Combine all ingredients and cook on medium heat on the stove.  I cook it until it is warm about 10 minutes.  Pour through a stainer into a large bowl to make sure there are no cooked eggs floating around in it. Refrigerate overnight.( If you want fruit in your ice cream add 1 cup of chopped fruit before putting in your ice cream freezer.) Add the mixture to your ice cream freezer and fill will whole milk about 1 inch from the top. (Usually there is a fill line in the freezer) Follow the manufactures directions for your freezer and then enjoy your homemade ice cream!

Howdy Wreath

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My week has been consumed this week with Vacation Bible School at our church.  The theme this year was a western theme.  This was one of the wreaths I made for decoration for the week. It was very simple to do.  I had a grapevine wreath from the goodwill store.  I tied strips of burlap and red material around the vines. Then I cut the letters HOWDY out with my cricut machine, put them on a scrap piece of wood and tied it on with twine.  So simple and very cheap to make.  I plan on using this on my door when VBS is over with.

Family Pictures

I have to thank my friend Jessica for all of these wonderful pictures she took to our family.  She is a fabulous with photography and I know she will go far!  Here is her blog link. These are just a few of the pictures that she took for us.

What a week!

Last week I was visiting family in NC. My sister needed help clearing brush ( which I was happy to do) A few days later Poison Ivy popped up on my leg and continued to spread to the other leg and no medicine was helping.  Off to the Doctor I go steroid shot and cream. The next morning I get up itching all over my stomach and back and a blotchy rash all over so back to the Doctor I go.  He is not sure what the rash is so sends me to the dermatologist.  The PA at the office had to get the Doctor in and they think I have to many histamines in my body.( Apparently I am strange) So now I am on 3 antihistamines, which makes me sleepy, a spray, and prednisone (which will probably make me crazier). So there is my pity party for the weekend.
My family went to see Toy Story 3 today and I couldn't go because I would look like a freak scratching myself.  They did say it was really good.  I was able to watch a couple of movies here. I liked Valentines Day, it was a cute movie, but my husband would have hated it. So it was good I watched this movie alone.

 



Next I watched Julie and Julia, which I thought was fabulous!!  I love to cook so I enjoyed that part of the movie.  Also, as a blogger it is very inspiring if you haven't seen it you should rent it!

Trip

I haven't posted in a couple of weeks because of a trip to visit family.  Hopefully next week I will get my act together and start blogging again.