The Murderer

So Who did it? Was it the spoiled selfish rich girl or her playboy drug dealing boyfriend?

The psychic sister or her Texas oil drilling Husband?

The rich widowed neighbor or the cheating husband?

The disgruntled employee or the quiet all knowing secretary?

Welcome to an Evening of MURDER!!

We had a Murder Mystery Dinner that was fabulous!!! This is sooo much fun! I highly recommend it! Our friends totally got into character and the whole evening was filled with twists and turns. We had a great meal. I tried out several new recipes so I was worried but everything worked! Even my rolls. We had cheese and crackers, and stuffed mushrooms for appetizers, a yummy salad that I pulled off the Johnny Carino's website, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and beef bourguignonne and for dessert chocolate cake from scratch (no boxes here)! Good food and good company.

Cousins

So last week we were able to get together thanks to my cousin Camille getting married and my rockstar of a sister driving all the way from Reno Nevado with a baby and a toddler! Go Shanna! So after the wedding we all went swimming and had pizza at my parent's hotel room! Like old times. K-dawg loved having someone to play tackle football and wrestle thanks to Jackson!

I wish I would've gottan a picture of those two! M-girl and K-dawg were excite to hold baby Ashton. Who wouldn't, she is so cute!

Peaches

I don't know what it is but canning peaches make me feel like a domestic goddess! This year I got 42 quarts canned. I started at 5:00 AM and was all done by 10:30. I was going to try beans this year but our masive bean vines only produced vines!

At least now we have something in our food storage that M-girl will actually eat. It must fit into her 5th and main food group junk food.

The Box Rocks

So thanks to our neighbor the kiddos got a new play toy! Further evidence that all kids really need is a box. K-dawg loved it so much he slept in it one night (in his bedroom of course).

Yum Celery

So I was in the grocery store with my kiddos last week. The produce lady was arranging the fruits and veggies. K went up to her and said yum celery I love celery! She was pretty shocked to see a kid looking at the veggies like they were candy. So she said do you want a piece of celery? Of course he said yes and he was munching down that celery like it was a donut!

Now if he could only teach M how to eat her veggies!

Success!!

So I can without any reservations M-GIRL is POTTY TRAINED!!! It has been a long and grewly process and at one point I thought changing diapers has got to be easier than washing out poopy underwear and hosing down my poopy girl in the shower. Darin said when she goes on dates we will have to send her diaper and wipes with her dates. It felt like training would take until she was 16!

Now my advice to anyone potty training the longer you wait the easier it is!! With K we waited until he was older. It was only 3 days of yuck and then he was potty trained during the day and at night 3 months later.

But now M-girl is a rock star potty trained girl!! She even mastered the public toilet for the first time this week. YOU GO GIRL!!

Mommy and daddy and the pocketbook say THANK YOU!!!