Yay! It’s officially birthday season for our family :). Every single person in my family has a birthday between August 1 (one grandpa) and April 8 (another grandpa). And we celebrate everyones birthday. Everyones. We have several birthdays that are…
Archives for July 2012
Spinach Guacamole Dip
Well hello brilliant! I was reading an old, old, old Paula Deen cookbook and came across her recipe for Spinach Guacamole Dip. I abbreviated it a tad, added garlic and her you go…the best two dips in the world combined…
Happy Birthday Kara!
On Thursday, we met the Smiths to celebrate Kara’s 31st birthday!! We ate at one of our favorite restaurants, Hard 8 in Coppell. We love, love, love their BBQ! Mr. Smith celebrating with the Smiths The restaurant was soooooo crowded,…
Bundt Cake #49: Lemonade with Strawberry Frosting
My mom had this lemonade cupcake recently with strawberry frosting. She kept telling me I had to make a bundt cake version. I’m pretty sure she told me four times (that must have been one heck of a cupcake!). I…
Ballpark
The Red Sox came to Texas for a 3 game series beginning Monday and guess who had tickets to all three nights???? We don’t care that it’s 99 degrees, we’re so happy to see our Red Sox! Our tickets are…
Dinner Tonight: Green Chile Chicken Quiche
Quiche was a dinner staple growing up. Quiche with a salad. Yes, it can totally be breakfast or brunch but it so delicious as a supper too. It’s easy to assemble, you can make it in advance and just pop…
Key Lime Pie Ice Cream Cake
This method is a Mix and Match lovers d-r-e-a-m. This is the simplest little thing to do and you can change it up a thousand different ways. My sweet friend Carol made this one time for my Grandmother and then…
Dinner Tonight: BLT Pasta
My mom loves a BLT sandwich. If she sees a BLT on a menu, she’s ordering it. Every.single.time. The other night, I was wanting a pasta dish for dinner but since it’s 100 degrees outside and about 80 inside, the…
Finale
Last night, we all wore our pjs and watched the 3 hour finale of the Bachelorette. I felt like it was a looooooong 3 hours. We’ve come a long way since May 14th. I thought it was going to be…
Missouri Summer
On Thursday morning, we loaded up and drove to Missouri to visit the other Shulls. We drove 6 hours north and ended up in a place 10 degrees warmer…that’s bad luck for me! The kids were really difficult on the…
Bundt Cake #48: Chocolate Zucchini
Kensington helped me make this cake. Everything was going along great until I started grating zucchini into the chocolate cake batter. She started crying. A lot. She couldn’t understand why anyone would add a vegetable to their cake. I tried…
Dinner Tonight: Ranch Burgers with Avocado Ranch Sauce
Ranch burgers are pretty common but add a little avocado ranch sauce and they’re out of this world. Easy. Simple. Weeknight. Done. Shopping List 1 pound ground beef 1 (1 oz) packet Ranch dressing seasoning mix 1 avocado 1 cup…
