A rather random post of not much of anything.
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Is Spring actually here?
We knew it would happen, knew we'd get that one last cold snap.
But wasn't that the time before the time before?
Compared to March, April has been one continuous cold snap.
Oh well, it will warm up, one of these days.



On one of the nicer evenings we had a fire and roasted marshmallows.
Girls loved it. Mr. D did too but he continually lit his marshies on fire.

Let me introduce you to the best kind of s'more. ^^
A Chocolate fudge stripped cookie.
Peanut butter.
And a perfect marshmallow.
Why is it so good?
It's the perfect amount of chocolate, (just a little) you don't have to bite into that awful wedge of hard chocolate.
The cookies are much better then graham crackers.
The peanut butter just adds to it all and makes it even better.
It's just the best. :)
Try it.

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This is just how it is too.
When the Bleeding Heart flower starts to bloom, Spring is here.
It was starting just beautifully this year and then a hard frost got it.
I had been covering it when it was cold enough but wouldn't you know, the weekend we leave, frost got it.
Sad.

We have quite the flower garden. 
Between the "Bloody Bush" and "Creeper Jenny" stalking around, you'd think we'd have a murder scene.
The girls can not remember flower names and their mom isn't much better.


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In news other then Spring and the weather... we're trying not to let our 2 year old turn into an i-pod junkie at such a young age. I'm afraid at this rate he'll be wearing ear buds to Kindergarten. He's got all the moves down pat to open it up and find his beloved Curious George. He also has it down pat how to sneak it away without mom seeing him. It's buried in his blanket here.
Where were these things when I was a kid?
Oh yeah, I was better off without them.

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This one only causes trouble when she's out of books.
And that would be about every other day.
Not sure what's gonna happen this summer.
She is tired of our little local library. Says she's read everything there already.
Time to move on to bigger and better.

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And we couldn't have a post without food could we?
I mean, the very thing that sustains us must have it's most important place in a post.
My SIL Berneice told me she makes these for her kids so I tried them too.
Don't know where she found it, probably Pinterest.

Buy a tubes of cinnamon rolls by the cresant rolls and canned biscuits.
May as well get 2. You'll need them.
 Stick them in the waffle iron a few minutes.
 Frost and eat.
As easy as that!
I love these on Sunday Mornings when I forgot to get anything else around and they don't want cereal.
I made 3 at a time the other Sunday. It really doesn't take long at all, probably less time then a waffle takes.

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And there may or may not have been a clown at school one week to celebrate the teachers birthday!


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And this is something we're trying to work on here...
A never ending work in progress...

If you have Pinterest, what have you actually cooked, made, created, sewn or whatever off it?
Is it just a browsing, looking, wishing thing for you or do you actually use it?

I was looking thru all the recipes I pinned and was surprised to see how many I had actually made.
Most turned out good and I'll make them again, but some are better left buried deep in the www.

I thought I'd share a few that I have made and we liked.


This was the latest thing I made. We had it Fri night and I grilled chicken to go with it. I loved it. The rest of the gang seemed to like it too.
(aside from the usual questions of, "What is this? Why isn't it like we usually eat it? What if I don't like it?" and all those good things)



Tuscan Pasta



Last fall I made the pumpkin coffee cake and loved it. It is super moist and I love the caramel stuff you pour over the top.


Pumpkin Coffee Cake


This one is a bit of cheater. Someone posted the picture and put the recipe under it with no link back to the original poster.  I made it and the kids loved it.


Crock-pot Italian Chicken:
4 chicken breasts, 1 packet Zesty Italian dressing seasoning, 1 8 oz. cream cheese (softened), 2 cans cream of chicken soup; Cook on low for 4 hours. If sauce is too thick, add a little milk. Serve over pasta.


I made a bread bowl when the Hostetler family was together in TN. I'm not sure what I used from this recipe or just odds and ends I threw together. I don't think you have to be too picky with things like this. It was good anyway. :)


Bread bowl

One night I had everything for fajitas ready.
 No tortillas.
Bad idea.
So I looked this up and made some.
They were ok.
Eric said they made the meal, but I wasn't so crazy about them.
I don't have a tortilla press so they were a bit thicker then I like them.


Tortillas

Made this for the kids last summer when we went camping one weekend.
They liked it but it was pretty sweet for me.
What kid wouldn't like it if that was the case? :)


Chocolate Chip dip


Ummm, made these quite awhile ago. I think they were ok, obviously they were exceptional or I would remember.



Southwest Chicken Wraps

Ham and cheese sliders.
I love these. They seem to be a popular sandwich right now.
My kids. Not so much.
"Those, those, black things. What are they? I don't like the way they taste. They feel funny in my mouth."
Ok, fine, everyone else make them for me!



Hand and cheese sliders

Oh-la-la I loved these.
They were rich. Yummy. Gooey and all kinds of good.
Now from a person who is not marshmallow or chocolate crazy, that's saying a lot.
For some reason, I like them and ate at least whole half  one/forth of the pan.



Peanutbutter Marshmallow Crunch

Mini Cinni's....
I'm sure they are sinful but I just love the way they look.
I haven't made them yet, but plan to tomorrow morning.
We'll let you know how they turn out....



Mini Cinnamon rolls

So tell me what all you've made.