Celebrating June!

June for our family brings many celebrations-- a nephew's birthday, daughter #1's birthday, father's day, my aunt's birthday, my cousin and his wife's anniversary and my niece's birthday.  We celebrated many of these events while Daughter #1 was here in Colorado earlier in the month.

John, our nephew, turned 5 on June 4th.
We celebrated with cupcakes and a barbecue!

 

 

  

 

Daughter #1 turned 21 years old!  How can that be? 

I'm not old enough to have a 21 year old.  Huh.

 

Ahhh, she left one candle for Luke...

Opening Presents...

Sisters...

Better Than Sex Cake...Eden's choice of birthday cake!

Father's Day! 

Jim wanted a hammock.

So the girls and I got him a hammock.

 

Setting up the hammock...

 

Trying it out for the first time...

 

"Come on girls, let's get a picture with your dad," I said.

  

"MOM! Hurry up!  The sun is making my eyes water!" they all said.

But I wasn't deterred.

 

Eden turns to her father, "Tell me again why you bought her that camera."

Haley, who has to live with me and my camera, is still smiling...

Meanwhile, Jim has just given up and shut his eyes...

"OMG, just shoot me now," Eden said.

Happy Father's Day Babe!

My Auntie celebrates her birthday June 20th.

Happy Birthday Aunt Bev!

My cousin, Shannon, and his wife Emilee celebrate

their first wedding anniversary!

Happy Anniversary Shannon & Emilee!

Here's to many more years of wedded bliss!

My niece, Erin, celebrates her Sweet 16!

Happy Birthday Erin!

 

          Erin and her dad.             Erin and Paul on trampoline.

Sweet 16!

Until next time...

Kelly

Memorial Day 2010

The poem "In Flanders Fields" was written after John McCrae witnessed the death, and presided over the funeral, of a friend, Lt. Alexis Helmer.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

    That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

    Scarce heard amid the guns below.

    We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

    Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

        In Flanders fields.

    Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

    The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

    We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

        In Flanders fields.

Take a moment today to remember those who've served and sacrificed to keep us free.

 
 

 

God Bless

Kelly

Prom 2010

I thought I would share a few pictures from daughter #2's prom.

Daughter #2

Best Friends

The Troops

My Princess

Kelly

Veggie Pizza

PROM is finally here!

Today is daughter #2's prom.  She is going with a group of 11 highschoolers, 9 girls and 2 guys.  We are taking pictures at one of the girl's houses at 5:30 pm.  When the kids head to dinner after pictures are concluded, we parents are having hors d'oeuvres.  I decided to make something I've had countless times before, but I've never actually made-- Veggie Pizza!  I found a few different recipes and kind of put them all together to make my version.

VEGGIE PIZZA

INGREDIENTS
16 oz crescent roll (2 cans)
16 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1 package dry ranch dressing (1 oz.)
¼ cup mayonnaise
½ cup green pepper, chopped
½ cup red pepper, chopped
1 cup broccoli, chopped
½ cup green onions, finely chopped
½ cup carrots, finely chopped
¾ cup cheddar & monterey jack cheese, shredded

CRUST:

Unroll crescent rolls and pat into a 15 ½ x 10 ½ x 2 inch cookie pan. Bake for 10 minutes at the temperature indicated on the package. Let cool

SPREAD:

Mix cream cheese, mayo & dry ranch mix.

Spread over the cooled crust.
VEGGIE LAYERS:

Fresh veggies of your choice! Any raw vegetables work nicely.

 

Mushrooms!  As you know, one of my favorite foods!

Chopped red & green peppers.

Chopped mushrooms & carrots!

Chopped green onions

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Chopped brocolli florets.

Sprinkle chopped vegetables and cheese on top of crust spread with cream cheese mixture.  I gently pushed the veggies into the cream cheese mixture.

Cut into small squares and serve.

Enjoy!

Kelly