What's your favorite home cooked meal :)

Hi my blogging friends. In the next 3 weeks my parents are coming to visit from the UK for a month. They are coming out to meet their Great Grandson. Here is a picture of my parents when they were over in 2006.



What i was hoping is if you could all share your faorite recipe. I will need to have menu's for the 4 weeks. I have my favorites, but it would be good to incorporate yours too!

Planting & growing :)

Normally when I get some free seeds through the mail, they don't always grow! I had some free seeds come back in January. Two weeks ago I planted them all in one pot on the deck. Low & behold they started sprouting!!



This morning I started transplanting some of them into 2 pots. Once they get a bit more sturdy I want to put them in the garden :)



When I was in Sam's Club last week I saw a bag of 30 bulbs. They were Caladium plants which have different colored leaves. The only problem is you won't know until they grow, what you have planted! I have already put 4 outside in a circular flower bed. I planted 5 more today in pots.



Hopefully once they are all flowering & the plants arre showing their glorious colored leaves I will be able to post & show you!!

Check out this great Country Trio!

As I seem to be bringing people to your attention, I thought I would introduce you to this new Country Trio!

Brandy's sister is involved with one of the Trio, his name is Duane Allison & the Trio goes by the name of One Night Rodeo

One Night Rodeo recently won the Great American Country and Music Nation's Next GAC Star competition. Listen to this video & you will see why they are going to be a name to remember!!

Day of Silence for Japan

I took this from a fellow bloggers page, I thought it worth posting today.




Please take a moment to remember those who lost their lives to this devastation.

Please check out this great Artist!

I have met a wonderful Artist through a friend. His name is Lauri Kaihlanen & he lives in Bearskin Neck in Rockport, Massachusetts. He does whimsical prints, as well as painting wildlife, scenes & pet portraits.

I recently brought some of his whimsical prints to go on Emmitt's nursery wall, they are so colorful, that's what's so striking about them!



This last week I sent him some photo's of our 2 Irish Setters who we lost 9 & 8 years ago. Lauri is going to paint head shots of them & I am surprising my Hubby with them for his Birthday :)

Please go check out his Website, you are going to fall in love with Kaihlanen Gallery!!

Out of the mouth of babes!

It is so interesting to hear what children say,especially if they think they hear something & repeat it!

This happened at Christmas, a bit late posting about it. We had the family over for a traditonal English Christmas dinner. Brandy hasn't had a English Christmas dinner before, I told her what we would be having. One of our veggies is roast parsnips. They are so yummy! Rion was playing & suddenly looked up. Were having gross possum he said, I don't want that! We were laughing so hard.

Roast parsnips no longer go by that name, but are now & always will be Gross Possum!!

All things Monkey!

It's been such a while since I posted on my blog! I go over to Gareth & Brandy's 2 days a week now & Chunky Monkey comes to me 2 days too. Between making his baby food & taking care of him, I have got so behind on my blogging!

Today I have a pot of carrots & ginger cooking for him, then tomorrow I am going to make him Chicken soup :) The book I brought to make the baby food from is so easy & he seems to have loved everything so far!

He's growing up so fast, where does the time go. He has Monkey's on his wall at home, toy's that are monkey's & clothes with Monkey's on too!

His brother Rion played in his first soccer game this weekend. 5-7 year olds on the same team, some of those boys were so tall! The other team had a girl playing on it, if she got shoved, she shoved back!

I have Monkey coming here today, it's now time to get off & puree his carrots & ginger, not before I have posted a few pictures though!

The Valentine picture I took of my sweet boys!



Bathtime :)



Rion's soccer debut!



How much Chunky Monkey has grown!