Julie & Julia

Passion, Ambition, Butter. That statement totally makes me laugh. I LOVE all things food and that is why I am SO excited to see this movie! Have yall heard about it?

Julia Child (Meryl Streep) and Julie Powell (Amy Adams) are featured in writer-director Nora Ephron's adaptation of two bestselling memoirs: Powell's Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme. Based on two true stories, Julie & Julia intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends...until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

So you all know where I'll be on Friday night August 7th...anyone want to join me?

Thank you Dee!

Dee brought Angie and I some beautiful hydrangeas.
Aren't they beautiful?

They are going to dry like this and then we will spray them with shellac and they will be this pretty forever. Thank you Dee!

4th of July FEAST!

In honor of Independence day weekend mom made us a feast!

Adam was very excited about his deviled eggs. I was TOO!
Beautiful plate: fried chicken, onion ring, deviled egg, mashed spuds, baked beans & broccoli and cheese casserole.

Landry enjoyed some yogurt

Layton was SO grateful for Mammie's chicken. He really told her thank you about 5 times.

Logan being goofy as usual. He was enjoying some salad with ranch while we all fixed our heart attack waiting to happen fried dinner!

After dinner we dipped strawberries in chocolate.

Here is all that was left!

Thank you Mammie for an awesome dinner!

4th of July Weekend

Hey everyone! Hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend. I know I did! I was able to hang with friends & family, relax and see some great fireworks.

Tell me how you celebrated!

Happy 4th of July!

Last Year Getting ready to watch the fireworks!
I hope everyone has a VERY FUN & SAFE holiday weekend.

Cooking Term-Offal

Offal is the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of organs, but includes most internal organs other than muscles or bones. People in some cultures shy away from offal as food, while others may make it everyday food or even delicacies that command a high price.

Don't worry I won't make it a practice to buy, cook, serve or eat any of this awful, offal! hehe. Is anyone watching Top Chef Masters? I'm SO loving it. It's one of my favorite reality cooking shows kicked up a notch or 2! It's the fun, educational, entertaining~ness of Top Chef but with real life chef's. My favorites so far are Rick Bayless & Tim Love I'm very anxious to go to Lonesome Dove.

If you are watching let's discuss!

Sandi Patty

Last week I was lucky enough to get to see Sandi Patty in concert. She was in town filming a Christmas DVD. Mom is a HUGE fan of Sandi Patty, so it was really fun to see her so excited. All the girls in the family went, Nana even came to town. It was really something to remember forever.
The concert was at First United Methodist Church in Richardson. It was a beautiful church.

Here she is in her first of FIVE different gorgeous dresses.

Since she was filming a DVD, they would stop and re-do things, wipe her brow, re-touch makeup and hair etc. She was so fun and would talk during the whole thing. This is her makeup artist doing her magic!

She sang 17 songs and NO ONE was ready for it to be over. She sang a duet with her husband (Don Peslis) The Prayer in Italian. Truly amazing! But my favorite was Oh Holy Night, I can get goose bumps just thinking of her belting out Fall on your knees......

Mom, Nana, Me & Angie

All the girls, can you see them? Sharron, Nana, Dee, Mom & Angie. They are going to play the special on TV during the Holidays, I'll be sure and let you know when.