Wordless Wednesday

We have a new toy in our back yard and the kids love it. I found it at a yard sale a couple of weeks ago. Anything that keeps the kids busy and helps them play is great with me. How do you encourage your kids to play outside? I bribe mine with homemade Popsicle and

frozen grapes. Pamela

Deployments are hard

Sometimes I feel like this deployment is dragging. For several reasons this deployment has been more mental than one. We (well me) are struggling to stay close as a couple. This is weird, because we normally get along great when he is deployed. Some days I remind myself that we are closer than even I can know. We see the same moon and the same sun. He does everything he can to stay close.     So how do we stay close, how does anyone stay close during a deployment? First, I make time for his phone calls. I send him short e-mails all the time. Telling him the silliness of life.  When he calls it is normally during nap time which is his bed time. So I am tired from a morning of life and he is tired from a long work day. Which means that I forget about the things going on. Even when he cannot check e-mail for a few days he still gets them. Then he has a running list of things to talk about.      How do you stay in touch with your hero when he is deployed or even in the middle of a big deal and working a lot of hours? Pamela

Blog Update

I was so excited when Kathryn from Singing in the Rain offered to give me a new header. I have wanted a new header for a while. I expected it to take a while with lots of re do’s. I am very picky and always have a ton of questions. I sent her two pictures to choose and told her the one I liked the most. I told her I needed it to match the rest of the colors on the page. Within minutes she had sent me my new header. I put it in (which surprised me that I could figure out). And BAM, it was done. Not only was it done but it matched perfectly. She used my favorite scripture verse. Everything lined up perfectly and not only that the colors were perfect. I did not have to wait for days or re arrange it. I am so impressed with her work and how easy she made things for me. She can also do blog buttons, face book headers, quotes and lots of other things. If you like Kathryn’s work you can find her on face book or on her amazing blog. Thanks Kathryn for a wonderful job. Pamela

Donuts

So this morning I decided to make donuts for a pot luck at church. I decided to make something different. First I made a strawberry cake and baked it in my donut pan. Then I made a chocolate cake mix and did the same thing. Reminding myself that I only have one donut pan and this could turn out to be a long day. When the chocolate was done I decided I needed something for me. So I made pumpkin donuts. YUMMY. Chocolate or Strawberry or any flavor donut 1 box cake mix + ingredients to make cake mix cake mix pour into donut pan bake at 350 for 9 minutes. For the pumpkin donuts I used 1 box yellow cake mix 1 (15oz) can of pumpkin mix together and pour in donuts pan and bake for 9 minutes I did mix powder sugar and milk together to make a glaze. So SO yummy! I bought 45 cake mixes the other day after promising myself I would only use homemade cake mixes from now on. They were on sale for .62 cents so I could not stop myself. I am seeing lemon donuts and spice donuts in my future. Okay I have to shut up or I am going to start baking again. Pamela

Summer Camp

This has been the summer for camps at my house. My son is going to three summer camps and my older girls went to church camp. All three girls were suppose to go to summer camp with my mother in law. Sadly the weekend before they were suppose to go a storm damaged the camp and it was cancelled. The girls still got to go to mommals for a short time. I cannot wait to hear all the stories that come out of summer camp. Michael has already completed his first week of summer camp. On the second night they had to go under cover because of storms. I heard stories of him shooting a rifle. The girls came home talking about the food and about how funny the pastor was. I love that they are having a wonderful summer and not concentrating on dad not being here. Pamela