Poor Man Cookies

Today, we made poor man cookies!  I got the recipe off of pinterest and it was so easy and super fun for Blake.  You take any box of cake mix (I just so happened to have lemon) 1 stick of butter, 1 egg and a tsp of water.  Bake at 350 for 5-8 minutes, and there you have it!  We finished ours off with frosting and sprinkles! 

Blake has been becoming my little helper more and more... getting lunch ready, Putting the folded laundry away (droping it on the floor), feeding Lucy, and the list goes on, but I am glad that he is learning to participate, even if it isn't the most fun thing to do, but somehow we seem to make it all enjoyable, so far :)  Them mom gets to clean up the "helpers" mess! :)

Blake was trying to pinch me with the tongs every time I walked by...little turd!

Luke was just hanging out in his bouncy chair... someday he will be able to eat them too!!

Weeks in Review

I haven't posted much in the past month, but I have been super busy.  I finally feel like I am starting to get a handle on things.  Blake is doing much better accepting Luke as part of the family instead of an object that he asks me to take back to the store, and I feel like we are really starting to get into a good rhythm.  I am starting to actually get some things done during the day, and I am starting to feel accomplished. 

So much has happened that it is no wonder I haven't had a chance to blog...but it is my goal to do better with blogging.  That is why I started this blog in the first place!

Kyle turned 27 on June 3rd... We were talking about how we are now closer to 30 then 20 and it is amazing where the time has gone... we have our 10 year High School reunion next year...YIKES...Better start running the Lakeland hill!

Kyle is going to hate that I posted this picture!!

Kyle's youngest brother, Tyler, Graduated High School.  WOW... I have known him since he was 8... what an amazing young man he has grown up to be!

My aunt Dawn announced that after very hard core fight with Pancreatic Cancer, and becoming cancer free in November of 2011... it has now returned.  My heart has just sunk and it is breaking all over again.  She is one tough cookie though, and I would bet every cent I have that she will be in that 5% that win against this nasty cancer.

My brother and his girlfriend Erin both got JOBS...YAY!!!  They have both been unemployed since the end of 2011 and they both started jobs on the same day.  God has blessed them in so many ways, and he has done it again!!  Maybe now, he will have enough $$ to buy something that would make her a permanent fixture of the family...if you catch my drift??

We had our house and tile roof painted... Now, obviously if we had it painted, then we didn't do any of the work, BUT, Blake is super scared of Spanish men for some reason, and he thought that the "scary man" was going to come and get him and that he was going to come though his window.  After a couple days of that... we decided that it was just better to get out of the house.  So, we go to Grandma's, and they are having their house sided... HAHA  more Spanish men.  It was a rough week for the little guy :)

So, you can see that there has been a lot going on, and as always, it will only get more hectic as the summer approaches, but  am just getting excited for some warmer weather like we had yesterday.  We even brought out the little pool for Blake to splash around in!!

Happy Monday everyone!!