1 down 1 to go

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sometimes living in a small house IS all it's cracked up to be. I appreciate the hour it took to paint the hallway.

Bill Yosses's White House Honey Cupcakes

Bill Yosses's White House Honey Cupcakes

Ingredients
1/4 cup softened butter
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup honey
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt

For the Icing
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup honey
3 Tbsp. lemon juice

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake papers.
2. In a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, on high speed. Mix in honey, eggs, buttermilk and vanilla until blended, on medium speed.
3. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, then mix into the batter until just blended. Scoop the batter into the cupcake cups evenly.
4. Bake for about 20 minutes; cupcakes are done when tops spring back lightly to the touch.

To prepare icingIn a small sauce pan, whisk ingredients over medium heat until sugars dissolve together; keep whisking to avoid clumps. Using a spoon, drizzle over the tops of cupcakes, or carefully pour over cupcakes.

Makes one dozen cupcakes.

10 seconds to a happier day...

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still not sure why i painted the kitchen this UGLY yellow color, but someone should have told me to change the color sooner. bye bye mello yucky yellow... hello pale honey.

Dancing starts a morning good

thanks for the phone mom! Payton won't put it down. It's no problem that it doesn't make or receive calls because he just plays the ringtones and takes pictures with it. He even charges it at night so it doesn't run out of batteries.
This is the fun he is having with it. I'm starting to hear the Russian sounding ringtones in my sleep or any other moment of silence I have.
I do have on question though, we really want to know who is 'Snake'?

thanks grandma pat

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Grandma Pat sent the kids new summer outfits. They were so excited to get mail and they all took off the clothes they were wearing and put on their new outfits. It was a flurry of tags, clothes and squeals. Thanks grandma Pat! Sorry we won't get to see you over the holiday but we miss you!

my bee

a glimpse of what is to come. this is the first picture lately that strikes me as 'older' girl. I see her face changing in this pic. She is more mature. She knows more and has seen more things. Why does she have to be 5 going on 25 and what can i do to stop it?

Today's HomeWord for 5/25/10 - Be Prepared

This is my devotional for today, which I read after I received an e-mail from a friend who encouraged us to pray for VBS this week. I was starting to stress over who will help and if we wil have enough money and support and she suggested we stop this week and really pray for God to get the glory of this VBS and give Him back the control and planning first.
So I read this and it never ceases to amaze me how much 'in control' God really is in my life. I guess sometimes, or a lot of times, I just forget.
These are the kind of God sightings that give me the chills...
So, lesson learned today:

Likelihood that this was a coincidence:
zero.

Timeliness of HIS word:
priceless...


Be Prepared

By Kelly McFadden

Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

1 Peter 1:13-14

It was a gorgeous day and I was sitting on a pontoon boat on Bass Lake. There were three adults and about seven fifth-graders enjoying the afternoon. The pontoon boat we were on had a second-story deck that was providing most of the afternoon's entertainment. The boys were trying all sorts of different dives and tricks off the top into the water below, leaving us laughing and cheering with every jump.

One of the kids decided to try a belly-flop. Now, before you wince thinking about the pain that would cause, let me explain. He wanted to see if it would hurt to do a belly-flop if he put on two life jackets, one as it should be worn covering his stomach and back and the other situated as a diaper. He suited up and headed to the top. He didn't hesitate, leaping from the top, hitting the water at a perfect belly-flop angle. The moment he surfaced, someone screamed, "Does your belly hurt?" "Not at all!" he yelled back in reply.

I love how this little guy thought carefully through what he was about to do and prepared fully to be able to accomplish his task without getting hurt. In our own life situations, I believe the Lord wants that for each of us as well. The verse above gives us the hint on how to get through this life as unscathed as possible. Prepare. This seems to be a key word and theme throughout the Bible.

Nowhere do you see in Jesus' life or His teachings that we are to run headfirst into life or anything without first praying, thinking through, and preparing for what lies ahead. In Ephesians, Paul even takes his readers through the armor of God and likens this preparation as to a battleground. No warrior would enter battle without his armor on, and so no Christian should go through this life without preparing his or her mind for action. When we are not prepared and remain ignorant, it becomes too easy to get hurt and conform to ways of old.

What I will take away into my day:

Nowhere do you see in Jesus' life or His teachings that we are to run headfirst into life or anything without first praying, thinking through, and preparing for what lies ahead.

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fish fry monday

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i know the cubs lost last night so to post these today is a bit silly but j was so excited about going and making signs that he deserves his moment of glory since they didn't show his signs on tv last night. we did see him scrambling for a foul ball. he said an old man grabbed it right as he was reaching for it. i told him he should have given him the puppy dog face and he might have got a ball.

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hey len and bob -

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like my hat?

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reagan the softball girl

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