Just Pictures

Sleeping away. Heidi enjoying the company of the doll and teddy bear!

Holden helping mommy make stuffed crust pizza!

A New Addition

The new Big Brother and his little sis. She was born on Monday. 6 lbs 11 oz, 20 inches long! Both Mommy and Baby Heidi are doing wonderful!

Rhubarb Cheesecake Smoothies

Just thought I would get around to posting this scrumptious recipie...great for those who have lots of rhubarb and strawberries! We usually cut the recipie in half. The full recipie will serve 6.

Prep time 20 min + cooling

2 c. diced fresh or frozen rhubarb
1/4 c. water
4 Tbs honey, divided
1 1/2 c. vanilla ice cream
1 c. milk
1 c. fresh or frozen strawberries
2 pkgs (3 oz. each) cream cheese, cubed
1/2 c. vanilla yogurt
1/4 c. confectioners' sugar
5 ice cubes

In Large saucepan, bring the rhubarb, water and 2 Tbs honey to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes or until rhubarb is tender. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature.
In a blender, combine the ice cream, milk, rhubarb mixture, strawberries, cream cheese, yogurt, confectioners' sugar, ice cubes and remaining honey; cover and process for 1 minute or until smooth. Pour into chilled glasses; serve immediately.

Found in 2007 Taste of Home Annual Recipies.

Observation

Has anyone noticed H's little head peeking out of the tractor in the top picture? I didn't realize you could see him! Daddy pointed it out!

Water

H. Loves plaing in the water! Here he is standing in the dog dish which, at one time, was full.

Also found a little piece of hose and was blowing into it trying to make some noise. Today I was trying to set the sprinkler on the corn...one of those pulsing sprinklers that are supposed to cover 85 feet ( I don't think it does quite that good) Anyways H. kept walking into the spray. You know how we did when we were kids. Walk into the water with our hands out until we could not stand it any more then turn and run out! One of these warmer days we will have to set up a little sprinkler for him to play in!

Planting time! All of us who have (or are trying to have, in my case) a green thumb are busy planting! On one of our old homesteads there was asparagus growing and so I decided to transplant it...........well............for anyone who knows what that is like you know what a job it can be! This clump here is only half of the whole clump! On top of asparagus we have strawberry plants on the way. As far as the garden goes we so far have carrots, beets, green beans, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, peas, cantalope, cucumbers, radishes and corn up and coming along nicely. Hopefully our freezing nights are over! Good luck to all you 'gardeners' out there.

Mother's Day

A happy Mother's Day to all of you Mother's out there. This was our Mother's Day dinner that our men fixed for us. We had spinach salad with strawberries, blueberries, feta cheese and almonds on top. Spit roasted pork loin, asparagas, creamed corn, deviled eggs and bread, cinnamon bread and wheat. Dessert was Creme Brulee! All was very delicious!

First haircut!

H. had his first haircut. Here is a before picture...

Here are during pictures! He really did very well for it being his first one. We gave him a sucker and sat him infront of a mirror. Also daddy was there to keep him entertained.

This is not a very good after picture but dont have a better one right now. He had taken my dusting stuff and was driving or maybe cleaning his tractor.