roasted asparagus

OH. MY. STINKIN' HECK!!!!!!!!!!


This was so tasty.

and so easy.

make it for lunch tomorrow. and dinner. and what the heck, breakfast.

really.

Okay, are you ready??


*Buy a bunch of asparagus.

*break off the ends.

*lay in jelly roll pan (cookie sheet with sides)

*pour some olive oil over it.

*sprinkle with Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper (you lika da pepper?!?)

*roast at 400 degrees for 8 minutes

*sprinkle with Parmesan and stick back in for 2 or 3 minutes, until cheese is melty.

Eat!

EAT!!

drag your meat and potatoes through the leftover oily salty cheesy goodness.

die and go to heaven.

any questions?

My husbands lunch

The rest of you do this, don't you? I mean, it isn't weird to make artistically arranged salads for your husband for lunch, is it?

I was dreaming I was at Panera. Oh how I wanted one of those salads that they serve with the dried apples and walnuts.

YUM

St. Patrick's Day Blogging Carnival

JanMary is hosting a blogging carnival. we will tell about how we do (or do not) celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

So put some corned beef in the crock pot and slice the soda bread.

Oh, and head over to JanMary's and check it out...

Artist Trading Cards

This has really been fun. And stressful. *sigh* It is never easy, is it! Below you will see Molly's cards. We are mailing them tomorrow. Ahead of schedule. 2 days before the deadline.

I am pretty darn happy about it, I must say. The top two are fabric, ribbon, buttons and gems. The bottom three are part of a series about her stuffed cat named Mal. In one Mal is in Paris (Eiffel Tower behind her!) in one she is getting ready for bed and the other she is enjoying the summer. Here is Molly writing the pertinent info on the back. Be sure and save these originals for when she is a famous artist.

Here are two of Ella's cards. They are fabric, buttons and a metal heart thingy. Adrian kept telling her to save the bunny one for herself because it was so darn cute. She decided to send it off, but NOT to the boy in her swap group. EEEWWWWW!!!

We are working chronologically backwards since that is how Blogger likes to do it. hmmm...

Here are all of Ella's. This is awfully random, isn't it? The top middle is a Japanese House. But Ella likes to mix it up so she called it "Chinese House". I better stop her before she gets totally out of control on me, huh?

The bottom right is a water fall and is named something or another about rocks. It has lots of rocks on the sides. And finally on the bottom left is an ocean scene. With the sun shining. If you look closely you can see the people getting skin cancer.

Just kidding. That is just what I see when i look at pictures of the beach.

Well, totally random and disjointed ramblings here in this post.

Have I mentioned we have a drum set in the house. Yeah, it has been 24 hours since they have come home.

My kids are all walking around with ear plugs in. This is how are conversations go now,

"WHAT?"

"WHAT?"

"WHAT?"

Something like that....

oh, I have gotten some things ordered for a big bloggy giveaway. Stay tuned!!!

Seventeen

Seventeen candles on a German Chocolate pie
Seventeen year old William ( Rachel thought I should mention that his hair is wet, not gross and greasy)

Eight year old Molly tickling seventeen year old William

William making a very bizarre face

Hungry teenagers and siblings ready to eat and head to Nashville. To eat more.

Please send earplugs. A.S.A.P.

yes, William bought these today. yes, his room is still pink from when it was the little girls room. we are really bad at home improvement projects...

Ella the All-Star or the big blogging question: why do we love to see pictures of other peoples kids getting trophys?

Ella was voted onto the all-star team again this year in basketball. Here she is with her friend Kara, who also made the all-star team. Here is Ella with the other girls from her team who made all-star.
THere were a lot of all-stars this year. 36 I think they said.

Even though she is hard to see in this picture, it so captures her personality. She is waving at us. Most of my kids never pay any attention to us when they are participating in sports or activities. They many times do not even know if we were there watching them. NOT Ella! She is always looking up in the stands to see if we are watching. Here is the proof I was watching, Ella. I have a picture!

Here she is with her coach and team members accepting a trophy for placing second in the season.

amazing peanut butter filled hearts. (yes, more Valentine's Day!!)

This are easy peasy chocolate covered peanut butter hearts. I went a little crazy with the extra white chocolate. I added some burgandy food color which gave me this groovy purple.

I got the recipe from Sunday Baker.

breakfast