A New Do

Emma has a new hairdo!

 Aunt Shannon (Kari's brother's wife)

 gave Emma her first haircut on Wednesday.

lots of blonde curls

getting so big

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Every Heart Beats True

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFV_tmTcU0Q

You're a Grand Old Flag

by George M. Cohan

You're a grand old flag,

You're a high flying flag

And forever in peace may you wave.

You're the emblem of

The land I love.

The home of the free and the brave.

Ev'ry heart beats true

'neath the Red, White and Blue,

Where there's never a boast or brag.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

You're a grand old flag,

You're a high flying flag

And forever in peace may you wave.

You're the emblem of

The land I love.

The home of the free and the brave.

Ev'ry heart beats true

'neath the Red, White and Blue,

Where there's never a boast or brag.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

"Wherever there is a grain of loyalty 

there is a glimpse of freedom."

~Algernon Charles Swinburne

Happy Flag Day!

A Victory & A Verdict

It was a "thunder"ous victory last night for the 

OKC thunder over the Miami Heat.

105-94

Woo hoo!

Yesterday, Kari brought the grandkids & her nephew, Levi, who she babysits, over for lunch and an afternoon of playtime.

Her sister, Kim (Levi's Mommy), 

joined us during her lunch break.

I served salad, Sam's roasted chicken, mac & cheese & parmesan bread.

Now for the verdict on two recipes I made from Pinterest.

Parmesan Herb Bread

Delicious!  I will be making this again.  

Crock Pot Mac & Cheese

This needs to be tweaked a little.

It was too dry. The taste was okay, but needs more seasoning.

  I think I will reduce the cook time to 2 hours & use larger noodles next time.
 You couldn't even tell that I used elbow macaroni.  

It looked more like a cheese casserole instead of mac & cheese.

Thanks for visiting today, hope your week is going well!

Beat The Heat

Game #1 tonight @ 8:00 in OKC.

Miami Heat vs OKC Thunder!

We've got our new flag flying.

Thunder Up! 

BEAT the Heat!

Pinteresting Things I Want To Try This Week

I've confessed this before, I'm addicted to Pinterest!

It inspires me to get creative & try new things.

Here are a few of the Pinterest ideas I want to try this week.

Click on the pictures to take you to the link for the instructions.

Parmesan Herb Bread

You make this in a bread machine!

Since my little 'Batman grandson' loves mac & cheese

I'm going to try this crock pot version of the yummy stuff.

Now for something sweet!

Weight Watchers Lemon Bars

I want to get crafty & make this banner for Father's Day.

I'll let you know how these Pinteresting things turn out.

Have you recently created or cooked something from Pinterest?

Everyone have a great Monday!

Weekly Words To Live By #104

Even when it's difficult to see 

God at work in you circumstances, 

His faithfulness is your assurance 

that He's not only active and involved, 

but He's using the situation to bring good into your life.

"In God's faithfulness

lies eternal security."

Corrie Ten Boom

Wishing you a Sunday filled with assurance . . .

Saturday Snapshots

Hubby and son are out & about doing fun stuff

 with cars today.

They're scoping out the cars at the 40th

Leake Car Show & Auction at the Tulsa Fairgrounds.

I'm content here at home puttering around.

I started my morning with my Pioneer Woman inspired breakfast.

I call it egg-in-a basket.

She says you can call it many names like

frog-in-a-hole, bird's nest egg, or pop eyes.

This is the bread I used.

I toast the circle cutouts on the sides of the pan while the eggs are cooking.

The mini toast circles are delicious with a little

  Smucker's sugar free red raspberry preserves.

Here are a few cute pictures of the grandkids from last night.

playing in the curtains . . .

Ethan showing his Thunder spirit . . .

sweet Emma . . .

riding tandem on the retro rocket . . .

Time for another cup of coffee & more puttering around the house.

Have a great weekend . . .

I'm linking with . . .

Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday to our

daughter~in~law, Kari!

We celebrated last night at Abuelo's

& Orange Leaf.

Have a wonderful day with your little people!

We Are The Champions

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs 107 to 99 Wednesday night at Chesapeake Arena in Oklahoma City. The Thunder came back from a huge deficit, 15 points, at the half to pull of the win. The Oklahoma City Thunder is now the NBA’s Western Conference Champions.

Now on the finals of the NBA!

We're waiting to see if the Thunder play the Miami Heat Or the Boston Celtics.

The first finals game is Tuesday in OKC.

Can't wait!

Simple Things

Simple things make me happy!
Things like a cup of coffee . . .

And, things like this . . .

a new toilet seat!

Isn't it beautiful?
Thanks, honey, for installing our new powder room toilet seat!

Our Patriotic Home

I enjoy decorating our home for all holidays.

I call all holiday decor "bling".

I started adding patriotic bling for Memorial Day.

Here are a few flag displays around our patriotic home.

These are the flags we put around our front yard for patriotic celebrations.

They'll go out again on the 14th for Flag Day.

front door flag

kitchen table flowers & flag

entry table

I bought this 1917 calendar plate at an antique store in Fairland, Ok.

It says . . .

A.W. DeNeen

Groceries & Meats

St. Joseph, MO.

I'll be adding more patriotic bling before July 4th.

I'm linking with . . .
Wow Us Wednesdays

Grace At Home Party #12

Gully Washer

Last night's storm was a gully washer!

Definition of a gully washer . . .

"A torrential rain that causes ditches to overflow creating 

flash floods on streets and roadways."

When I finally went to bed after 1:00 AM this morning the wind, lightening & heavy rain started.

The storm continued for several hours.

Many homes here in Tulsa lost power, thankfully not us.

The red bud tree outside the brick wall looks a little bedraggled this morning.

Our backyard is filled with leaves from the red bud.

One of our hummingbird feeders is empty after the wind whipped it around.

Our neighbor's backyard.

When I opened to front door to take a look I heard the sound of a saw.

Our neighbor up the street was working on this limb that broke off his tree.

We still have dark, grey skies this morning.

I should go out & pick up leaves, but I think I'll just have another cup of coffee & read the paper.

So glad you stopped by!

Have a great day!