Pecan Torte

My Grandma's birthday was this past Saturday and I made this yummy Pecan Torte- although instead of corn syrup I substituted maple syrup to make it a Pecan Maple Torte. Everyone liked it and grandma said it was 'one of the best cakes she had ever had'. This is a picture of the cake below. Enjoy! Go HERE for the recipe.

Bella!

Isn't she adorable?

Over the past weekend Ri watched a dog for her aunt. She's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy, only 2 months old and her name is Bella. As you can see, she is so adorable! Her floppy little ears and big brown eyes are really cute and her fur is so soft, the minute you see her you want to hold her! Excuse the scrap of me in the background; the zoom in wasn't working on the camera.

Here's Ri holding Bella. No, she's not choking her, merely petting her!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go e-mail these pictures to Ri.

Awww... Cute!

The other night, Sam was in his high chair eating dinner when Mommy said to him, "Sam, show Daddy your shoes." Sam, who was wearing a new pair of tennis shoes, proudly stuck his feet up in the air and said, "Look, Daddy, shoes!" Before daddy could even respond, Sam continued, "Aww... cute!" His sincerity was so adorable that we couldn't help but laugh. He's just started to put words together to form sentances and it's so fun to hear him talk. In the words of Uncle Pete, 'little people' are a lot of fun to be around! I love our Sam!

God is so BIG!

Yesterday was such a beautiful day! The sky was a deep blue and the clouds were so white and fluffy. I was driving home from the grocery store when I heard Viv in the back seat say to her sister, "Did you know that God stands on the blue, Lil?"

Immediately I knew that she was talking about the sky so I asked her, "Why do you think He stands on the blue, Viv?"

In Viv's characteristic scratchy little voice she replied, "Mommy, He stands on the blue because He is so big!"

Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord God, Thou art very great; Who maketh the clouds His chariot: Who walketh upon the wings of the wind!

Psalm 104:1,3

You're a Mouse!?!

Prince Caspian finally came out and I was able to go see it yesterday! I really liked it, the acting was superb, and I loved the extras such as the storming of Miraz's castle.

The movie had a lot of funny lines such as when a Telmarine first saw Reepicheep and exclaimed, "You're a mouse!?!"

To this Reepicheep replied, "You people have no imagination!"

Lots of action made it very exciting. If I had to give my favorite

Narnia character though, I would have to say it is still Lucy.

Lego Land

Si and I have been at Grandpa and Grandma's this week. While we've been there we started building the Lego sets that used to belong to our uncles. We built a lot of them. It was a lot of fun. These are the Robin Hood, Knights and Pirate series. It took us 3 days to build them. My favorite so far is the Viking Ship. We still have more to build.

Lego Land Continues

When we first started building the Lego sets, we had Lego pieces all over the family room floor.

We enjoyed building the Legos so much that I think it is even more fun to build them than to play with them (although that is a lot of fun, too!).