Halloween 2009

Happy 6th Birthday Keylee

Keylee had her 6th birthday September 10th. She chose a barbie ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. Grandpa Gary, Grandma Jillyn, Grandma Linda and Cordell come over for dinner to celebrate.

Cheddar Biscuits

This is a yummy and easy to make biscuit recipe I made the other night for dinner. It only has a few ingrediants and is a great side with any meal. Taste similar to the biscuits you get at Red Lobster.

2 C Bisquick
1/2 C cold water
3/4 C grated, sharp cheddar cheese ( I used colby jack as this is what I had on hand)
1/4C butter
1 tsp parsley flakes
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp italian seasoning

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix together baking mix, cold water, and grated cheese. Roll out biscuits on a floured surface. Biscuits should be about one inch thick. Cut with cutter and place onto an ungreased baking dish. Melt butter and seasonings together. Brush with the butter and spices and bake for 8-10min.

Keylee lost her first tooth

Keylee lost her first tooth this last weekend. It had been loose for a couple of weeks. She was so freaked out by the idea of losing her tooth that she would'nt even touch it or try to wiggle it out. I couldn't stand it anymore and I twisted it out. Any way she was pretty excited when the tooth fairy came and slipped some money under her pillow.

Keylee didn't dare to look in the mirror and see her missing tooth.

Bunny, Carrie, Mike, and me down in vegas this last weekend. We had lots of fun hanging out and laughing our heads off.

more cute school pics of key

A couple of weeks ago Mike went out of town for a few days so it was just me and the squeek. We had girls night out. We made chocolate chip cookies, watched a movie and had popcorn. Mom came down this same week to visit. We had dinner and took her to see Keylee's new school. Keylee also had fun painting finger nails with grandma.

In Loving Memory of Grandpa Sherratt

Mike's Grandpa Sherratt passed away this past July and I wanted to blog about him a little bit. He was a really special person in my husbands life. Along with Mike's uncles he was like a father figure for him growing up. I remeber Mike talking about his grandpa on our first date and learning then what a special person he was. Mike talks about working on the farm with his grandpa and the many lessons he learned then. When going to family get to gethers he was the first to come over and give you a big hug, being truely genuine and sincerely happy that you were there. He had a very strong testimony of the church and bore it often to his children and granchildren. He wrote a poem Called "The Loom of Time" which reads; Man's life is placed in the loom of time, to a pattern he cannot see. While weavers work, and the shuttles fly til the dawn of eternity. Some shutters are filled with silver threads, and others with threads of gold, While others of the darker hues, are all that they can hold. God surely set the pattern in the weavers skillful hand and placed whithin the loom of time the masters skillful plan. The darker hues are necessary in the weavers skillful hand, As are the threads of gold and silver in the pattern of the plan. -Garth Sherratt. Just wanted to say how much we will miss him and that we are forever grateful for his example to us!

Keylee's First Day of School

So it was Keylee's first day of kindergarten yesterday. She was really nervous, but I am so proud of her because she did really good and had a lot of fun. Her teacher is Mrs. Creel. The above pic is of her in her classroom. Today she rode the bus for the first time and was nervous but had a lot of fun. I am glad she gets to meet new kids and start this new chapter in her life even though I was a cry baby the night before and after I dropped her off . I hope you know how much I love you Keylee.

School Shopping, going to the Cabin and Baldwin Reunion

Mom rented this gorgeous cabin for us to stay in for the weekend on Beaver Mountain. We had so much fun haning out and visiting with each other on our last get together before school starts. Thanks mom, we had a blast! After our weekend we went to the Beaver Park for the Baldwin reunion. My camera went dead so I didn't get any pics, but we had a really yummy lunch and had a good time visiting with all the cousins, aunts and uncles on my moms side of the family.

this was me, Mike, and Keylee's room

this was a tiny closet in our room where keylee slept the first night. She thought it was pretty nifty

Marlee and Mindee

kids eating some yummy breakfast

four wheeling on Beaver Mountain

cookin some grub

Sylvia and I were in charge of dinner saturday. We had green salad, french bread, dutch oven chicken and Sylvia made the yummiest dutch oven potatoes with carrots, cheese, and bacon. We also had apple crisp with ice cream for dessert.

hanging out in the jacuzzi

playing games

Kache and Keylee riding Uncle Kasey's Horse

Getting ready to go to the Baldwin Reunion at Beaver Park.

I can't believe my little girl is starting kindergarten. I had so much fun on our school date Keylee, and I'm glad you are excited to start school.

Keylee was so excited to get to pick where we had lunch on her shcool date and of course she wanted to go to her favorite place , "Jimmy Johns".

Keylee, trying on some of her new school clothes

Keylee sporting her new back pack (and some of mom's make-up)

4th of July,Gleave Reunion,Canning

Here are some more pics of the summer. For the 4th of July we went to Mike's Uncle John's house and had a really yummy dutch oven dinner, after we watched fireworks in the field across from his house. Then I have pics of the Gleave Reunion. I am glad that lots of people still come to this event because we always have so much fun riding four wheelers, fishing, and just visiting with each other. Other pics are of Mike and I canning. We have lots of tomatoes and were able to bottle 4 batches of tomato soup(yummy, my favorite with grilled cheese), 4 batches of salsa, 1 batch of tomato juice, and who knows what else becasue they keep growing! We were also able to do one batch of peach jam from the peaches in our back yard, and I also dried some apricots as well.

Keylee with her Grandma Jillyn

Uncle Dan and Aunt Valynn making the best homemade root beer.

Mike, Bunny and Gary

Grandma Irva reciting at the talent show for the Gleave Reunion

Brin and Colby warming up to play

kids eating the candy they won after the races

hanging out at the lake

Keylee had so much fun getting to ride the fifty with her cousin Landon

Tomato Soup (we got a total of 90 quart jars)