Posting Delays

We are in South Carolina. We have been here since the middle of the month...planning to hang out for another week or so. We have taken LOTS of pictures of the birthday girl with all of her loot. I promise to post when we get back to civilization (loosely translated...back to a town where there is a high speed internet connection and not dial up!!)

GO TIGERS!!!

What team was that on the field in Tallahassee on Saturday night? I did not know that Clemson could win...on national TV...at night! When was the last time that happened?......

WHO CARES!!!!

GO TIGERS!!!!

CLEMSON 27
FSU 20

Boy revenge is sweet! The "puntrooskie" what?? Start carving the tombstone!

Ticket to the game $48
Drinks at the stadium $8
Hotel room in Tallahassee $199

Catching the FSU defense looking and COMPLETELY offguard.....PRICELESS!

See you all in Tigertown on September 23rd!

....Can you tell I have had a little caffeine today?

Quite Possibly the BEST recipe EVER

If you like spice cake, this is IT! We love this. I stumbled across it on the internet the other week. Try it. You can alter the spices, add nuts, add frosting. I bet cream cheese would be good! Okay...I digress. I have been using the Sam Adams Oktoberfest beer. It is a really good dark beer with caramel and toffee flavors (so they claim??) Anyway, this is it.....

Beer Spice Cake

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup beer
1 cup nuts (any unsalted kind, optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, cloves, cinnamon, allspice baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Add flour mixture alternately with beer and mix well to combine. Fold in the chopped walnuts.

Pour into a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Bake at 375 degrees F for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

YUMMY! YUMMY! YUMMY! YUMMY!
Happy Baking!!

Two Peas in a Pod....Or is it Two Nuts in a Shell

Grace and Lamar were playing in the office tonight. They were too cute together. Lamar was making faces at Grace, and she was trying to copy them. She would crack up before she could get it down. Later, I caught her making faces at her Care Bear. I guess that she was practicing for a rematch without any distractions:) The serious picture was the face that she was trying to perfect.

At Home Projects

This is a picture of the front door that Daddy put on the house. We are also going to be tearing out the kitchen at the end of the month. I will post the before/after's then. For those of you who have not been here before...I have also posted a picture of our house.

Hanging At the Park.

Really cool slides, fun swings, lots of ladders, and sand!!! Who could ask for ANYTHING more than the PARK!!!

WOOOO HOOOO!!

My name is Gracie...and I am a monkey!!!

Grace's Big Girl Room

I finally remembered to take the camera upstairs after nap time. This is Grace's newly decorated big girl room. The only thing that you can't see is the butterfly comforter. It was in the washing machine.

New Haircut

Grace has a new haircut. Her hair had grown over the past two years into two very distinct layers. The bottom, longer layer was the one that was still left over from when the baby hair fell out during that lovely stage at six months old. The top layer was what had grown back over the time of the great fall out. Many people had asked why I cut it into layers. She will NOT allow any bows, ribbons, barrettes, etc. into it, so it was ALWAYS tangled. She is a wallower, so it would end up a mess in the morning. This was the result of the haircut. She had to sit in my lap and watch Bob the Builder, but, hey whatever works, right!

Scrub-A-Dub-Dub

"Boy, Daddy, your bike is dirty! You would think you have been riding it or something." Grace LOVES to wash "Da-da's bike." She has really become a big help around the house and outside. She likes to wash the cars, empty and load the dishwasher, and clean up her toys...Well...maybe not the last one:)

Playin' With Leila

Grace and Leila have a good time playing together in the couch. Grace will usually run in a wake a sleeping Leila. They will roll around on the couch together. Grace usually has enough first and ends up crying when Leila does not understand that the game is over.

NOT Watching the Clemson Game

Grace playing in the den with Mommy, trying to take our attention off of the Clemson/BC game. Thanks, Grace! Mommy needed an attention diversion:)