Best Shot Monday: English Football

Here is a shot of my first experience watching a live English football match while visiting last month. What a day! It was a bit chilly outside, but the sun was shining ever so brightly at the beginning of the game. But following the rules of typical British weather, the weather changed just like that halfway through the game when the ominous clouds started to roll in across the sky. Just then, the sky opened and the heavy downpour of rain began, soaking us in a matter of minutes. Just when I thought there could be nothing worse than sitting there in the cold wet rain, it started sleeting. This lasted for almost a half hour or so and after the game we had to walk to the car (which was about 2 miles away by the way) feeling as though we had peed our pants. Lovely! It was definitely a game I will not forget anytime soon!



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Recipe Friday: Taffy Apple Pizza

I tried this recipe years ago at a Pampered Chef party and really liked it. I hadn't made it for such a long time, so I decided to make it over the weekend. Hope you enjoy!



Ingredients:

1 package (18oz) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
1 package (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 C packed brown sugar
1/4 C creamy peanut butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 medium Granny Smith apples
1/4 C caramel ice cream topping
1/2 C peanuts, chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Shape cookie dough into a ball and place in center of Large Round Stone; flatten slightly. Using lightly floured rolling pin, roll out dough to a 14-inch circle, about 1/4 inch thick. Bake 16-18 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from oven; cool 10 minutes. Carefully loosen cookie from baking stone using a serrated bread knife; cool completely on baking stone.
   
   
2. Peel, core and slice apples into roughly 1/8 inch slices. Arrange the slices evenly over the cream cheese mixture.
   
   
3. Microwave ice cream topping on high for 30-45 seconds or until warm; drizzle evenly over apples. Sprinkle chopped peanuts over the apples. Cut into wedges.

Wordless Wednesday: Endless Trees

Here is a shot of a tree-lined footpath near Buckingham Palace that I captured while visiting England. More photos to come...PROMISE!

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Best Shot(s) Monday: Dandelion

Yes, I'm still alive! We came back from England in the beginning of the month and we've been running around nonstop since - like always! I know I've been slacking posting to the blog. Cara over at I Miei Due Bambini even called me out last week on her blog and I got another reminder today that I haven't posted anything so I made sure to get at least these two pics uploaded tonight to share with you. I have plenty of pics stacking up. I just need to find the time to transfer them to the computer and write about them.

These pictures were taken when Emily and I went to the park the other week. It was such a mild day and we had a wonderful time. She met a little girl and they kept running off playing "detective," looking for the prettiest flowers and other little treasures at the park. She kept bringing dandelions back to me, so I decided to snap a couple shots of them. She saw the pictures and said, "Oh they're so beautiful and sunshiny!" Tyler didn't make it to the park with us that day since he decided that taking a nap was more important. Maybe next time! Tyler is going to be 16 months already next week. He now has a total of 10 teeth; the top and bottom front four and his upper first molars, which came in at 14 months. Well anyway, enjoy the shots below and hopefully I'll be posting sooner than the last time.





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Wordless Wednesday: Resting after a Long Day

Leaving for England tonight to meet Stu and the kids. Hopefully Tyler will be this rested and calm when I get there, but I doubt it! :)

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Theme Thursday: Laughter

I know I know.....it has been ages since my last post. Well it seems that way, anyway. We have just been so busy around the house and running here and there that I haven't had much time to do anything. And to top it off, I have this big project at work that "Goes Live" on the weekend of April 17th. Let me tell you - I CAN NOT wait until that is over. Just ask my dear friend and co-worker Cara over at I Miei Due Bambini. She is definitely feeling the heat as well. We have been teasing her recently that she has been "edgey" around the office. We love ya, Cara! :)

But I do have something to look forward to until then. My family is going across the pond for our annual England trip to visit Stu's family. This will be Emily's 4th time going and Tyler's 2nd already. Not bad for only being a 4 year old and 15 month old. World travelers already. I think Tyler had his passport picture taken at only 1 month old. Unfortunately, I'm not able to vacation as long as the rest of the family, due to work constraints. My husband leaves next week with the kids, and I will follow them on a plane with my mom the following week. He's brave to take both kids on the plane, handle luggage and rent a car by himself, but he is so good with them I have no worries. It seems like everyone else around me is more concerned. :) I'll have to blog later on in the month about how that goes.

Well, I regret to admit that I haven't taken any photos recently in all this mayhem so I have to post a photo I took a couple months ago of the kids. The two of them adore each other and are always ringing the halls with laughter when they play together. On this day in particular, though I remember them laughing non-stop for the longest time. We walked into the room where they were playing and both of them had tears of laughter coming from their eyes. It was a precious moment so I thought I'd share a picture of that day for this week's theme.

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Best Shot(s) Monday: The Zoo

We finally had a break in the cold weather the other weekend, so we decided to take a trip to the zoo. Many of the warmer weather animals weren't in their cages yet, but we still had a great time just being able to walk around outside without freezing.













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