WOW, It's been awhile

Almost 2 months has gone by and I have to say it feels like so much has happened since then.

End of March: We went to Tulsa for a weekend to see my parents, sister and niece. It was my niece's 5th birthday and we headed to a local pizza/ arcade joint to have a birthday bash for her. K is getting so big. Hard to believe that she was born just 3 weeks after finding out I was pregnant with B. My sister and I (she still lived in my town at that time) enjoyed many twist cones from DQ for lunch in that 3 weeks. That means in just a few months, I too, will have a 5 year old in my house.

Mid-April: Went back to Tulsa, just me and B, to see my mom. She had to have a histerectomy done and we went to make sure she was doing alright and to help clean a bit of house. She was fine, up and moving well just 2 days after surgery and trying to exert herself too fast, but that is my mom and I love her.
Because of her doing so well so soon, I got to spend some quality time shopping and yard saling all weekend with my sister. She is 3 years younger and had just celebrated a birthday the week before, so we took each other, along with K & B, out to lunch for our birthdays. They are only a month and 6 days apart.
B and I did have to hightail it back home Sunday afternoon for a surprise 50th birthday party after church for our preacher. He is an awesome Godly man that preaches the word the way it was written and the way it is meant to be preached. Thanks Mike for all you do!!!

End of April: L turned 2! YIKES!
We had a monster themed party and I made and awfully cute cake (will post pics later) with a caterpillar guy acting as the #2. My mom was able to make the trip up with dad for the party (only a week and a half after her surgery) and we had a blast. J and I got him a HD tri-cycle and B gave him a giant bouncy ball. L loves to play ball, so that was one of his favorite gifts.

Mizzou had a 5 town "Barnstorming" game tour and Lebanon happened upon the map. We got tickets to go and we had a great time. The boys loved watching the ball bounce back and forth and fly through the air and J and I just loved being out of the house doing something other than eating chicken nuggets. At the end of the game, most of the Mizzou players took of their jersey tops and threw them to the crowd. I caught one!!! I am not sure who the guy was, but it was still pretty cool. Altough, in the moment, you don't stop to think about how gross it is going to be to catch a sweaty basketball shirt in mid-air as it splatters sweat across your face. (godd mental picture, huh?!)
J is an avid OU (boomer Sooners) fan, so we decided to give it to a kid from church who would actually appreciate it. He offered to pay us for it, but it was worth even more to see the face of a young boy light up. His older brothewr was super excited too.

The first week of May: J's Papa celebrated his 90th birthday and we had a huge party for him on Saturday. All 3 kids, some grand kids and 2 great grand kids (mine) were in attendance as well as many friends and church family. He had a good time, but it was his first birthday without nanny by his side, so it made it really tough. Even tougher that a couple weeks from now will be a year without her. We all miss you Nanny!!!
J's dad did arrange a neighbor of Pap's to give him a ride in a 1916 Ford. It was cool to see Papa riding in a car that was in fact 6 years older than him.

This week, sometime, I will become an Aunt again. This time, to another niece. J's family has 5 grandkids and they are all boys. Poor Granny had twin boys and now 5 more boys. This little girl is going to be spoiled rotten. Aunt Shelle is going to do her best in making that happen.

In other news: I have been making homemade cards lately and love it. I have decided to sell some if anyone is interested and will be doing custum orders. You can find pictures on Instagram at #cardsbymommyshelle. I will try to post some pictures on here later.

Thats all I have for now, so until next time,
MommyShelle C

Creativity At Work

The last time I posted, I mentioned that I was going to Scrapbook Weekend. Well in 24 hours, I got 32 pages done (16 double page spreads). I worked my tail off and got very little sleep. It made me motivated to keep going once I got home and have gotten close to 20 more pages done since. B is finally 2 in his scrapbook and he is 4 1/2 in actual age. The good news is that L is on his way and I will be getting to start his scrapbook soon. He will be 2 in just over a month.

I have been bust making cakes and cards as well. Here is a card I made tonight:





I have been staying busy with all of the kids in my house, so I haven't been getting to cook and bake as much as I like to, but I did make up a new biscuit recipe today; and it turned out fabulously.

Yeast Biscuits

1/2 c. warm water
1 tsp. sugar
1 packet yeast
(mix together and let set)

2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
2/3 c. shortening
(Mix together in a mixing bowl until flour looks like little white peas)

Add in yeast mixture and 1/2 cup of milk. If dough is dry, add a bit more milk. It took about 2/3 cup milk and dough was sticky. Flour your counter and dump the dough onto the counter. Kneed for about a minute, just until no Long sticky. Roll out with a rolling pin and cut biscuits (I use a glass to cut them out).  
I used a cast iron skillet to bake mine in, but a baking sheet works fine. Brush the tops of the biscuits with a bit of milk and bake at 400 for 10-15 min or until just browned. This makes about 10 biscuits.

Bake & Enjoy and Until next time,
MommyShelle C