Wishing you all a Wonderful Mother's Day!!!

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Baby Girl's First Communion!

So this past weekend was my baby girl's First Communion.  It was a stressful time leading up to that day with everything I had to get done and organized.  Make sure I got her the dress and all the accessories, trying to stretch every dollar but still have a nice get together.  I'm glad to say that everything came out great!  It was small, just family and thanks to my uncle and aunt it was a wonderful day.  They pitched in and not only let me have the party at their house, but they also bought food to have a bbq.  It was a beautiful day - perfect for a BBQ!
We were up early, I got her dressed early then went to the bakery to pick up the cake.  I had to wait 10 minutes for them to finish decorating but it was done just in time.  I got home, picked up hubby & baby girl and headed to the church!  She looke beautiful!! She's such a princess :)

All the kids looked great - this truly was a special day!

As wonderful and special our day was, I am glad its over!  

Planning parties is too stressful!

Disney in Alaska!!!

So - Disney cruise line is going back to Alaska!! I wouldn't mind taking a trip there - looks absolutely gorgeous!!!

2013 Cookbook Challenge - Book #1 - Recipe #1

So its Sunday night and I'm ready to pass out :) Yes, its that time!  We've had a very busy weekend, between baseball games we've had Communion shopping, baseball stuff shopping, groceries, housework and I finally squeezed some cooking today.  My cookbooks are sitting on my kitchen table-in my way everyday so it was definitely time to start making some new recipes from these books.
I started with The Best Slow Cooker Cookbook Ever:

I've had this book for years and never used it!  I bought a new crockpot a few months ago and only used it twice because I don't know what to make in it.  Then I realized that I have this book - time to use it!!

My son and hubby love ribs, so when I found a recipe for Barbecued Country Style Ribs, I knew this had to be my first selection.

 It was a fairly easy recipe! I baked the ribs for 30 minutes in the oven, then put them in the slow cooker for 7 hours!

 Finally it was done, I made some rice and beans to serve with it and it was good.  My kids ate it too, although my son made it a point to say that it didn't taste like Disney's ribs from the Aloha Dinner Show :/  Yea-well, they weren't supposed to taste like those-unbelievable!

Now that I know we all enjoyed this meal, I marked it in my book as OK, so I know to make it again!

Now to find a new recipe.......

Have you tried any new recipes recently?  How did that go?

Wordless Wednesday - Animal Kingdom Thru the Years

Hi All!!! I'm back to jump in another blog hop hosted by Deb @ Focused on the Magic!  Today's post will be Animal Kingdom related in celebration of their 15th Anniversary!

Monday-lots of Planning & New Challenge

Good morning everyone!! Hope you all had a great wekend.  Ours wasn't too bad.  My daughter performed in her dance school's first Spring concert, so it was busy but fun all at the same time.  I will write about that in another post.
Today is Monday and I would try to have a menu plan for the week, but I don't.  With everything we've had to do this weekend, I didn't have time to even think about it.  When I was on the laptop, I was trying to blog hop for the Ultimate Blog Party.  I love participating in this since its a great way to meet new people and discover great blogs!  While I was looking around, I remembered that I wanted to join Cook, Clean, Craft's Great 2013 Cookbook Challenge.  I'm a bit late in joining....but better late than never, right!




I love looking up recipes and buying cookbooks, but I tend to flip through them and put them away and forget about them.  The result?  A pile of books and papers taking up space and collecting dirt.
Here is my stack of books:

This doesn't include another stack of food magazines that I need to dig out of the closet!  Here is the challenge as stated on Cook, Clean, Crafts : Must cook at least 3 recipes from them and like the  meals. The deadline for this challenge is the end of the year......so its time to get cooking!!!