Reading...

I've never been much of a reader. My mind goes a thousand miles an hour all the time and it's hard for me to open a book and devote my head to just that book. I usually open it, "read" a couple pages and then realize I have no idea what I just read because I was thinking of so many other things. Does this ever happen to you?

My neighbor let me borrow this book she had recently read.

The first night I opened it I almost couldn't put it down. I actually fell asleep and woke up around 2 am laying on the book. I had read over 100 pages. He is so descriptive and kept my attention, I loved it! I read the whole book in 4 days that's a miracle for me. I'm so excited for it come out as a movie. They are suppose to start filming this fall.

So, I have decided that I want to read more. I have a goal of 2 books a month.

I'm now reading this book. Tina Fey is hilarious and so is this book.

Fruit Pizza

One of my neighbors had this the other day and then I saw it on a blog I read yesterday. I KNEW then it was my destiny to make one. :) I've only made it once, but someone always made one when we had food day at the bank and I LOVE it! It's a great summer dessert since it's not hot and heavy. And it's easy, which of course, is my kind of cooking!

Roll sugar cookie dough on a round pizza baking sheet (I used my Pampered Chef Pizza Stone, if you have one)

Bake @350 for 12 minutes
In a mixer:
8 oz cream cheese
1/3 cup of sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Spread on baked cookie crust and put whatever fruit you like! I used blueberries, strawberries, kiwi and mandarin oranges. I didn't get too anal about mine being perfectly round. :)

Enjoy!

Little Mermaid!

This girl LOVES to sing!

Mix Up!

Emily is so funny with some of her words. She came in the office today and said, "Momma come here it's an elapus...I said, an elephant. She said no, an elapus. I thought for a minute and said, OHHH an octopus? Yes, she said. HA! One other thing she mixes up is a crocodile. She calls her "Croc" shoes crocodinosaur shoes! She also has a plate with a crocodile on it and says the same thing..."I want my crocodinosaur plate" I try to correct her by saying it again and she says, "NO, crocodinosaur!" I have NO idea where she got that hard head of hers! :)

Name??

I had to post this on the blog so I would remember. When we ask Emily what her name is she says, Emily Steve Walker. I laugh so hard! She says Steve's name correctly and mine most of the time, sometimes my name is Steve Walker too. :)

Show and Tell

Emily moved up to a new class at her school last week. It's kind of bittersweet! I loved her old teacher Miss Michele, and so did Emily. Miss Michele had been her teacher for a year. I'm sure I'll like her new teachers just fine, but I like consistency!

Anyway, today was her first show and tell. When she got up this morning I asked her want she wanted to take to school for show and tell. She put her finger on her chin and said, hmmm, I wanna take my mommy!" I said you can't take your mommy, what else do you want to take, she said, "I want to take my Emily!" (our neighbor). I then said ok, it has to be a toy and opened the toy box. She picked her stethoscope. We practiced how to say it on the way to school. She did pretty good...stetha-scock!

Easter Weekend

My awesome neighbors invited Emily and I to eat lunch with them on Saturday. We went to her Aunt's in-laws house. It's about 15 mins from out house, but seems like you're way out in the country. It was so beautiful and they were all so nice. Emily got to ride her first horse (I'm not counting the pony at the fair). Of course, she was fearless and loved it. Then, the kids hunted eggs. She had a great time!

On Sunday we went to church with Mike and Holly and then went to eat at Dreamland BBQ. We were sad Steve wasn't with us, but it was a good weekend!

Emily, Sailor, Southern and Emmy