Wordless Wednesday

Standing on the Word

Alaina got a new seat! Not only does it have things to play with, she can also jump in it.
She doesn't do that yet, but once she figures it out, she'll love it.
You may notice there is a book under her. She isn't tall enough for her feet to reach the floor without it.
I noticed that the book was Strong's Bible Concordance.
When I mentioned it to Laura, she said - "We're training her to stand on the word!"

Spring in March?

We are having unseasonably warm weather here in West Michigan. I can't remember having this kind of weather in March. We have been setting records with the warm weather.

It was so nice this weekend, that when I got out of work, I went for a walk to enjoy it.


Here's a few berries that have hung on through the winter.

This is a dried flower still hanging from the hydrangea tree.

The tulips are growing!





And so are the windflowers.




These are wild pansies, growing in our woods.

Look at the trees budding!

The daffodils will be open very soon.






I love these cheery crocus.




I don't know how long this weather will last, but I'm enjoying it while it's here!

Andy's leave

Well, our time with Andy has come to an end. We so enjoyed having him around for these few weeks. He's on his way back to Kentucky now, where he will be based at Fort Campbell.
It's nice that he will be close enough to make the occasional trip home. It takes about 9 hours.
I thought I would share a few pictures of our time with him.

This is a typical Andy picture. He is always goofing off and teasing us. You see the expression on his face due to the fact that I am taking his picture...

When Andy is home, we have a lot of family gatherings. This is from a party celebrating my Dad's 81st birthday.

I have to throw in this cute picture of Alaina!

Bob's sisters were over to visit Andy, but had to have their picture taken with Alaina. This is his sister Diane.




And Alaina spent a lot of time here. She and Andy had a good time getting to know each other and I'm thinking that Andy will miss her most of all!

Cooking Thursday

I've been cooking some yummy things while Andy is home. Not good for the diet, but since Andy's had no home cooking for a year, I figure the diet can restart next week!
I found the recipe for this cake on Feeding My Temple, and it turned out just as promised.
This cake is so easy to make and tastes like cinnamon rolls. It's nice and moist and stayed fresh for longer than I thought it would. Yummy!
For more recipes, visit Sandra at Diary of a SAHM.

Cinnamon Roll Cake

Cake:
3 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup butter, melted
Mix all ingredients except for butter. Slowly stir in the melted butter until well incorporated. Pour into greased 9x13 pan.

Topping:
1 cup butter softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Mix all ingredients until well combined. Drop evenly over batter and swirl with a knife. Bake at 350 degrees for 28 to 32 minutes.

Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
5 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix together and drizzle over cake while warm.
Enjoy!

Wordless Wednesday

(Spring is coming!)

Word Verification

How do you feel about word verification? I have never liked it and these latest changes are driving me crazy! It was bad enough trying to type in letters when you could see them, but now it's so hard to even figure out what the letters are. Then, it's very frustrating when you type them in only to find out that you didn't get it right and you have to start over!
I've read posts from several bloggers who have quit commenting if a blog has word verification. I haven't reached that point, but I have tried to leave comments and been unable to, and I have skipped commenting when I don't have much time.
I know spam has been a problem for some of you, but blogger has new methods of stopping spammers. I frequently get spam comments, but they are always stopped and left in the spam folder.

If you have word verification and would like to turn it off, here are instructions. And if you do turn it off - Thanks!!!
1. Open Dashboard
2. Click on comments
Scroll down to:
"Show word verification for comments?"
Click on no
Scroll down to Save Settings

That's it - you've made all your commenters happy!