Kelly's birthday!

Beth, Robyn, Tiffiny and I took Kelly out to lunch today at Huhot to celebrate her birthday. At Huhot you fill your bowl up at the buffet from there selection of chopped frozen meat, veggies and then pour from a large selection of every kind of sauce you can think of on top of your creation of meat and veggies. Then this guy fries it up for ya on a huge flat grittle thing. It was delicious! :) Happy Birthday, Kelly!

(Today is my salvation birthday. 16 years...April 29, 1992.)

Travis in the Nursery at Marion Avenue Baptist Church

This picture was taken by Saundra Hoffert...or better known by all her "nursery babies" as "Nana". :) I thought it was such a good picture that I would share it w/all my family and friends. Both Kaleb and Travis have had the privilege of having fun in the nursery every Sunday morning with Nana Hoffert. :)

Paula Deen's Fried Chicken

1 (2lb.) cut-up chicken (8 pieces)
Salt
4 c. vegetable shortening, for frying
3 lg. eggs
1/3 c. water
2 c. self-rising flour
Pepper(use the black peppercorn grinder)

In large bowl, sprinkle chicken w/salt. Cover and refrig 2 to 3 hours. In 12 inch skillet, heat shortening on medium until temperature reaches 350F on deep-fry thermometer.(There should be 3/4 in. hot fat in skillet.) Meanwhile, in pie plate, w/fork, beat eggs and water. In medium bowl, combine flour and pepper. Dip chicken pieces, 1 at a time, in egg mixture, then place in flour mixture, turning to coat well. Add chicken pieces, skin sides down, to hot fat. Cover skillet and cook 5 minutes; turn chicken over and cook covered 7 to 9 minutes longer for white meat, 10 to 12 minutes longer for dark meat, turning pieces occasionally until well browned and crisp on all sides and juices run clear when thickest part is pierced w/tip of knife. (I cooked mine until fairly brown, it was still juicy tender and falling off the bone.) Transfer cooked chicken to a paper towel lined cookie sheet. YUUUUMMMMY! :)

WOW....thats all I can say.

Well, the moment you have all been waiting for...."What was the bill?" Wail until the end of my story. Well, for all of you who didn't know, today was Kevin and my anniversary. Two whole years! So we used a gift card that Candace got for us at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Santa Barbara. All we can say is THANK YOU! It was by far the best dining experiance I have ever had in my life. The pic do not do it justice. -Posted by Kristin (I put a couple of pics on shutterfly of us before we left for dinner)

Are your eyes playing tricks on you!?

The Chubb illusion is an optical illusion wherein the apparent brightness (luminosity) of an object varies dramatically, depending on the context of the presentation. For instance, a dark object surrounded by darker objects may appear brighter than an actually brighter object, surrounded by even brighter objects.

The Hermann grid illusion produces the illusion that there are gray spots or squares at the intersections of the streets or canals.

Red Alert!

Whoever can guess first how this is accomplished will get an extra big hug and kiss from me when I see you in May! :)





Katie is correct! A big smooch is coming your way soon!

Mera scares Mommy!

Well, yesterday, Meradeth gave me a BIG scare!! I was watching TV (first mistake) and Olivia was in the music room by the front door with caleb. Meradeth went into that room to play with them. Well, about 3 minutes went by and I got up to go in there. Meradeth was nowhere to be seen. I asked Olivia where she was and she said that Meradeth left the room a couple minutes before and walked back towards the living room. I ran back into the living room and looked in the kitchen, the laundry room, the guest room...I even looked in the back yard (I didn't think she would be smart enough to open the screen door). Then I heard, "Dadadadadadaa." It was coming from upstairs. Meradeth had climbed up both flights of stairs and was in our bathroom playing in the toilet water. (by far her favorite thing to do). AHHHHHHHHH. What do you do when this happens. I started thinking of all the what ifs. Needless to say, I will keep a much better eye on her and not watch so much TV.
Posted by: Kristin