Baked Onion Rings
January 25th, 2010
Everyone in this house LOVES onion rings. Eli and Moriah always beg Len for one of his when we go out to eat. BUT since we’re eating in lot more frequently than we had been and eating healthier, I decided to look up some alternative recipes. These were FANTASTIC!!
BAKED ONION RINGS
2 egg whites
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tap. pepper
1/2 lg. sweet yellow onion, cut into rings
1/3 c. dry bread crumbs
Cut onion into rings. Combine egg whites, salt, and pepper into a bowl. Dip onion rings into mixture and coat with bread crumbs. Bake for 10-15 minutes at 450.
Enjoy!
January 25th, 2010
I remember my parents say that time flew as they got older…now I live that truth! I sneezed and missed over a month in bloggy land! Whoops!
Life is good. Really good. The kids are growing and learning to love Jesus. Elijah is in speech now and we are beginning to see some improvement in his articulation. Moriah is going to be two on Sunday.
Len and I are loosing weight. You can check out his progress at lessof.lenflack.com I am not as brave as he is. :-)
There are always ups and downs in life and we are blessed, simply blessed. I will attempt in my endeavors to blog more frequently. Life is changing as we know it.
Making time for each other…
December 8th, 2009
Sometimes we just need to make the time…
Its totally worth it!
It finally SNOWED!!
December 7th, 2009
Today, December 7, 2009, we woke up to snow! In the words of my three year old son, “WOO HOO!!!” Since last year at this time we’d had snow for MONTHS, we have really been looking forward to the snow! The kids are at an AWESOME age right now. Elijah is three and a half and Moriah is almost two. They are old enough to remember and look forward to events. So this morning after I told them to look outside and they saw the beauty of the powdery white snow, they couldn’t wait to get outside!!! We waited until it got a bit warmer out though!! BRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
We cleaned off the car, shoveled the walk to our back door (we do not use our front door this time of year), and built a cute little snowman! His name is Frosty, naturally. ;-) The kids also took a little ride in their sled. It was all VERY fun, even for Mama!
Fall 2009
December 6th, 2009
I love Fall! I mean I really love it! About the time Fall rolls around, I am SOOOO ready for it! I’m tired of being hot and the festivities of Fall are just plain fun! This year was no different. Fall is a blast, perhaps even more so now that I get to have the fun with the babes. This year I took them to pick out their pumpkins. They LOVED it, but since I was brave and took them alone and kids get too excited around pumpkins, I didn’t really get many pictures, because I had my hands full making sure they didn’t pick one up to drop and so forth!
One day after church, we were having a bit of mingle time when Moriah asked if she go outside and play in the leaves. I had to say no! I just had to! She had on one of her most pretty dresses and white shoes with white tights…very cute, but not so good for playing in the leaves and DIRT! So the next week, I dressed them both in their bib overhauls and took them out to play myself!
Perhaps one of my fondest memories of Fall as a child is playing in the leaves! Isn’t that one for everyone? LOL! Where I grew up we didn’t have a lot of leaf falling off kind of tress! LOL! We had mostly pine trees, but I remember going to a friend’s house and playing in the leaves all day one time. SOO fun! My mom bought the kids a big bag pumpkin to put leaves in this year, so we got together with our good friends, the Pecks and played in the leaves one day. The kids LOVED it!
Decorating for Fall is a HUGE favorite around here! 
I don’t dare leave it up for very long though, because it was a BEAST to pick up in the snow last year!! I guess I could have left it out longer this year.
I hope you enjoyed your Fall as we did ours!
I’m baaaaaaaaaccck!!
December 4th, 2009
Hello, All! Remember me? The keeper of this blog?!
I really hadn’t intended on being absent for so long. My computer died and I was using Len’s for a while. Every time I used Len’s computer…there wasn’t really time for blogging. So it took a back seat…
There is so much to write. There is so much I had wished I could blog about. Life has REALLY changed. I will spare you from every detail, and just tell of some of what God has done in our lives.
Our summer was fruitful in both the garden and our lives! It was amazing. We grew closer as a family. Len and I both to each other and to our children.
This past summer/fall I spent most any spare minute that I had in organizing our home. I don’t believe our home has ever actually been organized. I would have one room, maybe two rooms organized at a shot, but never the entire home. Organizing took several trips to the local consignment shop as well as to the thrift store and dumpster. I think perhaps the kids’ closets need organizing once again, but I can honestly say that I know what we have and where it is. LOL! This makes our lives SOOOOOOO much easier.
We also switched our house all around to include Len’s office to be downstairs, out of our bedroom, and into the dining room. We switched the living room and dining room and moved the TV upstairs. The kids still watch videos here and there upstairs, but no more being glued to the television. We LOVE it that way. They are so much more creative and their imaginations have simply flourished!!
Monday-Thursday I have started watching three boys, ages 5, 3, and 8 months. I watch them for 3 hours and make a bit of money to help out. I think God rewarded me for getting my house in order. Because of this I was able to buy a new laptop…nothing big and special just a simple netbook, which makes me even more organized when it comes to youth group and church stuff. My iPod is wonderful, but I get a little cross eyed reading everything on that sometimes.
So…this is our life. I will update more and here and there on the children and our doings. God is good and I thank Him for this wonderful life He gives me!!!
I can’t believe he’s 3!!
June 23rd, 2009
Elijah turned three a few weekends back. It seems absolutely crazy to think of this very adorable little boy being three years old already! It seems like just yesterday when I was admitted the hospital to have him.
Elijah, our dear first born is a sweet boy. He loves people (except for when he’s grumpy) and is quite energetic at times. He quietly observes when he is out of his element and he often enjoys being the one in charge.
He is potty trained except for at night and loves to pee outside. 
He loves all things CARS (the movie) and most things boys like. You know like cars, planes, trains, helicopters, boats…He can usually be found with a car in his hand.
From my womb he loved music. He has a piano (keyboard), drum, and several guitars. Guitar is by far his favorite. He also loves, and I do mean LOVES to sing. Mommy and Daddy love to listen.
He enjoys helping (not always helping) Mommy and Aunt Sarah in the garden and LOVES helping mommy make pizza, cake, anything he can actually help with in the kitchen!
His favorite food is chicken nuggets. His favorite vegetable is carrots. He loves bananas, bread and peanut butter, and his favorite snack is fruties (Fruit Snacks). He hates pasta! He is at times a very picky eater.
Elijah and Daddy love to play fight together, which usually entails Daddy getting beat up and Elijah getting thrown in the air and caught. Lots of giggles, lots of smiles and very fun to watch.
He LOVES going to Sunday School and wants to go to church most days of the week. He gets mad when we don’t take him on Tuesday. LOL! He’s still a cuddler and often we wake up with him between us!
He’s a sweet, sweet boy and I am proud to call him mine! Can’t you tell by all the bragging?!
Elijah’s Birthday Treats
June 23rd, 2009
For Elijah’s birthday we had two parties. For his first party I made our traditional chocolate chip cookie. Everything is edible except for the car.
If you look closely you can tell where he tried to drive McQueen (the car) on the road.
For his second party, I made a McQueen cake. He LOVED it!
Final Cake for Course 3!
June 15th, 2009
This was my final cake for Course 3!
There was another cake in course 3 before this one that I totally spaced on and forgot to take a picture before it was devoured by my extended family. It really wasn’t that great to begin with though!!
The icing is buttercream and the flowers are fondant. Fondant in my opinion is gross, so I’ll be trying to steer clear of that for now…
How do you eat such a large cake you may ask?
You invite all the neighbors over!
