Happy BIrthday to Tammy

It's been a while since I blogged here - but since this was my birthday, thought I'd post it here.

What a crazy weekend! I turned 40 and Hank threw me a surprise party. We hung out in the backyard until we all almost passed out from the heat and then we took it inside for cake.

the cutest cake I've ever had!! decorated by Hank and Jacob


Jacob always loves a good chocolate cake :)

THANKSGIVING!!!!!

We are having a great week with the Spells. Last night we made cute Thanksgiving turkey cupcakes:

And last night, I (Hank) made a pie.

Let me explain.

Sheri found this mix for shoofly pie. Add three eggs, 6 Tablespoons of melted butter, 1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract, and 3/4 cup of water to this mix. Dump it into a pie crust, and bake it for 45 minutes at 350. Sounds too good to be true?

Take a look:

Isn't shoofly pie supposed to be brown? This is definitely yellow-ish.

Tasted more like a custard pie. It tastes good, but it is NOT shoofly! :( What do you expect from someplace in Texas?

I think he knows....

As most of you know, we are expecting Baby Carter #2 in February. Lately, Jacob has been telling me stuff about his "little sister"...hmmmm...I tell him that it might be a little brother - but I don't think he's convinced. We find out for sure next Wednesday on the 23rd! Stay tuned to see if he's right :)

What we're up to

Well, it's been a while since the last blog. If you can't tell, it's a busy time of year for me. Concert festival is next week, which takes up most (if not all) of my brain cells. It also takes a lot of time with extra rehearsals, not to mention jazz band, band booster meetings, etc. And when I'm working a few extra hours at school, it means Tammy's working a few extra hours at home. Basically, when I get home, I spend as much time with Jacob as possible, and then it's time to (a) do home stuff like paying the bills, or (b) veg in front of the TV, usually watching American Idol.

Grandma and Papaw spent the week with us, which has been awesome.  Jacob really enjoyed playing with them.  

Jacob and I had fun this morning playing catch in the back yard.  We need to do it again and get some video - it's cute!

So, looking forward to a good but crazy week this week -- festival performances on Wednesday and Thursday, band golf tournament on Friday, and a jazz gig on Saturday.  It's going to be fun, but I'm looking forward to not being so busy!

Turkentacky Video

OK, so I'm way behind on this, but I hope you enjoy it anyway:

Savannah Fun

So here's a picture of me and Paula at her restaurant :) Just hanging out by the fireplace....If you are ever in Savannah - you MUST go visit The Lady & Sons. We had such a fun time visiting old friends. Until next year....

For Pete & Jen

you might want to read the comments on Laura's latest blog post. They have been updated :)