Toothless, an award and a camp in

                                           Marcus lost another tooth this last week.  

 As most of you know, Mitch received the Littlejohn Award at the Faculty Appreciation Dinner this past Thursday.  It is basically, Person of the Year at Midwestern.  When they give out this award, it's always a surprise.  Mitch was completely suprised but very humble in receiving the award.  I am so proud of him.

                            This is my latest addiction.  It's called a Banana Bread Smoothie.  Yes, I know it's green.  Why, you ask?  Because there is spinach in it...but you can't even taste it...I swear.  I happen to really like spinach and I need the extra iron.  You take a 1/4 c of dry oatmeal, a half cup of lowfat vanilla yogurt and a splash of milk.  Blend that in your blender, then add a frozen banana (I have a ton in my freezer), a pinch of cinnamon, a few walnuts, then add 2 big handfuls of spinach and a few ice cubes...blend til smooth.  LOVE IT!!!!! 

                       This is my Goodwill side table that I found!  I actually ran into a ton of great deals over the past week.  There are super outdoor lawn furniture and gardening supplies on clearance right now.  Anyway, I have painted this table, and will have it in my next post....it's going in Mitch's "Hideout"

                            This toaster was regularly $50 that I got for $15!!!!!! 

                            Last night was the Cub Scout Camp In at our church.  We have went from about 15 kids in our pack, to about 35!!!!!  Huge turnout this year. 

                                                         Isn't my boy getting tall?

                        This was so cool. The Dutch Oven Society cooked cobblers for us at the camp in.  I chatted up a storm with them and gave them my email address; they have already started sending me recipes!!!!!  AWESOME!!!!

                                                                       YUM!

                                     Here are my guys working on the hotdogs

                               He had a good time......

Boris and Mr. Tiny

                                 Poor Mac.  My baby has pretty much been on a liquid diet since getting her braces.  I made her scrambled eggs and french toast this morning.  I told her to let the syrup saturate the toast and it may be easier to eat.  She was able to get it down, but I had to cut off the crust.  She can't chew at all right now.  :(

                                   I made peanut butter blossoms...soooo good!

    Ok family...prepare yourself.  We have added to our pet brood!  Marcus has been saving his money for nearly a year for a hamster.  I really thought he would forget about it; but he has continued to do extra chores and with a little help from his Uncle Max had enough money.  So here he is....

                                            Mr. Tiny.....   yikes!  I hope the cats don't find out about him!  He had enough money for a cage and a ball for him to roll around the house in and a wheel in his cage.  Thanks to Uncle Max helping him out, Uncle Max will now be our boarding station when we go out of town.  He will have pet duty!

                          and Mac has also been saving her money and decided to get....

               a turtle!  His name is Boris.  He is a red earred slider turtle.

                  He lives in a tank...hopefully he will survive....we may not live on a farm but we have lots of animals to care for :)