Castles and Coasters

 We have been planning our trip to San Antonio this summer where we will be going to Sea World and Six Flags...so Mitch thought we needed a "warm-up" to prepare for amusement park fun....so we went to Castles and Coasters. 

                    Lunch break

          A round of miniature golf

                  Bumper Boats

 I can't even describe how high this ride went...I will leave that up to the thrill seekers of the family

                       We had a great time!

Snail Vine and Donuts

 I LOVE snail vine....it grows fast and is so pretty.  I love the over grown look.

 The bloom is very pretty!!!

 Sorry it has been so long since I have posted anything...with the kids out of school now my time is more limited....

 We still have the stray...Smokey hasn't left..and of course, Mac is getting attached.

           Marcus was using Panther as a pillow

 Today we made donuts out of Grand biscuits...the recipe I used was a little vague...it said fry in oil until brown...

 The donut holes browned in about 20 seconds!  Leaving the center doughy...so I had to turn the heat down and wait

 Much better...but then the kids wanted to frost them...

I looked at them when they finished...I said "what an ugly color"...we are calling them Shrek donuts!  They were pretty tasty I might add.  :)

Food, food and more food

 The pork butt spent several hours inside the smoker; the whole neighborhood smelled like hickory...yummm

                                     Tada!!!!!!!!!

 While the pork was "resting" we dove into my homemade salsa.  I love Hint of Lime tortilla chips with my salsa, Mitch loves Hint of Jalapeno...

 I haven't figured out how to put a recipe link on here, even with Nicole's help.  This is The Neely's Spicy Slaw and is it ever good!!! The heat is from cayenne pepper...

 Now the pork is shredded and we can't wait to dive in!  We love the smoker!!!

 For dessert i made fudgy cheesecake brownies..Mackenzie kept opening the oven and rubbing her hands together like she couldn't wait!

 Mitch ate his pork on a bun with the slaw on the side...let's just say, he had more than one plate and is taking a big ol' nap right now!

 I put mine on corn tortillas topped with the slaw!!! Yummo!!!

 This is the stray that showed up while we were out smoking the meat...she is a girl, we think she is prego, and we have named her "Smokey"

She was crying when we were inside eating...we are stray cat central for sure!

So, we make this great meal and what does Marcus want?...plain hotdog with relish on the side..

Friends and Pratt's Pets

 When Marcus had Caleb over, I took them Golden Corral.  They had fun and they LOVE the dessert bar!

 After Caleb went home we went up to Pratt's Pets...it's a feed store slash pet store...the kids love to go in there.  Of course, they BEG to bring a little critter home...that would be a no!

 Marcus already had a name for this bunny...blackie

We had just seen RIO (a cartoon about birds)...they wanted to buy the bird too!

Kicking off Memorial weekend

 This is my screen im trying to cover with snail vine.  A lot of growth since the last picture I posted.

 Marcus likes to skateboard...

 Mackenzie wanted short hair for summer, so I cut about 2 inches off the bottom.  Doesn't she look grown up? yikes!

 ok...I don't know what is going on, but we are apparantly, stray cat central...this is the 3rd stray cat in our backyard this week.  We had 3 strays last year that were kittens.  I finally had to take them to the Humane Society.  This one seems very tame.

 We went to one of our favorite places to dinner, The Hurricane.

Marcus HAD to take a picture...

Mitch is going to be smoking and grilling ALL weekend. I will try to post some of his BBQ!