Peter Piper Pizza for game playing

                                 Hard at it earning tickets for prizes!

                                               ooooooo...competition!!!!

                                                 Birthday boy with Dad!

                                        Mom and daughter!

                               Mom and the birthday boy!!!!

Marcus' Birthday

           One of the kittens decided to take a nap on Marcus' neck

                     I can't stop taking pictures of them when they look this cute!

                                  They usually nap in one big pile.

                   The Big Birthday Boy...can't believe he is 7.

                                       Just chillin'

                           Opening some presents from Papa and Grandma Katy...Grandma made this adorable quilted dog named Blue...she even wrote a poem to go along with it.  What a great job Grandma!!!

                 It's been sharks all week around here with Shark week on tv.  Check out his shark squirt gun for the pool!

                        Two tiered chocolate Super Mario Birthday Cake

                                              Happy Birthday Marcus!!!!!!!!

ok...i have been working on this off and on throughout the day.  Im trying to put the link to recipes when I bake something.  When I preview it, it doesn't let me click on the link...so Im just going to test this out...it's not a recipe ive tried...this is just a test :)


<a href="http://www.pillsburybaking.com"/>almond butter coffee cake</a>

Cooking, kittens and kicking off Marcus' b'day weekend!

          This was a 3 cheese pasta bake that I made one day...it was really good. 

 Then at the same time I made a stromboli...Joyce's recipe...thanks Joyce!

 The kittens are growing more everyday.  They still eat and sleep most of the time.

                         They love to snuggle up against each other..

                             Check out those claws!!!

                         Mama is always tired...well, 7 kids would exhaust anyone!

                        He's not sleeping...but Mac begged to put silly putty on his face.

                      Here, he is sleeping and so is Panther...a little afternoon nappy.

            It's FRIDAY!!!!  Marcus is kicking off his birthday weekend by playing the wii.

                           Not too often I get the 2 of them to pose together...and smile!

                                 Mackenzie is still a ham for the camera!!!

Taking care of the babies!

 I could take a gazillion pictures of them when they are sleeping...they are so cute!

 Marcus just loves the babies and takes very good care of them

 This little guy didn't even wake up when I was holding him...although their eyes aren't open yet.

                          Tuckered out

             Mama Cat is tuckered out too.

                 Mackenzie loves on them 24/7

What is wrong with me?

 I made a loaf of whole wheat bread...i even used flax seed to make it even more healthy...

 It sure looks pretty and yummy...however...it came out heavy and very dense.. guess I will have to find a recipe I can use it in...I tried a piece and chewed the same bite for a very long time.

 Okay..these lovely scones came out much better.  I put oranges in the batter and made an orange frosting to drizzle on them after they cool.

 Mitch is going to smoke some ribs this afternoon so I made Cowboy Beans...

This morning for breakfast I made banana pancakes! Does anyone want to clean my kitchen?



Kittens, kittens and more kittens

 Smokey was a busy kitty yesterday, giving birth to seven, yes seven, kittens!

                      They are so cute!

We were trying to put a clean fresh towel in the carrier.  Mackenzie  was taking them out and Smokey would pick them back up and carry them back in the carrier.