To Die for Blueberry Muffins

Since we moved to Florida we have discovered that my neighbor, Maria, is an amazing baker and she loves to share. She is the best at making bread and yummy treats all the time. And the best part...she loves to share. Her kids will always bring treats over that their mom has just made and a lot of the time when I watch her kids, she'll bring me a treat. Not expected, but greatly appreciated of course. Well, Maria has been called to teach sunday school at church. There was one Sunday she came in with a basket of fresh blueberry muffins for anyone who had read the lesson prior to class. Luckily I was one of the lucky few who had and was able to eat a muffin. They were delicious and so I had her email me the recipe. I made them and everyone loved them. The girls would have about 3 or more for breakfast if I would let them. So, since she was nice enough to share with me, I'll be nice and share with you. So here is the recipe.
go to www.allrecipes.com and search for a recipe called To Die For Blueberry Muffins. I promise you will love them. Also, I found that if you double the batter recipe, but leave the crumble topping recipe the way you see it, you will have plenty of topping for all your muffins. Enjoy!

Disney World 1/2 Marathon 2010

January 9th I ran the Disney World half marathon along with my friends Christina and Stacey. We were really excited until we found out the weather would be about 30 degrees and there was a very good chance of rain and sleet. We woke up at 3am and made it to the park at 3:45am. We didn't start running til about 6:30am, so there was a good amount of time to sit in the rain and freeze. We couldn't wait to start running to warm up. So, we ran and ran and finished the race in about 2 1/2 hours. We were very excited and felt we could have had a faster time, but with 6 thousand people running, it was hard not to run into people all along the way. It was fun running through Magic Kingdom and seeing characters cheering you on. I am so proud of us girls and so glad we did it. I would love to do it again, but not anytime in the near future. :)

Freezing before the race started.

Fireworks went off at the beginning of each wave.

Just a few of the 6 thousand runners total.

After running through Cinderella's castle.

The race finished in Epcot...almost done!!

Me, Stacey, and Christina with our medals.

Yeah!!! We finished!!!

Cambree oh Cambree

Cambree can be a hoot sometimes. Here are a few of her recent comments that made me laugh.
*Cambree was very excited Christmas morning to find that Santa had brought her a dollhouse and some barbies. She walked up to it and shock it, then looked at us and said, "Wow, those elves did good!!"
*Eric likes to make his dad's version of famous potatoes. They are very good and we like to eat them with soft boiled eggs. Tonight at dinner Cambree gobbled up her eggs fast and then was able to grab the last egg available. Eric said, "Wow, you really liked my potatoes." Which Cambree replied, "No, I just wanted to be able to eat the last egg."

Lipstick Sisters

They are already starting! We are going to be in trouble.

Happy Birthday Joanna

Our good friend Joanna turned 32 last week and we coordinated with her husband to have a surprise birthday party for her at our house. She was really surprised and we had a great time. She is an awesome friend and so glad we could make her smile and enjoy her birthday with her.

Rock On Addi!!!

Thanks again to Uncle Joel, we got some pretty rockin' pictures. The biker head wrap is pretty popular in this house.

Christmas 2009

There was a lot to do this Christmas and we stayed very busy. Christmas Eve morning we had a waffle breakfast and had a little over 30 people over to eat. It was great. Then Christmas Eve night we had a ham dinner at our friends house and read the true Christmas story. Christmas morning was so fun this year. The girls had put out reindeer food and had to run outside to make sure it was gone. They had both also asked for a Barbie dollhouse and so Santa brought one for the girls to share. Cambree got some princess barbies to go with it and Addi got some polly pockets she had also asked for. Eric got a new laptop so he would be able to use it on his deployment to call us with Skype, and I got a kitchenaid. Yeah!! Christmas night we made a traditional Austrian dinner to include schnitzle, cucumber salad, and potatoes. We had a great time eating and talking and of course watching Christmas Vacation. Another great Christmas. We just hope next year Grandma and Grandpa will be enjoying a warm Florida Christmas with us. hint hint ps-Thanks Joel for the cool biker wrap for Eric. He thought it was pretty cool and even wore it around the house yesterday doing my honeydo list of things around the house.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

The tradition in our family is that we put up the Christmas tree the Family Home Evening after Halloween. A lot of people have commented that is way too early, but for us we never feel that the tree is up long enough. We were a little late this year, but we finally got it up and the girls loved to help.

Our First Cruise

Eric and I were able to go on our very first cruise and we were even able to go alone. Eric's mom and sister flew in to take care of the kids while we got to take a little vacation together. We left out of Mobile, AL and went down to Progresso and Cozumel, Mexico. The cruise was a lot of fun and the food was the best part. We were able to see the Mayan ruins and the flamingos in Progresso and then we went snorkeling in Cozumel. I was a little afraid to have to breath out of this tube in my mouth with my nose covered, but it ended up being so much fun. I'm really glad we got to do our trip and glad Eric and I were able to spend some time together. A cruise is a really fun vacation, and we will do it again in the future.

Meow

Addison likes to pretend that she is a cat, a lot! Eric decided to play with her that day and gave her a bowl of chocolate milk to lap up. Lucky kitty!