mac n' cheese request

Does anyone have a really good homemade mac n' cheese recipe??

Pancakes

Bisquick is really expensive here in the UK so I had to improvise and found this yummy way easy recipe for pancakes. This was enough to serve the kids and me, so I suggest doubling it. Don't forget the syrup, I have posted a recipe in my recipe section.

Mix dry ingredients

4¾oz plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

2 tbsp caster sugar

then add:

1 large egg, lightly beaten

2 tbsp melted butter (allowed to cool slightly) or olive oil

enough milk to make it a pancake batter.

A night with the stars

thanks to Obama...I guess something good did come out of him becoming President. Everyone over here in Englad LOVES Obama so in honor of his inaguration Madame Tussauds let all Americans in for free. So we took advantage.

Brownies and Ice Skating

Reagan just couldn't get enough of the brownies we had made

Two very happy kids

Jeff teaching Zack how to ice skate.

Natural History Museum

a fun new swing at Peter Pan's park
mom, it's cold, do I really have to stand here for another picture?

Zack at the helm

Captain Hook's Pirate Ship!

our apartment

Mine, Jeff's and Reagan's room
Zack's room

our itty bitty kitchen...complete with a washer/dryer (all in one)

Our front room

we are still here...

and still having fun, with limited access to the internet at the moment however, but working on getting internet. Be patient...
more posts with pics to come...

London

We made it to London, a member of the church let us stay at his house for a few days until we could find something else. Which we did today, and are excited to get closer to the city. We will be walking distance to Hyde Park and our church. It will only take Jeff 10 minutes to get to his work. We have a ton of free museums just on the otherside of hyde park. We are excited to be here, even if it is for just a short time.

I have mixed feelings about leaving the double jogger at home, but totally glad we brought the single jogger instead of the crappy umbrella type one. Like when we are on the subway i'm glad we brought the single but when we're trying to walk fast wish we had the double. It is a lot of walking for Zack so we have to make Reagan share. Sometimes she is okay with it, other times she just screams until she realizes he's there to stay.
Freezing in Hyde Park.

*Christmas*

We couldn't believe all the snow! This was just in one day and it wasn't done...
Thanks papa and grammy...

Cousins...well, 1/2 sisters in a way

We had a fun christmas the boys went shooting....

Reagan hated it...

We Miss You Grandpa

My grandpa John passed away the day after Christmas he was 88 years old. He lived a great life and we will miss him so much, but glad that he is no longer suffering. I will miss all of his old war stories and boxing stories. He was also great at telling jokes. He was a great man. These pics were taken in April it was the last time I saw my grandpa. I am sad that there is not one of Zack and him, but Zack just wouldn't do it.

try these

recipe is on the right under all of my recipe postings...enjoy!

playing in the snow

We didn't have any of his snow stuff except his boots and hat so we had to make do with what we had. He didn't care though, he just wanted to get outside and play in the new fallen snow, who can blame him. We had fun. I pulled him around the yard on his sled and then we found a "sledding hill" it didn't work very well, but he had fun.

He started off dry and warm....

And a couple face plants later...the happiest, wettest and coldest little guy in town...time for hot cocoa

did we mention we LOVE midway

It's good to be home

I am so glad to be home. I can't post pictures because our stuff hasn't arrived yet and I do not have the cord. It seems like we have waited for this since we moved to Michigan. And now we are back! Such a good feeling.

The weather for the first week was amazing. Zack was riding his bike outiside and playing in the grass in December! When we left Michigan it was cold and snowing/icing whatever you want to call it. And this week we have been hit with a huge snow storm. Perfect for Zack to go sledding...pics to come...

We finally put a tree up, our only chirstmas decoration, but it's huge so it can count for most of the stuff we didn't put up.

We are missing everyone in MI and hope you all have a wonderful christmas.

This post is for Brittney Osbourne, I can no longer view your blog. Will you please re-invite me...cpriddle23@hotmail.com