recipe contest...

I entered a recipe contest. It was a Smuckers "Simple Chef" recipe contest - no more than 7 ingredients. Grand prize is 1800.00 worth of cookware. Four first prizes are a 400.00 mixer. I'll know if I won by mid-March. I'm not really looking to win. I'm sure there are tons of entries. But, it was fun to enter. I made it and we all tried it to see if it would "pass" for the entry. That's the funnest part! Here's what I sent:

Peanut Butter Pie

2 (3 oz) pkgs. cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 cup Smucker's Natural creamy peanut butter
2 Tbsp. milk
2 cups cool whip
1 graham cracker crust
2 Tbsp. mini semi-sweet chocolate morsels

Step 1: Beat together cream cheese and sugar until fluffy
Step 2: Add peanut butter and milk. Beat until smooth and creamy
Step 3: Fold in cool whip until mixed well
Step 4: Pour into pie shell. Sprinkle chocolate morsels on top
Chill 6 hours. Makes 8 servings

It has really been fun. It has inspired me to maybe enter some more recipe contests :)

Ev lost two front teeth...

I don't know what happened to my third post, but Evelyn lost her two front teeth last week. I had to pull one! Josh wasn't home from work yet. It was a first for me - except my own teeth when I was little. I faked being brave and non-chalant about it, but it was gross!

She is so adorable without those teeth. It's hard not to laugh every time she talks because it is so CUTE!

We are still very much enjoying eating at the table each evening. The meals are better and more complete. We enjoy each other more. The T.V. hasn't been on all week and NOBODY has missed it - not even Karleen. We play games together - connect four, shutes and ladders, pass the pigs, card games: Go Fish, Old Maid, Uno, Crazy Eights, etc..