Project 52 - Details

Here is my Project 52 photo for the week.  This week's theme was Details.  The dogwood and azaleas in our yard are in full bloom already!  I love the "details" of dogwood flowers...

Project 52 - Hunger

Here is my Project 52 photo for the week.  This week's theme was Hunger.  I took this picture at a wedding reception that we attended this weekend.  The food was delicious (and pretty)!

Our Favorite Banana Bread

Our family loves to eat banana bread for breakfast.  This is our very favorite recipe.  It is always moist, and it freezes well.  So if you have a few overripe bananas that you need to use up, try this recipe out!

Banana Bread

(recipe source: Southern Sideboards)

1/2 cup oil

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs, well beaten

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups sifted flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/3 cup buttermilk (or sour cream)

3 very ripe bananas, mashed

1 cup walnuts, chopped

Cream oil and sugar; add eggs and salt and mix well.  Add flour and soda combined with buttermilk alternately.  Add bananas.  Fold in nuts.  Grease 2 regular size loaf pans; pour in mixture and bake approximately 45 minutes at 350.  When bread leaves sides of pan and toothpick comes out clean, bread is done. 

Makes 2 loaves.

Spring Break in Jackson

Over Spring Break we took the kids to visit Lee Lee, Doc and Uncle David in Jackson.  The weather was beautiful, and we had a great time with our family!

On Thursday we went to the Mississippi Children's Museum.  It is a lot of fun, and the kids loved showing us around.


On Friday we went to the reservoir to play with the dogs, kayak, play baseball and kayak with Doc.


That afternoon we went to see The Lorax.  Our visits are always too short, and we miss them already!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I made this St. Patty's Day rainbow for us to eat this week!

(inspired by this idea from pinterest)

Project 52 - The Eyes of March

Here are my photos for this week's Project 52.  The theme is "The Eyes of March."

Mamie's Cupcakes

Mamie got a cute Bella mini cupcake maker for Christmas.  She wanted to make some this week and chose the Funfetti cake mix.  I let her make them completely by herself.  She was so proud of how they turned out!

What I've Been Reading

Spring Break is here, and I thought some of you might be looking for a good book to read.  Here are some books that I have enjoyed reading this year.  (I have actually read some others that I wouldn't necessarily recommend.)  Here is my disclaimer...book choices are personal, so be sure to see what they are about before you read them. A couple of these are very realistic and some of the stuff can be "gritty" and hard to read. Happy reading!

The Meaning of Marriage by: Tim Keller
Counterfeit Gods by: Tim Keller
The Prodigal God by: Tim Keller
Crazy Love by: Francis Chan
A Thousand Splendid Suns by: Khaled Hosseini
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by: Annie Barrows
The Hunger Games by: Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by: Suzanne Collins
The Paris Wife by: Paula McLain

Here are some of my favorites from last year:
A Praying Life by: Paul Miller
Unbroken by: Laura Hillenbrand
The Glass Castle by: Jeannette Walls
Half Broke Horses by: Jeannette Walls
Sarah's Key by: Tatiana de Rosnay
The Swan House by: Elizabeth Musser
The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels by: Ree Drummond

Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

Sidewalk Chalk

Griffin has two weeks off for Spring Break.  Margaret has been his shadow and has been so happy to have a playmate all day long. Last week they played with some cool 3-D sidewalk paint and chalk.