MY NEW FAVORITE RESTAURANT

Today a sales rep took our office out to lunch to discuss a new mortgage product. We chose PF Chang's in Rogers.

This my new favorite place. I have been talking about it the rest of the day. My favorite part was the service!!! I am a customer service hound!! If you don't have good service I will boycott you. It is the first thing I notice about any business or service I use.

Anyhoo the food was AMAZING

My coworker and I shared the orange peel chicken and crispy honey shrimp. I couldn't decide which one I liked better. I also got to try the lettuce wraps AGAIN delicious.

I had to get back to my office for a conference call so they brought me a chocolate dessert shot with rasberry sauce, chocolate frosting, chocolate cake and chocolate chips. OH MY I was wishing I could lick the container clean. It was so good.

Can't wait till I get to go again. Wish I would have tried it sooner.

Thanks PF Chang for a wonderful experience.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Our holiday weekend began with Coco's birthday party. The rest of the weekend was pretty low key. I didn't feel well Sat or Sunday so that was a bummer. Today I cleaned out our closet (had to since the rod broke in half early one morning last week). I got 3 tubs of smaller sizes and 3 bags for a garage sale. Tonight we had dinner with Scott's parents and the kids shot fireworks. We are early birds so we shot them all off prior to dark. Warning lots of photos to follow.

PARTY TIME

We celebrated Coco's 11th  birthday today.

She picked pink and gray for her colors.

I am loving the pom poms made from tissue paper. There are super easy to make.

I have seen these banners all over blogland so I wanted to try my hand at making her one.

I love how it turned out. It is hard to see but the 1st layer of paper is really cute with black chandeliers.

 

 I ordered her cake from Walmart. It was supposed to be pink and grey. As you can see it was NOT.

Coco was happy with it, she thought it looked tie dyed. As long as she was happy but it drove me crazy. If we had more than 2 hours before her guest arrived I would have done something else.

I picked up Eureka pizza on the way home to so that we could make a 6:35pm movie time. Coco, A and C having pizza before we left.

I took them to see Monte Carlo. I expected the theatre to be crowded since the movie just came out today but it was only 1/2 full. Must have been due to the holiday weekend. It was a cute movie.

Once we got home they played on the trampoline with the sprinkler. Daddy helped them shoot some fireworks off. She has had a great birthday.

Looking forward to the 3 day weekend.

Everyone be safe and have a great holiday.

Pam

SOMEBODY'S HAVING A BIRTHDAY

Coco will have a birthday next week.

I asked her tonight to make us a wish list.

This is what she brought me.

1. Cell phone

2. DSI 3D

3. Good (new) camera

4. Bulletin Board

5. New purse

6. Paris Perfume

7. Lots of stickers

8. Notebook w/ pens

9. Reba seasons 1 & 2

10. Lemonheads

11. 2 sim cards

12. Allowed to wear makeup to school :)

She will be turning 11. I can see in her list the changes from a little girl to becoming a young lady. Each year will be harder on her Mama

Daddy and Mama have already said NO to number 12!!!!

We will be preparing and planning for a small affair to celebrate her 11 years next week.



NEW RECIPE

I found this recipe in one of those little cook books you can get at the checkout counter at Walmart.

Pork Chops over Apples and Stuffing

Not the best photo but it was really good.

4-6 pork chops

1 can apple pie filling

1 box cornbread stuffing

1-2 tbls oil

1-3 tbls brown sugar

Brown the pork chops in the oil over med heat. I used creole seasoning, salt and pepper on the chops while browning

Prepare stuffing as directed

Oil 13x9 pan, spread apple filling in bottom of pan. Sprinkle brown sugar over the apples.

Place chops on top of apples and spoon stuffing on top of chops.

Cover and bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.

Uncover and bake for another 10 minutes.

Let rest for few minutes prior to serving.

SCHOOLS OUT FOR THE SUMMER

Another year down! My baby is now a middle schooler :(

This is the 1st day of 5th grade

The last day of 5th grade.

She was a straight A student this year. Participated in SEEK, played basketball and softball, earned the Gold in math. She will leave the building she has known for the past 6 years and move to another world. She is excited and nervous at the same time. Lots of changes coming for our girl. Changes her Mama is not ready for. My hope is that these next few years will be a happy fun experience for her.

We have lots of summer plans as our list in the previous post shows. Lots of memories to make and new experiences for us as a family.

OUR SUMMER TIME LIST

I have to begin with the apology. I found this idea on a blog and now I can't find it in my bookmarks. I should use pinterest, huh?

Anyhoo, on to our list. Last year we made a list on paper and put it on the fridge. We did a little better this year.

We started with a Hobby Lobby Frame 1/2 off.

Coco chose green gingham scrapbook paper for the background. I had the other green paper and pink letter stickers.

She made her list with a dry erase marker. It was a family affair making the list. Dad and I got to include a few things we want to do.

Some things on our list:

Help in Joplin

Swim at the lake

Bass Pro (dad)

Harbor Village Grove, OK (me)

Naturals baseball game

Camping

Cookout with friends

Loving our list. This might just stay up all year to make lists for each season. Good reminder of taking the time to have fun as a family.

Thanks to the talented blogger that made this first!!!!