Scrapbooking and then some...

Aunt Kathy invited us up to her house today to do some scrapbooking. I had never really scrapbooked before, but it was lots of fun!! I would love to think that I could put together a scrapbook to document every year of Caroline's life, but it took me the entire four hours we were there (which included some visiting, lunch, and two toddlers) to do two pages and that was with Kristen's help. And, by the way, Kristen can go ahead and add scrapbooking onto her list of many talents!!! Here are a few pictures of the girls enjoying themselves today and thanks to Aunt Kathy for having us...After we left Aunt Kathy's, Kristen and I decided to attempt Wal-Mart with two really sleepy girls (what were we thinking???) before picking RG up from school. In order to remain sane and the girls to remain in the buggies, we got ICEEs!!! It never fails and what a treat...for mother and child:)!Now...Mendy has been asking me for the recipe for the BBQ sauce I made to put on those country style ribs and I really don't have a "recipe". My mother always (and I just learned it from her) mixed - to our liking - brown sugar, ketchup, and little water together. Put it in the microwave for a minute at the time and stirring between until all the sugar has dissolved. I never buy BBQ sauce because this is so easy and so much better than anything you can buy!!

Mendy also asked about the brown rice I made and I do have a recipe for it. Here it is:

1 cup rice (I use Uncle Ben's Original)

1 can beef consomme'

1 can water

1/2 stick butter

Salt and minced onion to taste

Cover and bake for one hour at 350 degrees.

This is ever so easy to make and it seems like you can't go wrong with it...kids, hubby, everyone really likes it! ENJOY!