Labor Day Weekend

Some of us are lucky to have a 3 day weekend!  Many years ago it was the joke that I would go into labor on Labor Day with my first child!  Next year he will be turning the big 2-0!  Where did time go?? Anyways, my response to everyone would be, baby will come the day after labor day just because everyone expects arrival on labor day!  Sure enough, late that night I went into labor and had my baby on Tuesday around lunchtime!

I hope whatever you are doing you are spending time with your family.  I love my family and would do anything for them!

My BBQ King, aka my husband is my BFF, so this is fitting also!

He thought I was a little crazy snapping pictures while grocery shopping with him!  He was taking his time!  I also was playing with little bottles and gathered some family members' names and snapped some more pictures!  I'll share those another day, until then, drink up!

Stay safe in whatever you do and drive carefully home if you have gone out of town.

What are your favorite family stories to share?

Zucchini Oatmeal Cookies

I love things growing in the garden!  It gives me a big sense of accomplishment when I am able to pick something from the garden and turn it into some magical dish in the kitchen!  When I got home from work one day this last week my teenager requested cookies.  I requested he does his chore and I went outside to pick this beauty from the garden. 

I think this will make awesome cookies!  I found on Pinterest this link to an awesome recipe we tried out.  Here is the website for the cookie recipe!  I started making the cookies about the same time my teen finished doing his chore - dishes!  I told him yay he gets to help but he had to go use the potty but never returned until cookies were done!

I didn't have chocolate chips, but we still wanted chocolate in the cookies so I put in a heaping spoonful of cocoa into the batter.  This recipe made the moistest cookies!  Even the picky kids at the cookies!  They were so good!

Great idea my son had!  We ate them all before my BBQ King got home!  I was only able to save him four cookies!

What have you baked lately?

Embroidered Frog

Okay so I said this wouldn't just be a BBQ blog and that there would be "other things"!! It has been way too hot to BBQ or way too windy and pouring down rain here in Washington State.  So just before our summer storm I made this awesome embroidered frog on a bar mop towel.

My daughter just informed me that I need to give this frog some team spirit and make it in green, blue, and gray ~ Seahawk colors!  We'll see how much time I have on my hands in the next week before school starts! I just might give her idea a try!

What have you crafted lately?

Please pray for our fire fighters to stay safe and be able to put out the fires. Also to keep everyone's homes safe.