Yummy Cake

Since I am on a roll with getting my pictures to download I am doing it all at once. Some of my favorite blogs are those that have creative ideas or yummy recipes. So I thought I would share my latest creation. I had to make a cake for enrichment so I wanted something different. I have heard of a coconut cream cake before so I found a recipe for it on my favorite recipe website Allrecipes.com. Try it, it's yummy. In fact there wasn't enough to share after enrichment with my mom(since she loves coconut). So, I had to make another one for my birthday cake! Everyone loved it! So here is the recipe:

Coconut Cream Cake

Bake a white cake as directed, but add a 1 tsp. of coconut extract(I could not find this so I omitted that)

Mix 1 can of sweetend condensed milk with one 14 oz. can of cream of coconut(found in the drink mix isle or the asian section of the grocery store.)

Take the cake out of the oven when baked and poke holes all over the cake, when cake is still warm, pour the previous mixture over the cake and then refridgerate several hours or overnight.

When ready to serve, whip 1 cup of heavy whipping cream and spread over cake. Top with coconut.

Winter or Spring?

Haven't you all been frustrated with the weather here. One day it is beautiful, the next it is snowing. That's what spring is like here. Kaleb has come up with a way to solve your delima with what to wear this spring. It fit either weather situation. (This picture was actually taken in Feburary when I told him to get ready to go to the store. This is what he presented himself with. He did this multiple times throughout that week or so, with different shoes. I even let him wear it a few times.)

Naptime

This is for those that have a difficult sleeping at night. Twice this week Kaleb has fallen asleep in random different places. Darren picked him up after work and brought him home. He told Darren he wanted to help him in the woodshop. Next thing Darren knew was Kaleb was fluffing up his tool bag and sound asleep he went. In the second picture we came back from grocery shopping. He grabbed a cookie to eat and I found him at the top of the stairs still holding the cookie with his eyes closed. He was even still chewing the cookie!

First Camping Trip

Unbelievable, I got a picture to load. After a few trys today and several last week. It's the middle of March and we are off on our earliest camping trip ever. One of Darren's friends at work bought him a new trailer and we just couldn't resist. With 70 degrees lurching we had to go for a short overniter. It was so nice to just sit in the sun and do nothing. We had a nice time with some of the guys at work, and the kids enjoyed getting dirty.

My Stinking Blog

So today I have been told 3 times that my blog stinks. I agree. I really haven't accomplished any of my new years resolutions but there still is 9 months. We I have been quite busy. Every free moment and not so free moment we have been working on the basement. It has been great fun, time consuming, exciting, tiring and everyother emotion. We are so glad it is almost done. Just few more odds and end. You can see some of the finish product to the right since I still can't get pictures to load with my post. But I did get the over there. I thought that is how you did it for each post. Duh! But when I try with the post it gives me one of those can't find web site connection messages. One day I will figure this out! Happy Birthday Darren! Check out his gift on the wall of the family room picture. So chalk me up for another post. Someday I will be patient enough to get the pics in the right place.