I'm a mess! Maggie (at 5 years old) is on the phone right now with one of her friends from her old school. I knew this day would come, but I didn't think it would be so soon. They are chatting away!

Sweet snugglers

Jessie Anne was experimenting with different facial hair looks during bath time.




She would wipe her face and say, " Look, Mama, I'm pretty!"

My big brave girl meeting a graveyard grasshopper at her grandaddy's house.

Nothing makes eating catfish at the lake any better than checking out the lake after dinner.

It's official. You can make pesto out of anything. I've actually never successfully made pesto, but I have wanted to. Found a recipe today for a mint pesto (3 cups mint, 1/4 cup salted almonds, olive oil & salt) and was inspired because we have mint growing at the house.

Well, all of our mint amounted to 1/2 cup, so I had to improvise. We had a bowl of leftover salad in the fridge that was romaine lettuce and feta cheese. I pulled the green leafy parts off the lettuce and dumped it in there with the feta. I added minced garlic and even some cashews that happened to be sitting on the counter.

It is fantastic!! I realize the picture looks a bit like pea baby good, but I promise it was quite tasty. We added the pesto to the top of the chicken Alfredo I served over shell pasta.

Jessie sat like this for about 10 minutes the other day. No idea what she was doing, but she's cute no matter what she does.