Back to Reality

I'm back from the all girl cruise, and it was awesome!!! Except for the missing my husband part it was perfect!! I can't wait to post the pictures.....stay tuned, I'm still in the middle of unpacking and I still need to download the pictures.

To busy cruising to be blogging

I'm on my way to Key West and Cozumel on board a Royal Caribbeans Enchantment of the Seas!! Yahoo....I'll be joining 11 other girls for a Bachlorette cruise. We leave tomorrow (Thursday) and we'll return on Monday. Another awesome benefit of South Florida living, jumping on a cruise is so easy, 15 minutes and we're at the port.

I am looking forward to just getting away from it all for awhile. But I will be missing my hubby like crazy!!! But he has a fishing trip planned in Sebastien, so I don't feel to bad.

Stay tuned for some great pictures I hope, we plan on Zip Lining in Cozumel, pray for me people!! And I'm sure we'll find something exciting to do in Key West, the bar crawl tour has been mentioned a few times....oh no

Kids Fishing Tournament

Last Weekend my brother-in-law Chad and his son Billy attended the Annual Kids Fishing Tournament in New Smyrna, and the local newspaper took this photo of them.
I think it's just so adorable. Sadly Billy didn't catch a fish but he still had a GREAT time hanging with his Dad and and then going to McDonald's for lunch afterwards!!! We are so proud of you Billy Boy!!

Chad & Billy

Birthday catch up!!

We had two birthdays so far this month in our family. First was (our cousin) Nick's on Nov. 8th. He turned 5!! And then on the 9th was (our cousin) Shalon's birthday, she's just a few years older than Nick...hee hee
So Happy Birthday Nick & Shalon!!! We hope your birthday was super special and you have the BEST year ahead.
Shalon lives all the way over in Arizona so we didn't get to spend any time with her but she was still in our thoughts and in our hearts.
Nick lives pretty close so we got to celebrate with him. Here are a few pictures from Nick's party.

Nick showing us his xray vision glasses

Nick getting a KISS from his girlfriend
showing off his new Spiderman shirt

New Movie

New Iron Man costume

Getting ready to blow out the candles with the help of his sisters & brother

M&M Birthday Cake!!!

Do these look AWESOME or what!!

Nutty Peanut Butter Caramel Bars

8 tablespoons butter softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups pecan halves
14 ounces unwrapped caramels
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 ounces milk chocolate chips
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375

In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter. Beat in egg until well combined.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Pour into sugar mixture and beat until dough forms.

Scoop out dough into a 15x10" baking pan and press it out to fill the pan. Scatter pecans evenly over dough.

Bake for 10 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned around edges. Set on a wire rack.In a heavy small saucepan, add caramels and milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.Drizzle caramel mixture over pecans. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Let cool completely and cut into bars.

Picture catch up from Halloween

Here are a few pictures from Halloween at my office. Lot's of assocaites bring their kids in at the end of the day for trick or treating "office style". They get loads of candy and have lots of fun.

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