Grayson's Chocolate Cake

Last week, I made an eggless chocolate cake when I was looking for a way to use up marshmallows (I used them as icing). Then, later in the week, I learned that my nephew Grayson is showing signs of an egg allergy. I thought this would be the perfect cake for him. Unfortunately, I can't find the exact recipe I used, but here's one from allrecipes.com that got 4 stars and is very similar to the one I used, so you know it's got to be good! Enjoy! http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Eggless-Chocolate-Cake-II/Detail.aspx

Big News

This last week Levi took the EMT National Registry test and passed! Now he is officially EMT certified. Right now, he's not planning to get a job as an EMT, but he hopes the certification will help him get a firefighting position. If he doesn't get on with a department this year, he may look into becoming an EMT for awhile to get experience. He worked really hard to get this certification and I'm very proud of him!

Happy Fall!

Have strawberries about to go bad? Make this!

I made this last weekend to use up my strawberries, and it was so delicious! I followed this recipe, but made bread instead of muffins, which took about an hour to cook. Try it for yourself: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Florida-Strawberry-Muffins/Detail.aspx

The great state fair of Oklahoma

Last night Levi and I went to the state fair since Levi had never been. Plus, I won't lie, I really wanted a state fair corn dog. Well, I got a lot more than that. In fact, we practically ate our way through the fair. We had roasted corn, a corn dog (which I unfortunately dropped half of), a coke, pizza, a funnel cake, a gyro, and a root beer. We only rode the space needle, which was wise considering all the food we ate.

We both agreed that the best part of the fair is people-watching. People of all walks of life go to the fair and you can tell just by looking at the parking lot! There were all types of cars from an old VW bus to an Escalade.

We had a really great time. I grew up going to the fair, so I knew it would be fun; and now that Levi has experienced it, we decided to make going to the fair a family tradition, especially when we have kids someday.

If you haven't been yet this year, you should go. I took my camera so I could show you just how great it is, but unfortunately I didn't check the batteries before we left. Now you'll just have to go see it for yourself!

*Note from Levi: I love the fair now. Gyros are delicious! However, I have never had one served to me by someone who was wearing the colors of the Greek flag but had a hispanic accent.

Crockpot Beef Stroganoff

I made this yesterday and took it over to Lindsay and Mike's for the football game. It turned out great!

Ingredients
1 lb cubed stew meat
1 can golden mushroom soup
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon Worcestershire
1/2 cup chopped onion (I used rings on top so I could take them off)
4 oz sour cream

Directions
Mix all but sour cream together in crockpot and cook on low for 8 hours. Stir in sour cream right before serving and serve on top of egg noodles.

Grins & Giggles

Levi and I took our nephew Grayson to the park this afternoon. It was perfect weather and we all had fun!

Checking out some stray mulch

 Levi teaching Gray how to go down the pole like a real firefighter