Mid Day Love Note To My Hubby

On Obligation-Free Saturdays . . .

 . . . my kids look like this:

 

You may find Daddy and Emerson taking in some Gamecock Basketball.

And, by late afternoon, Hannah and Madeline will still look like this:

(Enjoying some "big girls only" time--watching a movie on the portable DVD player in their room .. . a new Obligation-Free Saturday afternoon tradition.)

I Can't Get Enough Of This Cutie . . .

 . . .so naturally, I assume you can't either!

Honey Bun Cake

Honey Bun Cake is another one of my family's favorite breakfast treats (and makes many appearances at ladies Bible studies or church breakfasts).   I actually started making this recipe before I even had a family, as my college roommate and friend (Jackie) shared it with me our Junior year. It is super easy, super yummy, (should be) super moist, and calls for just a few ingredients-- which I always keep on hand (never know when a coffee cake emergency will arise, and Honey Bun cake can serve as dessert too).  Honey Bun Cake tastes just as good the next day (and the day after that) and travels well to pot lucks, showers (baby or bridal), meetings, etc.

 Ingredients:

• 1 box of white cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 C oil (vegetable or canola)
• 8 oz sour cream
• 1 tsp  vanilla extract
• 1 C brown sugar
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• powdered sugar frosting to drizzle (powdered sugar, vanilla, milk or water)

Preparation/Cooking Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Mix cake mix, eggs, sour cream, and oil.  Pour into greased cake pan or 9 x 13 Pyrex.
• Mix brown sugar and cinnamon.  Pour over cake batter (in pan) and swirl with a knife.
• Bake for 35-45 minutes (time will vary so watch it and test with tooth pick like you would a cake).  
• Let stand for 5 minutes then drizzle powdered sugar frosting over cake.

 Enjoy!

I Heart My iPhone 4

Dear Jonathan,  

Thank you for convincing me that an iPhone 4 was the way to go when our phones died . . . and then our back-up phones died . . . and then our AT&T upgrade rolled around!  I love it!!!

 

Dear Steve Jobs (and everyone else at Apple),

Thank you for making the iPhone 4 so wonderful, awesome, marvelous, cool, great, helpful, useful, user friendly (continue to insert positive descriptions and synonyms here)!!!  I love it!!!

 

Dear designers/artists/product engineers at Uncommon,

Thank you for designing this super cool iPhone 4 cover.  It is as though you know me very well and said let us design a personal cover just for you Lori.  I love it!!!

Have I Ever Told You . . .

. . . that little Miss Emerson's hair curls up after bath time. It is so cute!
  

I know these aren't serious "for real " curls like Cousin Braewyn's or Casey's, or my dear friend Elizabeth's; but, I scrunch them nonetheless--hoping they will stay.  However, they usually fall out after wallowing  during nap time or riding in the car seat.  Then, by afternoon Emerson is rocking her usual mullet. Yesterday, I decided to see what happens when I put clay/gel stuff (yes, shamefully I put "product" in my baby's hair) in it after her bath, and it stayed curled (for the most part) even through nap time. She even  had a few remnant curls when she woke up this morning.

Here are several more pics of my precious baby's head-- remember . . . neither grandma, or aunt lives in town.  And, my mom is a hair stylist.  So, pictures of curls and heads are important things!  Haha.  

Also . . .  we have a new boo boo on our pretty face! It compliments the bruise on each cheek and runny, crusty nose nicely!