Crock Pot Chocolate Cake

While blog surfing one day I came across this blog and found the following recipe for Crock Pot Chocolate Cake. It is so rich and moist ... my mouth is watering just typing this recipe for you!



Ingredients:
*1 package chocolate cake mix
*1 (8 oz) container of sour cream
*1 cup chocolate morsels
*1 cup water
*4 eggs
*3/4 cup vegetable oil
*1 small package instant chocolate pudding mix

Directions:
1. spray crock pot with nonstick cooking spray.
2. mix all ingredients in a bowl by hand. pour into crock pot.
cover and cook: on LOW 6-8 hours or HIGH 3-4 hours.
3. serve with ice cream, raspberries, cool-whip, strawberries or whatever your heart desires.

*just a side note: you can leave it for slightly longer than 8 hours but it will eventually start to
burn*

saturday morning

how cute are we?

Baby Paden...

Hannah...

(yes Paden is sucking on a pink pacifier)

Samuel...

Are you beginning to wonder if Samuel ever wears pants?

Happy Birthday

to the best uncle ever...

Uncle David!We hope you have a spectacular day. We're sad that we can't be there with you to celebrate but we're thinking of you today. We love you very much!

Bobby, Heather, Hannah, Samuel

Sweet Spring

(just click on the collage to see a larger/clearer version)

To celebrate the first day of spring and the gorgeous weather that it brought, we took the kids to Sertoma. What a beautiful day!

I Hate:

• Mechanics
• The fact that we took the van in for a new timing belt and it's been there for over a week.
• Having no vehicle and two kids that are begging to go to the park. (Do you see a theme here?)
• Colds that linger and linger despite the use of natural home remedies (that have never failed me before.)
• Duke & Purdue (I'm not saying this b/c of Bobby. I've watched the games and these two teams are obnoxious.)
• Creepy spiders in my laundry room. I'm actually looking forward to summer this year but I'm dreading laundry days. Last summer I found one too many brown recluses in the laundry room (one is one too many.)
• That most of Bobby's family live so far away and we only get to visit them once a year. I wish Hannah & Samuel could get to know their family better.
• The fact that my niece is getting married this weekend and we weren't even invited b/c of all the ridiculous drama that ensued after the separation.
  

March Musings

Samuel is driving me crazy today.
He's had a cold going on a week now but is normally pretty happy.
Not today. He's cried about everything.
Bobby encouraged me to just be cheerful and smile even when I'm discipling him.
It worked.
He's asleep now and I'm looking forward to a pleasant evening with him.
*****
Still no Grandma Rocket (our van).
Still no time frame as to when we'll be getting her back.
I'm really frustrated.
Two kid and no vehicle is no fun.
*****
Things aren't all bad though...
Today Hannah did her chores without being told.
And dressed herself without any help.
She even picked out the clothes herself.
*****
Tomorrow Bobby doesn't have to work at Clemson.
The kids don't know so it will be a pleasant surprise for them.
We're going to lunch with my family and then we'll go hiking.
*****
Today I have my final eye examination.
It's been over a year since I had my eye surgery.
It was so worth it too.
I can get up in the mornings & get going without having to deal with contacts.
I can swim and get splashed without having to worry about contacts.
*****
Hannah & Samuel's seeds are sprouting in their little greenhouses.
They're so proud.
We will be giving some special people their own cactus' (cacti?) soon.