Yummies

I have been meaning to put up some of the recipes I got from the lodge we stayed at in Wisconsin...the food was amazing! So here are some of their famous recipes...

Cheesy Potatoes

1 stick of melted butter in bottom of 9x13 pan

Spread 2 pounds frozen hash browns on top of butter

Mix 1 can of cream of chicken soup with 1 pint of sour cream.

Mix into potatoes

Mix 1/4 cup oleo and 2 cups crushed corn flakes and sprinkle over top

Bake 350 for 1 hour


Hot Fudge Nut Balls

1-2 quart of beyer real vanilla ice cream

1 bag pecan pieces

dove fudge topping


1. Allow ice cream to soften a bit

2. Scoop out and form ice cream balls

3. Roll in pecan pieces

4. Place on wax paper lined 9 x13 pan

5. Into freezer and ready to serve

6. Pour fudge into small crock and allow guests to ladle topping onto their pecan crusted ice cream ball.



Kristy's apple cake

Cream: 1 3/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup oil

Add: 2 eggs and 2 tsp vanilla

Add: 4 cups peeled, sliced apples

Sift and add to apple mixture:
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt

Bake at 350 in greased/ floured 9x13 pan for 40-45 min

Topping:

Boil until clear: 1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup cream or milk

Add pecans or walnuts inf you like and then pour over warm cake:)


Wow I can't believe I just typed all this out...I hope somebody is interested in these recipes:)

EBM goes wedding...

Me and my trained assistant had the opportunity to take some fun wedding pictures this weekend...it was such a beautiful wedding and the wedding party was such good sports and up for anything. Congrats Sara & Thad! You can check my picture blog for part one of the sneak peeks:)

www.ebmphotography.blogspot.com

He's one now...and walking!

(ie: no snaggle teeth)

We went down to the beach on base today so I could play around with my camera while Nick and Brent played around outside:)

Camp R & R

Nick, Brent & I had the opportunity to go to the Eagle River area in Northern Wisconsin for a week through a program for recently deployed veterans called Camp R & R through the USO. It was awesome...so peaceful and relaxing and yet at the same time did plenty of fun activities like fishing, hiking, boating, and water skiing. Brent was pretty good but the poor guy had a bought of a stomach bug and a very sore bottom. The food was absolutely amazing...which meant we walked away about 10 lbs heavier but hey...you can have dessert every night on vacation:) We stayed at a private lodge with 2 other neat families and there was a USO representative and his wife there to help make us feel at home and plan activities, etc. The local community was great...donating a lot of time and services to our stay. We went to a local winery that donated some wines for "happy camper hour" :) ...the Wedding Wine is my fav if you like something sweet:) Everything was wonderful. So thank you Nick for your service and sacrifices and thank you USO for such a wonderful opportunity...it is nice to feel so appreciated and taken care of.

Such a big boy and such a big help:)

B-R-E-N-T

4th of July

Shoff family pic...the best we could do

July 2, 2008

Brent's birthday adventure

His first carousel ride and he LOVED it!

Everytime he passed he just smiled and squealed

Birthday cupcake

Very serious

It was a good day:)