My future granddaughter...

This evening instead of going to the gym I found myself snuggling with Gabe on our recliner watching Deliver Me on Discovery Health. He sat there in amazement as he watched the doctors perform 3 different c-sections. He was quiet...a little too quiet as he sat with his eyes glued to the telly. Then he blurts out...
 "Can a daddy have a baby? "
"No! Do you want to have kids when you grow up and have a wife?"
"Uh...yes. I don't want no boys just a girl."
"Just a girl. What are you going to name her?"
" Abby"
" Abigail"
"No...ABBY"
"Okay"
So we'll see about my future granddaughter Abby since Gabe is a few weeks shy of 5 and fatherhood for him is years from now :)

Opposites do attract

                          

Trent and I in a nutshell:

 I am the iced unsweeten green tea and he is the hot coffee. We are different in many ways, but we are on the same team MOST of the time ;) We compliment each other nicely and he is my best friend.

Healthy banana bread

I am putting on my cutest apron and making a healthy banana bread with my kiddos plus my niece Roselyn for my mother who's recovering from a splenectomy. Let's begin the fun!


I love owls...can you tell :)

The ingredients:

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  2 cups all-purpose flour *
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  3/4 teaspoon baking soda
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  1/2 teaspoon salt
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  1 cup sugar
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  1/4 cup butter, softened ( I use Land O'Lakes light butter)
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  2 large eggs
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  1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana ( about 3 bananas)
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    1/3 cup plain low-fat yogurt**
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  1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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  chopped walnuts if you want or you can omit them
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  cooking spray

*I personally use 1 cup King Arthur 100% whole wheat & 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour

** If I am out of plain low-fat yogurt, but have low-fat vanilla yogurt on hand I will use that as a substitute

NOTE: I always double this recipe that's why I have 4 eggs out

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Then combine the flour, baking soda, and salt by whisking them in a bowl.

In a separate large bowl beat sugar and butter with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 min)

Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition

Add banana, yogurt, and vanilla to the bowl; beat until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed until moist. Spoon batter into two loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 mins. to 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack and enjoy.

*recipe courtesy of Cooking Light Magazine

Is it me?

Or do your eyes hurt also when you look at this picture? LOL

Gabe visiting the dentist. He had a cleaning appointment in March, but didn't cooperate. I'm hoping he gets over his doctor, dentist, and medicine fear soon...that's a story for another day!

A small road trip

Our weekend was spent at Ft. Polk, Louisiana visiting my hubby who is training there until mid-May. It is a huge base located in the middle of nowhere, but we had a great time with Trent. Unfortunately, Lesley wasn't able to go due to TAKS testing at school so she stayed behind with my sister Jennifer. We stopped twice in Houston briefly to eat at one of our most fave restaurants Sweet Tomatoes. The boys had fun at the local park, catfish pond, Children's Museum at Lake Charles, and just hanging out with dad.

 Gabe catching up with Trent at our hotel when we first arrived.

The boys at the base catfish pond

Checking out different tanks at Warrior Park on post.

The drive from SA to Ft. Polk is pretty boring, but I'd do it all over again just to hang out with my honey.