Allen and I sure love our mammas. As soon as church was over this morning (more on that later) We each called to wish our moms a happy holiday and when we talked to our Florida mom she was in the middle of icing a cake...which began our cake craving. If you know Allen very well you know that he "doesn't like that kind" and never ever ever wants cake, but I started craving cake, specifically strawberry cake, I kept talking about it all morning long and by the middle of the afternoon we both wanted strawberry cake so badly that we ran to the store and bought the ingredients. Now, if you know me very well you know that while I do enjoy cooking I did not come from an "everything from scratch" family. My mom is an amazing cook but I have eaten my fair share of meals that originated from a box. Sorry to rat you out mom. But Allen has been culinarily spoiled his whole life by an amazing cook who preforms kitchen miracles and as Allen has told me a billion times "oh, we don't eat things from boxes at my house" so when I picked up the strawberry cake mix box he would have none of it. Cue that culinary mastermind of all things sinfully delicious, Paula Deen. I found her strawberry cake recipe and attempted it this afternoon and OH MY WORD it was amazing. Even Allen was licking the frosting off of the spoon. It was a lot of fun and I was so proud that I made something on a whim that looked/tasted that fancy! I'm going to whip this up again for our church potluck next Sunday... although after eating it they might just force us to place membership!
Friday night Allen and I went on a date to a drive in. I didn't even know they still existed, but they do and it was SO much fun! It is a double feature so there are two back to back movies for less than the price of one regular movie AND you get to bring your own concessions!!! (can you tell we are cheap?)
I planted strawberries on our patio and they have finally started to produce fruit... unfortunately the neighborhood children/cats/various pests have been enjoying the berries before I can get to them to pick them. I found one ripe berry this morning and plucked it on our way to church... sadly it was the tiniest most pitiful little berry I have ever seen.
We did some spring cleaning this weekend and re-covered our couch and loveseat. This is what our living room is looking like these days.
I mentioned a few weeks *cough* months ago that I was working on our patio while Allen was away. Well I forgot to post pictures of the progress so here they are! Just scroll up to see how horrendous it was before I got started. It is so much more usable now!
My morning glories! These are my favorite plants to grow. They aren't ready to bloom yet but I will post pictures when they do. They are so beautiful. ( They are the plants climbing up the trellis)
This is my summer squash plant. I already have a few baby squash!
I mentioned earlier that everyone but the two of us has been enjoying our strawberries? Well here is the proof. Something nibbles half of the berry and then leaves the rest there to mock me.
These are the plants we are growing. The tall flat ones are Gladeolous, the dark green leafy one is broccoli, the light green one in the middle are tomatoes and the little ones to the right are watermelon!
And here it is the beautiful and delicious strawberry cake courtesy of Paula Deen ( I love that lady!)
Well that is pretty much it for the exciting times in our lives right now. We are planning a trip to visit our Florida family this summer, Allen gets to start working from home three days a week this week so that will be really nice for him. My job is still quite terrible at times but I'm trying to make the best of it and we are really enjoying the church that we have been visiting. We are starting to feel like we are a part of it which is so nice! Things are really good here.
I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend and have a blessed week!
