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A Few Birthday Pictures

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My birthday cake with 4 very large cupcakes. As I said above, these were very large cupcakes. The top and bottom are baked seperately. We took the cupcakes on our weekend camping trip. Not sure what D is using to light the candles? Take a look below. Uh, yep, that’s a propane torch. What? Isn’t that what you light your candles with? My new slow cooker. (My other one died.) It has 3 different size crocks to go with it. Yes, it was in use when I took this picture. My birthday gift from D and Munchkin. I’m really hard…

Our 4th of July Weekend

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Our 4th of July weekend was filled with lots of good food and relaxing. Daddy had off on Friday, so we started the day off with a yummy gluten free coffee cake that I made. On Saturday, I made blueberry muffins with a berry medley on the side for breakfast. For lunch, Daddy grilled up some steaks, and I made a berry burst cake. For dinner, Munchkin decided that we should have patriotic pasta, so this is what I came up with for her. Daddy decided that he wanted his pasta the same way. lol! We took a nice long…

Happy 4th of July

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May we all remember how difficult it was for our Founding Fathers to set up the basis for our free nation. So much time, thought, and energy went into the writing of these documents and the structure of our nation. Would we be willing to become traitors? To put our lives on the line for our beliefs? For freedom? On the 4th of July, we celebrate the freedom of our country. As we celebrate, let us not forget that freedom comes with a price. Freedom can be lost if we become complacent and don’t preserve our “unalienable rights”. View the…