Our Family Blog – Mike, Louanne, Nadia, Amelie, & Dani
One of the first things we did as a family once we returned home from China with Nadia was to attend the Star Wars Exhibit at the Fort Worth Science and History Museum in August 2007. Should we have known the love of all things Star Wars was coming? (wink, wink)
I am so thankful that through the last 6 weeks of wild busy time and commitments for my family – none of us got sick. Thankful to God for that!
(The base of the cake was real – I don’t know about the rest)
Last week we attended the “Treasure Street” event for Texas Scottish Rite’s 90th birthday. We love this hospital!! It’s completely astounding how much the staff there cares for the children and families! It’s also amazing that in 90 years they have never charged a patient for care. If you haven’t been reading our blog for long, go here and here to see why we have been so blessed and wanted to give back.
Darwin, Kaye, Paula, Roger, Me, Mike
Our group had so much fun! The party was in a giant air conditioned tent set up in the parking lot of the hospital. They had a cheese station, pasta station, salad station and taco station plus drinks. They had a very large silent auction area and we won a few items. The event was sold out and one of the employee’s said they were expecting 1400 people.
Lee Ann Womack was in concert after the birthday toast and cake cutting. She was great even though I knew exactly 1 of her songs. The best part was seeing Kaye so excited about seeing her in concert and having such a great time.
Cute shot of Kaye and Darwin watching the concert.
The entire night was classy and fun and we were so blessed to share it with people we love. I can’t wait to see how much money they raised once the online auction for big items closes!
Happy Birthday Texas Scottish Rite and thank you for all you have done for sweet Amelie!
When my new Taste of Home magazine came I saw this recipe and knew it would be perfect for Nadia to do during our Autumn unit. The only part I did was to read her the recipe, then cut the apples and pie pastry.
Ingredients.
Brushing the pie pastry with butter. Then she sprinkled sugar mixed with cinnamon.
Apple wedges wrapped with pastry, brushed with more butter and sprinkled with more sugar mix.
The first batch out of the oven.
These were SO GREAT! Not too sweet and so easy for Nadia to do. She was so proud and we shared them with friends and they loved them too.