Twinkie Cake Filling
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. Crisco
1 c. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2/3 c. Evalporated milk
Make sure butter and Crisco are room temperature, then put all ingredients together and beat for about 30 minutes constantly. It may look sort of curdled but the last 10 minutes it becomes creamy.
Substitute for evaporated milk
1. Mix 1 cup whole milk with 1 teaspoon sugar and 1-1/2 teaspoon cornstarch. Heat until it starts to thicken or simmer. DO NOT BOIL!
OR
2. Mix 2/3 cup non-fat dry milk with 3/4 cup water. Makes 1 cup (8 oz).
Substitute for cornstarch
Use twice the amount of flour that the recipe calls for. For example, to replace 1 Tbs cornstarch, use 2 Tbs of all-purpose flour. Only do this in small amounts though, no more than 2 Tbs.
the 4th 2009
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 2009/07/05
Yesterday was awesome. We all went to Dairy Queen for lunch and let Keenan eat his own ice cream which went well, hardly any mess. On the way back we found another shortcut and stopped to pick up Julies’ new bike. She was pretty excited as there has been some jealousy when Keenan and I take off for a ride. So after Keenans nap we all hopped on our bikes and took off down the Guadalupe River Trail.
We had already decided that Keenan would be up with us for fireworks and we managed to keep him awake long enough for him to head up to the rooftop with us to see some sparks( actually he calls them spots ). He was a wreck by the time they were all finished. I was able to see at least a half dozen different shows in progress. Nothing was close enough to be overhead but it was still cool to see a bunch of different displays. We finally got him down around 10:15 which I think is the latest he has been up to date, shy of being sick.
Andrea came over to hang with us and see some spots as well. After the show we ordered some pizza and had a few drinks on the porch and talked. Eventually we realized it was after midnight and called it a day. Time flies…
No more crib
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 2009/06/08
Last night was Keenan’s first night out of his crib. It was also the first night in over 2 weeks that he hasn’t been up several times during the night crying. We decided to take down the walls after noticing several markers like telling us he was ready to go ‘night night’ and laying down on his own. Added benefit… he slept in an hour later and didn’t cry this morning. We are also going to let him determine if he wants to take a day nap by leaving him gated in his room during his normal naptime. We’ll see how that goes today.
Happy 7th to us
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 2009/06/01
Today is our 7th wedding anniversary. I still remember the day like it was yesterday. One of the happiest days of my life thus far. And after 7 years I love her more than I did then.
Here’s to the perfect wife and the best Mom in the world!
Past SJC Airport
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 2009/05/30
Well we made it past the airport today heading north on the Guadalupe River Trail. It was such a trek we ended up having to take the rail back home. We stopped off at IHOP on the way back and got some crepes. Mmmm Keenan’s favorite.
Guadalupe bike trail
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 2009/05/24
Well the first run at the trail with Keenan went great. We recently got a bike from some friends of ours. Keenan then quickly decided that he needed to go on some bike rides so we went out and bought a trailer for him so he could tag along. He LOVES it.
The Guadalupe River Trail is within 2 blocks of our place and provides almost 15 miles of trails for us to ride on. Couldn’t be a more perfect setup.
RIP T Roy
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 2009/05/11
Troy Lane Ernest, 34, of Olney, died at 10:32 a.m. Sunday, May 10, 2009, at his residence.
Church
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 2009/04/08
Well after quite awhile we think we might have found a church we are comfortable with and which follows our beliefs and meets our doctrinal requirements. The church is very beautiful and the people are quite realistic, none of that fake “it’s Sunday so I am at church now, look how good I am” mumbo-jumbo. The minister is a Woman who I’m pretty sure was some sort of Director in the cooperate world before her calling based on her communication skills and vocabulary. She is one of the top 5 ministers I have ever had the pleasure to hear speak and unbelievably spot-on when it comes to our mindset. This is the most relaxed and relieved I have been at a church in a loooong time.
If you want to check out their specs visit them here http://www.wvpc.org
PeePee
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 2009/04/08
Keenan is on the potty training wagon now. A couple days ago(Sunday) he said “peepee”, ran to his bathroom door, pulled down his pants, starting knocking on the door. I helped him out from there but he stood on his stool and pretty much knew what to do(lead by example). Since then he has done this about half-a-dozen times. We are very excited !
We are taking this lightly though. We have no expectations with him right now. He is having fun with it and wants to do it so we are helping him. We decided not to go the schedule route since statistically that has bad results. As it turns out we didn’t have to do anything at all, he told us when he was ready.
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Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 2009/02/22
@davglass http://twitpic.com/1n48m – omg, she is sooo precious
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