I know, I know, Paula Deen is not the healthiest cook. But her recipes have NEVER let me down. Making them only on special occasion. And I am looking at thinking one up this weekend just so I can make this again! Come to think of it , I would like to fit back into my jeans this fall.
So easy and fabulous!
Gooey Butter Cake
{ingredients}Cake:
1 18 1/4- oz package yellow cake mix
1 egg
8 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling:
1 8-ounce package cream cheese,softened
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 tablespoons butter, melted
1 16-ounce box/bag powdered sugar
{Directions}
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine the cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13x9- inch baking pan. Prepare filling.
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the eggs,vanilla, and butter and beat together.
Next, add the powdered sugar and mix well. Spread over cake batter and bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Make sure not to over bake as the center should be a little gooey.
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
When Hannah was a baby I started reading to her all the time. Not just books but what ever was around us. Sadly, she has yet to share in my love. Granted she likes the concept of the books. Checking them out, buying them, caring them all around. Hannah just cant sit still longer than a chapter. She is my constant work in progress.
My entire family loves old children's books. The illustrations and colors are amazing. The kiddos especially like the library books with the old dewey decimal system. It's exciting to look over the library cards and see who read the book before them.
It's fun for mom and dad to reminisce over all the books we remember from our childhood. And the kids find it hard to believe that we are THAT old! 
Most of these I have picked up over the years at local garage sales, Goodwill, and our city's annual library book sale. 
This is one of my favorites...mainly for the cover alone. I was able to pick this one up at a local sale for $.50. 
We hope that this year we will see some snow to play in rather than our normal ice fall that we get.
Papa owns Sooner State Driving school in town and has allowed the kids to be example student drivers.
This year we invited the cousins to join in on the fun and all that candy!
No, this is not an unidentified flying object. It's the Dallas Cowboys new stadium and OU was the first football team to hold an official game in it. So of course our curiosity got the best of us and we headed south of the Red River to check it out {with a promise to the kiddos they could swim in the hotel pool}.
As you drive into Arlington TX you can see the roof line of the stadium 10 miles away!
I will have to admit the place was aesthetically pleasing and very clean. It seemed as if they had about one staff employee for every 10 fans. But with parking at a premium and a single hot dog selling for $7.50. This is not a cheap family day outing.
And here is proof that every now and then, I can catch on camera, just how much these two knuckle heads love each other. This was taken moments before brother "accidentally" walked all over sisters fingers.
This is the largest score board EVER I promise. It runs from one 20 yard line to the other. And if you don't believe me just goggle it.
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