Birthday Boy Brock

Happy Birthday Brock!

What a sweet little boy!Don't you just want to sqeeze his little cheeks!

I love his dippity doo side burns!

Just so everyone is clear on this...

Brock will only be in his thirty's for one more year.

"To Do List" Song

You must go watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewmy_8AKkZw.

I sat and laughed out loud. You will too! All of us are in different chapters of our lives, but we can all relate to this funny song by Hillary Weeks. She is a great LDS artist. I love her music and have two of her CDs. I came across this video really late last night. There are a couple of other videos of her on youtube too. I hope this makes you laugh. Let me know if it does!

The blonde wig

And now...

the moment you've all been waiting for!

Me.

In an absolutely hideous blonde wig!

It just wouldn't be right

if I didn't show you my wardrobe too!

Once upon a time these shorts were really in style.

Meet Diane Fleming.

The woman I portrayed for the latest "Snapped" episode.She is now serving time in prison for poisoning her husband. I think she could be innocent. You can google her and decide for yourself.

Snapped!

I'm so excited today because I have a job on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. From time to time I get calls from an agency here called Talent Trek. They need people to come participate in small acting jobs, photo shoots, commercials, etc.

Last May I shot an episode for a show called "Snapped" on the Oxygen Network. I played a woman who murdered her husband. I was only silhouetted and the shots were still. It was disturbing to me to pretend to shoot my pretend husband in bed. Anyway, it was interesting and good money for 5 hours of work. I'm not sure when the episode will be on t.v. Sometime this Fall.

Anyway, I'm going to play another murdering wife for "Snapped" on Wednesday and Thursday. Except this time, I get to wear a blonde wig. Ugh! I am not a blonde. My eyebrows are very dark. Whatever, I'll just do what they tell me. I can't wait to find out what my murder weapon is this time.

I start teaching piano lessons this week too. I'm very excited for that. I've got some great students!

Pizza!

We have been having fun making pizza lately. I have finally found a great pizza dough recipe. (see recipe at www.mcgeegirlscafe.blogspot.com.) It is chewy on the inside, and crispy on the outside. I also bought this great pan at Target. It has these tiny holes in the pan that keep the pizza from getting soggy. I never really had a problem with soggy pizza, but the pan sure works great. Matthew and Ben are really excited to eat this pizza!
I made this fruit pizza for our "recipe group" that was meeting at my house. I can't take credit for the fruit design, Jessica decorated this beautiful cookie. The theme for our recipe group this month was homemade pizza. Everyone brought a pizza, and some calzones. It was so fun to sit around and try everyones pizza.

My sisters and some of my nieces have put together a recipe blog. If you want to try some new yummy recipes go to http://www.mcgeegirlscafe.blogspot.com/.

1964 The Tribute

A few weeks ago, our family went to see a "Beatles" concert. It was so much fun! The concert was at the beautiful Tennessee Theater in downtown Knoxville. Before we left for the concert, we talked about what songs we really wanted to hear.

Jessica Yellow Submarine
Benjamin Can't Buy Me Love
Matthew Elenor Rigby
Lauren all of them
Julie Yesterday
Brock Hard Days Night

This great group of look-alike Beatles delivered all of these songs but one. Matthew didn't get to here Elenor Rigby. Darn! I loved that one too. I don't think they had a strings section for that one.

My kids danced and sang right along with all of the songs. I'm so glad that we "splurged" and bought tickets for this concert. The group acted just like the original Beatles. The guy who played "Paul" had all of his mannerisms down perfectly. When he sang Yesterday, I was singing right along with him. One of my favorites of the night was Day Tripper.

What's one of your favorite Beatles songs?

Happy 17th Anniversary to Us!

We have made it through 17 years of marriage. A part of me can't believe that Brock and I have been married this long, and another part of me feels like we have been married for much longer. I love this man fiercely. He is my knight in shining armor. I am a damsel who needs a lot of saving. I wouldn't change a thing. I would marry him again and again. Thanks for 17 years Brock. The best is yet to be!
We came home from dinner and a movie to this: a cake made by Lauren, a card made by Jessica, a married couple made out of legos by Benjamin, and a lovely wooden craft made by Matthew. We had a great anniversary. I love my kids for helping us celebrate!