Thursday, April 8, 2010

Easter Bunny? No, make that Easter Alligator!

Easter morning we woke up to a cute little Easter bunny in the backyard. Shelby thought that was the Easter bunny that brought their Easter baskets. :) So cute! Then we headed out to Cornerstone Church for a fabulous Easter service. We got home a little after noon and my parents came over, so did my brother and his family.

As I was getting everything out for our Easter lunch, my nephew came in and said that there was an alligator in our backyard. I have to admit, I thought he was joking. I mean who ever thinks there will be a gator in your backyard? Seriously! But nope, the gator was there on the side of the creek in our backyard sunning itself!

We called Animal Control, who was closed. Then we called the Sheriff's office and a patrolman came out to check things out. He couldn't reach anyone at Fish & Game or any of the state certified trappers. He gave Craig the phone number of a local guy and later that afternoon, we finally reached the guy. He came out but the gator wasn't budging. We had too many people in the backyard...........kid's playing, kid's swimming, music on...........too much noise for it to come out.

So the next afternoon, the trapper came out and ended up having to shoot it and then capture it. I'm still grateful that it stayed in the creek area and not up near the house!

Amazing isn't it?

Hope your Easter was blessed with much happiness!





























Monday, April 5, 2010

Happy Easter!


Happy Easter to everyone!

Friday, March 12, 2010

We have a winner~

Hey there! I'm excited to share that we have a winner for the Pillsbury gift set! I used the random number generator to see who won and here are the results:

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Result: 1

Sooooooooooooooo the winner is: Beth!

Beth congrats!!! Email me your address and I'll have this shipped out to you! Thanks for entering! :)

Monday, March 8, 2010

Sweet Sunday Morning Sweetness giftpack giveaway!


I'm SO excited to bring this great give-a-way to you! Our family loves Pillsbury sweet rolls. It's a favorite every time we have guests over and sometimes as an evening snack! Yummy!!

Have you tried the sweet rolls from Pillsbury?

For this giveaway, please leave a comment and let me know if you've tried the sweet rolls before and what you think of them? Did you know there were different flavors? If so, which is your favorite?

You have till Friday, March 12th at 6 p.m. to leave a comment. I will do the drawing and post to the blog. Please make sure I have contact information for you as well!


This giveaway is provided by the folks over at Pillsbury and MyBlogSpark!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

We have some winners!

I totally forgot to post the winners yesterday, I'm sorry! I used the Random Number Generator and had two winners!
Old El Paso green chili set:
Ansbaugh Mom
Chocolate Cheerios set:
Carol G.
Please email me your mailing address and I'll have these shipped out to you ladies! Thanks again for playing along! :)

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Old El Paso Green Chili's


Super Bowl 2010~ What a night, wasn't it folks? The Saints won and with that start a bunch of celebrations in New Orleans!
Well, that weekend also happened to be my son's 12th birthday. So we celebrated in style with the help of Blog Spark! I was asked to do a little review of the product and was given this great assortment of wonderful additions to add to the festivities! Perfect timing really. When the box arrived, I opened it up and loved looking at all the football festive stuff. My son's party was decorated with these goodies and we were able to taste test the Old El Paso green chilis too. Our friend Holly made some tasty chili that afternoon so we topped the chili with grated cheese and green chilis! Yummo! It was a crowd pleaser for sure. I was thinking these would also be great for home made nachos or even Velvetta Queso. So tasty for sure!
Thank you Old El Paso and Blog Spark for the opportunity to try out the Old El Paso green chilis and the wonderful football assortment of party supplies!! Y'all made my son's party!
If you would like to WIN one of these gift sets, then here's your chance! To be in the drawing, please leave a comment about whether or not you've tried this item before and if so, what did you think. Please also include your email address so if you win, I can contact you. :) I will leave the comments open till 9 a.m. on Monday, February 22. I will do the drawing on Monday around noon. Good Luck!!

Chocolate Cheerios


Have y'all tried the new Chocolate Cheerios yet? Wow! When I was asked by BlogSpark to try this new cereal out, I couldn't resist! My kid's are HUGE cereal eaters and sometimes grow tired of the stockpile that we have. So when they saw this box in the pantry, you could have heard bells chiming all the way around the world. ROFL Ok, not so far, but you get my point I'm sure. :)
The kid's 'had to' taste it right away so they each had a bowl for a snack after school. I like to eat dry cereal so I snacked a little too. I have to say that we all really liked the cereal! You could taste the 'cheerio' (not sure what makes that taste but you know you are eating cheerios) but it has this wonderful blend of chocolate yumminess too. I could totally see buying this cereal for the kid's!


Thanks to General Mills and Blog Spark for this wonderful tasting opportunity!
If you are interested in winning one of these gift sets, please leave a comment for me. Let me know if you've tried this cereal before and if so, what did you think. Also be sure to include an email address. :) I will leave the comments open till 9 a.m. on Monday, February 22. I will draw a winner around noon on Monday. Good Luck!!