Grandma Crazy's Goodie Bag

Exciting Times

2008-09-08T04:58:00.001-07:00

We spent the day at another beach and built sand castles and a turtle. It was warmer and we had a much nicer time. Going to see Jen and Ryan was a blast!

When we were with Jen & Ryan we went to San Francisco and visited a museum. It was fun!

Larry, Todd and I went to visit Jennifer and Ryan in Oakland. Here are some pictures from our day at the beach near Monterrey. We had a fun time there but it was really cold!

It has been a while since I wrote here, but I have some recipes that you might like. Here they are:

Chicken Rolls
2 Cups Chicken, cooked and chopped
1/2 teaspoon sage
1 square of butter (1/2 cup)
1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
3 pkg (8 roll size) crescent rolls

Combine first four ingredients in mixing bowl. Put a spoonful on each roll and fold like a diaper. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Make chicken gravy to pour over the top when served.

Milk Cake
Cake:
2 cups Sugar
8 eggs separated
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
2 cups flour
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 cup Milk

Bath:
3 egg yolks
2 12 oz cans of milk
1 14 oz can Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 cups Heavy Cream
2 teaspoons vanilla

Make the cake:
In a bowl, beat sugar and yolks. Add vanilla, flour, baking powder and milk. Beat well. In another bowl, beat the egg whites until very stiff. Fold into batter, taking care to lose as little volume as possible. Pour batter into a 9 x 13 greased and floured pan. Bake at 350 degrees until light brown. Cool and leave in the pan.

Make the bath:
Combine egg yolks, canned milk, condensed milk, cream and vanilla. Poke holes all over the top of the cake and pour mixture over cake to soak it. Refrigerate until ready to eat.

Sunday, June 29, 2008 - At Amy's

2008-06-30T05:10:00.000-07:00

We all came over to Amy's house for dinner. We had a wonderful time. This is Larry getting ready to go. He has his sunglasses and two pair of reading glasses. Sometimes he forgets his glasses. Today, he was prepared.

We went to Amy's house for dinner and got to see Adam. Amy fed him some cereal and it was fun to watch.

She would put it in his mouth and he would make a face and then . . . .

it would come back out! Amy is such a great mom! She does a great job of taking care of my grandchildren!

Camille was watching Amy feed Adam and kept saying that it smelled funny and that she didn't like it. Then she started making noises like she might throw up, so she laid down on the floor to feel better. She is so cute. What was Tyson doing while all this was going on?

He is so serious! He really gets into his gaming.

We also got to do some reading together. Shane and Todd were with us as well. We all had a great time as you can see!

Here is a picture of Shane, who was there, as well.
Hare are a couple of cute shots of Adam:

Father's Day

2008-06-30T05:05:00.001-07:00

Larry loved this tie that Kristi and James and Jimmy and Peter gave to him. He loves wearing it to church every Sunday.
Larry had a Great Father's Day. Amy and Steve and Camille, Tyson and Adam came to celebrate. We had a great time. Here is Larry opening his presents.

He loves Camille and Tyson and Adam so much! We have a lot of fun together! He loves his "Grandpa" pocket watch. It is one that he can use at work, since he can't wear a wrist watch or rings there. He proudly shows it off to all his co-workers. . . and to those at church. It is fun! Thanks Amy!

A Day with Tyson

2008-06-19T04:09:00.001-07:00

On the 5th of June, I got to spend the day with Tyson, Amy's oldest son. He is such a doll! We watched the movie, "Cars" and had some lunch at Carls, Jr. We played with legos and then ran around the yard. He loved picking flowers and shaking them until all the petals fell off. He was so much fun! He enjoyed it almost as much as I did. We had to check out each flower and see how it was doing. We went all the around the house and then back to the swing. We would swing for a minute or two and then we had to go for a "walk" to see the flowers again. It was delightful.

On the way back home, after we took Tyson home, we saw a "sun dog". We took a picture of it. It looked a lot better in person than it does in the picture. It was an awesome day!

New Goodie - Lemon Jello Cake

2008-06-17T08:03:00.000-07:00

Well, things have been wild and crazy, just like normal! Amy had her baby, Adam, blessed the first Sunday in June. He is such a doll! Amy looked like Barbie. She had on a cute dress that looked like one that Barbie would wear, and she has lost so much weight since she had Adam, that she looks terrific!

I made Lemon Jello Cake to take to for after the blessing. . . so I am including the recipe:

Lemon Jello Cake

1 Box of yellow Cake Mix

2 Lemons

1 3oz. Box of Dry Lemon Jello

2 cups Powdered Sugar

Pour the dry Lemon Jello into the dry cake mix, then mix as directed on box. Pour mixture in a 9x13 pan that has been greased and floured. Bake as directed. When the cake comes out of the oven, poke holes with a meat fork at 1 inch intervals. Have ready a mixture of two cups of powdered sugar and the juice of two lemons (about 6 tablespoons of lemon juice). Immediately pour over cake. Use a rubber spatula to direct it to seep into poked holes. When cake has cooled, cover it. It is delicious!

Matthew (Larry's son) and his wife, Ruth, also had their wedding reception/barbecue. They had

lots of good food and there were lots of relatives and friends there. It was a lot of fun. It was nice to be able to see Matt and Ruth for a while as well. They seem to be doing really well.

We didn't have to bring anything for their reception, except a gift of money. That was nice. We didn't have to even help set up or clean up which was even nicer! They picked a wonderful day to have it. The weather was warm and there was a breeze blowing. It was wonderful!

Welcome to my site!

2008-05-30T20:34:00.000-07:00

Hi!

I love being a grandma and showing off my cute babies. Amy just showed me how to do a blog and so here I am with a blog. Something that I never thought that I would be doing. But it seems like it will be a lot of fun. We have lots of pictures, thanks to Larry's wonderful talents. So I will be adding more pictures to this blog as time goes on.

Being a grandmother is awesome. As Jennifer used to say, "I'm going to be a grandma FIRST and then a mother." If I could have, I think it would have been so fun to be a grandma first. It is one of the highlights of my life.

I got to babysit Camille and Tyson tonight and we had a blast! We made chocolate chip pancakes and put peanut butter and syrup on them. They loved it. Tyson helped me make the pancakes and then Camille helped me set the table. We had a wonderful time. Then Grandpa Larry helped Camille paint a picture for Amy.