Visitors (Dallas, Jess, and Baby Drake)

A few weeks ago my little brother and his wife, Jessica, and their son (my boyfriend) came to visit us for a long weekend. The weather was pretty cold and gloomy most of the time, much to Corky and Dallas's dismay since they wanted to go golfing, but we had a nice time just hanging out at the house. It wasn't until I put the pictures onto my computer that I saw that Gracey and Emily, hijacked my camera. This is what I found from the first night they were here.


When we have visitors, I try my best to feed them well. Really well. We ate some darn good food the whole weekend. We had Chicken Curry, Monkey Bread, Deli Sandwiches, cookies, and treats. But the real winner of the weekend was this, Asian Lettuce Wraps.. I used to make them for just Corky and myself a while back. We loved them then, but just hadn't made them in a while. Try them. You will absolutely not be disappointed.



(I used ground turkey, you could use pork, beef, or chicken. If you try them, be sure to go a little heavy on the Hoisin Sauce and add some crushed peanuts. Then use Mongolian Fire Oil mixed with soy sauce on the individual wraps! Holy Moly, it is good!)

After dinner, I hogged Drake. Who am I kidding? I hogged him all weekend. He didn't like it much....but I did it anyway.


While visiting, it was Jessica's birthday. The day before, Dallas asked if I could take him to the store to get her a birthday cake. Me, trying to be hospitable, just offered to make her a cake and save Dallas $20. I have close to 20 cake mixes. I asked her what her favorite was and it was white cake with white frosting. I said "No problem, you got it!" So the next day (Sunday) I go to make the cake and realize I don't have any of that kind. How dare I? It is Corky's favorite. So for her birthday, while she requested a white cake with white frosting, ended up getting a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I felt awesome! Sure, I could have done something from scratch...but remember, I have 20 boxes of cake mix!


This was pretty much the look that Drake gave me all weekend! Someday he will realize just how much he loves me!


And then came goodbyes! We sure had fun! My girls were in heaven playing with Drake all weekend, and I absolutely loved having Dallas and Jess come to visit!