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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

My two favorite little men.....

So this past week was spring break here at ASU. And that mean that I had a little extra time to see my family. So my dad came down for St.Louis and we headed south to Birmingham, AL where my brother(Justin) and his wife Jen live with their two sons, Jack and Jared. Jack and Jared are my absolute two favorite little people and I love taking pictures of them!! So I just wanted to show you a few photos of a wonderful week visiting in B'ham!



Jack Jack had t-ball practice so Jared and I played and ran around all morning!


Jared and Justin :)


Dada and Jack Jack 




All tuckered out from practice...but never to tired to go to the swings and jungle gym!




Running big fast around the bases!



Love that smile!


The Sampayo men minus uncle Nick



Oh I love that he was giving me some smiles... he usually would run away from the camera making it very hard for me to get some good shots if him!


Monday, March 12, 2012

Maternity pictures....

So as I have said in some recent post's I have quite a few friends who are expecting babies right now. One of my recent hobbies is photography and our sweet friends Nick and Taylor allowed me to take some maternity pictures of them this weekend. I was really happy with a lot of these pictures and wanted to share them with ya'll!! 














Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Delish Banana Bread

So this previous weekend, Brett and I were in Memphis for two days for staff training. For his job we will usually travel to Memphis,TN about once a month for some developmental training. This is always something I really look forward to because I know this is an opportunity to see so many of my friends! So while in Memphis a few of the wives and I went to a little farmer's market just to check out the daily produce. And what do you know caught my eye...8 very ripe banana's for $1. SOLD! I decided I needed to make some banana bread out of these ASAP! And it was so tasty!


In bowl #1: It starts out with one cup of sugar and one melted stick of butter mixed well. Then in the same bowl mix two eggs in separately. 


 In bowl # 2: You will mash 3-4 ripe banana's, 1 tablespoon of milk, and one tablespoon of ground cinnamon.


Next in bowl #3:  I used 2 cups of freshly milled hard red wheat and mixed it with 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, and 1 teaspoon of salt. 


Finally you will combine all three bowls into your largest bowl and mix to combine throughly. 
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. Pour your batter into a greased or buttered 9 x 5 bread loaf.  You will let cook for a little over an hour. Begin checking at an hour as all stoves are different. 


Sorry I don't have a picture of the finished product. It totally slipped my mind the night I made it and when it was served the next day there was none left to photograph. I always know if my husband like a loaf of bread I make determining on how much is left over after the first and second day. This one didn't make is past day 2!


* this recipe is from Food Network*