burgers anyone?

chances are you'll be attending/hosting a cookout this weekend.  if so, here is a quick simple dessert make.  i've seen many versions of these over the years- we made ours the simple way:

ingredients: grasshopper cookies- (i froze the rest.......think thin mints!), nilla wafers, yellow and red frosting (i bought white and colored them with food coloring, coconut- again, add a drop or two of green food coloring and mix.

layer it all together to create your burger.  we put a dot of frosting to hold the bottom "bun" to the "burger"

happy 4th of july! 

i'm in love...

yes, it's safe to say i am having a summer fling with spray paint.  i have been painting everything i can get my hands on and i love it!  it is the easiest way to add little pops of color around your house.  the best part?  it's cheap and it's really easy.

my sister-in-law is also addicted to spray painting. she had an adorable yellow tray by her pool today- so you know what i did when i got home?  yea, you guessed it! 

here is how simple it is:

pick your favorite color- these are two of mine.  i am also totally in LOVE with watermelon pink.
 annie has a big girl bed in the works! 

grab something that needs a little love- i've had this tray since before jordan and i were married.  in a few weeks we'll celebrate 8 years.  it's time for something to happen to this tray!

follow the directions on your spray paint can.  notice the old sheet- you really should use something to protect your grass/driveway.  i may or may not have a blue stained driveway from another project........whoopsie!

give it plenty of time to dry...(that's the hardest part!)

i like the distressed look, so i gently sand the corners and edges.

it's my new sunblock caddy......

or another lemonade tray! 

summer treats

today i wanted to make a special treat for the kiddies.  i remember my favorite ice cream shop sold frozen bananas dipped in chocolate when i was a kid.  i never ate them my friend jennifer p. always did :)  i've always been more of a vanilla and chocolate twist with chocolate sprinkles kind of girl.

here's how you make chocolate covered frozen bananas:

here's what you need.  i rolled mine in granola and sprinkles- another great choice would be chopped nuts or toasted coconut.

cut the bananas in half and put them on a stick.  kids love food on sticks!

i just used the easy microwavable chocolate.  cover the banana in chocolate.

roll the banana in whatever topping you'd like

once the bananas are covered put them in the freezer for an hour or so to firm up.

serve to your happy little kids :)

will and jack said they tasted like banana ice cream!

father's day cards

so i thought i should follow up on how the cards turned out from our giant painting.  here's how i did it:

i cut rectangles to attach to my blank cards

we used glue dots to attach the paintings.  double sided tape would be easy- but we didn't have any.

i had the kids sign their names

here they are!  pretty cute, and the boys were really proud of them :)

hope everyone had a great father's day!