We went over and had lunch at Steph and Ed's Saturday, then we all went to church Saturday night, then back over to their house for taco's and Ed's guacamole (which is the BEST guac EVER!!!).
After dinner we all sat around talking and singing silly songs and all these old songs that we could remember. I've got a few on video. We laughed and laughed at some of the "choreography" that Ted did to one of the songs. It's the "Ducky" song which became a new favorite to Autumn I believe!
Ted showing us how to do the duck song
We had fun watching her dance around and enjoy our beautiful songs!!! (hee hee).
Autumn dancing to the duck song
Zach busted out with some history trivia... that boy amazes me! He's growing up so fast... he's gonna be in 5th GRADE next year!!!! (I still remember the 3yr old little boy as the ring barer in my wedding!!!)
Sunday we all met for lunch at Willie's...
... and then headed back to Steph's house for the birthday cake! Ed's sister and brother-in-law (Linda and Andy) and their grandson, Daniel, also came over.
Sherry was such a sweet mom and granted Steve's wish to bake a "healthy" cake.
- Explanation: we got a recipe from the "Cooking Yourself Thin" cookbook. It's a Red velvet Cake... but again... a healthy version. If you've ever watched the show, you'll see that they replace butter or milk and things with fruit, buttermilk, butternut squash, orange juice, apple sauce, things like that. Anyhoo... this cake was determined to get Sherry! She made it before they came down to SA. By the time they got to SA Friday night (they had a 2 hour drive)... the icing had completely run off the cake!!! So, they re-iced it when and then put it in the refrigerator thinking maybe it got too hot in the car??? Welp, they woke up Saturday morning to check on it... and sure enough... icing had run off the cake again! (mind you- this cake is also homemade with their special recipe). So, Sherry decided to just get "real" icing and put that on there. It did work a little better, but it still had issues as you can see in the pics below where it is running off. All that being said, the cake wasn't bad at all! It was a little tough... but the flavor wasn't bad! In fact, I liked it and would eat it again! So, Sherry... great job!
After over indulging in the cake (which we had 3 different cakes because Sherry was so afraid that the "healthy" one would not be good) we sat around visiting and enjoying some family time!
Before Ted and Sherry left town, they came over to the house for a little bit to check out our garden and give us some tips on a few things. We officially have okra!!! YIPEE!!!! (When we get enough to fry, I promise I won't be the one to fry it due to what happened the last time I tried to do that- if you don't know that story... lets just say I almost burned my house down... literally!!! House full of smoke and all!!!)
Back to the point... here's a pic of our first piece of okra:
Here it is by itself:
Here's a pic to show you how big it is next to a regular spoon:
I'll leave you with a video of this song that Steve grew up singing as a kid. I believe Meemaw taught it to them (and maybe it was taught to her as a child... I'm not sure how long it's been in their family). Sherry said they aren't sure what it means either... so, we don't know what we're singing, but it sure is a fun/funny song to learn! I first heard it when Steve and I were "dating" and I made it a mission to learn it! I believe Ed is trying to learn it too (?)... it's just one of those things, you marry into the family and it becomes part of you!
So, enjoy "Quick Quack Quanny Wuanny":
After spending the last two weekends with our families, it reminds us how blessed we are! We love everyone so much and are truly honored to be a part of these families!!!
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