Back to Work!

Yes, there had been no updates for forever! I was thrilled to see a new one from the Little E Fam :). And thrilled to hear that their tickets are bought! Woohoo! I'm in Washington, though I'm pretty sure everyone knows that now. My next order of business is to get a job. Followed closely (hopefully) by having my own apartment or something!

Okay, so several people have been asking me about the t-shirt thing. If we want to get a good deal on them, we should probably get moving on that pretty quickly. I'll see what I can find out. Perhaps there is a local place that can do them at a decent price. I'll keep you posted! Do let me know in comments, though, about how many and what sizes you need! That way I have an idea :).

I'm glad that we're going to start working on this reunion again! I was missing the excitement of it :). Can't wait to see everyone!

Everyone Seems to Have Pooped Out on the Blogging Front

Go Delta!

Well, at least my mom and I are. We bought our airplane tickets yesterday. We got an amazing price too, which is good. My mom & I will be flying together and each of us will have a lap child. Yeah, both mine.

Here's our flight info:

Sun 23NOV DELTA 6683* leaving from PHILADELPHIA at 2:45PM

Arriving at NYC-KENNEDY at 3:53PM

Sun 23NOV DELTA 631 leaving from NYC-KENNEDY at 7:20PM

Arriving at SEATTLE at 11:17P

Wed 03DEC DELTA 1260 leaving from SEATTLE 6:00AM

Arriving at SALT LAKE CI at 9:05AM

Wed 03DEC DELTA 1776 leaving form SALT LAKE CI at 9:45AM

Arriving at PHILADELPHIA at 4:05PM

Neal more than likely won't be coming because we can't afford more than one ticket.

Can't wait!

-Stefanie

Needing Something New!

Well, I decided we needed something new on here. And I'm a slacker. I have really fallen behind on family reunion stuff. As everyone can probably see from the voting, the t-shirt slogan that won is:

Lymans -- not just a bunch of stiffs!

As we are now in June, that leaves us with 5 months to finish up our planning for this shindig. Are we all pretty happy with things as they are right now? Anybody need anything?

Well, I can't think of too much else to say at the moment. But, I figure we always need a picture!

So, this is a bunch of bathing beauties and one bathing studly around Summer 1990 -- the same year the cockroach fell out of the sugar.

Love to all!

happy family

Happy Mother's Day

I love you all!! Even if you're not a "mother" I am sure that you have affected someone's life in such a way that was caring and nurturing and loving and kind hence making you a MOTHER. (Sorry men, your turn is next month)-Tarylyn

I Should Be Writing a Paper

But this is more fun :).

So, last night I tried two new recipes. One I got from Julie; and one I kind of used multiple recipes and decided how I wanted to do it...

So, here we go -- with pictures included, Elka :).


Main Dish:
Tater Tot Casserole
1 lb. hamburger meat
1 can cream of mushroom soup
onion powder to taste
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 lbs. frozen tater tots

Brown beef, drain off grease. Sprinkle with onion powder to taste. Add can of cream of mushroom soup and mix well. Add about 1/2 of the shredded cheese to meat mixture and mix until the cheese is melted. Transfer to a 9x13 baking pan. Top with tater tots. Bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes. Top with the rest of the cheddar cheese and bake another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and tater tots are heated through.


Side dish:Roasted Vegetables
1 zucchini
1 yellow squash
1/2 large green bell pepper
1/2 medium white onion
1 medium tomato
salt and pepper to taste
garlic powder to taste
mozzarella cheese (about 1 cup at least)

Slice all vegetables relatively thin (between 1/4" and 1/2") so they can roast quickly. Spread them out on a baking pan (use foil if you want to be lazy like I am, because then I don't have to wash the pan, just throw away the foil!!!). Salt (salt is optional) and pepper and garlic powder to taste. Mix up the veggies to get them all seasoned. Bake at 450 degrees for about 10 minutes. Pull out of oven, and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake an additional 5 to 7 minutes to melt cheese. (I'd say this recipe could probably serve 5 people, but it would be easy to make more of it).

And hey, I'm not a fan of squash and zucchini, but I think this is delicious! And it's a good way to get in some veggies!

to nilla, with love

because i know you love snakes...

i'm going to post this on our blog, but didn't want to overload my pictures for the week! (i know my adoring fans thrive on my words! *sarcasm*)

we went to the rattlesnake roundup.

yes, i ate some.

here is my experience...
(at this point i've realized it's really chewy, cartilagey, and filled with bones. in fact it was like a 3 inch section of the snake cut up, intestine free, and deep fried... ok, i'm grossing myself out! elliott actually watched them butcher a couple; he even got video of the still beating heart. gross. yes, i do plan on sharing that.)

i don't think i need to relive this experience, but at least i can say i tried!