We Have a Winner!

Congratulations to Beth Presley, of Fayetteville. You're the lucky winner of a grill from Petit Jean Meats along with 2 aprons, 60 Arkansas grillers, & 60 polish sausages!

You and your friends and family should have plenty of meat to enjoy your holiday weekend!

Tasty Tuesday: Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

Will you please look at this yumminess! This past weekend the fam loaded up the car for a weekend in Branson with some of our Little Rock friends. It was a blast to say the least. One night a friend of ours, Heather, made us all dinner and topped it off with this dessert she found on a blog. OH MY GOODNESS!
We seriously consumed it within minutes.

Here are Heather and Amy just moments after getting their piece. If you like chocolate try this recipe out. Heather says it was easy to make. Go here to get the recipe!

Happy Eating!

Meaty Giveaway! YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS

I don't know about you, but when I spend the day swimming or at a swimpark I work up a hefty appetite! Well, this weekend we hit the road for Branson were we spent the weekend with 4 other families..this included 5 little ones all UNDER the age of 2! It was a blast. So, what does this have to do with the meat picture?
WELL, Petit Jean Meats is giving away a Backyard Family Fun Package. I'll get to that in a minute, BUT they gave us some yummy meat to try out and let you know what we thought. EVERYONE including the kiddos loved the sliced ham for their lunches and the guys thought they'd died and gone to heaven over the summer sausage.

Here is Josh being silly with the sausage, but the guys were loving it during our lunch at the water park. Little Reed is even finishing up his ham in this picture. Thanks Petit Jean Meats. We liked what we had!

NOW it's your turn...this GIVEAWAY IS AWESOME!

Petit Jean Meats Backyard Family Fun Package includes...

*a Charcoal Grill

*2 aprons

*60 Arkansas Jumbo Grillers (hot dogs)

*60 polish sausages

All you have to do is go here and register! We'll announce the winner Wednesday evening.

This is a great gift just in time for the 4th of July and grilling season!

Fashion Forward: Whose Ready for the 4th?

Don't worry---I don't think meat and fashion are really coupled together, but summer dresses and cookouts are common denominators in the 4th of July celebrations, RIGHT? I'll get to the meat in a minute, but first...

I don't know about you but I'm LOVING summer dresses this year. Who needs shorts when you can wear breezy summer dresses for ANY event? If you see me this year, I'll more than likely be in a dress or workout clothes.

Ok, onto the meat...this coming week we have an INCREDIBLE giveaway just in time for the 4th. I'm not going to give you all the details just yet, but I will tell you---if you win, you'll be able to throw a great 4th of July party!

I hope you have a great weekend!

Reality Check: Is it Really THAT Shocking that a Couple from the Bachelor Split?

Is it really SHOCKING that Jake and Vienna from the Bachelor are no longer together? How many of the relationships during the shows several year series has ACTUALLY worked? I can only think of Trista and Ryan.

Each season I swear I'm not going to watch again because I just get so frustrated with something about the show. Whether it's the bickering between contestants, or the extra drama I just get fed up. BUT guess what I'm watching this seasons of the Bachelorette. And yes, next week it looks like there is drama and I'm probably get frustrated, but I admit it, I'm hooked once again. I guess it's like watching a train wreck. I don't want to watch, but I can't help but looking.

SO, what do you think?

If you're watching this season...who is your favorite? I DON'T have a favorite at all...so we'll see next week.

Don't Forget About Razorback Relief

I've blogged about this before, but I wanted to remind you that if you want to help those is Haiti NOW is your chance.

According to Razorback Relief's facebook page there are 10 truckloads of food en route to the Razorback Indoor Track Center. If they have enough people, THAT INCLUDES YOU, then over 2 million meals can be prepared for the folks in Haiti. You can either volunteer for 2 hours or work a longer shift of 6 hours! It all begins THIS Friday night (June 25th) at 7 PM and runs through 7PM Saturday.

That's right...24 hours to put together over 2 MILLION meals. BUT it can't be done if there aren't volunteers. For more details you can go here.

Coach John Pelphrey and the basketball hogs are planning to help. If you're hog fan maybe you'll end up being on their shift!

Tasty Tuesday: Mac 'n Cheese

Let's face it...we just got back home TODAY from an amazing vacation! SOOOO....

Stella's dinner was this! HER FAVORITE. Before you send me notes saying this isn't a recipe, I know, I know. I was going to make the "real" deal, the homemade stuff but we got up at 4 this MORNING to make it for our flight so by the time we got home I was pooped. So I'm putting a twist on tasty Tuesday.

I know there are a million different recipes out there for mac 'n cheese, SO I want to here from you. You can either leave a comment here OR go the recipe box and share your favorites. Sometimes a mom just needs the box for a quick fix but the homemade stuff is delish.