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Friday my baby girl went off to 1st grade and rode the bus for the 1st time.

She told me she had a good day.

I’m praying this year goes smoothly for her.

Brianna’s first day of third grade and her first time riding the bus to school!

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Awhile back I went out with some friends, Kelly and Tammy to be exact.

We had an exciting desperately needed girls night out planned.

First a fantastically yummy Teriyaki Marinated Sirloin accompanied by some mashed potatoes and a salad doused in ranch at Outback. I had my first martini ever, Strawberry Passion. It was good, real good.

We then made our way to the dollar theater and watched Date Night. Yeah, that was hilarious. You must see it!

Our night wasn’t complete though, we ended it with a bang, yeah, that’s right, we went to Walmart!

I was in the mood to be healthy and fun. I loaded up my cart with apples, bananas, peaches, nectarines, strawberries, blueberries, carrots, and sugar snap peas. Super proud of myself and couldn’t wait to bite into those nectarines, they smelled absolutely amazing!

One problem, the kids don’t really like blueberries.

They turned up their noses when I brought out the full fresh pint. Well two out of three did. Alex wanted some, I obliged by placing a few on his plate. He tasted, made a face and said, “No like it,” and then proceeded to spit out the smooshed blueberry. Gross!

So I did what I needed to do.

I googled “blueberry muffins made from scratch” and clicked on a few recipes.

I ultimately decided on this one, the best blueberry muffin recipe evah!

Seriously these are amazing! You must try them. You will never go back to your regularly scheduled muffin recipe again!

The best part, the kids devoured them. As did Brian and I. I also had to give some to Jason, Daph and Beth.

They thought they were amazing too!

I think I may need to go out and buy some blueberries. It would make a great treat for the girls teachers.

I can’t believe they start school this week. Where did the summer go?

Awesome Blueberry Muffins

Found on Food.com

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup butter, cubed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
3. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder.
4. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup.
5. Mix this with flour mixture.
6. Fold in blueberries.
7. Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.
8. To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon.
9. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.
10. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done.

Our first Phillies game as a family!

A wonderful gift from the in-laws.

They lost the game, but we still had an amazing time.

Can’t wait to do it again

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