Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Ok ok I'm behind.

Well we went to Peoria at the end of October. We had a fabulous time visiting with all my family there! Matt had never met most of them , so it was a new experience for him ... We also took my Granny and she stayed with her sister that lives there, they had a great time together!

The purpose of the trip was to go to my cousin Angelas wedding! They had a gorgeous fall themed ceremony and one of the most rockin' receptions we've ever been to! They had a really good DJ that kept everyone entertained all night... And did I mention the prime rib? :drool:

Congrats Angela and Casey!





We really liked it up there ... everyday Matt and I went and got hot tea and caramel mudd macchiatos from a little coffee stand called Mountain Mudd Espresso... Matt was hooked for sure. There was also a stuffed animal on our bed in our hotel room! Which was really weird because ever since Matt and I got together the only stuffed animal he buys me is a monkey... well thats what was on our bed! They put different ones in each room and we just happened to get a monkey... I was very tempted to keep it until I saw that it would cost me $20! So I took a picture with him instead ...

Not a very flattering picture of me ... but you get the point...


On the way home I was promised krispy kreme donuts. After passing a million of them I was getting a little antsy. Matt swore there was one in the next town ... so I tried to pull it up on my phone and prove him wrong... Stupid internet would NOT work. So I texted Awesome Sarah to help me out... She reported back that the closest one was like 80 miles from that town ... So no Krispy Kreme for me. Bastards.

Matt said we could drive to Branson anytime and get donuts ... but have we went to Branson yet? Nope.

All in all the trip was great ... we will definitely be going back soon! And next time I'm getting donuts!

Gravy. The chocolate kind.

This has got to be one of my favorite recipes ever. It is SO easy and you probably have all the ingredients in your house already...

I always heard about chocolate gravy and thought it sounded disgusting... my husband finally talked me into making it and now I am hooked.... when we cant decide what to make for dinner we make choco gravy, biscuits, sausage and eggs... best dinner ever!

Here it is , seriously you have to make it - now!

Chocolate Gravy
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp. cocoa
2 tbsp. flour
2 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp. butter

Mix sugar, flour and cocoa together in sauce pan, add milk. Heat on medium/high stirring with a whisk until it reaches desired consistency. Remove from heat, add butter and vanilla.