Clip from Dateline NBC

Here is the segment from Dateline that I was in. You can hear me talk a couple of times: I say (over the radio) "10-4, send the grids", and "292" when we were all standing around. I also say something in Spanish to one of the illegals we caught. I'll be in Utah all next week if you want my autograph.

Yummy for my Tummy...and Josh's too

I wanted to share some good eats with you. The first is Josh's birthday cake for this year. We celebrated his birthday late because he was gone on his real birthday. It's a chocolate strawberry cheesecake. It came from a diabetic cookbook, so you can make it low-sugar, low-fat, low-calorie, etc. (a.k.a. not good tasting). We're not diabetic, so I made it the full-fat, full-sugar way. Yummmmmm. If you want the recipe, here it is- RECIPE. Otherwise, just enjoy the photos.

This is called "Finally Done"

This is called "Josh getting Impatient"

And this is called "What? I only get one piece?"

This next one is a shrimp pasta dish from Emeril at the Food Network and it is FABULOUS. I am including a link for the recipe. But FYI, for those who don't like hot/spicy flavor, go easy on the jalapenos. I like this so much, I am already trying to decide when to make it again, and we've already had it a few times. Also, the picture doesn't really look like the finished product. The real thing looks better.

Here's the LINK

Enjoy!

A New Niece and my Substitute Sister

This is my way cute, chubby-face niece, Katrina Kay. She is the newest addition to my family, which now consists of....hold on, I'm counting....22 peoples and 5 dogs. Isn't she the cutest little fatty? I am really excited to see her in two weeks!

In other news, sometimes I need a sister to do sister stuff with, and my sisters are all far away, so I have to get substitutes. In college I had built-in subs in the form of roommates. (Shout out to Sara Wilkey and Lisa Jennings, who were probably the best...thanks!) Anyway, my current sub is Denise. We paint our toenails, play dress-up in my closet, go shopping, sing songs at the top of our lungs....well, you get the point. This is a picture of Denise after one of our dress-up parties. When the curlers came out, she looked WAY cute. She's lots of fun, even if she can't cook, and she makes living in Ajo bearable.