Key Lime Pie

This pie was a big hit! I made it for my mom on Mother's Day because it's her favorite!




Ingredients

4 large eggs, separated

1 (14 oz.) can condensed milk

1/2 cup fresh lime juice

3/4 heavy cream

1 tsp. grated lime peel

2 or 3 drops green food coloring (optional)

1 (9-inch) unbaked pie crust

1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

1/2 cup sugar

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 F. Beat egg yolks in medium bowl on low speed of electric mixer. Gradually beat in condensed milk and lime juice until smooth. Blend in cream, lime peel and food coloring, if desired. Pour into unbaked pie crust. Bake 25 minutes. Remove from oven.

Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in medium bowl on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar on medium speed. Beat at least 4 minutes to make sure the sugar dissolves. Should form stiff glossy peaks. Spread over hot pie, carefully sealing to edge of the crust to keep meringue from shrinking.

Bake an additional 15 minutes or until meringue lightly browns. Cool 1 hour on wire rack. Chill at least 3 hours before serving.

Just a few more pictures of Dakota. Hope you like them!

Happy Valentines Day

Here a few pictures I took of Dakota for Valentines Day! I love them! And it's not just because I'm his aunt! LOL! Anyway, I hope you like them!

Well, first I just want to say that I am so thankful for the Lords protection. I was on my way home from church last night with my brother, his wife, and their baby. We stopped to get gas and Chaise got us all a Dr. Pepper and a beef jerky. (That's my favorite.) I asked Chaise if he could open my beef jerky because I was driving and he did but when he went to hand it to me he accidentally hit me in the face with it! LOL! I was already tired and edging on delirious, so I thought it was the most hilarious thing that ever happened! LOL! Anyway, it was raining and we were on the really long road from our church to my house which is 285 and all of the sudden a deer walks onto the road! I started slowing down but it was raining and the road was slippery so I couldn't slam on my brakes or I would have been sliding all over the road. Well, the deer saw me slowing down and totally freaked out and ran straight in front of my car!!! Thank God I slowed down as much I could or that deer would have come right through my windshield and there would be no more Callie to tell this story! LOL! After I completely stopped the car and the deer slid off my hood, I was looking at the deer and he had a broken leg. (Serves him right for hitting my car!) I look at Chaise and we just bust out laughing because this dear is like totally freaked out and flopping all over the place and his broke leg is flapping because it is broken in two! Now that may sound absolutely disgusting, but after this deer just murdered my car I found it quite amusing. What I haven't told you is that this was no ordinary deer, it was a baptist deer! We're talking at least 10 points and minimum of 200 pounds! What are the odds of me hitting probably the biggest deer in Fl.? It's craziness! LOL! So, while Chaise and me are in the front seat laughing our heads off, Hannah is in the back seat with Dakota and she is totally freaked out. Freaking out is probably a very normal reaction to that situation unless you're abnormal like me and my brothers! LOL! At least we have fun! Anyway, That was my totally scary/funny story! LOL! I hope you enjoyed it! I love all of you!

"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."
~George Washington

The Beach...

Well, I took these pictures Monday afternoon, and I think they turned out great! We had so much fun. I hope you enjoy them!

Isn't she gorgeous????

She could have done better! LOL! JK! I just have to give him a hard time because he's like another big brother to me! He asked her to marry him, and I think she felt she had to say yes! LOL! Something having to do with loving him I think! Anyway, I had a blast taking these pictures and I hope you enjoy them as well!