Townley Times

Every summer we spend some good ol Townley Time together. The Townley girls start with Jerry and Terry and from there it goes down to 3 daughers and 8 babies. We had a blast although the tummy bug attacked. So fun for us to have our kids so close in age.

Sharon and our babies (Whitney and Georgia)

When Brooks plays with girls, he plays with beads!!! And with all those beads the first thing he did was make me a necklace.

Blue-eyed Beauties! Just a few weeks apart!

Lindsey and Georgia

Little talent show by Courtney and Anna


Townley Girls and Crew
Sharon had these cute t-shirts made for our reunion

Slip and Slide (Thanks to Mrs Ross!!)

Popsicles for break time!

Scogin girls and Georgia

Aunt Rosie and Georgia

Giant Cheeto Balls!

Finger dunk by Lou Lou into the peanut butter!

Group rest time!

Pool Time

Unsupervised sunblock application!

Jumbo Slide


Cousins!

Gonna Get Wild

Together with some other girls I helped host a shower for a really special friend and Mommy-to-Be. The Watkins' and Ross's have been close family friends for a very long time. Ashley and I literally grew up with Jeff and Julie. Then we all went to Baylor, have married and now have all been blessed with babies. ESPECIALLY JULIE! She and her husband David are pregnant with twins. We had so much fun planning a shower based on how wild their house is going to be with 2 babies!


Georgia dressed for her first shower (that she slept through)

Entry Table

Favors - animal crackers

Lots of loot.

Serving Table


New Favorite Shower Recipe
(of course you don't have to have a shower to make them, they're so good)
Peanut Butter Banana Finger Sandwiches

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened, plus more for greasing
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 large ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 to 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, vanilla and buttermilk, beating well.

In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Slowly add to the wet ingredients. Add mashed bananas and fold in raisins. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.

Cut banana bread into slices. Spread peanut butter over half of banana bread slices. Top with remaining slices to make a sandwich. Cut each sandwich into desired shapes or sizes. Roll edges in chopped peanuts and serve.

**I made Pioneer Woman's Banana Bread which is my favorite. It made 2 loaf pans.

Ashley made these cake ball which are unbelievable! Trying to get her to start a little business!

A few of the mamas

Julie

2 of everything! One pink, One blue!

Hostesses

Ross and Watkins Ladies

Baylor Bound!

Last week we decided to make a quick trip to Baylor for the day. Ashley, my mom and I took our kiddos to Bear Country. We were in the car longer than we were in Waco but I wanted the boys to see what they hear so much about.

I sure hope these 3 are Baylor Bound...anyone know where we can get a money tree?

We drove straight into town to dine at one of our faves...Ninfas.

Ann, one of my best friends from Baylor plus her sweet family were able to meet us for lunch.



Then off to the main event...yet such a let down. We were so excited about the Bear Pit but he was sleeping in his cave and we could hardly see him.

Thankfully these 2 bears still had their paws up.
The boys did a quick wardrobe picture so mama Bear could get some sibling shots with our newest addition.

Bear and Anna looking for the Bear.

Ash and Anna


Another important stop was of course the Baylor Bookstore for a little green and gold.
Wow we could have spent a lot of money!

God bless this old building where my dad, Ashley and I thought we might actually die before passing Anatomy. The majority of our BU tuition went to pay for classes in this building. And now, 10 years after I've graduated they are making some updates.

Another wardrobe change...

Since graduating there has been an incredible amount of growth on campus. The most beautiful buildings have been built for academics and athletics. This specific area of campus has a pretty special name.

This is the street that separated me from my BU man 13 years ago.

Nick lived in this house directly across from....

my very first apartment, The Centre 5D or (5Diggity).


We did a drive by of the ever-so-modest apartment, which we called Pete's Palace where I lived my junior and senior year. Lets just say they're a little needy for tenants but its really no surprise when you see what Baylor students live in these days.

Just an example of the "average" off campus residence.

After a full few hours these little bears were tuckered out.

So glad we could take the boys to one of my most favorite places ever!