Flaming Green Beans!

Maybe this will not be news to you. It was certainly news to me.

Mckenzee loves green beans (right now anyway). I was getting her dinner ready and I got out some green beans to reheat.

I put about 10 on a plate and put them in the microwave for 8 seconds.

I stood right there because I was only having to wait 8 seconds.

The green beans began to spark and sizzle and then......

There were little orange fireballs.

What the heck is wrong with my organic green beans???!!!!

Del Monte is about to get a personal call from me!!!!!!!!!!!

I called Chris at work to tell him what had happened. His response: "Oh yeah, they did that to me the other day too."

"What did you do?"

"I just got out a few more and warmed them up and they didn't do it."

"Did you feed them to our daughter?"

"Yes."

Called my dad. He asked what kind of plate they were on. I tell him ceramic. He tells me to try a paper plate. I don't have one so I use plastic.

I get out 10 more green beans and put them in for 8 seconds.

Sparks, fireballs.

Oh man, Kenzee has eaten a lot of green beans lately.

My dad looked it up on the internet. Here is what he found:

green beans spark because dense vegetables such as green beans, carrots, and green peppers have higher amounts of minerals than other food items. The minerals act like tiny pieces of metal and can create arcing effects in a microwave.

In the mood for fireworks? Put some green beans in the microwave.

Arbonne

I have to write about Arbonne. I am building my Arbonne business part-time. My ultimate goal in this business is to retire Chris in the near future and build compound residual income that will allow our family time freedom so that we can be together all day. It will also give us the financial resources to help others in a BIG way.

Chris and I believe in Network Marketing and know that it will work for us. It is NOT a pyramid scheme nor is it get rich quick, but it is get rich. Arbonne has one of the best compensation plans in the NWM industry and the leaders of the company are Christians and believe God and family should come first.

Arbonne is a 27 year old Health and Wellness company that offers Pure Safe and Beneficial products in 6 categories: anti-aging, personal care, weight loss, nutrition, aromatherapy, and cosmetics. Products are made with the highest quality ingredients and are rigorously tested to be hypoallergenic, they do not contain animal products, mineral oil or chemical dyes and fragrances.

Network Marketing is hard work, but with great pay off. 90% of people who start a NWM business quit within their first year! 95% of people who stick with it at least 10 years make it to the top income level in the company. I don't care if it does take me 10 years I will not give up. I couldn't make that kind of money doing anything else for 10 years and 10 years is not that long to be able to retire from your business.

I want to wake up each day and know that I don't have to tell my husband good-bye as he heads off to work and count the hours until he comes home for lunch and then again until he gets off. I want to be able to take Mckenzee to the zoo in the middle of the day with her Daddy too. I want to write 5 digit checks to my church and help out a struggling waitress with a huge tip.

...and the Benz will be nice too!

Macy Roo Roberts

We got her when she was 9 weeks old just after Thanksgiving in 2003. She was full of love and full of energy. She loved running cirles in the living room and still does. She has traveled to Colorado, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and New Mexico.

It is good to be a chihuahua at the Roberts!

So rotten! We love our chihuahua. I never thought I'd have a sweet chocolate chihuahua one day, but she is just right for our family. She is so full of love! She enjoys having visitors over and loves to "go" to Grandma's house. She is sweet to Mckenzee (most of the time) and they even play together with her toy.

She loves to hunt crickets and grasshoppers and enjoys going on trips. She will get in the water if it's her idea...lakes, rivers, ponds.

She enjoys warm laundry, cuddling on the couch and she sleeps in our bed...I know, I never thought I would let a dog in my bed, but I do. We love to spoil her!

A little about me

I am a wife and a mother. That is all I ever wanted to be. I love my life. I love waking up each day to a loving husband and having the privilege to stay home with our baby girl. Yes, at times they both drive me crazy, but I wouldn't trade one day.

In all my free time....I enjoy scrapbooking, camping, reading historical romances, watching movies, taking pictures and organizing. I would not call myself organized, but I still enjoy doing it anyway. I like cleaning out cabinets and closets and things like that. I also like writing and have written 3 children's books that sit here at my home where no one can read them. It is a dream of mine to one day be a published author. I just have to make myself start that process.

I am obsessive. The first step is admitting it. I am always improving, but in some areas I am comfortable with my obsessiveness and some I drive my own self crazy. I never choose the first item when I am shopping I always reach back to the second or third. I inspect items carefully for defects and make sure I choose the perfect one. I do not like people to touch Mckenzee in Wal-mart...you hear that everyone? If you see us in Wal-mart don't touch! I especially don't like people touching her hands when we are anywhere in public. I use a shopping cart cover. I use a placemat at restaurants. When we went for her first pictures I lysoled the room first and only set her on blankets from home. I am very very careful around raw meat and wash my hands over and over. I know that I am crazy. I hear these things and they sound crazy to me too, but that is me.

I am a retired kindergarten teacher. I love children. Children are fascinating little people that will change our world.

That is all I can think of. I am enjoying writing these blogs. Connie you were right!

Mckenzee Ellis Roberts

I did not fully appreciate the complexity of the human body and how God is totally in control and how He thought of every detail until I saw her tiny beating heart on the sonogram screen.

Mckenzee Ellis was born August 29, 2006. An amazing day that changed our lives forever!

She is HIGH maintenance! As a newborn she was pretty fussy. She cried a lot in the evenings. We were reading a sheet from the doctor on colic one day and we both thought...this is exactly like Mckenzee. So we diagnosed her, but it didn't change things. I still didn't want her to grow up even then and we cherished holding her and swinging her in our arms even when we were dog tired and in desperate need of a shower. I knew I wouldn't always be able to hold her while she slept so I took any chance I could get. Her swing and Baby Einstein dvds were our saving grace some nights. God bless you Julie Clark.


Here we are a year later and what a personality she has! She knows just what she wants and doesn't give up without a fight. She is stubborn, smart, funny and very talkative. She is so beautiful! I love her sweet face and her big blue eyes! She does look just like her Daddy. I admit, I am still jealous about that even though I try not to be, but I wouldn't change one thing about her. She gives us hugs and kisses... when we're lucky...more to Daddy than to me. She loves to play with her puppy and read books and turn the pages for you. She loves to dance and sing. Her favorite song is Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield. She also likes hip hop.

She can say: Momma, DaDa, PupPup, Bye Bye, Gee Gee (Get you), and sometimes PatPaw and a form of Grandma, and once she saw her Aunt Sara and said "Sa" never again though. She can sign milk and thank you. She plays peek-a-boo and likes to start crawling down the hall only to pause and wait for us to chase her.

I love her with all that I have in me and I would do anything just to see her smile. Her smile lights up her whole face and you can't help but be thankful just to have seen it in that moment. Sometimes I wish I could freeze moments in time and revisit them. Like when we are dancing together and she looks at me beaming and leans in to kiss me. She melts my heart.

Christopher Roberts

How I love him!

I don't even know how to begin. Chris is an amazing husband and father and even though we have been together for over 11 years I still learn new things about him and he continues to impress me.

He works at EFW Inc. It is a defense contractor supplying electronic parts to companies like Lockheed and Boeing. He is Manager of Program Financial Analysis. That sounds very sexy to me! He is so smart with numbers and spreadsheets and things I can't begin to understand. He is the financial provider for our family and with God's help has promoted very quickly at his company allowing me to stay home with Mckenzee.

He is a Longhorn fan! He loves football, especially his Texas Longhorns. He coaches them from the couch and scares the dog. He plans events around Texas games (including our wedding) and wears his burnt orange t-shirt to watch them. He also loves animals. He cuddles with our chihuahua on the couch and lets her lick his face. I am sure someday we will have three labs for him to wrestle with when we get a bigger yard. He also loves to build things. He designed and built a deck in our backyard by himself and can do most any home improvement job.

He loves to take me on dates in his Cobra because we can sit closer. He is such a gentleman...a good-looking one at that. He puts me in the car and orders my dinner and kisses me at the door...still! He told me once when we were first dating..."I've got you taken care of." He has always taken great care of me and babied me and I just love it. He gives me lots of hugs and kisses and does things that make me feel special. He supports me in all that I do and understands my craziness. He always smells good...I like that. I even like when he does things that get him into trouble because he has the cutest little smile that I can't resist. Which gets him into MORE trouble!

He loves being a"DaDa." I love to watch him with our daughter. He takes such good care of her. I don't know how he knew so much about babies, but it just seemed to come natural to him. He would read stories to her before she was even born. He plays with her, dances silly with her and loves to tickle her and make her laugh...which he is very good at! He changes lots of diapers and gives baths and even puts her bows in. He loves to hug and kiss her and take her on dates to Gymboree, just the two of them, to pick out a special outfit. He fixed up her room mostly by himself before she was born and added a hand-painted mural signed Daddy. We are taking it with us when we move.

I could write about him all day. He is perfect for me and for Mckenzee. We love him with all our hearts!

Okay you convinced me!

I am going to try this blog thing. My good friend Connie just started one for her family and I do so enjoy reading it so I am going to give it a try. I don't know if I will be good at keeping it current or not, but I do look forward to the opportunity to tell everyone about my wonderful family. I love my sweet husband and adorable baby with all my heart and they make my life complete.

First I will introduce you to our family:

I wish our dog was in this picture, but I will write about her later. Chris and I started dating in high school on February 4, 1996. We married 6 years and 8 months later on October 5, 2002. We have so much fun together. We love to laugh and be goofy with each other. We are both fiercly competitive and enjoy playing any kind of game. We love to have date nights on the couch watching our current favorite show The Hills. We love to go on walks. We love storms...especially in the Rocky Mountains where we love to go on vacation. We love to be in the car together on long trips. We can talk about anything. We pray together daily. We are best friends and don't know what we would do without each other.
Last year we had a wonderful new addition to our family, Mckenzee Ellis. She is a little firecracker. We have so much fun with her and think everything she does is amazing and adorable. She has truly blessed our family and makes us laugh everyday. I am so thankful for her and thankful that God chose me for her Mommy.
We love the Lord and are grateful for His daily presence in our lives. We don't always put him first or give Him enough of our time, but we long to do better in learning and in service. Looking back over the last five years it is so obvious how God has worked in the life of our family. He has worked out so many specific things and always provides and cares for us.
We are working on being content at every stage in our life and enjoying our journey. We firmly believe that for everything there is a purpose and are thankful for every day we are given. We hope that we will bless others through our marriage and our daily actions.