This is a picture that James took with my macro lens.

I think he did pretty good job.

Secret recipe for....German Chocolate Cake

Any brand name German Chocolate cake from a box.

Coconut-Pecan Frosting
2c sugar
1c butter
2 cup evaporated milk
2t vanilla
6 egg yolks
2 2/3 cups flaked coconut
2 cup chopped pecans

Mix sugar, butter, milk, vanilla and egg yolks in saucepan.
Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until thick – 12 minutes.
Stir in coconut and pecans.
Beat until spreadable.
Frost your cake!

Note to self: For a scrambled egg tasting frosting, leave the whites in with the yolks. :)

Wade's "newest"...new camera

Nikon D2XS
This was Ed Clark's......It is a beaut!!!!
Jim

Yummy German Chocolate Birthday Cake

Delicious!
(Thanks for the recipe, Aunt Kim.)

pics at home....

Arielle building...
James vacuuming the carpet by the climbing wall......while on a pogo stick......his slow progress netted him a couple of hundred pushups from mom.

OKAY.....back to posting.....but first....some humor (from my sister) Enjoy....Jim.

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James was 14 on the first!

You will notice the smile when he opened his present from Grandpa and Grandma Reed.

It is a diving regulator.

They got a tank for him also. Grandpa was thinking about getting back into diving ....so that would be real fun if they both could go together!