Thursday, December 31, 2015

Merry Late Christmas

We had a nice Christmas--we were glad to have Kaitlyn home with us. On Christmas eve we go to my in-laws  after Christmas eve service. We eat appetizers, candy and cookies then head downstairs for Christmas presents. Christmas day we have dinner and play cards after the clean up. When my mom was alive we use to have Christmas dinner with her, I miss my mom.


Amy enjoying her Kindle Fire.

Early this year I wrote on my calendar to mix up cookie dough and freeze. Last year I mixed everything the same day I baked it --that was a nightmare because I did it on Christmas Eve day.

This year I tried a new sugar cookie recipe and a new frosting recipe. This is the sugar cookie recipe-- I subbed gluten free baking mix in place of the flour and they came out wonderful! For cookie frosting I usually just used powdered sugar and milk, the difference when butter is added makes everything so much better.This is the recipe I used for the frosting- I looked up cream bouquet because I never heard of it. I went on to look up a recipe for that  too- I only had vanilla and butter flavoring so I use that. I was very happy with the results.

I also made a six sister pb fudge and chocolate fudge recipe. I think the peanut-butter layer would have turned out better if I wasn't rushing to get to Star wars, it was still good. We waited to see it till our daughter who moved to Wisconsin made it back. I also made peppermint bark but I may skip it next year since I was the only one who eats it. If I decide to try again I want to try this recipe. Peanut butter balls are my all time favorite--I use Whole Foods peanut butter. I use to  make it with the rice crispies filler but love it so much better without it. I also made death by chocolate cookies, they weren't as well liked. Peanut butter cookies were made with a recipe I found years ago. 1 cup peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg and 1 tsp vanilla. I  also made chocolate chip cookies, and Mexican wedding cookies.

We had a wonderful time eating, talking and just being together. Kaitlyn will be leaving in a few days so we're trying to get everything squeezed in we want to do. I didn't get many pictures without people turning there heads or holding there hands up. I'm hoping to get a few pictures of the girls together this weekend.  

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Prim Swap ornies



This  ornie is from Di at Cottage Wishes!





This ornie is from Linda at Country Pickens!



This ornie is from Cindi at Cindi's Country Corner!



This ornie is from Amy at Bumble Bee Lane!

Thank you ladies for all the wonderful ornaments!

Thanks Amy for hosting the swap!!

Updates

We had a nice Thanksgiving this year even though we were missing our daughter Kaitlyn. My oldest daughter Elizabeth who was married this summer also celebrated Thanksgiving elsewhere.



I made a delicious peanut butter pie from this recipe-- http://thatsmyhome.com/pie-recipes/peanut-butter-pie-time-pie/




I made these ornaments for a local swap and a prim swap.


This was the other ornaments I made for the local swap.



I must have read the instructions wrong for this hat--it was almost done and it was able to fit my cat.



Amy with Santa at the annual tree lighting.












We had a fun time riding the holiday train to Lawrence and back.


Jaime's band concert

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Neewollah













On Saturday, October 31st the Turner High School Marching Band traveled to Independence, KS to compete in the Neewollah (Halloween spelled backwards) Marching Festival and Parade. Over 24 high school marching bands participated.
The band performed their "Evolution of Swing" halftime show with a ton of energy and enthusiasm. The Golden Bear Band received a "1-Rating," which stands for "Superior". We are extremely proud of all the hard work that the band has put into this season, and all of the great students that make up this band will always be remembered by the trophy that will now sit in our display case. Way to go Golden Bear Band, or as we like to say "G-Double-B!"

KC Royals World Series Champs!


We ended up parking not far from where this picture was taken and walked in. I'm glad we did, people parked in parking garages and some had to wait 2-4 hours.



I took this picture when we first made it to Union Station parking lot.



School was out, I was planning on taking them out even if it wasn't.













We stood for hours but it was a fun and crazy day. Go Royals!!















We love our boys in blue!



A Royal CelebrationHey Kansas City, today was amazing. Relive the moments here - you'll be talking about this day for years to come. http://kmbc.tv/6185BP57b
Posted by KMBC 9 News Kansas City on Tuesday, November 3, 2015



Sunday, October 18, 2015

Fall



I'm the queen of unfinished projects, this has been sitting around my house for a couple of years. I tea dyed it last week and need to put it in a frame.





Fall is my favorite time of the year. I love the cool air, the beautiful shades of leaves, comfort food and my list could go on and on. My 15 year old is in the marching band now that she is in high school, we enjoyed watching her perform at half time on Friday nights.




Emily Bronte:







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We're hoping for a world series win!!

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Putting up my patriotic prims


I only made a few patriotic/4th of July stuff this summer. I printed out this cute picture and spray painted a frame in this silver gray. I also bought a couple 4's and covered them in scrapbook paper after seeing one on Pinterest.




This is one of them --Paper mache 4 covered in patriotic paper. I can't find my other one, I used a wood 4 and covered it in a different patriotic paper.




My lamb's ear is growing like crazy-- I transplanted this is June.

Excuse the weeds -- My Brown Eyed Susan's --Somebody switched tags on the flowers because it showed a purple flower, but I'm happy with what I got.