Halloween Party

Well, since Halloween was on a Saturday this year, our kids wanted to have a pre-trick or treating party! So Daddy was in charge of decorations (and the clean up of decorations!), Momma (that is me) was in charge of baking and cooking, and the kiddies were in charge of having fun. My poor daughter who had the original idea for the party weeks ago, ended up with flu, coming down with it Saturday morning, so she spent the whole party sitting or sleeping on the couch, while the other kids had fun around her, she was a really good sport and was dressed in most of her costume.

Knock, Knock !!

Happy Birthday to my Brother "Mike"

Pie Anyone

Well on Thanksgiving day, we baked pie! Each of my children had their own pie to bake, and my husband and I pealed the apples we picked at Brooks Farm on Saturday!

The recipe is below, and to be honest they turned out a little runnier than I like, I think its becuase I used a full crust and the recipe called for a lattice crust. It must have more liquid to allow for evaporation in the oven. Will let you know when we try again!

INGREDIENTS
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup water
8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced

DIRECTIONS
Melt butter in a sauce pan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add white sugar, brown sugar and water; bring to a boil. Reduce temperature, and simmer 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work of crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.

Bake 15 minutes at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from my Family to yours!

We all have a lot to be thankful for! Take a minute to be thankful for all the soldiers over sea's, defending our right to live the carefree lives we all have in Canada no matter how rich or poor we are.

I am thankful for my family and Friends! Each and everyone of you touch me in a special way. Life is short, make the most of it.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Brooks Farm Oct 10, 2009

We went to Brooks Farm to go apple picking and Pumpkin Picking on a Warm, Sunny Fall Day (the only one I think we have had this fall). We headed out to what I expected to be a regular farm with wagon rides to the fields and a few thinks set up for the kids. But it turned out to be a tourist attraction for city people with chickens in caged enclosures and such. There were no wagon rides to the fields and the Prices we "let's say" that of a tourist attraction. But we made the best of it and picked our apples into the supplied plastic bags (very environmentally friendly, NOT), there were no apple baskets, the kids wandered out into the field which was quite a hike and picked out their pumpkins. We paid our $12 per pumpkin, and $1.00 per pound for apples and headed home. Next year we will have to find a real country farm not a "meant to impress city kids farm"! Oh well, live and learn! The kids enjoyed picking their apples and pumpkins so that is all that counts.

The New Cottage

Congratulations to our Very Dear friends "Kevin & Cheryl".

This is their new cottage that they took possession of Labour Day weekend!

They have join our other good friends "Jason & Sherry" on the lake where

Jason's many family members have had cottages for generations.

We look forward to many fun filled weekends in the North!

Missing, but not lost!

HI Ladies,

Just a note to tell you I may be MIA but not lost and certainly not short of creativity! I have been enlisted by my Mom to do a digital scrapbooking project for her, which has taken all of my time the past month, the little spare time I get anyway, LOL! So, I have been very creative, but have nothing I can post and show you, but you will see it posted after Christmas!! Also, I have been working on some Christmas gifts of my own, so again, nothing I can post until after Christmas!!! Go Figure, A very creative month and nothing I can post! Maybe some pictures of my kids will bet posted to give you something to look at! Happy Scrapin, the paper kind that is!!

Happy Labour Day Weekend!

Well its that time of year where all us Mom's with school age children are running around getting them set to go back to school either the past Monday for high school or this coming Tuesday for grade school. And on top of it allot of us head out for the Labour Day weekend, gluttons for that last weekend of sitting in traffic!!!! Thus my unproductive blog week! There's always next week! Happy Labour Day to all!

Congratulations to Our Best friend this weekend!

They are taking possession of their new cottage

and full filling their dream and 5 year plan!

Congrats you two!

We can't wait to see our new room!!

Sept 11 Club Night Launch - Card One

This was Teaser #1 for Sept Club Night!

Card Base is 5.5 x 4.5 Colonial White (Value Pack) by CTMH (x1410)

Jingle Level 2 paper Packet by CTMH (x7115B)

Colonial White card stock run the the cuttle bug

Christmas ball cut in the sizzix

Gold Martha Stewart Giltter

Designer ribbon rounds - Colonial White Collection by CTMH (Z1126)

Connection Club adhesive backed Pearl Assortments

An Oldie but a Cutie!

This is my Son's Senior Kindergarden trip to the Zoo!

My Son is on the Right Side.

This is a "coaster frame" made with, regual drink coasters and decorated with

"Creataive Memories Paper and Hinges", and misc. embelishments I had.

Clowning Around

I hope you like this card! It is my first "digital stamp" image!

it was tricky at first, I learned the hard way you have to

heat set your image before you colour it or the lines smugg!

If you use your embossing gun and heat set the lines,

you are good to go!

My Origionals "Around the Holiday's Card Kit" #3

My Origionals "Around the Holiday's Card Kit" #2

My Origionals "Around the Holiday's Card Kit" #1

I have to be honest and say that when I saw this card kit in the new CLOSE TO MY HEART CATALOGUE that will be released and products available for purchase on September 1, 2009, I was not that impressed BUT.......let me tell you when I saw it in person and added a little glitter here and there I quickly changed my mind!! The cards are very old fashioned looking and with the pop ups and glitter it brings them into modern times! Very Nice Card Kit!

My Origionals "Around the Holiday's Card Kit" #4

Laird Memorial Cup 2009

We faced every type of weather but snow during the

"Laird Memorial Cup 2009" Soccer Tournament this Weekend!

Our Son's team placed 2nd!
Our Daughter's team placed 3rd!

Our Daughter was a bit more complicated!

For the first time ever in history of the tourney they had a 3 way tie for points, for first place. They did a coin toss to see who would play in the Championship round, and who would play in the bronze round, and unfortunately our team lost the coin toss!

So our girls played for the bronze metal and thank goodness they won because they went from being guaranteed gold or silver,to having to battle for bronze.

Congratulation to both our Kids!