Odds and Ends...

I have two weeks worth to make up. I was out of town with family, and had a great time.

At my parents house. They bought him a little pool. He liked more to fill up it and play in the water from the hose than the pool itself.


Just having some fun.

We spent a week at Lake Tahoe. It was beautiful and cool weather. It was hard to leave.


While I was at home with my family, P was in China with his brother.


They spent 10 days touring around. Looks like they had a great time too. Although his pictures and stories are neat, I don't think I belong there. Glad he got the chance to go.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!

I LOVE the fourth of July. We went and watched stadium of fire - just the fireworks the other night. It was really crowded, but we had a lot of fun. It took us 10 minutes to get there, and fifty to get home.

Reasons I LOVE this holiday:
- Fireworks, Fireworks, Fireworks!!!
- Yummy B-B-Ques
- Fun treats
- Family time
- Red, White and Blue decor
- Fireworks!
- Nice summer evenings.

It has been a fun weekend. We have seen fireworks 3 times, went to some festivals, had some yummy food (cheesecake on a stick covered in chocolate!!!) We went and saw Cars 2 - cute but number 1 was better. I loved it!






Waiting for Stadium on Fire with one of my favorite foods - maple doughnut with sprinkles.

Waffle Cookies?

The heating element went out in our oven last week. Of course the only place that had the part was a small shop that had already closed for the weekend. Going without the oven wasn't a big deal, but one night we really wanted cookies. So we tried some alternate cooking methods.
First up - in a waffle iron:
Results: It tasted more like a waffle. It was pretty cakey. Not my favorite method.


Second up - in a frying pan, like a pancake:
Results: It had a burned taste, even though it wasn't burned. It was golden on the outside but really gooey on the inside. Just didn't taste like a normal cookie.

Conclusion: Cookies are best baked in the oven. Eating dough is the best substitute.

July Decorations

I have had these up for a while. I love how the pinwheel wreath turned out.
I am excited because it seems we can find fireworks Friday, Saturday and Monday. I LOVE fireworks. It will be a great couple of days.


3D Star Garland
Pledge Tile

Pinwheel Wreath

Randomness...

Just some random pictures from last week. My parents were here for a week and a half - we had lots of fun.

Bread....

I have had the flour in my pantry, and making it on my "to do list." Well, I finally got around to it. When making it, I always think, "This is pretty easy, why don't I do it more often?" Still no answer to that. But, it looks great and tastes even better.

Money, Money, Money...

It has only taken me two weeks to get around to posting this. My bad. My mother-in-law wanted to give my niece money for her birthday, but wanted to give it in a different way. So, after a couple of nights getting ideas and creating... here is the final masterpiece. I think it turned out pretty cute. From what I hear, it was a big hit.