Christmas baking Traditions

I posted a picture of my Grandmother Artie Mae Miner's Almond Roca on Facebook the other day and lots of friends asked for the recipe. It is super good and pretty easy, Artie made this every year for as long as I can remember. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. - Brooke

Christmas Tradition Almond Roca ;)

p 365 January finished

Loved playing with Kaylie and watching her frost cupcakes, she is growing and changing like crazy! BareRoot Trees are in at the nursery which means SPRING is almost here!

This was a really great end to a busy month!

Well 31 days into 2010 and so far so good in keeping up! Now to see how I do as the Spring Season blooms into full gear :)

P 365 Jan 17-23

I have decided that if I plan on keeping up I have to keep my layouts very simple. This seems to be working for me :) We actually went to another movie, WOW we are on a roll! lol Our usual Wednesday night routine of shopping at Costco for the week and remembering Sammy Boy, we will all miss him.

Kaylie in creative mode with Mrs Potato head and being my helper/taster making cupcakes. Plus a bit of snow after all our crazy wind and the HUGE dent it put in our big cold frame!!

Credits - Everything Weeds and Wildflowers

P 365 2010 Version

This is the 1st few layouts for 2010 P365 The View from the deck, I think I will do a title page each month to show the changes in Seasons, January the theme is Fog or Wind. Seems like we either have crazy hurricane wind or are fogged in.

Spending time with Friends, Laurie and her family for Breakfast on the 1st and Wine tasting with David and Julie on the 2nd :)

The movie Avatar, simply put was AMAZING we actually saw it for the 1st time with Rocky and Barb in Bend. We loved it so much we decided to see it again with David and Julie.

Kaylie weekend, love the time we get to spend with that little monkey!

I finally gave Dad is Birthday present, almost 2 weeks later! lol

Finally some play time with Amber!

Credits on the layouts Everything by Weeds and Wildflowers except for the acrylic circle and that is Haynay designs.

TOTALLY FABULOUS!

Oh MY GOSH! This stuff is soooo good! Cinnamon pecan Carmel corn and it is soooo good! Super easy and pretty quick to make.

The recipe is from Our Best Bites which is one of my new favorite sites!!

Just one of the Christmas Goodies I am working on :)

December

Kaylie is totally into Tinkerbell, she tunes everything else out while watching this (for a minute or two anyway!) Lol As you can see we started getting out some Christmas decorations. It was so much fun this year to have the Little Missy as my helper! She LOVES Papa's footstool and it helps keep her from sitting any closer to the TV!

Here it is December and I am just now posting things from October! lol I just can't seem to keep up with everything, Oh well, at least I am enjoying each day :)

Tutu Girl

I am finally getting the photos of Kaylie in her little Red Tutu and yes she loves it! lol Check out the red boots! lol

I made her a tutu to go with her Tinker Bell costume and I will post those after halloween!

Cool Clock

Once in a while I run across something I think is just FUN and this clock fits the picture :)

Grass

Most of you know just how much I have been missing green grass at home! You would think with the big field I would be ok without grass but NO WAY I just have to have some grass. It is coming in nicely and Paul has a new mower so come Spring we will be all set!

Harvest Fair

Fun times at the Harvest Fair last weekend with the little missy!



Things Kaylie likes right now

Reading a book to herself

Getting Mail

Going for a Quad Ride

Picking tomatoes

Giving Fleeta Hay - 'I want to give 'my Fleeta' some hay, she's my friend'

Doing anything with Auntie Amber, she LOVES her Auntie

Helping Nami Bake in the Kitchen, but really it's 'licking' the beaters she is after! lol


We are going to make a Tu Tu this weekend so be watching for photos. :)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Just a quick note to tell Ryan Happy Birthday. Ryan is my nephew my marriage (Ashley's hubby) and a great young man :)


Are they not just the cutest!

New York again

I am playing with my SmugMug Gallery to see how easy it is to put photos on my blog. Flickr is easy to blog from but I really like the SmugMug gallery. I only have 5 days left to decide! YIKES lol



This is a photo from our New York trip, I had to take this photo after watching Project Runway and America's Next Top Model! lol

4-Wheelin'

This is what happens when your Daughter and her quad meet up with a surprise razorback at the dunes! YIKES yes she rolled but this and the goose-egg on her noggin were all she ended up with. And yes I will say PRAISE GOD! :)



Look at the lines she ended up with across her eye. Very interesting don't ya think.

Thanks Amber for being a good sport and letting your Mama take photos of 'THE EYE'

Las Vegas 2009

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Originally uploaded by Brooke - in Oregon

The evening view from our hotel

New York Fun

Just popping in to say Hi for a minute! This was a dinner cruise we took while we were in New Jersey. Oh MY GOSH, it was a WONDERFUL evening and I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who is headed to the Big Apple. The cruise line is the Bateaux and this made for a perfect evening! Glass top boat so the views were spectacular no matter where you were setting!!

Rarely do John (Paul's brother) Cynthia (our Sister-in-Law), Paul and I ever get our picture taken together. It was nice to have some time to enjoy each other's company!A Group of us who see each other once or twice a year so it is always nice to catch-up!

It was a warm but overcast evening so it was really hard to get a clear photo of our Lady Liberty

The Brooklyn Bridge, my brother has always called me Brooklyn so it was fun to see this bridge!

Getting close to the bridge was amazing, especially to think of the craftsmanship that went into building it!

LOVED this tugboat! I played a little with some actions to give it a more aged look.

This is looking backwards and it is not the Brooklyn Bridge but I am not quite sure which one it was.

WOW this was just spectacular to see, the Empire State Building at night with the light reflecting off the clouds! AMAZING

Ok, so I admit I totally got tears in my eyes when they played God Bless America as we stopped to pay tribute to our history here. WOW it was really something!

I did not get a really great shot of our boat, but this sort of shows you just how small it was. This trip was truly a trip to remember.

Swim Suit Cutie Pie

I sing 'She wore a itsy bitsy teeny weeny PINK polka dot Bikini' to her every time she puts on her swim suit, she thinks it is pretty funny! Credits:
Most everything by Sue Cummings
Photo Mask - Color Blocks - Background Paper - Flowers
Stamp by Fei Fei's Stuff
Date stamp - Jen Wilson
Font - Brown Bear Funk

We are taking off for a business trip so once again I will be MIA. Thanks for the prayers for my eye, so far it is still the same and I am spending very little time on the computer. No scrapping which is driving me CRAZY. I did this layout way before my eye started acting up.

We are looking forward to the trips this month but good grief I would be nice to have them spaced out a bit further apart! :) We stay home most of the time and then August hits and Ka-BOOM! lol Oh well it is always fun to see new things and to reconnect with old friend! - Later Gators!!

Jessica Sprague's Class Day 3

More fun with Jessica's class, sure am glad I can go back and do it 'after the fact'! lol I LOVE this shot of Kaylie 'Driving' the tractor, they are barely moving but she is turning the wheel so she is driving. She is in the 'watch me' stage now so I kept hearing watch me drive the tractor Nami!!

Auntie Amber reading to Kaylie, who you can tell just woke up from her nap(Kaylie that is lol)

Kaylie running around like a crazy girl!

Jessica Sprague's Class Day 1

I LOVE taking classes from Jessica Sprague, it is soooo nice to be able to log in and watch the video whenever it is CONVENIENT to ME! lol Here is the photo I used for the 1st class, a fun one of Amber and Kaylie at the Bear Creek Park

Before: After:

Lots of fun playing for the start of the class!

Swing or Winging!

Kaylie has just been LOVING her swing or Wing as she calls it, Come on Nami, come with me to Wing. :) More Fun From Sue Cummings at Oscraps!

I also want to wish my Good Friend Julie a Happy Birthday today! :)

flowers

WOW it has been forever since I have posted and silly me, I thought I posted these, I actually have a couple of things I forgot to post that have just been sitting in my Ready to Publish file! lol



I put these up in the Ladies Bathroom at work, I love how Sue's designs make creating something fun so FLIPPING EASY!

Credits Everything by Sue Cummings!

Sue Cummings Simply Perfect at Oscraps