Here's another new project for 2011. I've joined the challenge on Jill's blog to capture my word for the year on film. I've put a lot of thought into it and decided that my word for this year will be "JOY." Here is my first week's attempt at capturing JOY!
I had to share one more photo... my baby girl Cheryl at 4yrs old. Even then she still had that wonderful smile!
My baby girl is 21yrs!!! I know I asked this last year, but where does the time go?!!! We had a nice family gathering at my mom and dad's house. Last night, for her birthday, I made her favorite Italian Chicken. She made her own cake... red velvet with cream cheese frosting! Before all that, she had to work. Her little girls had a little party for her after practice with cupcakes and cans of whipped cream. You think the whipped cream is for the cupcakes? NO! The whipped cream is for shooting, and Cheryl was the target, HAHAHA! I wish I could have seen that. I saw the aftermath... she came home covered with dried whipped cream!
We had presents last night too, just a couple. I ordered a couple of things online, which didn't arrive yet. I won't tell you what they are since she may be reading this, shhhh.... Anyway, last night we gave her a package of Flaming Hot Cheetos and the soccer dude.
The soccer dude is stuffed full from his toes to the top of his hat with change. We have no idea how much money is in there. Any guesses? Jim is going to take her to the credit union to cash it out today. Everything in there is hers.
Happy Birthday, Baby! As Grandma and Papa said... the next big milestone is college graduation!
* Fall Theme - Orange/Brown/Yellow
* Vintage Theme - Tan/Brown/Pink/Green
My theme was "Tropical Island" in colors Blue/Green/Orange/Red. I have a couple of pieces that I have to do in my own theme, but I'm going to wait until I see how the other pieces go together.
Cheryl got me this GREAT cookbook Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World by Lisa Lillien.I'm going to try and make at least one recipe a week from this book and share with you all here. I can't post the recipes, but I'll post the page number for those with the book who want to follow along.
This is very similar to the tortilla soup that I posted HERE, but with only 168 calories per serving. There is even enough left over for Cheryl to have for lunch for most of the week!
Sadly the Hungery Girl cookbook is very lacking in photos, so here is a photo of what ours looks like. My family gives this recipe 4.5 STARS! We would definitely make this again!
Happy New Year to all! We had a nice New Year celebration with family. Toasting the New Year with sparkling apple cider and sparkling grape juice.
We have an overnight guest! Here is Cheryl and her cousin checking out the Red Box. They rented a couple movies from the Red Box and are now on their third movie. It's looking like a movie marathon night...
... and a night of making new friends...
Next here is Jena's Christmas stocking. Yep, Jena has a Christmas stocking... She got presents from Santa too. I made the stocking completely out of scraps of felt, added some trim, AC Thickers, and woolies from Basic Grey "Max and Whiskers."
Next, here is the annual Christmas ornament. I make one of these every year with photos of the kids. This is a simple design... I cut six circles using my largest Spellbinder's circle; folded the edges of the circle up and glued them together. Then I cut some photos out using a Spellbinder's square die so it will just fit on each side. A Shrinky Dink star (with date) and a jingle bell top it all off:
My next share is a crochet hat. Yep, I decided to crochet a hat... RED and FESTIVE!
My last share today is Candy Cane Biscotti. I got the recipe from Mara's blog. They are just as yummy as she promised they'd be! Mine aren't are pretty as hers... I think I need more practice, hehehe.
I hope you all had a great Christmas! We usually take our family photo when we are all dressed up just before leaving for my Aunt's and Uncle's house on Christmas Eve, but forgot all about it this year in the rush to leave. So here we are in all our glory (and PJs) on Christmas morning.
Time for presents!!!
Jena got a present from Grandma. She opened it all by herself!
Poor Jena... being terrorized by Cheryl's Zu-zu pet.
What did you get, Jim?
The FUN continues at Grandma and Papa's house. First here's Chris with a great BIG box! I had a photo of Cheryl too, but she made me promise not to post it on the blog, hehehe...
Hana and Papa waiting patiently.
Noah is digging right in!
Jacob getting distracted by one of his presents. Open now, Jacob and read later... Cathy is catching it all on film.
Leah LOVES her new shirt!
Merry Christmas to all, and God bless us every one!
Saturday was Noah's 14th birthday! Where does the time go! He's already taller than I am, with a deep manly voice. I bet he shaves too.
And here's Cheryl with her new FABULOUS hair! She LOVEs it, and I think she looks GREAT! I asked her what everyone at Noah's party thought of her hair. She said, "They all said they liked it, but no one is going to say that it stinks!"
My baby has always had long hair... she doesn't look like my baby anymore. My baby is all GROWN UP!
