A pirates life for me!

Ahoy and a happy Talk like A Pirates Day to all ya filthy swamp rats. We hope ya all got decked out in your finery and spent the day (Sept. 19th) sailing the seas, pillaging the food cupboards and ridding yourselves of all the landlubbers that go against the pirates code.

Two of the meanest pirates around. Pirate Mae wanted to dress like a princess. Of course she did want to have a sword in case her pirate man needed her to save him.

Dead men tell no tales. But ya can't count on an old Auntie to keep this picture off the Internet.

Yo Ho! Yo Ho! A Pirate life for me!

Thanks Saddie for another great year and starting such a fun tradition.

Now showing Happy Birthday....Starring Ashton!!!

On Ashton's real birthday we had grandparents over for lasagna and chocolate caramel toffee cake. She blew out the candles and opened presents from our family and the grandparents. 

But the real party happened this weekend when 23 girls came to Ashton's Cinema 11 showing of my favorite show growing up. Click here... 

"The Private Eyes".

Chayse and her friend Allison came and ran concessions. We had cotton candy, popcorn, candy and soda pop.

This ended up being a huge crazy-fun birthday. Just like Ashton. We rented the library conference room. It had a movie projector and surround sound. It was a huge hit!

A make over story

This is how my ugly front door looked prior to it's make over.....

This is the door knobs that I refinished with bronze hammered spray paint. (Thanks LaDawna for the tip.)

And this is my new and improved front door. Yellow and Autumn two of my favorites.

My sister's friend from back East said that they paint their front doors their favorite color so people can find their homes easier. It works I already told someone to look for my yellow door and they found me no problem. I love it!

Well that is just peachy.

This year for Peach Days I entered the Peach Cook off. The grand prize was a free Bosch mixer.  I have really wanted one of those for a long time. I entered a new creation that I called Peach Almond Cheesecake. It is really yummy! It was not yummy enough though because I lost to Fish and Peach Taco's. Britain wanted to know why I was sad when I had gotten a big red second place ribbon. HMMMM I don't know Brit. Bosch or Ribbon. Your right my ribbon rocks!

This year they did have 38 entries so I am actually proud of myself. Here is the recipe. It is so easy I even made it.

Peach Almond Cheesecake

Mix: 15 double graham crackers, crushed

1 cube butter, melted

3 TBS sugar

Press into 9x13 pan

Mix: 8oz cream cheese, softened

1 cup powdered sugar

3 TBS milk

Fold in one carton of cool whip and 1/2 tsp of almond extract.

Spread mixture on top of graham cracker crust.

Cube 3 larged peaches and sprinkle over cream cheese mixture.

Mash 2 more ripe peaches and add 1 cup of water, 1 cup sugar,and 3 TBS corn starch.

Cook 5 minutes until it boils.  

Add 1/2 tsp almond extract and 2 TBS butter.

Pour over fresh peaches. Chill and serve.

Garnish with whipped cream and almonds.

School Days....

First Day of School 2010

Mason Elyse Preschool

Britain Emma 2nd Grade

Ashton Eva 5th Grade

Chayse Elaine 7th Grade

Mason sings this cute song to me on the way to school.... "I love my Mom... UH HUH.....My Mom is cool.... But, now it's time for heading off to school." I hope it is a great year for all my girls. I guess I will have to suffer through a little alone time. Darn it!