It was a party!!

We had Sam's birthday earlier this month. It fell on Sunday, which is usually my cooking day. I have really gotten into cooking from scratch and trying new receipies. I love trying different things and experiementing with new foods. Up until a couple months ago I had never made homemade cream cheese frosting or fresh whipped cream. I am enjoying making bread each weekend. I ordered 2 1-1/2 pound loaf pans. I can't wait to make bread this weekend and bake it in my new pans. The bread is great because I make it myself and than slice it up for the week ahead.

Happy Tuesday

Just when I thought spring was in the air last week, the weather changes and we are back in the teens at night and 30's and 40's during the day. Snow is in the air and winte is back. Megas has a tennis meet here this weekend and I am hoping the weather is much improved by Friday. I will settle for weather in the high 40's and 50's, don't want to be too greedy after all it is only the end of April. I can still be happy wearing a sweatshirt around. But I am really tired of frost and snow. I want to green grass and the smell of lilacs in the air really soon.

This layout is just a picture I had of my son at his baptism many years ago. Kind of fun scrapping old pictures. I just wish I could remember the dates or even the year it was taken. I am thinking 94 but it could have been 93, I am just not sure.

Genetics

I love this layout. It explains the role of genetics and how powerful it is between me and my sister's lives. We tend to be more alike than me and other sisters.

Love

This is a layout I worked on today. It is for a challenge I am participating in on two peas in a bucket. The challenge is to use a sketch from Pagemaps and create a layout based off the sketch.

In other news, I did get my garden tilled up this weekend and some stuff planted. I will work on getting the rest of it in the ground this coming weekend. I am really excited about doing my garden this year. I am hoping to get some canning in and some stuff in the freezer. With the economy, we are going to be cutting back on groceries and the things we are buying and making things more from scratch for sure. Heck it is pretty scary that gas is already at the $3.50 level. I remember being in a panic when it hit the $3 mark, now they are talking $4. I can't imagine what it will be like. Cutting back will be in our future for sure.

I have to say I have been trying to do a lot of cooking from scratch lately, and I have really been enjoying it.

April!!

Okay just posting a digi layout I was playing around with. Sam had his birthday last Sunday. He had to work most of the day which was good because it gave me the whole day to plan out and cook a big birthday dinner for him. I made him ribs and coleslaw and for dessert I made his favorite a homemade Black Cherry Forest Cake with homemade whipped topping. It was so delicious. I will have to post pictures when I get them off my camera. It was just a great day.

Spring is in the air. It is cold and rainy today, but by the weekend it is suppose to be up to almost 70 degrees. I love it. I am so tired of being chilled because it hasn't been that warm. Boy when the sun comes out all I want to do is hang out side.

I placed my burpee order yesterday. I am going to give a shot at trying to get some rasberry plants growing in my back yard. I also ordered some seeds so I can get my garden planted. I did a small garden last year but this year I am hoping to make it a little bit bigger. I didn't do a garden for the last 3 or 4 years because I was so busy with school. Now that I am done with school it is nice to just have time to relax and enjoy being out in the yard. My perneial gardens are doing really well. I buy a couple more plants every year and this year I will buy some more and also hopefully can get a water fountain put in. I love just sitting and listening to the sound of water trickling. So relaxing.

Please keep our friend Bruce in your prayers this week. His mother passed away last week and her funeral was last week. Than on Monday he was having chest pains and ended up going to the ER where they flew him to Billings thinking he needed a stint put in. Well it turns out his four valves were almost 100% blocked so he quadruple bi-pass surgery last night. He was out of surgery and doing good last night. I just worry about him, and can't wait till he is home and feeling better.

I will try to get some pictures posted this week. Megan is off playing tennis in Billings and Jerad has a track meet. I should have my camera out.
Take care.