:: Friday Night Blessing ::

:: After work on Friday our friends Mary and Johnathan invited us over for dinner and fellowship. Mary works with Bobby so it was nice for all of us to get together. They blessed us with a fabulous meal. Johnathan was on the BBQ with chicken and lamb, while Mary was busy in the kitchen making a greek salad (my favorite) and potatoes. I was so hungry when it was time to eat that I think I might have eaten the same amount as Bobby. It was sooooo good I couldn't resist! For dessert Mary had some yummy ice-cream with fresh blueberries and peaches mmmm. After dinner we sat around and chatted and enjoyed our friendship with them. The night went by really fast, it usually does when your having fun, so we put a end to the sweet night and headed home. I forgot my camera so I couldn't take any pictures :( (I think Bobby was happy about that) so please forgive me for not taking any pictures of the yummy food and great company!::
:: Mary and Johnathan, you are such a blessing to us, thank you for opening your home to us and blessing us with a wonderful meal! You guys have such a servants heart and I pray complete blessing over your lives and overflow in all areas. We love you and appreciate you!::

:: Spider Man ::

:: Saturday was my nephew's 4th Birthday party with all his little friends and family. It was so much fun, we enjoyed great company and great food. My mom had talked to Rohan and asked him what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday and his response was "Spider Man". If any of you know my Mom you would know that she always goes all out for anything, so being the great Nona that she is, she got a idea and went with it!!! I took one look at it and thought WOW! She has yet outdone herself once again! I was at her house helping away with the icing, watching how her brain works, and I just pray that I get the same giftinga as her. Needless to say when it was time to sing Happy Birthday all the kids were jumping up and down and would not take their eyes off the cake! I think the same went with the parents! Great job Mom! You are such a amazing daughter, sister, mother and nona!::

:: Could It Be?.... ::

:: ...the best frosting recipe ever? Well for all you bakers out there, how many of you have found the perfect frosting recipe? Well I think I have found mine! I have been in search of it for the longest time and behold, I have found it. If you have a perfect one can you please leave me a comment and tell me just to make sure that I have fond the best =) Ok so here it is, give it a try and let me know::

*1/2 cup salted butter (room temp)
*1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temp)
*1 cup of shortening
*cap full of desired flavoring
*1/2 bag of icing sugar
*2-4 tablespoons of very cold milk

~ First whip butter(s) and shortening together until nice and fluffy
~ Add flavoring
~ Add 1/4 of the icing sugar and then a tablespoon of the milk (repeat)
~ then add your coloring
(this should frost about 24 cupcakes)

TA-DAH!
I tried three different flavorings last night just for fun, the blue one is bubblegum, the yellow one is lemon, and the pink one is cotton-candy. Bobby tried and stamped his approval on the blue bubblegum =)

Enjoy! -XOX-

::Happy Birthday Matthew::

:: Today, August 14th, is my brothers birthday! Pray that your day has much overflow of blessings. You are such a wonderful, caring, loving, talented, gifted awesome brother. You have such a amazing heart and that I will be thankful forever more. Thank you for all that you do for me and others and just know how much we all love you and appreciate you. Your the best!!! Love always, your little sister! XOX::

:: Buy Of The Week ::

::If you have read my past posts I was looking for pillows for our couches to make it look more homey and not so lonely. So I ventured out in search of the perfect pillows and I went everywhere. I tried deciding on a color ( cause we will be doing a few little renos soon ) and I didn't want to spend a bunch. I looked online and in the stores and figured I was going to have to spend about $19.99 on each, so that would come to about $80.00 for four. If you know anything about me it is that I am a bargain shopper. I never pay the full price on things ( I haven't always been like this either ) so I ended up finding these pillow covers, which are the same color as our walls at the dollar store! Yes, they were only $1 each! I would have to say that they were a pretty good find. My Mom does all the curtins for the show homes and that ( she has her own business ) so she was able to get a a fabulous deal on some down pillows so all together it only ended up costing me a total of $29.08 for all four! Good find Lysh! So now here is the question, what do you think of my pillows?::

:: And Then Comes Dinner::

:: After taking pictures of the table we had some friends join us for dinner. My sweet husband LOVES to cook and is very good at it, so he went to town and blessed us all with a wonderful meal. If you ever get a chance to taste my husbands salmon consider yourself blessed! He will not give anyone his "secret recipe" so I encourage you to invite yourself over for dinner. It tastes so yummy, sweet, almost like candy yet it is so juicy! Babe, you do such a wonderful job and we truly make such a good team with your cooking and my baking! ::

::Question for You::

::My Mom and I often have strange conversations. One of the latest ones that we have had is, If you could only have one piece of furniture in your house what would it be? Hmmmmm, with lots of thought on that one we came up with the same answers::
::All through my life my Mom has always made up a table with a table cloth, cloth napkins, candles, centerpiece and always uses her good china. I couldn't help but think to myself all the good memories that table holds. You play games on it, you do your homework on it, you talk about your day, do scrapbooking, decorate cookies and cakes, have some of the hardest and best conversations, enjoy tea with a friend or two, I could go on and on. When Bobby and I were engaged we went shopping for a dinning room table (which was a must for me) because it always held memories for me. I am not sure if anyone else could relate to this with me, but my answer would forsure be a table. When we have guest over I always do up the table with all of my good dishes, candles. tablecloth and centerpieces. I know when I go to places and they have done that how special it makes me feel and I pray that for the people who come here, will feel that too::
:: So here is a question for you? If you could only have one piece of furniture in your house what would that be and why?::

:: She's Here ::

:: I have been so busy this weekend! My best friend Nicki arrived on Saturday from Toronto. She will be staying for a week and visiting with her family and Bobby and I. We have been best friends since we were five years old and she is such a amazing woman. We have been through our ups and downs but overall she has never given up on our friendship and neither have I. What makes a friendship so strong like that? How do you make sure your still as close as ever when she moved away when she was twelve? Were you always close? What is so special about the friendship? These are the questions that we often get when people find out how long we have been friends for. All I can say about that is simply the Lord puts certain people in your life for sometimes a season, and better yet for life. She has done so much for me and always makes it known that she loves me, and would do anything she can to help me, encourage me, love on me and simply just make me laugh! I pray that each of you have experienced someone like this in your life, and if you did, holdfast and let them know that you love them! I love you Nicki and look forward to spending so many more years with you! -XOX- ::

::Happy 4th Birthday Rohan::

::It is so hard to believe that you entered our lives 4 years ago today. You are such a blessing to all of us. You bring much happiness and love to this family. I know that you are too little to understand this, but as the years go on we are here to remind you of how much we love you. God bless you and may this next year be filled with much blessings::

:: Recipe Time ::

::I have had a few requests for the Cippy Cookie Recipe that I had posted, so girls, get you pen and paper and get ready to make the easiest cookies ever!::

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
2 1/2 semisweet chocolate chips

*Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in small bowl
*Beat together butter and sugars in a large bowl on high until its pale and fluffy.
*Lightly beat 1 egg with a fork in a small bowl and add 1 3/4 tablespoons of it plus 2 remaining whole eggs to butter mixture, beating until creamy.
*Beat in vanilla
*Reduce speed to low and mix in flour mixture until just blended, then stir in chocolate chips.
*Bake at 375 for 13-15 minutes

::And there you have it, now go make some fresh chocolate chip cookies for your loved ones and let me know how they turned out!::

::Long Weekend Part 2::

::Monday we slept in until 11, yah thats right, and sat outside on our deck and just enjoyed the sun! Bobby was doing his daily devotions and i started working on a project that I will show you once it is complete. We decided to head down to Crescent Beach and had a ice-cream cone and watched the tide come in. Such beautiful weather sun and a bit of a breeze, couldn't ask for a better way to end a long weekend. It was a quite one but we enjoyed it so much! Hope you had a great one as well and look forward to seeing your posts on what you did::

:: Long Weekend Part 1::

::I started my day off on Saturday going to my friend Marie's house and helping out our Pastor Suzanna and Cheryl make some cupcakes. They asked us if we would help them as they are trying to raise funds for the mission trip to Guatemala, we spent the whole day making them and icing them, so if your interested in buying some please let me know, they are $5.00 for a dozen mini cupcakes::
::On Sunday after church Bobby and I packed up and headed out to Cultus Lake once again with our friends Mike and Rhonda. We love spending time with them and LOVE the sun, so what better to do then enjoy both! We set up our chairs on the lakeside and Bobby and Mike went for a dip in the lake which was cold, I don't know how they did it. We watched all the kids playing around and throwing each other off the pier, and the cutest little girl was playing in the sand and having a good splash. After the boys were done and dried off we headed to Rhonda's mom's house ( they went to spend the weekend in Whistler ) and was setting up for a bond fire and a BBQ. They live in Cultus and have such a amazing view, it seemed like you were at a cabin! We had such a good time, had yummy food, smores and my first time ever trying diet Pepsi (I am more of a Coke girl) The time just flew by and next thing we knew we looked at the time and it was almost 2 so we started packing up and headed home. It was such a beautiful day and we were so thankful Mary for letting us borrow your beautiful home::

:: Happy BC Day ::

:: Well, what did you do this long weekend? When I have a little more time, maybe tonight, I will post what Bobby and I have been upto. I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy BC Day and give you a little history lesson. What is the floral emblem for British columbia???? A Dogwood tree!!! The Dogwood tree ( Cornus Nuttalli ) became the official floral emblem in 1956! WOW, thanks Google =) Pray that you have having a ball this weekend and will check in later to do some more posts ::