Blushing Buttercream Pettiskirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

Blushing Buttercream Pettiskirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

These are wonderful. Im hoping to win one, but Ill have to look into making one. I would need two, maybe three of these!! My girls will love them! Go Check them out!

We Moved!!

This past weekend, we moved into our new house. I must say. I like this house. I hope that for the time being, we are very happy here. Its a new experience, cause Ive never lived in a house this nice. And a two story! When we stayed with my mom, that was different. It wasnt our house. But this is great, we love the space and stairs!! We are working on making sure the girls know how to come up and down the stairs. Bianca is cute, she crawls up and crawls down in less than a minute. Very scary!!

We have a lot of work to do, but its cool, I like that sorta stuff!!

Happy Valentines Day!!

We had a great Valentines.. well as good as it can be with 3 out of 6 of us sick from a cold. And in the middle of moving!! We went to breakfast, where Joshua ended up having a nose bleed, and then we went home to pack for the rest of the day. I did get a dozen pink wooden roses from hubby. He had asked if I wanted real ones, but I said no, they die, and to me thats a waste of money. Then we saw the wooden ones, and they were cheeper, So what a deal!



I also made cupcakes! I made Banana Split Cupcakes. They were so good. I really liked they way they came out. Hey, I have two left in the fridge.. I may just eat those today!



Now, I dont have an actual recipe. All I did was mix a white cake mix together and then added in 1 1/2 bananas, 1/2 can crushed pineapple, and about 7 strawberries (chopped). I also added in about 1/4 cup pecans. I also used a simple Cream Cheese frosting, and added in strawberry extract, and red food coloring. They were so yummy, and Ill be making those again soon!!

Neopolitan Cookies

Here is another addition to our Christmas Cookie Party. These took a little more time to prepare, but they really came out Yummy. The Recipe Comes from "Mennonite girls can cook", And can I say, I really like this blog. I have seen some very great recipes, and so many of them are easy to make. They have all kinds of things to choose from. Check them out..

(Below, My Pictures, Their Recipe)

2 1/4 cups flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/8 tsp. salt

1 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

1/4 cup red maraschino or glazed cherries, chopped

1/4 cup green maraschino or glazed cherries. chopped

1/4 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts

red and green food colouring

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.Cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla.Blend in flour mixture.Divide dough into 3 equal parts.Add red food colouring and the red cherries to one part, blending well.To the second part, add the green food colouring and green cherries.To the third part, blend in the chopped nuts.

Wrap each portion up in plastic wrap and chill for about 1 hour.Divide each colour dough into 2 parts.On waxed paper, form a 10-12 inch-long log of one portion of the red dough and then flatten to about 1/4-1/2 inch thickness.Repeat using the green and white doughs.

Stack the white dough on top of the red and then add the green layer (see picture below).Wrap with waxed paper, squaring up and smoothing each long side as you wrap it.Repeat with the remaining dough.Chill logs about 4 hours or overnight.

Unwrap log and cut into1/4 inch slices and place on cookies sheets.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes - just until the edges begin to turn a light brown.Remove from cookie sheets to a rack or brown paper and let cool.These keep well in a tightly closed container stored in a cool place.

Oreo Truffles

I made these for our Christmas Cookie Party. I got the recipe from Kraft. Ive seen them on other blogs, and decided to make them myself. And they were great!! Everyone really liked them. I made the regular ones, and then I also made some with the white oreos. They both came out really good. I will for sure make these again!

This is the cookies all crushed up, being mixed into the Cream Cheese!

After mixing it all, I made the balls and then put them in the Freezer to get hard, before I rolled them in the chocolate.

They looked really good in the white chocolate.

But, I went ahead and added color. I have to work on my "Drizzle" thing!

Here are the Golden Oreos in Chocolate.

Christmas Cards 08

Here are a few Christmas cards I made to send out. My cousin had a card making party, and these were the ones I came up with. I always wish I had more time to sit and make more, but with 4 children running around. I have to constantly get up and make sure they aren't eating glue! But I love how these came out. I think this year, I will start making these on my own, and sooner, so that I have plenty of time to make all that I need.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Ok, so its the 8th and the New year has already started. And since so many days have passed, you can tell Im busy. The biggest thing Ive got going right now is committing to lose weight. Ive been setting up menus and researching to get us on this horse! It will cut down on my baking.. but Im going to still keep it open. I dont usually eat all that I make. I will make cupcakes, and eat only 1 out of the whole batch. But my hubby will have 3 or 4 and since this weight loss goal is for him too. Im going to find something less sweet to work on. Im looking into a sewing machine! Hopefully I can start on sewing. And this will start another year where Id like to make more time to scrapbook. Also, we will be moving in a few months, so that will be taking up some time. This is an exciting year!! Lots of things to happen. First off, Ill be posting some make-up posts, and then Ill start on the new year!!

My conversation with a 2yr old about Christmas

Me: Look Cordy, its Santa on TV. Are you ready for Santa to bring you presents?

Her: Uh huh!

Her: Santa will bring me presents, Santa will bring Joshua presents, Santa will bring Larissa presents.

Me: What about Binky?

Her: Binky will share my Presents!!

((Way to look out for your sister!!))

Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree..

Ok, this is a late post, we have our Christmas Tree up. Its been up since Thanksgiving. Autumn came to visit us for Thanksgiving, and since she wont be here for Christmas, we wanted to include her in the Tree. So we put it up while she was here. Along with the stockings. In two weeks, my 2 year old has managed to give the tree bare spots and all the ornaments are gathered at the top of the tree. But it still looks great.

Larissa

Autumn

Joshua

Cordelia hanging ornaments

Bianca checking the lights

Its Snowing!! Its gone!

Last week, it snowed, Here.. In Austin. It never snows here. Well sometimes in the Hill country, but its been like 2 years since we got snow, and that was in January. And its not even close to January yet, and we already got snow. Too bad it was like at 1:00am in the morning. So, I only got my oldest up, and then she wasnt excited. But I was. At first it was rain, and there was Thunder. We have the strangest weather, since earlier in the day, the high was 81. Then, I heard the ice, hitting the chimmny. It wasnt till a little later on, that I noticed something kinda falling outside. I thought it was leaves, but when I looked out. It was snow!!! And it was coming down in big flakes, and swirling all around. It was beautiful, till it hit the ground, and instantly dissapeared! It was cool. And so early for us. Maybe, we will get more snow this year, than just the one day out of the whole year. We usually just get ice.. Speaking.. of Ice, IM not ready for that. Ill take the snow over the Ice any day!!

Our Porch, covered in snow and ice

The most build up in our back yard.