Aprons

I made this and two other aprons out of tea towels- very easy and simple! WE are going to make them for our Super Saturday!
here is the link http://sdmikke.blogspot.com/2008/02/simple-tea-towel-apron.html

http://eoberrys.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving.html

i want to make these this thanksgiving!

Freezer jam addiction

I made strawberry freezer jam today! I think I have a jam addiction. I now have all of this strawberry jam. 10 jars of blackberry freezer jam and also some strawberry freezer jam Marwayne made for us when she was here. So I guess I am not a cookie mom I am a freezer jam mom!

GOAL DONE

We have finished a huge goal in our lives.. Which was to get Whitney Potty trained. She is actually both potty trained day and night!! Yes we had some rough days but we actually got it done! I am glad that I did try so early. Even though I do believe that when the child is ready they can do it all by themselves. But practice,practice practice does not hurt either.

Dutch apple pie

DUTCH APPLE PIE
this is wonderful recipe for Dutch
Apple Pie, made entirely from food storage ingredients. With a year old can of dehydrated apples already sitting on my kitchen counter

Storage Ingredients

Filling:

4 cups dehydrated apples, firmly packed

4 cups water

2/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Bring water to a boil in a 3 quart pan. Add apples, stir and let stand for 5 minutes. Add sugar, flour and cinnamon to apples. Cook, stirring constantly until thick and bubbly. Pour into an oiled or sprayed 7 x 11 inch pan. (We buttered our pan, because we could.) The main difference I noticed about this recipe was that in preparing the apples this way created a very VERY luscious, almost caramel-like, filling.



Topping:

1/4 cup brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup butter

Cut butter into flour and sugar until crumbly.

Sprinkle crumb topping over the apple filling.

Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 55 minutes.

Serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or half and half.

WE LOVED THIS DUTCH APPLE PIE!!! If you have dehydrated apples in your storage you should definitely try this recipe. If you don’t have dehydrated apples in your storage,

get some.

family tradition

We have decided that our new familytradition is to eat food around different holidays.
So for St. Patricks day- we ate green eggs for breakfast. Zack said he would not eat them but Whitney loved them. And for dinner we had red potatoes and cornbeef. Nope I do not like boiled cabbage so we did not have that. But we still had a great dinner.

Learn to Braid

Here is Whitney hair on Valenines Day!
So I am practicing new hair styles for Whitney- I am very lucky that she will let me touch her hair and that she stays pretty still while I do it. I found out that if I have it part of our routine every thing is much smoother .

Make hair bows

Ok so they are not really flowers but I think they are so cute.. I got the plastic piece that you wrap the ribbon around at Joann's for only $3.50 with my 50% coupon but I think they look great..

Brownie Cheescake Bars

I made this yummy dessert for Cami's Baby Shower
BROWNIE CHEESECAKE BARS
1-1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1-1/2 c. sugar
2/3 c. butter or margarine, melted
2/3 c. cocoa
3 eggs, divided
½ c. milk
3 tsp. vanilla, divided
½ tsp. baking powder
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
2 T. butter or margarine
1 T. cornstarch
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13x9-inch baking pan. In mixer bowl, beat flour, sugar, melted butter, cocoa, 2 eggs, milk, 2 teaspoons vanilla and baking powder until well blended. Spread into pan. In small mixer bowl, beat cream cheese, 2 tablespoons butter and cornstarch until fluffy. Gradually add sweetened condensed milk, then remaining 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla, beating until smooth. Pour over brownie batter. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until top is lightly browned. Cool; refrigerate. Cut into bars. Store covered in refrigerator. Makes 24 to 36 bars. Note: To decorate the brownies, drizzle melted chocolate across the top and let cool before cutting.

TUbby's

Today we went to a new restraunt You know me I have wanted to go there since I read the name it is TUBBY's we had Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches for Groundhogs Day. So Yep we have started our new tradtion which is to have food to go with the holiday! NExt up Chinese New Year!! Panda?? Presidents Day! Hotdogs and Apple Pie!!

Make a book every month

So I got this website from my copon lady that said you can make a free book every month. SO I made one it is called If you chance to meet a frown! I can't wait to see it to see how well it turned out! But the book was free including shipping and so ican't loose right!!

oh yea the site is from Hot Prints you can do it to if you want to

Glidewell's came over!

We did it we invited people over for dinner. I have to say that this is the hardest goal for me. I hang out with people all the time but to try and prepare a meal for them it is just hard for me to do. We ate tri-tip and played a game. The Glidewell's are very good to put up with us!

Nursing Cover

Today I made a nursing cover for Cami who is my visitng teacher.

Be a cookie mom

Today I decided was the day that I was going to make the cookies. So taking Miriam Fransons idea I made three different kinds of cookies and then froze them in individual cookies. Thanks to Jan for letting me use her Kitchen Aid Mixer it was so much easier whipping out cookies.

YEA!!

I finished Zoey's birth sampler cross-stitch- I think it turned out well. One day hen we are rich I will get it framed. But for now it will be in a zip lock bag with all of the other finished cross-stitch!

New Restraunt and Zack's birthday Special

So I went to Georgio's Pizza and Pasta- for Zack's birthday- We had a cheese steak pizza- it was really really yummy and it was a huge pizza. We had a fun time there.

For Zack'e birthday I took pictures of parts of objects around the house and then wrote on the bakc of the pictures reasons why we love zack . It was part of the scavenger hunt-- then we went for pizza and then we went to the SUU vs Oakland University basketball game.

Sew Pillow cases

Here they are 4 pillow cases - done-- I think there are onl 4 left to make but they will have to be done next week.

1 will go to Margo for her birthday
1 will go to Debbie for her birthday!

Shop with coupons to score good deals~

here is my shopping from Meijer I got all of this for $24.87


We also had Family Home Evening today our lesson was "I am a Child of GOD" I even made Brownies and we colored a picture and the nwe went bowling for Monsters. So Yea for Us!

Make blanket for a new baby!

I finished the blanket for Aunt Theresa today. I think it turned out very cute. I just need to remmeber that the directions I have that there is extra material at the end of each row. It is a rag quilt!

Read Ensign for January

I did it I read the whole Ensign for January.
For the past couple of weeks Whitney has been singing a song from Barney called
What Should We Do When We Don't Know What To Do! and I just thought it was cute then I read the Ensign and One of the articles is called "What Should We Do When We Don't Know What To Do?" are you kidding me? So I read it and now when she sings this song I tell her to Keep the Commandments.
I also thought that this Ensign had many articles on being Self Reliant .Maybe I need to take a hint and become more self reliant.

I am excited that I actually read the Entire Magazine. Now I am looking forward to February when it comes out again!

Fast every month

ok It has been a long time since I have fasted. So Like the church I decided I need to go back to basics and to fast and make it consistent. It is much tougher when you have ti be a mother and make sure the kids eat. But I did it! I was so excited and I am sure that it will make a difference in my life. But no worries I was still so thirsty and then when it was time to eat I ate so quickly that my belly hurt! I had forgotten about all those little things since I have not fasted in a long time!

January 1, 2010

Ok So i have decided that there are things that I got to do! So here are my goals to accomplish while Zack is in law school here in Michigan. So here is my new blog to record my accomplishments in Michigan!