a picture from the park

I took my daughter to the park today to meet up with some friends and I took my camera so I could practice. I think this is a fun picture and I have to say that this is my favorite picture of the day!

Happy Birthday!

Chantel, I hope you had a perfect day! I sure enjoyed taking you to the movies and out for lunch with your friends!

I am a very thankful mom right now! I got to spend time with Chantel and her friends and I am so Impressed with the friends she has chosen! What a blessing that is in our lives! I had lots of fun playing the limo driver and being a fly on the wall while she had her day! It was about time she had something special for her birthday since she has not had a birthday party from the time she was four!

Merry Christmas

Playtime pictures II

I am fun playing with my new toy and I have to say THANK YOU to my wonderful, and MOST PATIENT sister who took a couple hours out of her really busy day to help me learn something new! I still have a lot more to learn and and alot of practice ahead of me, but I am really looking forward to the challenge:)




It was fun to use my sisters kids as the subject of my pictures! They are so stinking CUTE!!!
I think I did pretty good on some of them and as you can see I still have a way to go.



I am going to have to learn how to take landscape pictures too so I can get all the beautiful pictures I can while I am in Colorado this winter and summer!

A Re-post of the Baked Potato Soup Recipe

4 to 5 Baking Potatoes

1/3 cup of butter

1/3 cup of all purpose flour

3 cups of milk

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 cup bacon bits, divided

2 green onions chopped

5 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese

1/2 (8 ounce) container of sour cream

Directions:

1. Bake the potatoes in the oven or the microwave. (I prefer to bake them in the oven) After Potatoes are baked, peel and cut into cubes.

2. In a large sauce pan over medium heat, melt butter. Whisk in flour, stirring constantly till thick. Stir in milk a little at a time and cook about a minute. Stir in potatoes, salt and pepper, 1/4 cup bacon bits, 2 Tablespoons green onions and most of the cheese.(I did not add the cheese to the soup, I just served it on top of the soup) Cook until thoroughly heated. Stir in sour cream and heat through. Serve with remaining bacon, onion and cheese.
Makes 6 servings.

What have you Done?

I have highlited he things I have done:

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Been to the top of a lighthouse
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (People haven't?)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Ran a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37.Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Eaten New England clam chowder in New England
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Tag your it:) Now highlite the the things you have done!

Exciting

Nothing to exciting going on around here unless getting kids out the door and somewhat on time to school and church activities is exciting, and I think it is! ( Whoohoo no one late this week, Yet!!) . Trying to get ready for Christmas with decorating and gift buying is exciting but, seems a little hard this year. Maybe it's hard because Kade is five and he remembers things now, so no time to go shopping without kids! Shopping for younger kids is sooo much easier!

Last nights GNO was nothing to exciting, Just four of us girls meeting at Cravings to have dinner and talk and then back home by ten! NO I am not a late night girl and having just a few hours away seems to help and keeps me going for another week! OK, so that is as exciting as it gets for me:)

Oh! I just have to spill the beans! I am getting a new camera for Christmas and I cant wait to get it! My dear Husband ordered me a camera for Christmas and it came and then he found a better deal so he returned the camera and ordered me a new one and it has not shipped yet and I am so anxious! I cant wait for it to get here. I was supposed to wait for Christmas to open it but I don't think I will be able to wait! I want to learn how to use it before Christmas morning so I can take pictures with it! Watch out everyone in the family, Jamie wont be the only one with a camera this year! Can I say That I AM So EXCITED!?! (well I am anyway)

Got a good Bread Recipe?

I am looking for a good Whole Wheat or White Bread recipe. I dont have a Bosch machine and my kitchenaid has a hard time with the dough so I have to make the bread by hand.

If you have a good recipe and or some good tips and would love to share it with me I would be so very Grateful!