The yummiest gingersnaps!!

Yeah another fake N bake friday already!!
I got this recipie from a family friend. If you enjoy gingersnaps that are NOT hard!! Then this is the recipe for you. Seriously though I have to include a warning. These are very addictive.

3/4 cup Margerine

1 cup White sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup mollases

1/2 tsp salt

2 1/2 cup flour

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp ginger

1 tsp cinnamon

Cream margerine and sugar and egg together then add the rest of ingredients, except flour. Fold in flour at end and then roll into balls( kids are great at helping this part along)

Place on greased pan and bake at 350 for 8-12 min..

***** 8 min for soft cookies 12 min for hard*******

Covet a Covey!

Okay!! So you know when you go to a store and you see somthing amazing! And you pretty much HAVE to HAVE it!! well When I seen this that is exactly what happend! It is pretty amazing! I call it my mini breifcase! It has fold away handles (like a purse) and all the form of a day planner with a combination of stuff for the business man..ONLY it is super sleek and the colours totally scream business WOMAN!! It comes in pink and plain black to. There is somthing to be said about a person who has good penmanship and likes to write things down in one main center for them to find... No recharging batteries or bad connections or lost data, just me and my pen, reunited!

But the best thing about it is it's a franklin covey.....OOOOO la la Palm pilot eat my dust! (that is if I actually owned one!! )



now I bet you want one too!! They can be bought at walmart for $27 and some change!

Weak tummies need not read!

My kids love them... really really really love them. If they don't get one everyday, tears usually end up all over their cheeks. I really don't mind giving them one. It gives me time to sit during the day and I usually talk on the phone or tidy the bathroom. But yesterday was a bit excessive with the bath time, and I'll tell you why. Tana had....well... for lack of better words the runs. She has really never had them before.

Wow... did she make up for that yesterday. I was down stairs changing laundry when Layton yells out his morning report.... MOMMY TANA'S POOPY. So hearing this I finish my laundry and come upstairs... only to find Tana covered in it. Not to mention it was all over the floor, couch, and blankets ( great more laundry!!). So I quickly spring into action, pick her up and fly to the bathroom... leaving a trail of poop behind of course. I then strip her down and throw her in the bath and run the water. Layton then yells I want a bath too.... (Of course you do) so in he goes.

Then for the clean up. Thankfully Lindsay bought me a bissle cleaner for Christmas!! Well used already! I start on the carpets and move my way down the hall to the bath room. Now the machine is loud but not loud enough that I can't hear the kids. Why do I bring this up...well I didn't hear Layton get out of the tub But I did hear the laughing and splashing, which then I thought, not on top of laundry I now have to clean the bathroom! Well it turns out that Layton thought that Spot and Reuben( our two stuffed dogs) needed a bath too...

So I stopped the bissle and went to the rescue of our expensive and adorable dogs and squeezed then damp... (instead of soaking) I took the kids out of the bath dried them, dressed them and sat them on the couch with a movie, then I finished my carpet cleaning. After all this, I went to change the laundry..when I was down there, exhausted, almost in tears(mostly cause I had been up all night and going full force since 6am) I heard these dreaded, no HORRIFIC words... MOMMY TANA'S POOPY. And if you want to re-read the story again that is pretty much how it went...only no dogs in the water.

Any way the day didn't end badly. I booked 2 weddings yesturday and watched a movie then went to bed! OH and Inbetween the chaos I did get a pretty cute picture of Tana.... Naked. well cause I wasn't going to dress her for a third time. Which was smart I might add!

Giving Back

As of Lately I have been taking things off the Internet. Mostly advice, tutorials and colouring pages and activity Ideas. I then thought to my self, "Self" Someone somewhere took the time to get those Ideas or pages or what have you and post them on the Internet so that i could use them. So having talked to myself long enough to creep most of you out.... I came up with this.
I have a talent.... Its baking.
SO here is the birth of FAKE N BAKE FRIDAY.

It was a combination of fake it till you make it and listening to your so vain on the radio... any way painfully moving along, Here it is.





Easy Bread sticks

1 pkg or TBSP active dry yeast
1 Tbsp honey or sugar
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 tsp salt
2-4 cups flour

In a large mixing bowl soften yeist and honey in warm water. Allow 5 min to stand. Stir in salt. Add flour blending with spoon until dough pulls away from bowl. Divide into 12 pieces and roll out until 10-12 inches long. (I cut mine into 3 after this step and make little ones for the kids)
Place on greased cookie sheet and brush with melted butter or margarine. Add desired toppings

I use Garlic and sea salt in a hand grinder and then add Parmesan cheese. It is a hit every time. You can but the garlic and sea salt at sobeys...
I also do cheese and oregano and then dip them in marinara sauce!

Tag Your it!!

I was tagged and now I am supposed to write 6 (un)interesting things about myself. Hmmm I am having some trouble coming up with 6!! ha ha JUST KIDDING.

1) I can only wear socks once (per wash). It is a weird thing..I know. But true. I can not put on a pair of socks if they have been worn once already...even if only for a short period.

2)I Love to mix chocolate into my popcorn... Its like a treat when you find it!

3)My favorite song happens to be ACDC's Thunder Struck, No I didn't make that up.

4)I have an uncanny way of knowing when someone needs help. Doesn't matter how busy I am I know....I like to call that a spiritual Talent.

5)I have a Jacket fetish.... I downsized a couple of years ago...But I think that I am at 15... and growing.

6)I once spent $275.00 cnd dollars on a watch...yes a watch.. I am not even sure why really, could have been the sales guy was cute or just cause I felt rich that day... I love it, But still, that is INSANE!!

Now for my chance to pass this on to unsuspecting people:
Kate
Amanda
Sam
Jen O
Jen P
Jackie
and any others that creep my site with out me knowing!!

Aidans First

On Saturday we went to Aidan's first Birthday! The Kids had a blast!! And So did we! We made some new friends and had fun with Kate and James!

Money Money Money

Well We have been trying to get Layton to realize that we are not made of money and that we have to work for it. (Mostly cause he wants me to buy him somthing everytime we go somewhere) So we have made him work for it. He cleans his room and the living room and we pay him accordingly. Well I have also been using this as a barganing trick. If he is bad he has to give back some of his hard earned money..I like to think of it as a meaness fine. It has been working really well!! He is so much nicer and he cleans up after him self! Money is a huge motivator!! I just hope he doesn't learn the difference between pennies and loonies!!! ha ha

This is the little boy I watch He is so cute and I rarely get a good picture of him!!



Tana Flying through the air!!

100th post!

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He's faster than than road runner

He's stronger than any toy that's ever made!

He's as agile as a cat.

and he's a sunbeam!

He came home today proud as can be. He went to sunbeams all by himself for the whole 2 hours and LOVED IT!

His teacher (who I adore, but can't remember her name) came up to me and said, " He is so smart. What a terrific sunbeam he is!" I always knew he was smart ( so much it makes my brain hurt at the end of the day) but it is really nice to hear that from a by stander. I am so pleased with MY sunbeam.

(for those who don't know, CTR means Choose The Right. and Sunbeams is a class for 3-4 year olds at church.)

Not Sure

I am not sure how or when but it totally happened.

My baby Turned into a little Girl!

A NEW YEAR!!

Well We have been super busy this week. I designed an ad for a wedding planner in ponoka news, I have been making flyer's for the wedding photography contest. Lindsay made new web pages for the contest and help me perfect the ad and flyer's!! He also started as acting supervisor on the first! And my Day home opened this week again! We live a crazy life here!!! But at least the kids aren't sick anymore! I am so excited to get my first paying job it isn't even funny!! I anxiously open my e-mail like 50 times a day to see if there is one!! ha ha!! I know I am obsessive! On the up side I have had 6 entry's to the contest already!! In just over 24 hours! I am excited to see who wins!!

Here are a few fun pics of the kids!

This Is the PA gang that live in Edmonton or surrounding area! Crazy how we have all grown up and have kids of our own! We had an amazing time at Elaine and Matt's! Can't wait to have our summer BBQ!!

Welcome 2009

Welcome to 2009 everyone!! We had a quiet (well as quiet as can be with two crazy kidslets around) New Years eve!! Lindsay got off work early, (yet another reason why I love his job!!) and he went into edmonton bought me my flash....I saved up for it and if I didnt' get it for Christmas I was going to buy it after because of the sale price!! and I got moms picture printed so he picked that up too!! Just the 8x10 trial picture...It turned out great so on to the super huge family portrait!! he he

OH and great news I figured out how to change some settings for my blogger and now I don't have to go Private!! Which means you can just view the page as before!! YEAH!!!!!

I dressed the kids up with their new clothes and took some pictures for new years.... I'll warn you I cut Tana's bangs.....and they are horribly crooked...Thank goodness hair grows!! he he