Easy peasy Brownie pops..

I made these Brownie pops for the kids yesterday lets just say they Loved them!!

I could not belive how easy they were to make.

All you need is brownie mix

Candy melt

sucker sticks

and frosting

and what ever else you want to put on the pops.

First you make the brownies according to directions.

Then let them cool.

After they are cooled mash them up and add a cup of frosting any kind.

Mix it up real good.

Then from into little balls.

Put sticks into the brownie balls and place on a cookie sheet.

When all the sticks are in the balls freeze for an hour.

After the brownies are nice and firm

melt Chocolate according to direction .

coat  the brownie bites with the chocolate

Then roll them in sprinkles.

Let them dry for 15 minutes .

and then have at them..

Ben sure liked them..

If you try them let me know!

Story book mountains , dorky pix and brownie balls..

I take this drive every day to get Ben from school..

I love the peace that the scenery gives me.

I wonder just how many more fall days we get until the snow comes..

How the heck do you take a self portrait of your head.

I was trying to get a pic of this super cute head band but every pic turned out silly.

And all  look like is a big dork.

Anyhoo this head band is killer cute.

I am not a headband wearer but with all the fun one in style right now I may just have to give it a whirl.

Now I am off to bake some brownie pops.

And make some bath towel aprons.

I will tell you how they both turn out later.

Loving all the fall colors..

As I was driving along the road on my way to target I couldn't help but feel happy!

Alaska is so beautiful in the fall..

Right now the mountains look like something out of a story book.

(I will take pix later today to show you.)

I am just loveing it!!

The reason I went to target was to pick up some fun things for a witches cupboard swap that I am in

hosted by my friend Val .

 I have been racking my brains for what a good witch would have in her cupboard.

Well I found some bones and eyeballs at the local witches Target that I think every witch should have on hand for all her spells.

And what is a witch with out her spells?

Now I just have to finish of the rest and send it off.

I forgot how much fun I have playing with paper.

I guess I Should do some more playing this afternoon along with some sewing.

Growing up!!

Madeline has been begging me to cut her hair short. I always tell her no not yet.

The other day she approached me again and begged me to please cut he hair.

So I agreed I would cut it just a little bit.

The little bit was a little shorter than I intended but it turned out so cute..

You can tell from this picture just how long it was.

I was a little sad to see it shorter but she was trilled when she looked in the mirror.

She looked at me with a big grin and said now I look so much older.

I just know all my friends are going to say Madeline your hair looks so cute.

She is such a diva!

She is right she looks so much older with shorter hair.

It makes me sad that my baby girl is getting so big..

Honest Scrap

Thanks Jacky Over at The sweetest Petunia

I am so glad you gave me this award because I dont know that I would have had the opportunity otherwise to have met you via your blogging.

I was very shocked to read that Jacky is only 18 she is very well written and uber talented.

So here is the award Honest scrap!

So I am to write 10 honest things about my self!

Do you think you all can handle this?

1.I am not perfect in any way (shocking I know)

And i am ok with that because it only means I have lots more to learn and I love to learn.

2.I love to watch General Hospital a soap ( shameful I know)

3. I have tummy fat lots of it in fact ( I am just really good at hiding it).

4. I have severe Dyslexia and cant spell worth a darn. But you all still read my blog and I am thankful for that.

5.I buy clothes just because they are on sale sometimes and then never end up wearing them.

6. I love to break the rules just to see if I can get away with it. especially in fashion.

7.I have really ugly feet.

8.I love to sing Brittney spears songs at the top of my lungs while driving in my car.

9.I am not scared of dying..

10. I hate being alone in the dark. Because for me I am never really alone.

No I don't see dead people but I do see spirits.

Some times they scare me but not on purpose.

Making Carmel apples

One thing that I love about fall is the excuse to make Carmel apples.

We love Carmel apples at our house.

Since the big girls were away haveing fun the little ones thought they should have fun too

So I broke out the Carmel and apples and let them go to town.

They had a ton of fun !

A little tip we saw at the fair is to put sugar on the waxed paper so the Carmel doesn't stick

It worked like a charm..

Better than butter or pam and much taster.

Next time I will have to show you some of yummy things we like to add to the carmel apples.

Gourmet candy corn?

Who the heck are they tying to kid candy corn is candy corn, just a bunch of surgery yuck!Yep you heard me right I don't like candy corn..I really cant stand it..Or can I?

Well if it's Gourmet Cream Brulee candy corn I am all over the stuff!!

I found it at Walmart all alone on the shelf and just had to give the stuff a try.

I love it!!

So maybe I only like Gourmet Candy corn..

An apron fit for this Diva!!

Yesterday  I received the most amazeing package in the mail.

It was from my swap partner Shawnee Swap momma from the I love Lucy swap over at the flirty apron swap This is what my face looked like when I opened it up and saw this Divalicious apron.

I was so trilled with all the gifts inside It was like I received a package from my best friend.

There were Godiva cookies, a yummy red velvet cake mix and a totally cute journal box gift.

She also sent this amazeing bowl.

But the best part was the apron of course.

I love the print the rick rack and the pattern .

( I really think need this pattern)

Thank you Shawnee for the gifts, apron and for being such a good hostess.

BTW if you want to participate in one of Shawnee look for a new one coming up On the FLIRTY APRON blog!

Perspective..

Yesterday I was at my wits end with theses three.

All of them chose to misbehave in school yesterday to the degree that each of there teachers called and talked with me.

I was a little floored because for the most part they are really good boys.

As I drove to get Garret from cross country practice a feeling came upon me that I should enjoy it all when they are good and when they are not so good.

I was reminded that today I have the opportunity to take each boy one on one and talk to them individually and remind them that I love them and that they are good boys and that I know they will choose better paths tomorrow.

I was also reminded that I get to go thru these experiences with them.

I get to watch them grow in to young men.

I get to see them develop there different personalities.

I get to hold them when they are sad

and teach them when they are being naughty.

A joy that I dont have with our 4Th boy William.

I often wonder what kind of little boy he would be.

What he would look like.

I wonder if he would have been as naughty as the other three boys yesterday.

All these questions I will have to wait to have the answer to until we are reunited again.

So until then I will enjoy the three sometimes naughty boys that I have.

I hope you all are haveing a wonderful Friday!

Remember to hold your loved ones close and rember the ones that were lost 8years a go today>

I rember 9/11/2001.

Sewing The New Extreme sport!

Ok I am just a little embarrassed!

Last night as I was sewing a very cute almost done apron, I got my thumb caught between the presser foot and the needle so a double whammy.

I sewed it with the needle and as the nob where the needle was speedily going up and down

It hit my dumb a few times causing it to have a blood blister and swell up pretty bad.

So i called it quits for the night.

I was a little bummed out because I was almost done.

All I need to do is add the waistband and  ties.

I hope to finish it today

Here is a little peek.

But first I am going to take my self to lunch and do a little shopping.

I unexpectedly have no baby M today.

Her mommy is sick and stayed home.

So I have a kid free day until 2pm.. Wahoo.

My first one since school started.

So I am going to enjoy my alone time..

I love alone time.

I hope you all are haveing a great day!!

The perfect apron!

I found this book the other day at the fabric store.

I opened it up and loved the aprons I saw in side.

I sat there and debated if I wanted to but another apron book that I would have to get the patterns re-sized and pay 8 dollars a pattern.

So I investigated further and was suprised that there were full sized patterns in the back.

All I would have to do is trace them on to pattern paper or wrapping paper as I like to use.

I was sold.

with my 40% off coupon the book only cost $11. well worth the 23 patterns.

I plan on makeing this sweet apron today.

So what projects are you all working on?

Hidden lake ..

Yesterday we went up to Hatcher Pass to hike what we like to call Hidden Lake.

The drive up was just splendid !

I love watching the swift running river.

Here are my kids in the hiking finest getting ready for the treacherous

death defying hike.

Up Gold Cord lake trail?

wait a minute where did that singh come from.

It was never there befor.

Were will still call it hidden lake a much better name..

Here we all go fallowing the trail.

Half way up we took a little break.

Here was an old shack left over from the gold mining days.

We got back on the trail and this is where I started to get

sick!

Why did I get sick ?

Because I looked down.

you cant tell but it's a long ways down and I was on a narrow ledge.

Now I am not afraid of heights but for some reason I had a panic attack.

Maybe because I started to get vertigo and every thing was spinning.

After several hikers encouraged me that I was almost there I forged ahead to see the splendid beauty that awaited me at the top.

It always takes my breath away when I see the beauty that Heavenly Father created for us.

Who would have ever guessed that this treasure would be awaiting us at the top of the mountain.

My kids absolutely love playing in the frigid crystal blue water.

So we tried to get pix on the rocks like we have done in previous years but There was never a perfect shot.

In my eyes so I wasent going to share them because I thought we all looked like goofs and I look eight month pregnant setting in that weird position .

Thank goodness I remembered why I blog.

Not for others to judge me or my family but for a keepsake for our family.

So here we are in all our glory.

This is probably the best shot of the whole outing.

Shelly and Missy talking about the mysteries of life.

To me it is a priceless shot.

After a while we cleaned up and started down the mountain.

Let me just say it is so much quicker going down the mountain than climbing up the mountain.

We were almost at the end of the trail when I spotted a fox.

At first I thought it was a dog and then I realized what it was.

If you look to your left by the rock you can see him better.

(if you clique on the pic it will be bigger)

It was the perfect ending to a perfect hike.

Maybe we will go check out the Falls next weekend!