These Are The Days

Monday, April 9, 2012

The Family

I just realized I'm at my one month blog-aversary and thought I should introduce myself and the family........

This is an old pic but one of the better ones. This was taken almost 3 years ago at the top of The Stratosphere in Las Vegas.... It seems like forever ago. I'm Shannon and that's my hubby John. We have been together for 15 years and married for almost 13..... I know - We look way too young to be married for sooo long :)

Halley Grace Victoria ~ Age 10 and 3/4

Maggey Rheann ~ Age 8

Cooper Myles William ~ Age 3

He Is Risen

Have A Blessed Easter.....

Basketball & A Banquet

Last night was the end of the basketball season for the girls. The public school they play for had a potluck banquet. We are so fortunate where we live that even though the girls are homeschooled and as well when they were in private school, they can try out for any school team until the end of grade 6. There are actually four girls on the team who don't go to that school. This was Halley's third year on the team and Maggey's first. I must add that they even asked the blessing before we ate. It made me feel better knowing if I ever send the girls to public school , they get to go to this one :)

Mag's getting her trophey:)

Hal after she got her trophey :)

The TEAM :)

The Sisters:)

Tasty Tuesday ~ Monkey Munch

I first saw this recipe on a tv show I used to watch, called Jon & Kate Plus 8 - remember them??? It's also known as Puppy Chow or Muddy Buddies, but we like to call it Monkey Munch.

Here's the recipe.....

MONKEY MUNCH

~ 9 cups Chex cereal ( any variety )

~1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

~1/2 cup peanut butter

~1/4 cup of butter or margarine

~ 1 tsp. vanilla

~ 11/2 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Put Chex in large bowl and set aside.

2. Place chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter into a quart sized microwavable bowl. ( I actually use a sauce pan and melt on the stove ).

3. Stir ingredients together.

4. Microwave the mixture uncovered for 1 minute on high. Stir the mix again and continue to zap in thirty second intervals until it mixes smoothly.

5. Add the vanilla and stir.

6. Put combination into a 2 gallon freezer bag.

7. Add the powdered sugar, seal the bag and shake.

8. Spread Monkey Munch out on wax paper to cool and dry.

9. Keep refridgerated in an airtight container for storage.

ENJOY :)

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Shopping & A Mountain

We headed to the city on Saturday to do a little shopping... When we head to the city we also head to another Country..... cause that's where the BIG sales are!!!! We knew we were about half way there when we saw this....... beautiful isn't it......actually made it worth our rising at 5:30 on a Saturday morning :)

As everyone knows, kids love to shop......being drug from store to store trying on clothes... especially little boys..........So we knew we had to take a break before there was a breakdown and go to the promised restuarant of choice.......

Then we headed to the airport. Are we the only ones here who actually go to the airport just to watch planes take-off and land...... with no intentions of getting on one???????

I know.... it's hard to tell we're from the country and don't get out much...............

After everyone was tired and ready to head home, we had one last stop.... My sis turned me on to these last summer....... Strawberries and cream..... so good........It's probaly a good thing I live no where near a Starbucks........ cause it would be hard to drive by everyday and not go in to get one of these.........

On the way home we couldn't drive by and not stop at the scenic lookoff ..... Did I mention the road to the scenic lookoff is only open from May-October?????? That didn't scare my man... I wanted a pic of the mountain and he was going to make sure I got it :)

Tulips & Apple Pies

Tonight hubby surprised us girls with flowers when he got home from work. The yellow ones for me and the pink for the girls.... He's the best...... and if you want to see a little girl light up, that's what will happen when a daddy brings flowers :)

I'm wondering if secretly he just wanted to replace the fantastic Easter centerpiece that I created.........

Here's one more pic of it.......... I know - I'm super crafty...

So Crafty....

I have recently discovered the world of PINTEREST. If you have not tryed it yet - Beware - it is addictive! Make sure you have loads of free time before you log on. Anyway, I pinned this Easter craft, because I liked the glass jar with the eggs and the sticks - not so much the bunny! Being my crafty little self I decided to attempt this as my new Easter centerpiece. So above the lovely Pinterest craft......

and below...............

Yay for Spring

Just last week my front yard looked like this :(

Today it looks like this :)

Thinking it's time to take down the Christmas lights......

Loving Spring!

Yesterday was a busy day for us, so while the girlies worked hard at school, Cooper washed all our plastic Easter eggs to get ready for the big family hunt....

He did a great job :)

Later we headed down to the river because we had heard the ice had broken apart and moved out - 1 month earlier than usual! You see we've been having record breaking temps for our area and the earliest spring ever! It's been up in the 70's and 80's all week! Which caused all the snow to melt EARLY! Yay!!!!