Happy First Day of Spring ~ Canadian Style

Can anyone find my van ?????

Happy First Day of Spring ....

From CANADA ....

I Know, I know ....

You so wish you were here :) 

Meanwhile .....

I dream of ....

Spring days when I saw palm trees ...

and stood near cactus ....

Ok, maybe not here ...

 Wearing jackets - 

Still too cold ....

This is better ....

See that sunshine ....

:)

But that was then and this is reality ....

WELCOME SPRING :)

Snow Days

The month of March definately didn't come in like a lamb but instead roared in like a lion ...

We went to sleep on the last day of February ....

And woke up the next morning to a foot of SNOW ...

We spent the morning in out of the cold and turned the living room into a huge fort ....

Then the kiddos could wait no more ... 

and we headed out to the hills after the tractor plowed us out ....

Though it is beautiful ....

I am so over the snow and the cold ....

Instead I'm dreaming that spring will soon be here  ...

 Not long now ....

Though I did hear some horribly bad news about a huge snowstorm coming next week ...

Sigh .....

I'll just keep dreaming I guess :)

Hubby's Birthday

When you have little girls ...

You wake up to every special day with your very own homemade sign ....

Girls are thoughtful like that :)

They also secretly set their alarm clock for way before the turkeys even wake up ...

and fix their daddy a special breakfast ....

Little Man slept through the early morning breakfast ...

He decided to wait and celebrate after the sun came up :)

His Mama agreed and may have laid back down after taking pictures ...

but again ..

there is no proof ~ since I hold the camera :)

We had big plans to go out for supper and do a little shopping to celebrate hubby's birthday  ...

but about an hour before John was due to arrive home from work ....

a little blizzard blew in with a BOOM !

So there went our plans ...

Anyone see where the driveway and the road used to be ???

I of course was unprepared ...

For a freak storm that is ...

So the birthday boy came to the rescue ....

With some Subway drive through ...

Hey ! 

At least we ate ...

And finished off with the skor cheesecake - complete with the Wiggles candle ( because someone forgot to buy candles as well ) .... Not my best day - for being prepared that is ...

We made do and had a great time anyways :)

Happy Birthday Hun :)

John's Birthday Skor Bar Cheesecake

Hubby's request this year wasn't for your typical birthday cake !

He wanted cheesecake , but not just any cheesecake - Skor Bar Cheesecake !

So I found a recipe online and thought I would share ...

You will need :

~ 2 cups of graham cracker crumbs

~ 1/2 cup of butter

~ 1/2 cup white sugar

~ 2 pkgs of cream cheese

~ 1 cup of white sugar

~ 4 eggs

~ 1 tbsp of lemon juice ( which I did not have ) ... oopps ...

~ 1 tsp vanilla

~ 6 skor bars

Start with mixing together in a saucepan:

2 cups of graham cracker crumbs

1/2 cup of butter

1/2 cup of sugar

Stir until it's all melted together ....

Press it into a 9 inch spring foam pan ....

Then it's time to mix together the actual yummy part ....

First dump in your softened cream cheese and your sugar ....

Mix that until there are no lumps left ....

Then add the vanilla and lemon juice ( if you have any ;) ) ....

Add the 4 eggs one at a time ....

While those are whipping up:

Grab your skor bars and a hammer !

Not kidding! 

Now pound the bars into little pieces ...

It is best if you throw the bars in to the freezer for a few hours ....

Makes it easier for them to break apart instead of turning to mush ....

Add them to your mixture ....

Mix for under a minute ...

It should look like this :)

Pour over your graham cracker mixture and bake at 350' for just over an hour ...

Here it is !

The finished birthday cheesecake . Complete with a Wiggles candle because someones wife forgot to buy actual candles and that was the only one in the house :)

Enjoy :)