Hometown love for America…
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| A few words that popped into my head as we watched the parade |
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| Jamie and family |
God bless America,Land that I love.Stand beside her, and guide herThrough the night with a light from above.From the mountains, to the prairies,To the oceans, white with foamGod bless America, My home sweet homeGod bless America, My home sweet home.
Before tossing an old table-top hockey game, I pulled off the figures.
Perfect for cake toppers!
Frosting recipe below
We ALL played Pin-the-tail-on-the Donkey before
singing Happy Birthday.
Keri’s sweetly watching her brother
Silas’s expression when he saw his face as a Stanley Cup Champ
Pop-Pop sharing his cake with Cambrie
Brothers talking hockey strategy
A gift from Aunt Abbey (Silas’s other passion)
Dear Boy!
Sad faces watching their beloved Flyers ending their season.
Silas, Josh with Caleb, Josh’s dad Albert and my John
Joel (Josh’s youngest brother) Jared and Keri Jill practicing at the piano
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Combine all of the ingredients and beat until smooth and creamy.
Add food coloring if desired
Very early Thursday morning we heard gentle knocking on our bedroom doors (we have two ~ one from the hallway and one from the room we use as a nursery). We asked who it was and what they wanted but received no answer. The knocking continued back and forth, from door to door for a long time but no response.
I finally opened one of the door to see Brenna!
“What do you want, Honey?”
Her princess-like blue eyes gazing up at me, she asked:
“Mom-Mom, would you wear your blue shirt that matches mine?”
It must have been so important to her! I was happy to oblige her sweet request.
After garage sales Saturday morning and enduring some very cold and blustery weather it was home with a box of donuts (a Pop-Pop tradition) and teatime (a Mom-Mom tradition).
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| This is our precious daughter, Jill who is mother to Ryan, Brenna and Shaela and Jamie’s twin. |
All the cherubs gathered around the table enjoying
Aunt Jill’s dinner.
The kids all played really hard. I didn’t head upstairs where the boys spent most of their time. But, I could hear they were having a great time!
Shaela was full of giggles when Rudy came by
and licked Keri’s toes!
Little girls having fun!
“I go to Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop’s too?”
Mom-Mom & Pop-Pop
This photo zooms me back to when her mommy was this age.
Looks just like my little Jill.
Those eyes are her Daddy’s.
The round face ~ her Mommy’s.
That cowlick… yup, that’s from ME!
before
{Shae really liked this mannequin. Said it was her brother??? Silly girl}
One family ~ a redhead, a blondie and a brunette!
Ryan doing his favorite thing
🙂
Missing these kids!
Big time!
slightly adapted from: A Measure of Love by Linda Martin
Caleb played hard then fell fast asleep after a messy skinned knee 🙁
8oz cream cheese, softened
16 oz sour cream
1 small box vanilla instant pudding
1/2 cup sugar, plus 1 TBS
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 can of cherry pie filling
1 pack (not box) of plain graham crackers
3 TBS melted butter
Optional: 2 1/2 ounce shooter cups with lids usually found at party stores or wholesale clubs.
In your mixing bowl combine the cream cheese and sour cream until blended. Pour in the pudding mix, sugar and vanilla and mix on medium for 3 minutes more. Place in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes.
Crush the graham crackers in your food processor until just crumbs. Add in the butter and 1 TBS sugar and pulse until combined. Place in a small bowl and set aside.
In your blender or food processor blend/pulse the cherry pie filling until it become syrup (no chunks left). You can of course make your own syrup from strawberries, blueberries etc instead of the pie filling if you have the time. Set aside.
In the shooter cups, wine glasses or whatever you may be using, first spoon enough graham cracker mixture to cover the bottom. Then spoon or pipe in some cheesecake mixture, then spoon enough syrup in to cover the cheesecake mixture, then spoon or pipe in second layer of cheesecake mixture, then place a few drops of syrup on top and swirl around for a spiral design by using a wooden toothpick or skewer.
