Friday Night Fun

Look at the kids having fun! Two of our nieces went for a canoe ride in the pond a their house. I had gone on a ride earlier in the week and we got a little tippy. It was pretty cool.

The other cousins were playing corn hole. You can see the tables and tent that were set up in the background to be ready for the graduation party on Saturday.
The family got together to hang out since Barry's mom and sister were in from New Mexico. We had a good time hanging out and eating pizza.

No Bake Cookies

I've been wanting No Bake Cookies for like forever! Every time I make them here in TN, they just don't set up. When we were going to Michigan last fall, my big request was to make No Bakes. We didn't get to go, but Michelle remembered when we were up this time and had all the ingredients so that we could make the cookies.

Here's the recipe.

The ingredients - oats, sugar, peanut butter, cocoa, vanilla, milk.

You put in everything but the peanut butter and the oats and bring to a boil.

Here they are... They set up just perfectly and were so yummy!

Visiting the Robinsons

We've been friends with the Robinsons since before there were any buns in the oven. Missy was actually pregnant with their first child when we got married. The two oldest loved Barry and we spent a bunch of time with them playing card games. Since we moved away, we've missed playing with them and hanging out. In fact, we hadn't even met the youngest yet.

We went to their house for lunch and hung out for a couple hours until Josh had a meeting that he had to go to.

Here they all are all together!

Visit to Canada

We went first to spend time with my aunt and uncle that live in Kitchener. They decided to take us into Mennonite country and we had lunch at Crossroads in St. Jacobs. It was a big "smorg" or buffet that had all kinds of food. Since there were such great desserts, I saved room to have several different ones. It was delicious! On our way we saw two buggies and also a horse pulling a plow. Later on my cousin came over with her son who is 11 months old. It was great to meet him!

Then, we drove down to St. Thomas to see the cemetary where my grandma was buried. I thought it was sort of comical that the border of the marker looks like it is wild animal print. So I said to Barry, "Grandma's in style now!" I don't think she would ever have worn animal print.

So, it was a VERY long day with lots of driving, but it accomplished what we needed it to - visiting family!

A fun stop

On our way up to Michigan we decided to stop at a local place for lunch. So, in Coldwater, Michigan we stopped at Allen's Root Beer Drive-In (see this). Barry had a burger and root beer and I had a ham & cheese sandwich. It was a neat local dive!

Sad kitty

Do you think that she knows something is going on? I don't know how they do it, but the cats know when we're leaving. We pulled out the bags to start packing on Saturday and it's been like they're waiting for the other shoe to drop. When are they going to leave? What are we going to do?
It's not as if their favorite neighbors won't be taking care of them!

Busy Making Cards

We're headed to see family, so of course cards need to be made! Here's a quick run through on what I made: I actually made two of these cards. They are about 2 1/2"x 2 1/2" square. I used the Happy Birthday paper and then used black and green for the design. I had already done some die cuts of flowers with pink patterned paper so I used that to go on top. I added the individual's initial and attached it with some pink organdy ribbon.
These two cards are similar in coloring, but for different purposes. This one is a birthday card for a co-worker. I had the die cut of friends already and added the die cut flower, pink sequins, and green and black paper.
This card is for a cousin of my husband's who has been diagnosed with cancer. I had the die cut done already and just added it to several different types of paper and some pink organdy ribbon. I added her initial as the final touch.

Last, but not least, this is a card for my uncle. I made a present with some green ribbon I had and a blue squre of paper. I used 3 other papers to match the background paper and pull it all together. Inside it says "wishing you a happy birthday".