Easter Activities



 



                               Ben has decided he loves Bunny Cakes and can't wait to try them!

                                                          

                 Well this was Easter, and we made Bunny cake and ate ham and all the quintessential Easter things! As you can see we couldn't really get a picture that was good of all of us. ( oh well ) Bunny Cakes are a kind of tradition. My Grandma has made one most every year and this year I helped her. We used Devils food cake for ours cause we all love chocolate, but basically all you do is you make the cake in two 8 in. cake tins and then you just cut them and cover them in frosting and candy! Anyways it's a beautiful day and I want to get out there. I'll try and blog again soon.
         

Birthday Parties

             On the eighth we had a birthday party for my Dad and my Grandpa. I made their-favorite Cherry Cheesecake! It's not hard at all so I'll write down the recipe.

Cherry Cheesecake

Crust,

1 1/4 Graham Cracker

3 T. Sugar

1/4 Melted Butter

Mix in bowl set aside about 3 T. of the mixture then press into 8in. pan. Bake for 8 min. at 375.

Filling,

1 8oz. pkg Cream Cheese

1 pkg Cool Whip

1/4 White Sugar

1 t. Vanilla

 1 Can Cherries

          Mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in mixing bowl until well blended. Then add cool whip and fold

in slowly. When all the clumps are gone put on top of cracker crust and spread gently. Then spread the  cherries over the top. Next, take the remaining cracker crust and dust the top. Good Bye for now Enjoy!                               

Decorating the Tree with Spritz Cookies

                      Yesterday I took on Spritz cookies. Delicious but extremely hard and time consuming. I started the little project at 11.00 and finished at 3.30! What happened was the way the spritz cookie maker works is it pushs it out but if theres nothing to stick to it will just stay in the maker-I was using parchment paper so it didn't stick! But my brother shed some light on the subject and it all worked out in the end. Plus they were much apreciated so that makes it all worth it! Then today we decoated the tree with my little nephew Ben! Well I've got to go Ba-Bye!

Colorado Trip



It says " your travel choices within the next year will bring serendipity"



The castle at Glen Eyrie.

                    I will start off by saying sooo sorry I haven't written in forever! Our camera has been having some troubles, and we have been pretty busy.
                    Enough of that, these are pictures of our awesome annual Colorado trip! It was seven days long, we started out in the Marriott for one night in Fort Collins Co., then moved on to the YMCA of the Rockies! We were in a cabin called the Three Sisters! I got to sleep on the top bunk which was very exciting, plus dad would always build fires and make amazing breakfasts. As you an see in the pictures we played putt putt Golf my score was +5. After two nights in the cabin we drove down to Co. Springs and Glen Eyrie where we spent most of our days drawing and reading. We also went to a wonderful German Bakery named Wimbergers! Well I should probably go Auf Wiedersehen.

Sick and Happy

                       So I am aware that I've not blogged in forever but I've been very busy and very sick! On Monday we, as in Alan, Stephanie, Carolyn, Beth, and I went to H and M to shop at about Four O' clock, after shopping for a little bit we all found something we liked, and Stephanie insisted on buying them for us! Then we went to a place near H and M on the Plaza called Spin ( A super yummy pizza place ) I got the Pesto and Chicken pizza yummmm!!! then we went back to Alan and Stephanie's for a little bit then walked to Foo's Fabulous Frozen Custard, I got the Whut, Whut ( a peanut buttery kind of thing ). Then we went back to Alan and Steph's Alan went to get midnight in Paris we watched it and went to bed. In the morning we, as in Stephanie, Carolyn, and I looked through cooks illustrated while drinking coffee!! Then took Chloe for a walk, and went to You say Tomatoe then came home. for the rest of the week I've been sick! Well got to go.

Flashback to the 50's with piggy's in a blanket

                     I am so sorry that I've not written in forever. We have had a very busy week. You see we had a garage sale and just trying to get life back to normal after we went to Cleveland, and guess what!!!!!! We are going to leave for Omaha on Saturday! But it is going to be a really fun trip. We are going to a graduation for a really good friend of the family. Going to their house is always like a party! Well what you see in the pictures are piggys in a blanket, very delicious and super easy! All you have to do is get Pillsbury cresent rolls, roll them out, and put hotdogs in the middle and bake for however long the package says to!! Also did anyone notice our Fifties outfits today? I know, super cool! Well got to go.

Traveling

             

The Rehearsal Dinner.



Us talking to Stephanie's grandpa!

Me at Lake Erie.

Lake Erie

St. Louis!!!!!!!!

A pizza place in St. Louis!

                   So I can't write much right now but you should know ( if you haven't figured it out yet ) that we drove to Cleveland for Alan and Stephanie's Wedding! Ann, Beth, Carolyn, and I were bridesmaids. The pictures are some highlights of our trip. We traveled through Indianapolis, St. Louis, Colombus, and Cleveland. Well got to go.

A Late Easter Surprise

Even if you can't tell it's Easter dinner 



Eating candy and drinking tea



            So I know it's a little late to be posting a  Easter post, but I just wanted to show how our Easter went! First we had empty tomp rolls and went to church. Then came home and a really big Easter meal! Then had a awesome Easter egg ( or Huevo de pascua ) hunt and drank tea. Then we had mutiple nerf hunger games terniments ( with tea time breaks!!! ) till very late when we watched a parks and rec and went to bed!! Happy Easter Late!!!

Making Snicker Doodles



Mix together sugar, butter, and eggs 



In small bowl mix dry ingredients. Then add to butter mixture



Roll cookie balls in cinnamon sugar.



 Snicker Doodles

Mix Together

1C Shorting softened

11/2 C Sugar

2 Eggs

Stir In:

2 3/4 C Flour

2 tsp Cream of Tartar

1 tsp B. Soda

1/2 tsp Salt

      Chill dough. Roll into balls. Roll in mix of 2 tbsp sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon. Bake 8-10 minutes, at 400. Makes about 5 dozen.

               Yesterday was a nothing day. I did some piano and made banana bread but got no school done!! I will try to get more done today but I probably won't! Becca Labat came over and we talked and took a walk with Mom, Dad, and Carolyn then I watched earn lots of money on sims, But it was a really fun day. Well got to go.