Taylor Swift concert

In the end of May i went to the Taylor Swift concert with my older sister Erica ad my little baby sister Rebecca(she won't like i refered to her has baby). It was the first time i had been to a concert since i thik the american Idol concert years ago and than in high school. This was the best concert i have been too! I just love Taylor Swift! My friend Kim has a pic w her and Taylor before she was so popular.I felt we had really good seats. it was fun doing somethig as sisters. I thik my younger sister was sad she wasn't there w her friends i guess who wants to hang out w a bunch of old people(to a teenager) at a concert. It was also her first concert ad i tried to get her to stand up and wave her arms and to cheer! She just looked at me funny so i pulled her up and grabbed her arms as she just laughed at me like i was just silly and like we were a bunch of weirdos.

may 2009 Matt Grad high school

In may of 2009 my brother matthew graduated from Eagle high school. He is the second to the last child. We are very proud of him!

march of 09 gayle & kids

Ben Madilynn Lillian

In the end of March of 09 my sister gayle moved back here w her 2 daughters ad her 2 sons my nieces& nephews) from New Mexico. It was finally the first day outside it was nice. It was a sunday afternoon. We met at the park in Nampa w Gayle(kids), my mom ad my young sis. I was pushing the kids on the swings and taking there pics some how i am missing pic of William(he was just a baby i remember) I rmember it was a very nice quality family time w just the 3 adults and the kids and thinking how greatful i am for spring(it is my fav time of year) when we are blessed w the warmer weather or it starting to come. and the time we get to spend outside.

coconut creme macaroons

coconut creme macaroons
1/3 cup butter softened
1 package(3oz) cream cheese, softened(okay if you have ever seen in 3 oz let me know i bought reg and cut 3 oz, lol)
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tsp almond extract
2 tsp orange juice
1 - 1/4 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
5 cups sweetened coconut flakes, divided
48 hershey kisses
1. beat butter, cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until well blended. add egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice, beat well. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt, gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. stir in 3 cups coconut.
2. cover, refrigerate one hour or util firm enough to handle. Remove wrappers from chocolates. heat oven to 350 degrees. shape dough into 1 inch balls, roll balls in remaining coconut. place on cookie sheet.
3. Bake 10-12 mins( i think i baked little longer didn't seem long enough) or until lightly browned. removed from oven, immediately press chocolate on top of each cookie. cool and enjoy!

Peach Cobbler

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
Ingredients
4 cups peeled, sliced peaches
2 cups sugar, divided
1/2 cup water
8 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 cups milk
Ground cinnamon, optional
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine the peaches, 1 cup sugar, and water in a saucepan and mix well. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Put the butter in a 3-quart baking dish and place in oven to melt.
Mix remaining 1 cup sugar, flour, and milk slowly to prevent clumping. Pour mixture over melted butter. Do not stir. Spoon fruit on top, gently pouring in syrup. Sprinkle top with ground cinnamon, if using. Batter will rise to top during baking. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes.
To serve, scoop onto a plate and serve with your choice of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Grace's Banana Bread

1/4 c. Crisco

1 c. Sugar

2 Eggs

1 tsp Vanilla(my addition to recipe)

2 Bananas( i freeze them and thaw when i need them)

1 2/3 c. flour

1/2 tsp Baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 salt

extra

1/2 nuts or 1/2 choco chips or both

Cream shorting and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. add vanilla & bananas and blend for couple mins until well blended but don't over blend. Sift flour, soda and powder, than add dry ingredients. If you desire add the nuts and chips. Bake 325 45-60 mins until knife comes out clean from the center. Makes one loaf~~~feel free to double batch( i think i baked about 52 mins with 2 loafs in oven) YUMMY ENJOY!!!

Arizonia & San Diego

Cali & Becky in the moon caves

So on march 20 we left for our vacation during spring break to Arizonia to see Andrea and Family. It was just me, my mother, sis Becky, Lisa and her 3 kids. We drove and decided to drive it in one day(wow that was really a mistake, Mapqwest is wrong it takes much longer than it says, but oh well) It was so nice to get to see Andrea and my sweet neices who i missed so much and still do!

Jade at the park

I had never been to AZ before and it was nice as it was cold here at the time(but im glad im not there now). It was cool to see the palm trees everywhere and i was just amazed at all the fruit trees everywhere, you can have your own lemon tree in your backyard. We celebrated some of the kids bdays while we were there. Happy Bday Maci &Brooke Brett flew in the following mid-week to my surprise, cause he missed me so much and wanted to see San deigo. The day before we left we drove to San Deigo. That time of year San Deigo was just amazing, i just didn't want to come home. First we went to the San Deigo Temple. Wow that was just so amazing, even more beautiful then in pics. So of course we took a lot of pics there. Than we wet to The Birch Aquarium At scripps. That was really neat and the kids just loved it. And than onto the beach. Which was cool cause i could say i'm laying on the beach while everyone in Idaho was just hating the cold and for once i got to be that person who wished she was in a tropical place, lol. The next day we headed back home but along the way we stopped in Vegas. Vegas was interesting, you just had to remember to look straight adhead(not at the people trying to had you a card(and if you don't already know whats on it don't ask and don't look at the ground)) We went to the M&M world store.

Monte Carlo and Paris Paris hotels.

Becky in the M&M store in the tour of how they make an M&M

And last before we left we went to Mcdonalds for dinner(at that point we were all out of money, so had to go cheap) The lights at night on the hotels, the water show & Etc it was just very cool! We can't wait to go back just me and Brett to get to see everything. And when we got home it was home sweet home or bed sweet bed, we were so tired, i slept all day!