Crazy Hair Day

This morning was all about crazy hair day.

Destiny went like Pippy Long Stocking and Hayze just had crazy hair. Hayze enjoys crazy hair day and is confident to pull it off. He will even wear a crazy mohawk not on crazy hair day if him and his buddy's decide that is what they want to do on a certain day. Now pajama day is another story, no pj's to school for him.

Destiny was in her glory this morning, she spent a lot of time looking in the mirror at her new hair do. She loves it.

How We Did It: We took a firm wire hanger. Cut the ends off, molded it to the shape of her head and left 6 inch pieces on either side. When it came time to attach it this morning, I just got her to hold it on top and I braided the sides around the wire and wolla! You have this CRAZY hair do.

She said she looked like pippy long stocking, I was surprised she even knew who she was, but she had seen books.

I am going to pick up our new (used) bedroom suite today. I am so excited, Jim and I have been sleeping in the guest room while he was painting and fixing up our space. Now today the furniture, and I will hang some pictures and we are done that part of the house project.

I will share before and afters when it gets completed. Feel free to remind me to post those pictures, it might keep me motivated to complete my bedroom.

Have a great day.

Cowboys

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Count Your Blessings

I had a pretty exciting night with the kids at the arena last night. Hayze "spun" his first steer (dallied). He as been roping since early spring, but we have not allowed him to dally or tie hard to his saddle horn for safety reasons and their really is a lot to learn in a quick hurry. Last night Hayze caught a nice slow ster and make it all happen just perfect. We were so proud of him.

Picture quality low, arena was really dark last night.

Jim healing one for Hayze.

Destiny wanted to practice going out of the box, so I thought she was going to do just that.

I turn around and she is Hazing a steer for Hayze. She came out of the box like a seasoned veteran and full of confidence. She got a bit more practice through out the night and was pretty confidant that when ever her dad needs a hazer for steer wrestling she would be the one who could do it. Way to go hunny..

Destiny and Hayze.

This is a picture I edited a couple nights ago, I think the technique gets lost on my blog but it is very cute. ( you can click on it to make it bigger)

Just about 1/2 hour before this shot was taken Destiny got dumped on you but. She went out to catch her horse and her and her brother decided to jump on and come in with them. They were still with the herd of horses and it all went sideways when one of them took off.

Mic (Destiny's horse) started kicking and bucking and dumped her off the front. Her back was all grass stained and her leg is pretty bruised up but she got back on and finished the night.

Peachy Friend

PEACH PIE

Michelle Stewart brought me the best peach pie yesterday and I want to share it with you so you could enjoy it too. According to facebook they are a popular item and I was lucky enough to get in on the experience so I thought I would share the recipe so you could enjoy the bounty of peach season as well.

Doesn't it look so nummy.. it was still warm in this picture. (thanks again Michelle)

Heaven knows I can't make pies.

Ingredients

• pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie
• 6 cups fresh peaches, sliced
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1tablespoons butter
• 
  

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

2. 2

   Stir together flour, 1 cup sugar, and cinnamon and set aside.

3. 3

   Wash, peel, and slice fresh peaches.

4. 4

   Mix together peaches with the combined dry ingredients.

5. 5

   Turn into pastry-lined pie pan and dot with butter.

6. 6

   Cover with top crust, cut slits in it, seal the edges.

7. 7

   Sprinkle top with 2 tablespoons of sugar.

8. 8

   Cover the edges with foil to prevent over browning; remove foil for the last 15 minutes of baking.

9. 9

   Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through the slits in the crust.

10. 10

    Pie may be frozen for future use.

3876

That is how many visits I have had to my blog in the last year.

3876

Thank you everyone for stopping bye..( dots represent where you all have visited from)

It's funny that Sept 1 brings my blog counter on cluster maps to a new year.

With back to school/work, I too, feel like I have started a new year, now more than New years I want to put routines in place and get organized for another year.

I would also like to get my blog organized.

Let me know what you would like to see on my blog. I have always had a wide range of things on my blog, may it be scrapbooking, pictures, cooking, links to other blogs, family stuff..

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thanks for following our happens, have a great long weekend

Friends and Family in Bloom

Well, do you remember this Party? We hung Destiny's name on the drive way gate sign and everyone let balloons go. We call it our family and friends party.It was two years ago already (in June)

It was such a great time and we have such fond memories of the time with all of our family and friends..

Just to refresh your memory, we asked everyone to bring a perenial flower rather than a gift for Destiny. Here is some pictures of the flowers from that summer.

Well this year the flower garden had produced quite nicely considering our weather. I wanted to share this mornings bouquet. I encourage you to celebrate in this way at some point in time. What a wonderful way to remember people, picking flowers!. Now this bouquet is not perfect nor do all the colors match, but isn't that who we are as people, and each one of those blooms is from someone different.

the beginnings

Well, today marked the beginning of what is to come. A construction zone.

Jim and I sold our King size bed to a girl that works for me and we are buying a bedroom suit off a client who purchase a house already furnished. So in the mean time that gives us the opportunity to decorate our bedroom.. Hopefully this time actually "decorated it" it always seems to be the last room in the house to get the final touches. Jim painted it today and it is so different. We had a dark egg plant purple and a greeny tone with it before. Today Jim pained dark choc. brown and a really light cream. I think it will be nice once we decorate buy holly "white".. I don't have white painted anywhere in our home right now. "wow"

Our children went boating with their friends today.. They came tired and colored brown. They got lot's of sun and lot's of water sports. Thanks to the Hammonds for taking them. They had a blast.

When they got home we had the Hammonds for supper and a visit. I made this dessert. You should try it. So simple and kid friendly. We all loved it.

Well I will post some before and afters as they are ready. Currently no afters. It hopefully won't be long.

good evening

Back To School

Grade 5

Grade 4

Can you believe it. My baby is in grade 4. I can remember being in grade 4. I told them yesterday as we were walking into the school. I can remember being in grade 4, drawing horses with Marlene and sing to ABBA. All they could say was I didn't know ABBA was that old.! I guess that is how they see it.. Mom is old and we are big Kids moving on up in grades..

It really doesn't feel that long ago. Seems to me I was wearing "pedal pushers " then too..

Hears to another great school year, and good luck to all of you starting in the next few days.

22 days

I can't believe that it has been 22 days since my last post, time flies in the summer and now back to school for the kids tomorrow. Can you believe it.

10 days of those 22 we spent on a "family summer holiday" yup I said family. Being a rodeo family we don't often get time to get away in the summer as a family.. This summer was an exception and hopefully a start of something new.

We started our holiday on Thursday the 13.. We left after Hayzes hockey school and went as far as Swift Current, Sk. We stayed in a cute little campground and got up and headed to Moose Jaw. We had decided to do the tunnel tour on our way to Manitoba. The city is so rich in history, the old buildings are really great as a back drop to pictures. I took some great shots there. I have a lot of updating to do so I won't share them all but we did have a fabulous time in Moose Jaw. ( link to the tunnel info)

Kids in Moose Jaw

We learned some history as well on the tour. It was interesting to listen to the kids when they told people about it. They had obviously learned a bit while having fun.

(Al Capone and attorneys)

From Moose Jaw we headed to Manitoba.

We celebrated Kenny and Shawna's 40th year.

they had a huge party and a fabulous supper for all of us.

thanks so much for the hospitality.

From there, on to Tobin Lake to do some house boating.

It was very pretty on the lake. The weather didn't cooperate with us unfortunately and the fish did not come out either. We had a ton of great food and we did manage to get a few card games in and the kids had a blast playing in the sand on our own private beach.

Upper deck of one of the house boats.

sport goofy

Jim is so funny!

Their you have it. a brief update of a few days of our lives. I dropped and broke my good camera and it is fixed and ready to pick up so I am sure you will be bombarded once again in the near future with pictures. Until then I will continue to update you on the past happening of our summer.

have a great day..

Weekend Complete

thank goodness, to much craziness.!.

This long weekend was jammed packed with rodeo, parade, chuckwagons, wild pony races and wicked storms.

We did get some visiting in with some old friends and the kids enjoyed the freedom of the rodeo infield

Here are some picture hi-lights.

Destiny with her face painted

Our friend Shelly Profit, her family drive wagons

Kids in the parade, the Burnco float with the musicians

This was the hail that fell at the rodeo grounds on Saturday night. Shaped the bullets.. that was crazy.. then Sunday night!

Sunday Night.

Sunday night hailed and Stormed at our home at 2:30 in the morning. Rocking and shaking our house. Our siding is cracked, window broke and my holiday trailer very badly hail damaged.

Horses ran through the fence and gates dinted. It was very scary, we took the kids to the basement and waited it out, we lost power for 8 hours. Not a night I want to relive.

A video of the boys first night wild horse racing.

So as you can see, it was fun and eventful. hopefully insurance is not a hassle and a "make work project" and we can get this fixed up without any problems.

Back to work tomorrow, I think that it will be a welcome change to the unscheduled weekend.

Still nothing

I really don't have anything to share. I have been busy with the yard. Dad is visiting and it is busy.

The rodeo is on this weekend here and Hayze is in the wild pony race all weekend and Jim is Steer wrestling on Sunday.

I dropped my camera the other day and it is not working so, I will have to break out my little one and catch some action. I could cry about my camera.

I will update when I have rodeo hilites.

The scavenger hunt ends today that we have been doing. It has been a lot of fun.

We will see how we make out.

Things I NEED to share

Well tonight I have a couple things I need to update and share with you.

1. I have been meaning to share this with you for a couple of months now. You know when someone shows you somethings so simple that works, you really just want to say "I know" but you can't because you are thinking in the back of your mind, "why didn't I think of that" Well this is one of those times. I was filling up my bug "juice" as I call it, when my husband so graciously steps in to help... actually just to tell me I am doing it wrong... and explains to me that if you pour the fluid out of the jug on it's side it pours out smooth and you don't get any of that glug, glug, splatter. You know what ... He was RIGHT. it works amazing. Try it next time. you will love me for this tip.

Pouring like this makes sense!

The kids and I are doing a photo scavenger hunt put on by this

website. It has been so fun. I may share some of our photos as we a getting close to the wire.

We have until July 31 to complete it.

The kids and I made these Jello Jigglers the other night.

We needed red and blue Jello for our scavenger hunt and I seen the recipe on "My Crazy Life" blog so I thought how perfect. We cut them in to Maple Leafs and we have the perfect patriotic snack for a warm summers day.

What is a Campfire Pie?

Well let me tell you, it is the most scrumptious thing on the camping trail.

You need this iron that you see in the photo. You can pick them up at home hardware, Canadian Tire or any where else you buy your camping supplies.

The the rest is simple. Butter two pieces of bread, butter side out as you would a grill cheese and fill the inside with pie filling, jam and peanut butter, or anything else you can think of.

We also did, Campfire pizza's. They were amazing. You just pile in all the pizza fixings, cheese, sauce, pepperoni, mushrooms....... and then you place the iron right in the fire or on the hot coals and let it cook. Such a fun and tasty treat.

I bought a new bike, a vintage style bike in a nice blue, with a removable basket.

I am so excited to share a photo of it with you but I don't have the right outfit to wear.

no not really, but it is adorable.

just a the picture.

Camping

CYPRESS HILLS, SASKATCHEWAN

We spent from Sunday to Friday visiting Saskatchewan and this is what the majority of it looked like.

This picture shows the stream heading straight for our trailer.

Our Friend Jayse

Destiny Getting her hair done By Stacey

the final project looked amazing, and out of her face for swimming

Some swimming time, it was chilly but great change from battling the rain.

Our great cooking,  that is one thing when we camp, we always eat good.

That is corn on the cob in the tin foil,

A large bug that we had to battle a few times around the camp fire,

with out exaggerating that bug is about 2.5 cm long

Destiny's awesome fire

Destiny's first fire she ever lit.  She did so good.

The boys fort.  They added the roof and a deck, to an already existing structure.

They had so much fun with it.

The Wilson's

The Biletsky's 

Stacey, Me, Julia

Wild roses everywhere there

Oh,  a ray of sun..  I better capture it.

Hayze's photography.  He wanted it like a magazine cover,  off centered. 

I think he achieved it don't you.?

Campings' famous foods.

Jiffy pop!  even though it never works,  got to do one every summer

this one actually was pretty good.

Waiting for..........

can't hide my excitement for.......

a banana boat..  yummmoooo..!

And Camp fire pies.. 

Over all a good trip,  good company and some good stories.