You Might Be A Baker.....

..........If you have many choices of flour in your possession.  :)

Getting Ready For Love Day

I am a sucker for Valentines Day.  I like it almost as much as Christmas.  I love that it is a day set aside for love.  I made these little cupcakes today at the cafe where I work.  I am so excited for this holiday about love to begin.  Sprinkles and lots of pink and tons of hearts......oh my.  :)

Little Love Mailboxes

Have you seen these little mailboxes in the Target dollar section?  They are so cute.  I bought one for each of my family members.  I also bought some Valentines Day stickers from Target and put them on the mailboxes to make them cuter.  My thought was to put some little surprises inside their boxes between now and Valentines Day to show them how much I love and appreciate them.  A little index card will fit perfectly inside for my love note along with a little chocolate or pair of socks or whatever I can find to place inside.  When the little red flag goes up....they have mail.

Burrrrr!

 

Winter has certainly come to my house.  I think I will cozy up next to my little fireplace and read.  Maybe hot cocoa will be on the menu.  Hope you are staying warm and safe tonight wherever you are.

xoxoxo

Christmas 2012

If you are reading this...hello.  :)  It seems I have been away for awhile.  Like two months awhile.  We had the most wonderful Christmas this year.  How was yours?  My family traveled to Michigan to spend time with us this season.  We had so much fun!  I thought I would share some pictures of my holiday.
These are a few of my aprons.  See my little Christmas one?  It was fun wearing it to the cafe each day.

 My daughter and I baked some sugar cookies before my family came up.  When they all got here, we decorated them.  My daddy even decorated some.  What wonderful memories.

 Hubby and I picking our tree for the season.  She was a beautiful tree.

 I also made two quilts for my mom and sister this year for Christmas.  I can not believe I made two.  Crazy for me!
This is my mama enjoying hers.  I believe we were watching one of the many Christmas movies we enjoyed together as a family.

 Here is my sister enjoying hers.  It was so fun watching her carry it up the stairs for bed each night.  I love that they loved them.  Quilts are a labor of love for sure!

 Our little tree all lit up on Christmas Eve.

 My fuzzy kitty checking out the lights.

 Our beautiful church on Christmas Eve.

This is my most favorite Christmas decoration.  My old Santa.  My parents have their Christmas card from 1969 of me holding him.  I was two years old.  He has been with me every year since.

I hope your Christmas was relaxing and fun and many new memories were made.

Winter Chips

I love the grocery store this time of year.  Our stores begin to put center isles of ingredients out for the holiday baking season.  Spices and mixes and dried fruits.  I love looking at all the new things and old favorites they display.  I know I have spent a lot of money in those center isles every year.  Their marketing strategies have paid off with this gal.  :)

I found these little chips this year for the first time.  Have you seen them?  I have daughters that are in love with chocolate mint treats.  A sister as well.  Can't wait to make something yummy for the girls in my life.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Happily Ever After

 My family was blessed to attend a very special wedding this weekend.  This beautiful bride has been a part of my life for many years.  I have watched her grow from a little girl into a beautiful Godly woman.  She, and her two sisters,  babysat for my daughters when they were small.  Isn't her groom handsome?  They have dated since 8th grade!

 Her parents are farmers and live in the country.  The wedding was held at their home in the back yard.  The cows were also part of the ceremony.  Watching contently from the fence line occasionally giving a moo to let us know they were there.  It was truly a magical day!

 She and her sisters made a lot of things homemade for the wedding.  Like their bouquets.  Are they not spectacular???  They are made from paper.

 Here I am with one of the brides sisters and my darling nephew.

 Such adoration......

This is the younger sister.  All three of these girls have such a place in my heart.  

They had this old two seater bike they rode at the wedding.  The groom bought this bike and packed a picnic lunch for her and they rode it together to a special spot he had picked out.  It was at this picnic where he proposed to her!  So, the bike had to make it to the wedding and into the pictures as well.

And here is the quilt that I made for them for their wedding day.

It was a magical day.  God gave them the most perfect day.   I was blessed to see some of my most favorite people again back home for something so very very special.