Wedding weekend...

 

My son got married yesterday, She's a sweet girl. It was a great weekend. Above are her shoes, (the color of the bridesmaids dresses), it's the photographer's photo with her bouquet and the bridesmaids bouquets. I got a picture of her dress before taken out of the dress cover and the close up is the photographer's photo. I want a camera like his when I grow up. :D Her dress was just beautiful.

The night before, after the rehearsal, we all went to a Dinner Theatre. It was the first time I've been to one, that was fun. The next morning my oldest daughter came over to do our hair and make up.

We got to the church, the weather was a little misty, but it wasn't hot, thank goodness. The church was so pretty and the ceremony was beautiful. Then we went to the reception. They had a section set up for all the drinks and some were walking around with trays of little round meat balls and these oh so tasty little fried cheese balls.

After the parents, groomsmen, bridesmaids and then bride and groom were introduced and walked in, the father and main groomsman gave a little speech. Everyone danced and had so much fun. After our food, they had a table set up for candy bags and candy, with little color marshmallows. People of every generation there was getting bags of candy, smiles and glee. LOL

What is it about candy that all of a sudden everyone becomes kids again? :D Clear cellophane bags with flowers and swirls were in a basket, then bowls of different candies you could put in your little bags. That was so different and fun. Dancing thru the whole thing and then the wedding cake, yum. The wedding and reception was awesome, dancing, laughter, family and friends, life is beautiful, live it.

Lemonade, jars and summer...

I was in a kitchen mood yesterday, made potato salad, lemonade and a pink lemonade cake. So I used the first tomato and onions for turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion sandwiches, had potato salad and cake, with the lemonade for dinner. Sometimes lunch or breakfast foods are the best for dinner and a fun break.

On Pinterest, I saw mason jars with lemonade sitting in a bucket of ice, it looked so good. I didn't put them in ice, but was a fun idea putting them in the jars with the top. My husband loves to drink out of mason jars anyway, my Grandparents always did, so it's fun to see people doing it to this day. It's more expensive making lemonade homemade, but tastes so much better and healthier than storebought. Well, the lemons are, but it takes alot of sugar.

First I roll the lemons, to get more juice, till softened, doesn't take long. Then I cut in slices and squeeze the juice out into a pitcher, put water , a little over half of that pitcher and over a cup of sugar, we like it sweet so I add more and used seven lemons. Then I put all the lemonslices in the pitcher, stick in the frig, in the evening it's sit long enough. Take the lemons out if you want, some people don't like all the pulp, but it's very healthy. I put mine in the jars after the pitcher was in the frig for about four hours. It made six pint jars and I put a lemon slice in each jar. So he can just pull out a jar for a drink. :D Anyway, I found this cool sight for using jars, some fun ideas... http://putitinajar.com/crafts/

Busy summer...

 Oh, I love animals, while painting today, Jack Jack and Morgan, those rascally black cats had to be nosey and see what all the hub bub was about. As you can see Jack Jack couldn't stay off the walls and had to be washed to get paint off, a few times, which he was none too happy about. LOL The Landlord, who is Mama to the cats had to keep gettiing them, because everytime she'd leave, those two rascals kept coming back in the room. Once they saw her coming, they knew the jig was up and they'd take off. Then there's the photo of Jack Jack who was hiding in the bathtub and I swear, he looks like a jawa. :D Do you see the glam gloves from Walmart? They cracked me up, whoever said cleaning isn't glamorous? Actually if you did then you probably never cleaned, ha ha. 

So when I got home, I took off some of the daisy heads and took out the dry seeds in them. I'm going to replant them somewhere next year. Then I pulled some more onions to dry out in the sun, which some are small, but they're good, made some egg salad and potato salad. I watered flowers, covered some of the plants that had begin to get uncovered, the tomatoes are starting to turn to orange and when they're red, yum. Came back in, washed some clothes and dishes and this evening I'm just going to lie down, crochet or read, cause I'm tired. And where in the heck did I get all this energy today anyway? It's been a really good day and these last two days have actually been really nice here, last week was horrid, so I'm enjoying it. Last night I pulled some weeds out of the sidewalk flower bed, those things grow too fast.

Up to date...

Okay, so I'll just post these pics of what's been up since the middle of April, in between birthdays, wedding shower, graduation, baby watching, crocheting, flowers, vegetables, with the family. I can't believe summer is here already.

Dried Cherry Blossoms...

Well, last week was the end of the blossoms and it's sad because they're so beautiful, but being they don't last long is I guess what makes them so special. You appreciate them while you can. I wanted to save some, so I dried out a handful, they dry out pretty and can be put with dried roses. The purple flower was on the ground, my husband had to throw it in there for me. :D

Enjoyed this week so much...

We got tons of Spring cleaning done and alot of time to hang out. I had bought that Orange Mint the other day and pulled some leaves off for a pot of Chai tea.I also made a coconut cake and it did turn out so moist. What is it about Spring and coconut cakes? :D

Here's the recipe:

Betty Crocker Yellow Cake with pudding
1 small box of instant vanilla pudding
1 (8 oz) container of sour cream

Mix the cake according to package, but mix the box of dry vanilla pudding with the cake mix. Put the sour cream,(you can use less if you want), in with the eggs and water told to be used on the box. Mix it all together. I baked mine at 350 in a bundt pan, because they make such moist cakes. Bundt pans take 40 to 45 minutes,( depending on your oven), to bake a cake and I oil it thinly before putting in the mix.

Cool cake completely

Icing:
1 box of powdered sugar mixed with one and a half tsps of vanilla, one stick of softened,not melted, butter and add enough milk, (little bit at a time) to make it the consistency you want. I think 3 Tbsps of milk to start will be good, depending on how thin or thick you want it.

Then as soon as I have the icing on cake, I sprinkle coconut all over.