taking turns

taking a peek at  ....

when i say mile high...

i mean MILE HIGH!!

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 i've never actually made a lemon meringue pie all by myself before.

 my sister mellon, would do all the baking when we were kids...and i would sit there, cheer her on, and eat the perfect looking dessert when she was done.

now, we're all grown up and she lives clear across the country. its very sad...

especially, because i now have to do all my baking for myself.

some of you may remember this baking episode.

so, about a month ago, i got a started to dream about lemon meringue pie.

when i finally got brave enough....i realized i was missing a few key ingredients, namely, lemon juice.

yeah, thats kind of a necessity.

after several trips to the store with out a shopping list, i finally remembered to pick some up.

a week later, i mustered up the courage, and closed the kitchen to all little fingers.

do you know how hard that is???

well, i did.

then,  i called mellon,

got all the itsy bitsy details, tips and hints for pie baking perfection and kept her on the line...

just in case...

and

so pretty, isn't it !?!

now, im just wondering if it will taste as good as it looks and if i should share it, or save it all for myself.



finally!

"cooking"

eggs!!

yes, in my kitchen,

but not for breakfast...

a little bit of homeschool science project going on here...

2 more weeks to go!

last week

i spent the ENTIRE week at my parents house.

yes, i slept on their living room floor, and let my children have the guest/craft room....

Why?! You ask?!

well...you see i had this plan...

craft week!

it was brilliant...

ok, ok...ALMOST, brilliant.

there were a few minor glitches...

you know,

 sleepless babies, gramma harv got an awful cold, oh and i only had my moms point n shoot camera,  

...that sort of thing

but all in all, we had a great week

we ate lots of popcorn, drank lots of coffee, and watched anne of green gables...

and made lots of fun things...

but this, my friends, is not even the coolest part of my week.

while i was busy doing all this...

my hubby and two oldest boys were busy doing this.....

eating gelato...

 throwing pennies in the trevi fountain...

 

hanging on for dear life to the pillars at the top of st. peters

yes, they climbed the copula!

incredible veiw, huh?

chillin with the swiss guards

yes, that is the colosseum

and a trip to rome just wouldn't be a trip to rome without...

....visiting the Pope.



just for fun

my aunt sent me to

 Milas Daydreams 

and i just couldn't resist when baby z fell asleep on my moms floor this afternoon

i sooo wish i had an umbrella handy

i must admit this is nothing compared to Adele's amazing work, though.

her photography is simply stunning.

another project in the making...

bit off a bit more than

i bargained for...but im gonna do my best to make ya'll proud.

is it possible to make four Easter dresses in ONE week?

i'll let you know.

lunch

its that good.

snow

LOTS OF SNOW.

LOTS OF DIGGING...

LOTS of FUN!

10 years???

yes...ten years since i brought home this little boy...sigh.

Happy St. Valentine's Day

*sniff. sniff.*

do you smell what i smell??

hope you're not allergic :)

since i can't leave well enough alone

....

especialy when it comes to wool and kool aid,
i got all "creative" with this handknit wool soaker i made....

...

as a matter of fact, i get so excited..

.i can hardly wait to finish a project, before i give it a dunk in a kool aid bath

(see all the unfinished strings hanging out)

then i got really "creative" and decided to do a fade job..

so, here is what i did...

i followed these 10 easy steps

yes i said EASY! and there really are only 10!

...

1. Choose the object you wish to dye (i picked this unsuspecting wool soaker or diaper cover)

2. Bring a Pot of water to a rolling boil

3. Add about a 1/4 cup of white vinegar to the water

4. Add 2 packages of  Kool Aid color/flavor of your choice

5.Decide where you want the dye to be.

(since i only wanted 1/2 of my project to be dyed, i used cooking tongs to hold half of my project above the water, like this

6. Dunk your project in the pot like this.

7. Let it sit in the boiling water until the water is clear and your project has soaked most of it up.

(this takes about 10 minutes)

 

8. Remove from heat and run under cold water. Rinse till the water runs clear.

9. Lay flat on a towel and roll to soak out some of the excess water.

10. lay flat and air dry (if its wool)

and now you know the 10 easy steps i use to dye things with Kool Aid

its been a stinky week

around here.

(in more ways than one)

thankfully....when life gives these kids lemons...
they make lemonade.

when the "blizzard of 2011" is mearly a freezing rain storm....
and leaves massive sheets of ice on their best sledding hill...

they do this...

and build these with the frozen crust...

and tunnel underneath it to make these...

pretty cool, huh?


what do you do, when life gives you lemons?