Pais isn't quite crawling yet, but gets closer every day.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Christmas at the Schroeders
Uncle Matt, and Great Grandma Schroeder with Paisley Christmas morning. Pais is wearing her new sweater dress (from mom), and her new winter boots (from Grandma S)
Christmas at the Schroeders
Paisley trying on her toque and scarf from Grandma and Grandpa Schroeder, and eagerly trying to get into the next gift.
Christmas at the Schroeders
Here's Pais after getting her sled for Christmas. She loved it, was crawling all over it.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Plans for 2009
Before things start getting hectic around here, I thought I'd take a few minutes with Josh and discuss what plans we have for 2009.
Firstly, we'd love to move into a new house, one with a more open concept living area, and generally more space. So in order to do that, we'll need to sell our house. Which adds many more plans for the next year:
We will need to lay the laminate flooring (that we've already bought) in the hallway, master bedroom, and stairs. As well as laying the laminate that has already been purchased for the main floor (entry, kitchen, dining room).
We will need to organize and purge the entire house, getting ready to stage it, as well as get rid of things we aren't using. We've just accumulated too much in the last 4 years. We have actually already started this process and been sorting and sent several bins to a rented storage unit.
We have plans to go to Fairmont in early 2009 with Josh's parents for a week, and again in the fall. Fairmont is a great vacation for us twice a year.
We are also hoping to do a trip to BC's lower mainland at some point in 2009.
I have a whole host of sewing projects I would like to complete this year, as well, I'd like to get my personal stash of Christmas cards done by summer, leaving the fall and early winter available to take orders (instead of scrambling Dec 23rd to get mine out.... yes I finally got mine out TODAY!).
One crafting goal I have for this year, is to complete Paisley's 1st year scrapbook by next Christmas. I haven't even started, but have been giving it much thought (as far as layouts for certain pictures).
That's all we are coming up with this evening.... but maybe we'll think of more in the next week.
Firstly, we'd love to move into a new house, one with a more open concept living area, and generally more space. So in order to do that, we'll need to sell our house. Which adds many more plans for the next year:
We will need to lay the laminate flooring (that we've already bought) in the hallway, master bedroom, and stairs. As well as laying the laminate that has already been purchased for the main floor (entry, kitchen, dining room).
We will need to organize and purge the entire house, getting ready to stage it, as well as get rid of things we aren't using. We've just accumulated too much in the last 4 years. We have actually already started this process and been sorting and sent several bins to a rented storage unit.
We have plans to go to Fairmont in early 2009 with Josh's parents for a week, and again in the fall. Fairmont is a great vacation for us twice a year.
We are also hoping to do a trip to BC's lower mainland at some point in 2009.
I have a whole host of sewing projects I would like to complete this year, as well, I'd like to get my personal stash of Christmas cards done by summer, leaving the fall and early winter available to take orders (instead of scrambling Dec 23rd to get mine out.... yes I finally got mine out TODAY!).
One crafting goal I have for this year, is to complete Paisley's 1st year scrapbook by next Christmas. I haven't even started, but have been giving it much thought (as far as layouts for certain pictures).
That's all we are coming up with this evening.... but maybe we'll think of more in the next week.
4 Years
On December 19th, we celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary. Time flies quickly.
Many things in our lives have changed, but a lot of things have remained the same. We love where we are in life, and are daily discovering new things about each other (bizarre how that happens).
Many things in our lives have changed, but a lot of things have remained the same. We love where we are in life, and are daily discovering new things about each other (bizarre how that happens).
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Want more recipes?
Here's another favorite recipe, and I keep misplacing it. So I'm putting it here, so I can always find it :)
Peanut Butter Blossoms
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups Bisquick
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 can sweetened condensed milk
sugar (just enough to roll dough balls in)
Hershey's Chocolate Kisses (1 bag)
Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix peanut butter and sweetened condensed milk until creamy. Add Bisquick and vanilla and stir. Chill in fridge for an hour or more. Roll dough into small balls and roll in sugar. Place balls 2" apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 6-8 minutes. Unwrap Hershey's Kisses and put one Kiss in the middle of each cookie. Let cool.
Peanut Butter Blossoms
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups Bisquick
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 can sweetened condensed milk
sugar (just enough to roll dough balls in)
Hershey's Chocolate Kisses (1 bag)
Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix peanut butter and sweetened condensed milk until creamy. Add Bisquick and vanilla and stir. Chill in fridge for an hour or more. Roll dough into small balls and roll in sugar. Place balls 2" apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 6-8 minutes. Unwrap Hershey's Kisses and put one Kiss in the middle of each cookie. Let cool.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Happy 6 Months!
Paisley is 6 months old today! Wow, it went fast. I haven't taken any pictures today.... but we did yesterday. :)
Another Holiday Recipe
Last year I had candy canes laying around... I never eat them. So I took a ziploc bag, a hammer, and an old pillow case. Tossed the candy canes in the ziploc bag (freezer bag, heavy duty), then put it in the pillow case and started banging them to crush the canes up. Then I made Rice Krispie squares, and added in the crushed candy canes. They were DELICIOUS! I made a tray for at home, and I made a try for Josh's office. At the office, they were gone before 9:30 (there was about 3 squares per person). Good use for candy canes, and a great festive treat. I used the Christmas Rice Krispies too, so it was nice and colourful.
Despite all the thinking I've been doing on Christmas goodies, I still haven't done any Christmas baking. Maybe because I feel I should do my other projects first....
Despite all the thinking I've been doing on Christmas goodies, I still haven't done any Christmas baking. Maybe because I feel I should do my other projects first....
Peppermint Patty Brownies
I first discovered this recipe last Christmas. It was a big hit, and everyone who had some loved them. Lots of requests for the recipe too. Anyway, since York Peppermint Patties are easy to find this time of year, here's the recipe. York patties are the tastiest, people tried cheap brands and weren't as pleased.
Peppermint Patty Brownies
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups margarine
3 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
5 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
24 small peppermint patties
DIRECTIONS
Mix butter, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs till well blended. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Blend well.
Reserve 2 cups of batter, set aside. Grease 13x9x2 inch pan. Spread remaining batter in prepared pan. Arrange peppermint patties in a single layer over batter about 1/2 inch apart. Spread reserved 2 cups batter over patties. Bake 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50-55 minutes till brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Enjoy!!!
Peppermint Patty Brownies
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups margarine
3 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
5 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
24 small peppermint patties
DIRECTIONS
Mix butter, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs till well blended. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Blend well.
Reserve 2 cups of batter, set aside. Grease 13x9x2 inch pan. Spread remaining batter in prepared pan. Arrange peppermint patties in a single layer over batter about 1/2 inch apart. Spread reserved 2 cups batter over patties. Bake 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50-55 minutes till brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Enjoy!!!
Lack of Christmas Gifts
This year I had planned to make ALL our christmas gifts for people. Then came December, and I thought, well most people I'll make theirs, and buy a few, as I don't have time. We leave in 5 days..... I've completed 1 present. Yes only one. I think I managed to cover all the bases now... but a lot of people will be getting partially assembled presents with the promise of completion in January....... or February. I have no one to blame but myself. I planned to work on it during naps, and after Paisley went to bed for the night. Well evenings, more often than not, I found myself curling up on the couch and watching TV, and quite often having a nap. Nap times I found myself using that time to clean the house, and do the mandatory things around here.
Oh well.
Christmas cards are the exact same story. Maybe I'll have them mailed by New Year's! Where has the time gone. I did fill all the card orders I had in a timely fashion though, just slacked and procrastinated on mine!
So if you don't get a card.... you'll get one eventually. Don't give up on me yet!
Oh well.
Christmas cards are the exact same story. Maybe I'll have them mailed by New Year's! Where has the time gone. I did fill all the card orders I had in a timely fashion though, just slacked and procrastinated on mine!
So if you don't get a card.... you'll get one eventually. Don't give up on me yet!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Friday Coffee Playgroup
Here's Paisley and a bunch of her friends. Cashlin (laying down on his back), Railynn, Joel, Paisley and Merideth. Paisley's getting close to crawling. She gets up on all 4's and can kinda wiggle her way forward, but she hasn't quite figured it out yet (THANKFULLY).
Joel is the oldest of the group (8 months), followed by Merideth (7 months), and then Railynn, Cashlin and Paisley are all within about 10 days of each other. It's amazing to see them all develop, all are doing things the others aren't doing, and seem to pick up different things.
I love friday afternoon coffee. We have a lot of fun, the kids play, and we all chat.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Josh's photos
Josh has done a bunch of family photos for friends lately (for Christmas), and I think he did a great job on them, so I wanted to share them with you all.
This is my friend's step daughter.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
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