Muffins

My friend, Shannon, and I got together to make 13 dozen muffins for our Stake's Young Women Camp.

156 muffins plus extras for our children and husbands to "sample".

We were a good team and got them all done and cleaned up in about 3 hours.

We made Blueberry Muffins, Classic Banana Muffins, Apple Spice Muffins, and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins.

Click each kind to see the recipe. I didn't include a link to the Pumpkin Muffins, as I decided to share it right here. Yes, it only has 3 ingredients.

And they are SO good!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

1 box Spice Cake Mix

1 can Pumpkin Pie Filling

1 cup Chocolate Chips

Combine in mixer, bake at 375 until done (about 15 minutes). Enjoy!

Good Friday on the Farm

We spent Good Friday with two dear friends of mine. We figured, during the visit, that the three of us have been friends for about 23 years now.

We don't get together very often, as none of us have lived in the same city for several years. But when we do get to see each other, we just pick up where we left off.

I love visiting the farm. It makes me want to move out to the country and become a farmer.

So beautiful!

These calves were only a week old.

The kids were so excited to pet the cows.

Congrats, Meaghan!

My friend Meaghan Smith won a JUNO Award last night!! I'm so so so happy and excited for her!

She is a super talented musician and artist, and she won the award for New Artist of the Year.

If you aren't familiar with Meaghan, you should check out her adorable bio on YouTube.

Or go straight to her website (meaghansmith.com).

I am going to see her perform at a House Concert this week while she is in town and I can't wait!

Christmas Eve

We had so much fun with Jordana, Gibb, Jayna, Kepler & Sami here for Christmas.

The first couple of days we just hung out and enjoyed playing games, eating, watching movies, making crafts, shopping, and getting ready for Christmas.




Here are the kids showing off the ornaments they decorated and coloured:





Scott spent a lot of time working on the ice rink. It was his Christmas labour of love.


My sister and her husband at our Christmas Eve party.



Children grow up way too fast. This is one of our favourite friends and babysitters. She and Samantha happened to have matching hair at the party. So cute!

Nathan in his Christmas pj's getting ready for bed and hoping Santa will be coming soon.



We called Singapore late on Christmas Eve to wish my Mom and sister a Merry Christmas.

They reported that my sister was in labour... and her baby girl was born a few hours later on Christmas day!

JD's Birthday: Part 1

We had a birthday dinner for JD on his actual birthday.

He requested fish, potatoes, corn, buns, and jell-o for dinner. There was so much food, he needed two plates!

We were happy to have Nana and Papa come down for the occasion.


Samantha and Hali made a balloon person. So creative!

The cake was Dark Chocolate with Mousse topping in lieu of icing. I was too slow to get a picture before the candles were gone.


Opening presents...




Video chatting with the Alberta cousins!

Landon checking out the camera.

Happy Birthday JD!

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving weekend. We put the turkey in to bake on Saturday morning, then went to watch JD's hockey game. His team won!

(Waiting at the arena while JD was changing)

We were lucky to get to host Thanksgiving here at our house. Scott ordered a fresh turkey from a nearby turkey farm. Fresh turkeys are so delicious. If you've only had frozen turkey you haven't lived.




We enjoyed turkey dinner with Grandma, Nana, Papa, Jeff, Lindsey & kids, the Bridge family, and our old neighbour, Mila (old, as in she's no longer our neighbour, not saying anything about her age).







Sunday morning we woke up painfully early to drive to church three hours away to say goodbye to Scott's cousin who is leaving for a 2 year mission. Aunt Suzanne made up for the early morning by hosting a big turkey dinner at her home after church.

Our kids napped all the way home, so when we walked through the doors at 7:00 PM, they were full of energy and ready to have some fun. Luckily Monday was a holiday, so we didn't have to worry about early bedtimes.

Monday was a relaxing day at home with the family. We tried to go apple picking, our Thanksgiving weekend tradition. Unfortunately, the orchard we have been picking from lately had a very small crop due to hail earlier in the season. We managed to scrape together a bushel, but they were slim pickings.


We came straight home and made fresh apple pies. Fresh as in the apples went from on-the-tree to in-our-tummies in about three hours. I think this should be our new tradition.

Speaking of tradition, this year I made two huge pots of our Thanksgiving Turkey Soup. We love it so much, sometimes I think we have the turkey dinner just so we can make this soup the day after.