So what is on your summer book list?? So far this summer I have read the entire Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis – all seven of them. That is a first time for me. Totally enjoyed them and now I need to watch the movies! I am looking forward to reading more of C.S. [...]
Senior Pictures
July 23, 2010 By 8 Comments
Do you remember having your senior picture taken? If it was anything like mine – you showed up at school on a Saturday with your cute Dorothy Hamill haircut, you sat on a stool and they took your picture. About ten minutes later you were done. That was it. Everyone sat on the same stool with [...]
Pink Lemonade Cake
July 22, 2010 By 11 Comments
For dessert at my mother’s 80th birthday party I served cupcakes. No big surprise there! We had Perfect Lemon Cupcakes and I used my Best Chocolate Cake recipe to make cupcakes too. (My mom is still talking about those chocolate cupcakes. She was over for dinner this weekend and mentioned again how good they were!) [...]
Family Reunion T-Shirts
July 21, 2010 By 9 Comments
Several of you have emailed about our family reunion t-shirts. Our t-shirts were designed by my nephew Micah. Isn’t he a cutie? He just graduated from high school. Not only is he a cutie he is also a talented artist. The front of the t-shirt had the word Wilkes on it. The word was made [...]
Salmon Hazelnut Quiche
July 20, 2010 By 9 Comments
It is good to be home, sleeping in my own bed. The last month has been a whirlwind and so much fun but I’m ready for a little downtime. At least until the end of the month when I fly to Minneapolis for a Creative Memories convention. Can’t wait to spend some time with my [...]
Family Reunion Food
July 19, 2010 By 16 Comments
I learned something this past week. It takes A LOT of food to feed 55 people 3 meals a day for 5 days! We filled 3 flat beds and 3 carts at Costco one evening and that was only HALF the food!! We were the only family that lived locally so a lot of the [...]
Finding 50}Days 190-196
July 18, 2010 By 10 Comments
We are back from the beach. We had a wonderful time and loved every minute of being with 55 members of Jim’s family! We stayed at our beach house in Manzanita and rented two other houses. There was lots of food and fun plus lots of pretty sunsets! July 12 – Day 190 So I [...]
London – Day Six
July 15, 2010 By 9 Comments
This was our final day in London and we tried to squeeze in as much as we could before we headed to the train station later that afternoon to take the Chunnel over to Paris. We got up early, checked out of hotel and headed out. We had stayed at a small little boutique hotel [...]
London – Day Five
July 13, 2010 By 12 Comments
I am in love! If I doubted the fact that I had absolutely and totally fallen in love with England there were no doubts after our day in the Cotswolds! The Cotswolds is a hilly area in west-central England, sometimes called the “Heart of England.” The meaning of the word Cotswold is said to mean “sheep [...]
Finding 50}Days 183 -189
July 12, 2010 By 6 Comments
This was a busy week. An 80th birthday party for my mom and getting ready for the Wilkes family reunion at the beach. As busy as it was there was plenty of pretty to be found! I am taking a bit of a blog break this week as I enjoy the beach with 55 of [...]
