Turtle burgers

Turtle Burgers

I made these for the 4th of July and wow!  That is about all I can say-- more meat products than a person could shake a stick at and as they say everything is better with bacon.

First made bacon weave and then hamburgers with cheese in the middle and wrapped the bacon around the burger and use hotdogs to make turtle head, legs and tail.  Attached them with soaked toothpicks and baked them in the oven and could have gone smaller but had rave reviews for the turtles!



Summer Vacation--ha!

Well in an earlier post, I talked about what we have done!  Well lest see if I can add some pictures!

 Sky sox 4th of July

 Friends and family at ball game

 We won!  But no FIREWORKS!!

 Tent built by family for picnic

 Deer on our trip to ND

 Gavin and Amanda at Badlands

 Gavin's bear butt in ND

 Fishing at perch pond

Ghost cave outside Billings

 Pictograph cave outside Billings

 Custer's last stand diorama

 Custer's actual last stand- his spot is the white stone with black marking

Chris LeDoux's statue in park in Kaycee, Wyoming



Here's a story...

So got wonderful news this week that my little brother, the one on the left is getting married next July!  I am very happy for him and just wanted to post a picture that he does clean up very well!
Congrats to you little brother and many, many happy years for you and Callie and family!
Welcome to the family!

Story of my life

Seem to be a day late and almost always a dollar short!  Can not truly believe it is the first of August already.  School starts in 19 days, Gavin is no where near ready-- mom may be- but he isn't.  He went to Trappers camp in Montana with his uncle and grandfather and had a great time, then spent time with his grandparents in Augusta.  Misty and her family came out and a quick trip to Montana, North Dakota and back again was in the works!.  So now we are playing re-arrange the dressing room as when it rained really hard it flooded and so I moved everything into the family room and pulled up rugs and stuff and now am trying to figure out a floor and place to put things.  Brought home a sewing machine from Montana but I never took home-ec so have these plans for sewing!  HA!  Good luck on that one! Swear there is a dead mouse in the kitchen-- there is a smell that I can't trace/track.  I have cleaned behind the fridge, washed out the fridge, cleaned out pantry and still can't find it-- threw out a broken sent of shelves from Grandma and now have lost a bunch of shelves-- am having to re-arrange the kitchen! 
There was a huge fire that impacted Colorado Springs and so I am donating stuff to them, have piles and need to get them dispensed.  Would love to can but-- know how the family is when it comes to eatng fruit-- can't get them too.  Soooooo will have to see if I can still post picts and add some!

April 2012

Wow-- can you believe it is April 2012 and it is almost over-- not me.  Pretty sure the time is flying way to fast!  So have been busy with my husband's grandma that lives with us being sick and hospitalized with a severe case of flu and now in a rehab facility to build up her strength.  Gavin competed in science fair and placed second in the physical category for growing sugar crystals.

He also has been working in boyscouts and in May will be a Weblo scout.  He gets to spend part of the summer in Montana and has been accepted for Youth Trapper Camp and will get to attend with his grandpa and uncle.

So have been trying my had a baking some different things and have made Carbomb  Cupcakes and Guinness bread.  Both turned out pretty good.

So I guess I will end this for now-- catch ya later!