Landyn's Sr. pics

Just thought I would share some of Landyn's Sr. pictures with you. These photos were taken by Steve Mackley who owns a local gallery here in Logan. Here is his link just in case you wanted to check out his awesome work!! He is AMAZING! http://www.mackleyphoto.com/ and of course these pictures are all copyrighted by him and his studio. Anyways, we really enjoyed Landyn's photo shoot. We went up Logan canyon just this last fall to take his pictures. I wanted the pictures to reflect Landyn in his element and being in a atmosphere where he is most comfortable (up in the mountains). Steve really captured some great poses of Landyn. I will have to post more pictures of the photo shoot at another time.

On another note, pertaining to Landyn's Sr. pics., he is getting ready to graduate here in less than 2 weeks! I tell ya, this has totally been a hard experience for me with him moving out and being on his own. I can't quite describe it--I'll start crying again if I go into much detail!! It's nothing compared to when they go to kindergarten and get on the school bus for the first time. I truely thought that was a tough moment! Maybe it has to do with him being my first and just being hard to let go and all. I am so very proud of him and love him very much. He is a good kid!................

And as I was going back thru ALL of my many entries thus far, I noticed there were NO pictures of my other two wonderful children. So here is an older picture of the 3 of them together. It's kind of a rough and tough lookin picture. I call them my "Hooligans". I will have to look in my file of pictures and see what more 'up to date' pictures I can drag out and post. Until next time.....Bye. :)

Rene's Cookies

This is a recipe I received from my good friend Rene. So that is what I guess I am going to call them! :) I made them the other day and they turned out scrumptious! Her recipe calls for Weaties cereal and I didn't have any so I substituted it for Honey Bunches of Oats and it turned out great, I loved the little bit of crunch that the cereal added. I guess you could probably experiment and add any kind of cereal that you might have on hand. How about rice crispies? Sounds good to me! Anyway, I also didn't add the coconut just because I didn't have any on hand. I think this would just make them a little more chewy and moist.

Rene's Cookies

1 cup shortening

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 t. vanilla flavoring

2 cups flour

1/2 t. baking powder

1/2 t. salt

1 t. soda (dissolved in 1 T. water)

2 cups oatmeal

2 cups Weaties cereal (or other cereal on hand)

1 cup coconut

choc. chips

Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla together. Add the other dry ingredients and drop by spoonfuls unto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 350 for 8-10 min. or until golden brown. Cool on a bakers rack and ENJOY with a nice glass of cold milk!

My Eagle Scout

We are so proud of our Eagle Scout!! Landyn received his Eagle Award just last week. Everything turned out perfect! It was quite an honor to have our son pin our awards on us. And I was thrilled to have had the opportunity to pin his award on him! Landyn has always loved scouting and being able to participate in all the activities and camp-outs over the years. He truely is in his 'element' when he is outdoors. I hope he always remembers this experience and never regrets it and helps to set an example to all other scouters.

It was especially nice to be able to have all my family that was able to come be there. Kenny (my lil' brother) was also able to participate in the Eagles nest (which I know brought fond memories back to mom as she was able to see this). I know both Papa's would be so proud of their grandson for this accomplishment. I know they were both there, I could feel their spirit with us. What a great night. Even the Rock Man was there (a good friend of Craig and the boys), he made a beautiful arrow of remembrance for Landyn. Something I'm sure he treasure always!! Anyways....Scouting is a great program! I know I have learned so much from it, just by being his mom.

More Altered Art

Just thought I would post a few samples of some altered art work I did a while back for Stampin Up! I basically just wanted to see if I could get them to load here. It's been a while (OK, a long while) since I have posted and I kinda forgot how to do it. So, I'm testing myself! :) And just in case your wondering....all images and supplies are from Stampin Up! The middle card is not really 'altered', somehow that is just how it ended up being posted. I'm still learning and I don't know how to fix it w/o starting over. And I'm not doing that!! :)