Well we are trying to get eady for the 4th. We had to buy a new filter and pump for our pool, the one that came with the pool was no good. The one we bought today is pretty high power, hopefully the pool will be clear of all the soot from all these fires in our area. Gave up on washing the cars until it is over.

I am trying to come up with one or two items to make for the 4th, I have about five different ideas right now. I think it will be just the five of us. Hopefully the weather will be warm enough to swim in. We are talking about heading to the park or something if it is just the five of us. Maybe to point Lobos. Here are a few pictures of Point Lobos. I am just starting to blog so I hope I have these pictures lined up right.

Tomorrow I will be making a few different cookies, maybe even my watermelon ones and i will post the pictures. I have my secret sister to make something for the 4th for. I bought the tub a few weeks ago. I will also post some pictures of that.

We went to Famous Dave's today and I got the burger I always get, it did not taste the same but I did not want to make a fuss so I just ate most of it. It was very salty and a little later I felt like throwing up and we won't talk about what else happened. Well here is it six hours and I still feel horrible but not as bad, I feel as if I could be running a minor fever also. I will for now on listen to myself if I think something does not taste right. My husband always complains because i get sick every time I eat out.

Well enough for tonight. I am off to bed.

Camp

Here are the Carmel Apples I made for my son Jacob to sell to earn money for camp. So far he has sold two carmel apples and a brownie and he has not even left the house yet.

Brownies

My son is trying to earn money to attend basketball camp again so we decided to sell a few things, first of all we will start with brownies, maybe watermelon cookies and caramel apples.

We made turtle and peanut butter cup brownies!!

I'm back

It has been a little while since I posted because life has been busy. We went on vacation, then the boys had basketball camp and youth conference. But the highlight of t all was our youngest daughter and her husband Eric had their first baby, our first grandson!! He is so cute.

Pear bread

I got this recipe off one of the blogs I belong to (bake and break). Since I love pears I had to give it a try and I am so glad I did. You have to try it you will not regret it.

Pear Bread
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped pecans (original recipe uses walnuts)
3/4 cup butter, softened (may substitute 3/4 cup vegetable oil)
3 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups peeled and finely grated ripe, firm pears
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or two 9″x 5″loaf pans.
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Scoop out about 1/4 cup of this mixture and combine it with nuts to coat. Stir back into the flour mixture.
In a separate bowl, combine butter, eggs, sugar, pears, and vanilla. Add the pear mixture to the flour mixture, stirring just until flour disappears and batter is evenly moistened.
Pour batter into prepared pan(s). Bake for 60-70 minutes, or until bread is browned and firm on top. A pick inserted into the center should come out clean.
Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Then, remove from pan and place top side up on a plate or wire rack to cool completely.

Camping at Yosemite

We took off for our

yearly vacation, needless to say it got cut short and we only went for two days, just enough time to be a little more stressed and not enough time to relax. The boys were not very happy about coming home so they fought so much the next day that it just ruined my day and I was so stressed we ended up canceling our anniversary dinner for that night. This will be an anniversary I will hope to never repeat. My husband and boys went to his families BBQ at the lake today and I stayed home and cleaned and cooked so I will have a few things I made today I will post. Here are some pictures our trip. We picked a bad week to go because all the school's were next to use and loud, when they stopped we heard the gun shots and yelling at the bears. Yes Davif slept through it. LOL