smashburger

Smashburger just opened in a town very close to where we live. It is the first one in NJ. Can I just say, YUM! We went there last night with our very good friend, Paul. You may have heard of him ( here on my Blog) anyway, It was a good time had by all. Very Very delicious.

My family loves me so much.... they insist that I take my camera and photograph them wherever we go. I really want to capture everyday life.... the moments that we have everyday that no one ever takes pictures of. So I charged up my little Sony Cyber Shot (and she shall be called baby) and stuck it her my pocket.... can't do that with my DSLR. (Who is I my Big grownup camera) .... also I forgot what fun video's are, and I can only take them with the baby camera. (Perhaps I have a bit to much time on my hands... actually I don't, I am just not getting the things done that I really need to. Ok I have to get my ADD brain back on track.......

Food, ah yes. so here they are in all their glorious yumminess..... ( can you tell I really like food a whole bunch)

Maddie waiting for the food... crazy haired people usually get served their food faster then most....

Em and Paul discussing Fried Pickles..... they have them there and I would suggest that everyone try them......

Sara & Paul (please Pablo try and contain your overwhelming enthusiasm )

Sara eating "the best burger she has ever tasted" BBQ BACON CHEESE burger it was good.

oh and they have very good milk shakes.

Chili Cheese Fries these came with fresh jalepenos (I am the only one that ate those) wimps ... just kidding. HOT is not even a word that I can best describe them. They were more like nacho fries to me. Good but I think the plain fries were better with the burger which I did not get a photo of... Paul was yealling at me to stop taking pictures and eat before my food got cold : ) (Harsh right...lol Paul)

Have a great day, I am going to bake my Amish Friendship Bread. The oven beeped to tell me it's all ready to go.

Enjoy your day all.

xoxo

Aim

simplicity

Sometimes the simplest things hold so much beauty. A friend asked me to take some photographs of a pear and an apple. One of each and then one together. I ended up with 95 shots. I actually very much enjoyed my 90 minute photo shot with the fruit. It gave me new respect on perspective. I had fun and got some really beautiful shots for him.

He wanted all Black and white but I opted to do some color as well.

Enjoy

xoxo

Amy

funny little baby

She won't wear this hat...

But when she was playing she put a doll's dress on her head.... : )

ahhhh delayed opening 90 extra minutes

Shan and Sara when we moved here. 2005 they were so little.

No they are big and crazy.

I was trying to take a nice picture of them, When Shan decided to dive across the couch onto Sara.....

So in turn Sara had to also dive across.....

Oh how I love a delayed opening. It is so lovely to just sit and relax (yeah right) drink an extra cup of Joe without having to rush out of the house. I am more of a "let's going at 9:00 am" kind of gal. Anyway, we had the pleasure of Shannon this morning. She and Sara had a nice morning. I sat and read thru my blogs and email and checked my Facebook (for what I'm not sure)

I am not sure where all the energy comes from. Why can't I have maybe a 1/4 of the energy??? ahh to be 10. The pictures of the little darlings above is them showing all their energy. My head is spinning.

Trust

Sometimes we just have to be silent and trust that everything is going to work out. I am normally loud and do not like to be still and silent..... So this is naturally hard for me.

I was reminded by "Oh Wise One" , my husband, (hehe) That we have to have faith and let things work themselves out. They most of the time do. Not always the way I think they should but my way is obviously not the way God wants us to live. So today I am going to (try) Be still, silent and trust that God will do the best for us.

This Photograph that I took is a perfect picture of what I am trying to say, One half of the lake has ripples and you can't see anything,

The other half is perfectly still and you can see all beauty God has for us.

Enjoy your day.

xoxo

Amy

You too can make Fleece Pompoms... : )

This is dedicated to Angela.

Make fleece hats to keep your baby warm, make lots and lots and when she refuses to put them on, put them on a Teddy Bear instead. ( he won't complain)

Got one on her : ) (She left it on for exactly 3 pictures ) about 3 seconds, no joke.

And so what you've all been waiting for,

Without further ado onto the tutorial

Fleece POMPOMS made easy:

2 Ingredients:

Fleece

Rotary cutter or scissors

Yield: 1 very cute pompom

Cut a long strip of fleece; I did mine 25 " and then depending on how big you want your POMPOM that determines the width, I did mine at about 4 1/2" For a nice big pompom.

I also did some at 2 " for a tiny pompom

Fold the strip in half lengthwise.

Clip the edges within a 1/4" of the fold. (DO NOT CLIP THRU FOLD)

Clip the length of the strip.

Strip after Clipping

Roll the cut strip up like a cigar. Keeping it tight.

Tie the rolled strip tight with a long narrow piece of fleece (You could also sew it with a needle and thread but I am lazy) Pull as tight as you can.

Fluff up the finished POMPOM : )

use the narrow strip that you tied the pompom with to Sew onto hat or scarf.

WAH LAH !

Be Creative and use the Right side of your brain....

xoxo Amy

Fridays

OUr High School Football team Made it to States! How exciting. My Daughter's boyfriend, whom we like very much is a senior and plays on the team. They are playing at Giants Stadium tonight. That is so exciting! Well anyway, My husband and our friend Carmen took the kids and Maddie and I stayed home. Oh it would have been fun to go and watch it. My husband suggest that I bring Madelyne... Well I decided that it actually would not have been very much fun for me to watch a toddler at a football game at supper time and bedtime...... men :0 lol they don't think of things like that. So I opted to stay home. So here I am writing on my Blog while Maddie is playing next to me. Much more fun, don't you think?

Made Maddie anew hat today, which she helped pick out the polar fleece. It has polar bears very cute. Very easy. Made 2 in about 30 minutes. She put it on once and pulled it off. hmmm I actually made it a tiny bit to snug. Oh well I bought a yard of fleece and that only took about 1/4 not even, so I will wrap that up and give it as a gift to one of the many folks we know that have a baby girl. That is why the bear is wearing it.

: ) Enjoy your Friday Evening. I am excited that it is going to be the weekend. I need to revive!

oh and For everyone's information I started running yesterday. I ran a mile. Emily and I went. I am trying to fit in some exercise and also set some sort of a goal and attain it. I will keep you informed of my progress.

and I am sore! ; ) lol I must be getting old.