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Monday, February 27, 2012

Good morning from Alaska!

You may or may not be able to see that large creature camouflaged in the snow there....


But it is a MOOSE!
A big bull moose at that!!!


My neighbor called to tell me it was in her backyard.. then another call to tell me it was almost on their porch!! AH!


He got so close because of an apple enticement
(KIRSTEN! Now they are going to tell their moose friends and before we know it, they will be camping OUT at your place... and MINE!)

Not that Eli minds it at all.... ;)



I think he has had enough of us....


There he goes...


Bye bye moose!

Luckily, we have something else to look forward to in the Thornbury household this morning....

Look what just came out of the oven: 

YUM!


And let me highly recommend this Mango Crisp. ITS SO GOOD!
(And totally healthy!)


Breakfast Mango Oat Crisp
Serves 1

(It was inspired by this recipe from SheKnows: Miso Vegan )

*1 Mango, diced
( you can choose to skin it-- I kept my skin on because I like it that way!)
* 1 Banana, sliced
* Lime juice, a squeeze or two
* Cinnamon, sprinkled
* Stevia, to your liking

For the Crumble:
* 1/4 c cooking oatmeal, uncooked
* 2 Tbs. flaxseed meal (or flour)
* Stevia, again to your liking
* * 1/8 (or less) c coconut oil, melted

Preheat your oven to 375 and spray pan you are using (I used a glass bread pan). Combine all the fruit together and set aside. Then combine all the dry ingredients together and pour on the oil, just enough to form a crumble (I added too much in mine). Put the fruit in the bowl and cover with the crumble topping. Bake uncovered for 17-20 minutes, or until bubbly. Serve with warm with milk, or nothing at all.

I obviously choose to do it without milk and it was DELICIOUS!
 

Enjoy!

Time to get to some organizing... ugh!

Blessings XOXOXO

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Playing games and Tossing SpRiNkLeS!

Yup!

We are getting down with CRUD.

The Canadian pool game that is ;)


Just recently, our squadron was asked to compete with the other squadrons in a Crud tournament. And considering we all had no idea what Crud was three weeks ago, I would say we did pretty well.... our team didn't lose until the VERY FINAL GAME!

Yey us!

All of the teams we ALMOST beat :)


I am so proud of us girls ;)


Having fun!


Lady love <3


The following day after the Crud tournament (aka: today!!!), we got together to sprinkle our good friend Tara...

And her baby on the way, of course!


Tara (the gal to sprinkle!) and I


'A' is for Abigail Christine!


The cupcakes await their sprinkles....



Don't I look like Martha Stewart ;)



(If only I was as PREPARED as that woman! AHHH!)


Oh well, too late...

Ready or not, sprinkle on!




The guests:


The spread:


Mmmm....

Ok, so some of the recipes were so good I will test/perfect them before I post their recipes here on the blog.
Soon soon!

But just as a teaser (because I'm so sweet), I will list some of the yummy items from above:

* Cake batter donuts
* Chocolate chip cookie dough dip with cinnamon toast sticks for dippers
* Vanilla Pear Breakfast Cobbler

Ok!
On to the games:

Game One: "What's the Story?"

This was surprisingly fun! It brought out the creative writer in everyone. I laughed pretty hard at everyone's story, which consisted of things from baby items to very unrelated items. Let me just tell you that the game got funnier with the more random elements involved, like Darth Vader and chainsaws.

Game Two: "Who's that Baby?"


We actually had NOone guess all of babies correctly!
(So we played Baby Bingo for the tie breaker!)

And the way you play baby bingo is by opening shower gifts!!!



So here we GO!




Oh pause the gift opening... !!


..we have a baby bingo winner!!


Ok, resume:









Ok, taking a coffee break...

Ah...


Ok, lets go again:
Resume!





Ok, Game 3: SPRINKLE wars!!
(Yes, a spin off the popular Food Network show 'Cupcake Wars')


The objective: Decorate a cupcake in a creative way to win Judge Tara's affections.


You have FIVE minutes.
GO!






Time!

First up, Team 1: Mother's Love

Beth explains their cupcake...


...but Amy cant stop laughing!
( I love her! )


They are twin baby girls:


(I would have had them win because of how much they enjoyed this game! HAHA!)

Next up: The Kristins (and Kate!)



Team next: The Weeks!



Team Lyndsey and Caitlin:


Last, but not least, the winners of our SPRINKLE War:

Team Lindsey and Michelle



They made a MOOSE!


...well done!



Phew.... all of these fun and games have me worn out.
And its only been 48 hours!

YIKES!

Time to get some shut eye so we can tackle tomorrow.

Blessings! XOXOXO