Holiday Oreo's

For my son's Halloween party at daycare I signed up to bring cookies. I realized that weekend though that  I really didn't have time to mess with making something from scratch. So I opted to dress up some Oreo's with chocolate and sprinkles. This is something that he can help out with and we were finished in 15 minutes.

You will need:

Oreo Cookies
Milk Chocolate (wafers or chips)
Sprinkles
Wax paper, Saran Wrap, Parchment or Freezer Paper
Cookie Sheet

First, line a cookie sheet with paper you have on hand.

Next, melt the chocolate in the microwave. Stir a few times during the melting process to distribute the heat.

Get dunking...

Photo Challenge - Eyes

This weeks photo challenge on I Heart Faces is "Eyes". I've never entered before but right away I thought of a picture I took of Nathan shortly after I got my new camera.

National Night Out 2011

This year marks the 28th annual celebration of National Night Out. This is a community event focused on anti-crime & anti-drug programs, support of local law enforcement, and overall community spirit.

I am proud to say that our little town held National Night Out in the town park. We might live in a small town but we have a park worth bragging about!!! This was a free event, complete with food, music, games, prizes, the fire truck, and police cars. You could even ride in the fire truck ladder all the way to the top of the old sycamore trees. That's all I really wanted to do but Nate didn't want to come. So instead we watched him ring the bell with the giant mallet (about 10 times), jump in the bouncy castle, and play mini golf.

Now, one lady at work pointed out that if everyone was at the party, who was watching the homes? I didn't think of that! But all was safe and sound when we got home.

Happy 80th Birthday Grandma!!!

I can't even begin to imagine what life has been like for our grandparents and their parents as well. To see the world evolve over the course of 80, 90, 100 years. How things have changes. All of the inventions, wars, technology, political evolution, fashion styles, music. I could go on and on. I stand in awe of this generation.

And then I wonder... what will we see? What does our future hold? Things beyond my imagination I'm sure. But one thing I am certain of, the earth will not look as it does now. The people will not look as they do now. I sure hope the future is a bright place filled with wonder and kindness and peace. A beautiful place for our children and our children's children.

Happy Birthday Cora Beth Hollinger. I love you!

Happy Mother's Day

Today was a wonderful day, all that I had hoped for. I am one lucky Mama!!! Me and my boys (hubby too) went to Middle Creek Wildlife Preserve for a nice walk.

My dear Nathan picked me flowers, lots of them...

I snuggled my baby

And we watched the beautiful birds. This one let me get really close. I don't have a good zoom lense for my camera yet so I had to get close. I think I was about 8 feet from this bird!!! The picture doesn't do it justice, the back was so metallic. It was beautiful!!!

The of course we did the tour of Lancaster so see the other Mom's in our life. We are so blessed!!! What a happy day.