Cheer camp

Sydney particpated in the school's Cheer Camp again this year. She got to learn cheers and then they performed at a football game's half time show. Unfortunately it was a drizzly day at the football game, but she still had fun and did a great job!

She was so excited that her best bud Gabriella was there too. They were both so cute!

My day of cooking insanity!

I'm not sure what got into me - maybe it was the change of seasons. Felt like I needed to make some freezer food so I could have more time to relax after work and not cook. Maybe I was just hungry! who knows... but it started out with picking a whole bunch of recipes, and going crazy shopping for enough food to feed an army.... My fridge was so packed there was absolutely no space for anything else at all!

I started out by baking some yummy oatmeal bars. Or so I thought, they smelled delicious but were really pretty weak. Could have used a cup of sugar! However I did later find out that they were pretty good mixed in with some yogurt.

As the day progressed I realized I was not going to be making my goal of cooking all of the dishes I selected. Especially after the sink clogged up right when my kitchen was filled with food and dirty dishes. Note to self, don't throw grease down the drain - even if it is mixed in with a lot of water :(

Note the plunger in the kitchen? Not a good sign when you are cooking!

After Alan got home from work, he spent several hours working on the drain and had to finally buy a snake to clear it out. He's so good! :)

Here's another shock - after preparing all of the food, there was so much it didn't fit in my freezer! doh! I even had to take some of it to work at put it in that freezer. But after all of that, I did end up with some yummy food. I hope to be enjoying the fruits of my labor soon!

MacQueen's Orchard

The trees are getting full of apples - it's that time again - time to go pick some apples!!  I'm certain my family loves our annual photosession...  well, ok, maybe they enjoy the actual picking of apples and the yummy treats we hope to make with the apples.  But I love this opportunity to get some great pictures of everyone.

We had this great idea of how to pick the biggest apples on the tree!

This year both kids were allowed to drive the truck, just a little, in the orchard.  They loved it!