Duck!

At the cottage I was sitting in the sun room and all of a sudden saw this duck start coming up from the water.

It was weird as the ducks don't usually come up to the cottage. Luckily I got my camera and got this really good shot.

Cottage Trip

Had a great time at the cottage spent all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I did some sun tanning and beading. I made my mom the necklace she wanted that was in silvers and burgandy. It turned out awesome.

I will upload the picture once I have pried the necklace away from my mom. LOL.

I saw the bluejay and got this really awesome photo as he was leaving a branch. I was pretty lucky to get this shot as he was extremely fast.

Elaine's Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELAINE!!

Elaine had a few friends over to celebrate her birthday. It was really great to see some friends and to meet some new ones.

The party was hosted at Elaine's home. It is beautiful. We had a great dinner and an amazing cake.

Poppa Joe's Birthday

Today was the birthday party for Poppa Joe's 80th. It was a grand affair. The party was held at my neighbour's home - Fran. Oh my gosh - there was so much food. Fran had put together meatballs, sausage on a stick and lamb on a stick.

Fran also had fresh veggies, bruschetta, rolls, fresh fruit, sushi, and shrimp.

Joe's wife brought her rice balls - which were very good. My mom brought her red pepper jelly tarts.

As my present for Poppa Joe - I made his birthday cake.

I made a cake cut with strawberries and covered in buttercream icing. On top of that i used fondant. I put on grapes done in two different colours. I also made drapes on the top part of the cake.

House Mouse Cards

As a family we were going to see The Ugly Truth however that got postponed until wednesday - so after I got home from the gym Kaelyn and I worked on some of her cards for when she goes back to school. She is in love with the house mouse stamps - and I have to say the are cute. Here is what I have done so far:

Erin's Wedding Shower

Today we had Erin's wedding shower at Karen Comptons. It was really great as I got to see some people I haven't seen for years. I also got to see Hazel (dad's adoptive mom) who just had brain surgery on friday. She is one very strong inspiring women, nothing can keep her down. It was definately hard hearing that she had a tumor but seeing her happy and laughing made me feel better.



I made a cake for the event and it turned out ok, wasn't textermely happy with it. However everyone loved it and it tasted pretty good. Erin loved the acrylic album I made for her, I am so glad.

Here is the cake - it was made with strawberries in the middle and butter cream icing. I made red rose on the top with gold pearl dust all over them.

Waterloo - Day Two

Woke up early because I had to drive my sister in to her conference for 8am. Well I found out that she hardly slept last night because she was afraid of burglars and that someone was going to steal our car. She is so funny sometimes. After I got her some Timmie’s I dropped her off and went back to the Motel to get ready. I had my shower, got dressed and –packed up the car. I checked out of the motel about 10ish. I then decided I would stop at the local Walmart. After I spent some time looking around I went back to St. Jacob’s. I took a lot of pictures of the street because there were hardly any tourists out. I went to sit down by the river to make my sister a necklace because most of the stores did not open until noon. I went to this little gourmet shop and got this corn peeler (apparently it shaves off the corn kernels on a cob of corn); my mom wanted it. I also got some local honey and maple syrup. After I finished I had about an hour until I had to pick my sister up so I decided to so to the park with the zoo. I took some great shots. There were baby bunnies, and baby ducks. They were so cute.





After I picked my sister up we decided to head home. It was a great weekend.