Mia has learned to SWIM....

Just wanted to post that my granddaughter MIA has really started to swim this past week. Her progress is great!! It was just the other day she was screaming and crying about being in the water at ALL and we were so mean to drag out to the deep-end. But not anymore, she has turned into a real fish and loves to go into the water all by herself. I still try to watch her though and I don't want her jumping off my diving board but it won't be long now. I need to get a picture of this!!

Summers here!!

Just thought I'd try to post a Hello, since its been a while. I haven't posted because its so annoying to see a Photobucket stamp over my stuff and I don't know how to get rid of it. IF any one sees this and has a solution, please, leave a comment!! Thanks. Andie

Stories Of A House: Laundry organizer tutorial & sketches...by Romeo.

Stories Of A House: Laundry organizer tutorial & sketches...by Romeo.: "This is the Cliff's Notes version. Scroll down for mega details on how to build one yourself. (And please send your husband my apologies in ..." I thought this was a great idea! Someday I want to do this for my washer and dryer!! :)

Recipe I want to try!

PUMPKIN OREO CHEESECAKE

2-8 oz pkgs. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 tbsp. sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. canned pumpkin
oreos
whipped cream

Preheat oven to 350* Place cupcake liners in a muffin pan. Beat the cream cheese until creamy. Add the sugar and cream again. Add the eggs one at a time beating after each one. Add the rest of the ingredients and beat again. Place one whole oreo in the bottom of the cupcake liners and fill up the liner 3/4 full with the cheesecake batter. Push another whole oreo into the top of the batter. Bake for 20-22 minutes. Cool in pan for 15-20 min before removing and placing on a wire rack to finish cooling. Keep refrigerated. Top with whipped cream and oreo sprinkles before serving. Makes 24.

More Alaska pictures!

This is the place where we'd get ice cream for the evening!
The guy sold it out of his motorhome and its almost 10 pm, whenever we showed up more people would follow. He liked it when we came!
The next 3 pictures are of Chena Hot Springs. The place has changed and for the better! This is there Ice museum, we didn't go in but I thought the place looked cute. Then Dad and I are in the outside pool. Very nice, 105 degrees! And the last picture is their inside pool. It didn't change that much. They could enlarge their ladies changing room though!

Isn't my dad the cutest!! I am a lucky daughter! Thats Jessie with my dad, she's lucky too!

More Alaska pictures!

Heres Jessie and Taylor at the tourist spot where you get to stand close to the pipeline!
Heres us at the Knotty Shoppe, notice the Mosquitoe made out of knotty wood! The boy is Jane's grandson and him and his girlfriend helped us find the place. We like ice cream!
Here we are at Santa Clauses reindeer herd! Jessie and Jamie and some kid.
Taylor and Jamie getting closer!
And then into the sled by Santa Clause House! I thought it was a great evening!

Alaska Trip!

The reason for my trip was to go and support my brother Pete for his run for State Senate!! Jamie and I participated in the Golden Days Parade. It was obviously overcast and kinda rainy at the beginning but by the time it was our turn to go, the weather cleared up nicely. Of course, my hair was ruined. :)
Heres Jamie holding up our hard work. That truck behind her, is what my family came to Alaska in back in 1967. It was a brand new 1967 Ford, with a camper on it and we came with 2 dogs and our cat that just had kittens. Their eyes were opened by the time we got to Anchorage. I learned to drive with this truck. No power steering back in those days either!! And it was a Clutch too!!

This here is the rifle range at UAF, where I shot for the UAF team. Only now its all computerized! Those are the targets you shoot at now, and its stays in the same place and everytime you did a shot, it would be downloaded with the score and put on a screen so every one could keep track of what you were doing. Very spectator friendly! I was really impressed!
And this picture is Jamie growling with the Polar bear at the UAF entry way! She's a silly girl! :)
I think I will start out with pictures!!