The Simple Things Sunday

This week we had a sibling weekend reunion. There was a mountain peek behind the cabin so we set off to climb it. You drive a windy, switchback style road up 3/4 of the way and then hike the rest. It was a steep climb but what a view!!!

One could meditate up here for hours, except we saw a bear on the way up and that made us glad there were six of us.
 
 It was early evening but the view was spectacular.

Simple Things Sunday - Father's Day

It's father's day and I can't take pictures of our father because he has passed on. I can't send him a card either so I decided to share these pictures that I took a long time ago of him. Don't worry. I did take these pictures just not this week. My Dad resting from hiking. He did a lot of hiking, fishing and exploring in his day. He grew up on a farm in Idaho and loved being out in nature. He had a great reverence for God's creations. My Dad at Snow Canyon having a mini campout with our kids. They loved spending time with their grandpa. Happy Father's Day Dad!

Simple Things Sunday

This is a week for celebrating in our family!!! So we celebrated by making red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. They were wonderfully delicious . . .



The order is backwards on purpose but look how red the batter is!!!
Have a great Sunday!!!



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 Snapshot Sunday

The Simple Things Sunday

Sunday has rolled around again. This week was all about napping. The puppies are so cute when the snuggle in to nap. Sharing with: The Simple Things Sunday from Rebecca of Simple as That
and Sunday Snapshots

Creamy Light Tutorial

I just found a tutorial and an action for that tutorial called Creamy Light from Polished Picture

I thought I'd try it so here is the before:
 and after the Creamy Light tutorial:

 I thought I would post these so that I could see the difference side by side. Thanks for the tutorial! It was very easy to follow. I must admit that I don't really know why things are done that way but it works and that is the main point.

The Simple Things Sunday - things that make me smile

This week we are to put up "things" that makes us smile. People are way better than things in this cattegory.

This is what happens when you try to capture a moving target! This boy can really crawl. He learned in one week.

Simple Things Sunday

It's Simple Things Sunday time again. Wow the weeks go by fast. This week Rebecca has asked us to post pictures of things that make us smile. Flowers make me smile. This year it is raining too much to get these planted, so they wait.

The Simple Things Sunday

Here is my simple things challenge as hosted by Rebecca Cooper of Simple as That. Thanks Rebecca for encouraging us to take time to capture the little moments in life!

My grandson wanted to make cookies today. Here he is learning how to use the cookie scoop. He had fun putting them on the cookie sheet with a hard squeezing job and a plop. He loved it!

A little shake but he needs to squeeze harder.

Finally!!!

The cookie sheet is finally filled. After a hard job of coordinating his hands to squeeze!

The final result and lots of yums from those not in the kitchen!

Sorry about the quality of the photos . . . they were taken on my iphone since my real camera was elsewhere for the moment. I had a learning curve to get them from the phone, to the computer, and then find where they downloaded etc.
I have to tell you all out there that your posts make me smile! Thank you for sharing your simple things with us all.

The Simple Things Sunday - Mother's Day

I couldn't think of a simple thing this week until I remembered that 33 years ago I had a baby on Sunday, Mother's day. The same date as today. I wonder how many times that happens that your birthday falls on the day you were born. Here he is.

Well, we were playing with our newest grandson today and look what I discovered. The simplest thing . . . the hair! A trend in the family.    Happy Mother's Day you all!!!

Yesterday we were able to take Grandma to Lunch for Mother's day. Here are our four, or rather 3 and 1/2 generations of Mothers. Victoria's little girl is still to come.

Dad made us dessert today.

Except for my little helper who helped me make the Whipping Cream.

The Simple Things Sunday

This week we discovered a simple reaction to Skype. Our daughter was Skyping to her husband who is away for the summer. Her husband was trying to talk to the puppies. One could see and hear him. She was so cute tilting her head almost vertically while listening to his voice. Unfortunately the other one hears his voice but can't find him. It is very cute watching the little one tilt her head this way and that to listen to his voice as if she were having a great conversation. He laughs and loves it so we well entertained.