More fun with chocolate wafers

It wasn't hot yesterday but I still spent some time in the basement experimenting with more chocolate creations. I think everyone should have their name spelled out in sprinkles at least once in their life.

Stacey

I've never formally introduced her to you all but you have seen pictures of her....its Stacey!

Stacey is my brother Zach's girlfriend...but I like to call her my friend.

She makes funny faces...

And as of today she's a talented ceramic artist!

...and so am I.

What do you do when it's too bloody hot outside to operate?

You sit in the basement and make chocolate butterflies for hours and place them on chocolate cupcakes...Then you wait until at least 6:00 pm before venturing out and delivering the cupcakes to a brand new 12 year old.

Happy Birthday Isabelle!

Visitors

For the past few days we've had family visiting from Florida. My cousin, her husband, and their two boys. They are my favorite people in the state of Florida...and actually in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. They're pretty awesome. Some of the highlights of the visit were:

Watching Nathalie dance at FolkloramaEating whip cream stuffed pastries while watching Nathalie dance

Visiting Dale Cooper the Hedgehog
Eating Jelly Bellys while visiting Dale Cooper the Hedgehog

I'm starting to see a pattern....

Reasons I love my family (PART 1)

...Picnics on the porch in the rain.

Berry Picking

Yesterday me and the cousins went to the country to pick raspberries. If you were in Winnipeg yesterday you will know how it rained cats and dogs all day....but not in the berry patch. In the berry patch is was sunny and warm.

The girls had never been berry picking at a farm and I was delighted to be with them for this monumental experience (because in Revanna's world berry picking is a huge deal).

Annie Rose's favorite part was, well, at first she said everything but then decided it was "being with you guys".Nathalie's favorite part was "the satisfaction of picking each berry off the branch".And my favorite part was listening to the Hutterite women talking on the other side of the saskatoon bush!

We had a lot of fun! And we left tired and satisfied with 8 pints of raspberries and an ice cream pail full of saskatoons! I can feel a tradition coming on!

My Prairies

Today I was out at my friend Brenda's working in her garden. Brenda's house is one of my favorite places to be in the world, not only because of the people that live in it, but because of what surrounds it.
The prairies. I love the prairies. I love the wide open spaces (call it flat, if you will), I love the gravel roads, and I love the smell of canola. You know those Prairie girl t-shirts you can buy? Yeah, well they were made for me. I never feel more at home than when I'm surrounded by fields of gold, periwinkle, and green. And I've never loved a place more. If you come from the prairies maybe you'll understand, and if you don't maybe these pictures will have showed you a different side to the dull, flat, and ugly land you may think the praries are.