Brooke's Cake Boss Party Pics

Saturday night we celebrated Brooke's 9th birthday with a CAKE BOSS Party Theme! We used the kitchen island for our different icing / decorating "Stations". The girls were great little bakers and decorators! The glitter icing didn't harden real well so we won't recommend that next time. Funny though, one of my favorite ones decorated by Maddie was white with pink icing that just said "HI". I ate that one! We used Strawberry Cake and Confetti Cake with cream cheese icing for our cake balls. YUMMY! We made two batches, the first one for all the party guest and then the last batch was for the girls to take home in their own goodie bags! We didn't get finished with our 2nd batch until 2 am...we had to stop a few times to dance as the girls put on a NEON DANCE-A-THON at midnight! What a fun age for a slumber party and I can't wait to do it again!

Sunday was Father's Day and Jeff was called out to work at 5 AM so I lacked a little sleep...but once the girls all got up, I had them pick out their favorite treat! We wrapped each one up so they could write a note and give to their Dads! They were so proud!

Making the Bed

So the kids are starting to make their beds in the morning and Blaine really takes this seriously! Over the past few weeks, I've discovered Brooke just throws her bed together....litteraly...she is such the Pre-Preteen! Blaine, however, takes about 15 minutes and makes sure his sheets are straight and this morning cracked me up so I just had to share!

Alex is his White Tiger that is blind and missing a nose. HE ADORE's this little guy and this morning he was part of his "make the bed" routine!

I love this guy! Makes my heart smile....

It's worth the wait

Well we are mostly all moved in and had a wonderful night sleeping in our new home after a little dinner and family relaxation! Jeff was called out to work due to the wind and fire in Dumas but friends came to my rescue to help put my bed and dresser together. I couldn't imagine my life without your support and love! I wanted to post a few pics of projects I've been working on for the house - we refinished an old table for Brooke's room (used to be my Aunt Connie's over 12 years ago and may have gave $5 for it)??? I'll take Aunt Connie's hand-me-downs anytime!

Here's my recent "bargain" from Antique Shopping - an old chair for my porch and in PERFECT condition.Recovered this old antique stool for my bathroom vanity

BEFORE PIC

AFTER PIC

My Cowboy Coffee sign I've had for months waiting to put it up in my new house (looks great above my antique Hutch) that I refinished a few years ago!

Lastly, here's Blaine's bathroom all finished and Cowboy Perfect!

Come out and see us, we'd love to have you visit our "It's worth the wait" Henry Home!

March Birthday fun Friday night with a concert with friends and celebrated Brooklyn turning 4 at Discovery Center. We loved the Dinosaur exhibits and playing around on Saturday. We ended our weekend with "SAND LOADS" of fun working on our barn. We shoveled about 5 hours worth of sand filling our 4 horse stalls. The doors got put up before we could use the tractor to spread it, luxury of Jeff being out of town. Great news though, he'll be in Canyon/Amarillo area most of the summer!

Kids in The Kitchen

Wouldn't be Valentine's around my house without a few special treats and it's even more special having the kids join the FUN!

Valentine Chex Mix

Box of Honey Nut or Rice Chex cereal

1 cup white vanilla baking chips (Blaine keeps asking where I put the leftover bag)

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup of Valentine M&M's

1/4 cup of sprinkles

Directions:

In a small bowl, place baking chips, peanut butter and butter and melt in microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds. Stirring every 20 seconds until melted and smooth. Pour box of cereal in a large bowl or container and pour butter mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated.

Place 1/2 the mixture in a large zip lock bag and add powdered sugar. Seal bag and toss until evenly coated. Spread on wax paper or foil and let sit for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, stir in candies and sprinkles into remaining cereal in your container or large bowl. Mix well and spread on waxed paper or foil to cool for 15 minutes. Mix both cereal mixtures together and store in airtight container.

Brooke took this to her school party with a wooden spoon and valentine ziplock baggies (Dollar Store) so everyone could take a spoonful home as their Valentine Treat.

SNOW DAY = LOTS OF FUN

Spent the day sledding with cousins! Here's a cute picture of Crockett & Blaine (little dare devils)We worked up an appetite and ate at Jorge's Mexican Restaurant...yummy... tried out the new 4WD in an empty parking lot doing a few donuts! Upon returning home and putting on dry clothes, the kids filled a bowl with fresh snow and we made Homemade Snow Ice Cream! It was a great Wednesday.

Castle Time

We created a castle over the weekend for Brooke's 3rd grade school project. One of her favorite TV shows is Ace of Cakes and Cake Boss. Poor Blaine, his sister talks the show up like, "Blaine they are going to make a space ship out of cake" so I think he's just as hooked as she is now. So, we got some ideas from the show and decided to tackle our castle "Cake Boss Style".

First, we took 25 rice crispies and molded them, cut them, shaped them, colored them and about 100 toothpicks later - Walla!

The castle gate is made from Popsicle sticks painted brown and glued together.

Drawbridge is held up with paperclips and string.

Can you find the queen of the castle? We taped a picture of Brooke in the window of the "Tower" made of marshmallow.

Flagpole was made with dad's creative pocket knife work.

Blaine helped paint the water and make the crocodile. What's a castle without a crocodile right! It was a fun project and smelled Delicious!