Olivia's Yummy Dessert

 When we made the apple 

dessert at camp,

Olivia thought it should be cherry!

 So - I let her make a cherry one

at home. And - we served it

with ice cream!

We used the apple recipe and baked it

at 450 for about an hour.

I think that works much, much better!

It was soooooo good!

Now - if Olivia could just

come back to Grandma's and

make it again! 

A SUPER Delicious Dessert Recipe!!!!

 We made this delicious dessert

at camp. It was soooooo good!

 It was easy, too. I sort of just made it up

while trying to come up with something

the girls could actually do 

to earn their outdoor cooking award.

AND - I didn't get pictures of the

dessert at camp - so - we re-made

it at home.

 We dumped 2 cans of apple pie filling

in our dutch oven. Then - each girl added

one package of Maple and Brown

Sugar Oatmeal by sprinkling it on top.

Then we added 1 stick of butter cut 

in little slices.

 At camp we set it in the coals and

put more coals on top of the

oven and left it for awhile. (1 hr or so)

At home I put it in a 400 degree oven

for an hour or so.

And it was delicious!

It was much better at camp.

The edges caramelized and were

totally delicious!

You really should try it!

Mister Lizard

 Brilyn arrived at camp before

Grace and Olivia.

 And since there were no girls to

play with.... she chased lizards.

There were plenty of them 

near our campsite.

She kept this one until

Grace and Olivia arrived to

show them.

And this is the face of a child

having to let a lizard go.

 Oh, how she would love to 

keep that thing.

But - hopefully we can pay it

a visit and camp again soon.

 

Olivia the Brave!

 All the girls enjoy a nice 

little fishing trip!

 But - Olivia is the only

one who will actually 

HOLD A FISH!

The others will touch it.

But they do not want

to hold it and they

do not want to throw it

back into the water!

 But - Olivia is BRAVE!

She will touch it.... hold it...

toss it back and watch it 

swim away!

No matter how

little it might be!

 

Look Who Caught A Frog!

Grace caught a frog!

 There is nothing quite as funny

as watching a kid try to

catch a frog. It's really pretty cute. 

And I love it that all of our grand kids 

seem to love the outdoors - and nature!

We had so much fun camping!

I am looking forward to going again.

 

Brilyn's First Dance Recital

Brilyn had her First

Dance Recital this past

weekend and she did 

AMAZING!

Just look at that confidence!

 She really looked like

she was having fun, too!

 Isn't she just precious?

 We totally enjoyed watching

her perform! The pictures above

are from her tap routine

and I think her personality came

out more with that dance.

But - she did a ballet routine, too.

And she was amazing in it, too!

Blessed in Oklahoma

We've been having

LOTS and LOTS of stormy weather! 

There have been reports of

tornadoes and tornado damage

and our facebook news feed 

was filled with pictures like THIS:

(AN EXAGERATED PHOTOSHOPPED STORM)

While our own photos look like this:

 Grace wanted to see a real tornado.

So, Uncle Deuce, who has done some storm

chasing showed her tornado videos

on his phone. When she saw the fierce

storms, her reply was,

"It's a good thing you're here. So, if a 

tornado does come, you can just chase it away!"

Wow! That's confidence!

I think this one story sort of

describes the faith of a child.

 

 

Relaxing Around The Campfire

The girls and I do

Keepers of the Faith

and we went camping last week

and worked on Keeper's Awards.

We had a great time

and I think they all learned

a few things....

and we had a little company!

While relaxing around the campfire

and making S'more's

a buffalo stopped by for a visit!

He looks small here, but he looked

much bigger as he approached 

our campsite.

So.... what do you do when a

buffalo becomes an 

uninvited guest!

 

 Run for it!

Jump in the car!

I think this was a campfire

the girls will not soon forget!

And - according to our neighbors

at the campsite next to ours 

the buffalo was in our campsite

in the middle of the night....

Just 3 feet from our tent!

They followed him, with their

flashlights and all and 

we slept right through it! 

Yes - we were that worn out!

It seems you sleep so much

better when you're

good and tired!