Tiffany Blue cupcakes :)

I showed Laurence some Tiffany cupcakes last night, and so he set to work making me some :)  

Tiffany blue cupcakes :)  

I still remember all the gorgeous Tiffany stores in Vegas...they were EVERYWHERE.....but for me, it HAS to wait for New York...I'm going to treat myself to a piece of jewelry in a little blue box from the original Tiffany's store in New York :)  

It is going to be a treat to myself to celebrate a few things...

x

Playing around....

From this:

To this:

Pictures from photography drives the last two days....

Old barn.....

I love this picture I took of my neighbours barn yesterday...really happy with how it came out :)  

Thank you to Laurence who took us for a drive after school yesterday so Abby and I could take pictures :)

A few snapshots from our Monday.....

Yummy beef and guinness stew in the  crockpot all day made the house smell incredible - and we had it with yorkshire puddings :)   Mmmmm-mmmmm :)  

Snapshot of Sam looking out at the icicles :

Sams latest trick - although he has now learned to do it with just ONE hand:

Rosie Posie:

A snapshot I took for instagram #myviewrightnow - 

Easy tasty craft to keep them happy :)

Despite us having several different choices of things to do today, the children wanted to stay home and do their own thing.  So we used up more of the candy from the gingerbread houses and the birthday party (yes we still have so much left) and decorated some 'trees' :)  

So simple - so fun - and so delicious :)  

xxx

Susannah serenading Rosie :)

Rosie Posie in the snow....

Rosie just LOVED all the snow today :)  She spent the afternoon outside chasing the snow flying out of the snow blower :)  After I had been for a walk on my own to take pictures undisturbed by an excited dog and footsteps in the snow, she joined me for a walk :) 

Recognition :)

The Ice on Whyte Festival people contacted me last week and asked if I would mind them using some pf my photographs in their literature and advertising :)  

Then today 'Travel Alberta' the official tourism board for Alberta, liked one of my photographs!!  :)

Ok so it's just on Instagram, but it makes me happy :)  To have my photographs appreciated by others - especially by people who see and use professional pictures on a daily basis :)

xxx

The day after the snow fell.......

The grey clouds had passed and we were left with blue skies and sunshine again :)

One of the things I love about Alberta the most - the big blue skies and almost constant sunshine :)  

I headed out on my own to take some pictures:

My boy....oh how I love him so......

Sam has been busy playing with the various sized Lego boards I got him at the Antiques mall.  He seems to love the variety of sizes they all came in.  The FB group for Bricks4Kidz sent us a link to a house in New York that has a wall and staircase made of Lego...over 20,000 bricks.  That set us off googling images of Lego houses...and since then Sam has been designing all kinds of Lego houses:  

Sam currently has two teeth missing and one wobbly tooth.  he looks uber cute when 

he smiles right now - and of course he can't talk properly, so he sounds very sweet :)

Sam went to bed not long after his shower this evening, but after reading his Lego book ( a nightly ritual) he came in for extra hugs and he had bed head hair :)  He looked so adorable that I HAD to snap a picture:

Snow day!!

We got a big dump of snow last night and today....we didn't let it stop many of our plans though.  I didn't make it to the party I was planning to go to - but then luckily that was postponed so I haven't missed it!  

I didn't go to the showing of the Oscar shorts at the Princess Theatre...there is always tomorrow...

Laurence's girlfriend came over for the day though and Susannah and I headed into town to go and see her friend Jacobs first art show!  

Jacob has been taking oil painting lessons from a man at the Seniors Home where his Dad works.  This weekend they had their art show.  Wow - beautiful artwork!  So many different styles and topics, but all so well done!  

After we had seen the art show, Jacobs Dad offered to show us around the entire building.  Wow I was stunned at how nice it is in there - and so HUGE!!  It is gorgeous and I would be more than happy to go and live somewhere like then when I'm older!  There was a lady in the chapel doing manicures for $1!!!  They have an arts and crafts room, theatre in the auditorium - they even have their own bar!!  A hair salon!!  Little store!  Games room.  A dining room that they can book so they can have private dinners with their family when they visit!!  The main dining room was also amazing and the tables were laid really nicely!!  I was so impressed!  The new big area with the huge fireplace was gorgeous and there are animals all over the place - even a pigeon in a cage who was so gorgeous!  

Susannah and I grabbed a few groceries - fresh vegetables, 

and some baking ingredients and then we took a drive to take some pictures, before heading home!

This evening was spent watching Cars 2, baking, eating the amazing pulled pork that I had in the crockpot all day, with buns and steak cut fries,  and relaxing/ pottering/ editing pictures....

Oh and planning the upcoming week....it was going to be a very quiet week, but today several invitations popped up, so I'm really looking forward to the week ahead!!