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In a Jam!

July 20, 2010

Last night I took my very first foray into the mystical new world of homemade jam making! I’ve put off this experience for far too long, believing in my core that it would be utterly far too time consuming. It was surprisingly easy to do, and I found myself enjoying the task so much. I felt like a “real” homemaker!! :)

Since my Mom and MIL are both out of town, I relied on “old faithful” to walk me through the steps to jam making success…ie: YouTube. Thanks so much to legourmettv for your awesome and easy to follow directions on making strawberry jam. And thanks to my Mommy for being home last night when I needed advice about how to prepare the jars.

I must say that I am quite impressed with myself, it’s a beautiful feeling to see all of those gorgeous jars of jam full and lined up along my kitchen island. I am giggling so much tonight as more and more people have heard that jam has been made, it’s like the Lottery, every one comes out of the woodwork and wants jam!! HAHAHAHA!! No worries, I’m happy to share and excited to hear what my dear friends and neighbours think. I just dropped off a few jars to my next door neighbours tonight and the delight on their faces was priceless. Yummy!! Have a SWEET summer everyone – Daria

Sorry I don’t have pictures to share, my camera is being repaired so I don’t have shots of my jam project. Trust me though, I’m awesome! :)

“DIY Daria” came out to play for a few brief hours last week, in order to make some stellar thank you gifts for my kids teachers. If you like mine you’ll love the original idea from the blog eighteen25 – her tutorial on this was so awesome I just HAD to do it! I had the most delightful time scouring the shelves at Michaels for all kinds of cute little clips, magnets, glitter, stickers, punches and much more to fill up their kits. I hope they enjoy them and find them useful too.

Happy I shared??? You’re Welcome!! LOL!!

Thank you kits for my kids Teachers
Thank you kits for my kids Teachers
Thank you kits for my kids Teachers
Thank you kits for my kids Teachers

My New Love

May 20, 2010

L12254874Meet my gorgeous new Kitchen Aid Mixer!! I am so ecstatic I can hardly breathe, she’s finally mine!! I’ve wanted one our entire married life (10 yrs in Aug), and this Mother’s Day Nathan and the boys gifted me one. The only color he could get his hands on was black in the store, but he knew I wanted a specific color so I was able to trade it in for the one I was dreaming of.

Isn’t she just beautiful? Vintage Martha Stewart Blue, Artisan 5 quart. Love Love Love it! I feel crazy spoiled now, I just about hugged the delivery guy. :) Thank you Honey for this wonderful gift, I am so excited to whip up yummy stuff for you with it!! XO – Daria

Lola Bug Confessional

April 22, 2010

I know I must look totally obsessed, I mean where are all the pics of my other kids??!! LOL! Here’s your answer, my boys don’t stand still. It’s pure luck right now if I can catch a blurry image of them mid activity these days. Thankfully my baby girl is most content to sit there while I click away. Plus she’s a babe!! LOL!

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Easter Break Rewind

April 17, 2010

For Easter Break this year we decided to travel across the border to Washington and visit the lovely city of Spokane. Partly because we hadn’t ever been there, and mostly because the iPad was being released in the US and we wanted one for our very own. It’s always sweet to coincide our family trips with an Apple launch (you laugh but it actually works out fairly often for us). While in Spokane we shopped, took the kids to the children’s museum, viewed the IMAX 3D version of “How to Train Your Dragon”, swam in the hotel pool, attended an Easter play downtown at the convention centre, enjoyed the beauty of Riverside Park and all the amazing bridges/waterfalls, took in an arena football game with the Spokane Shock, and ate at SONIC drive-in twice…YUM. On our drive home we stayed at a cool hotel in Fernie with a killer waterslide – the kids loved it.

There’s just nothing like being able to get away together as a family. I am always so impressed with the kids, they travel so well now (even Lola – her first road trip and she slept the whole way on both legs of the trip). Sweet baby. Here’s just a few pics from our family getaway, I have most posted in my Flickr Stream too.
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Lookie – I’m LOVED!

March 27, 2010

HeartFlower700 I’ve been struggling so much with Postpartum Depression since Lola was born. My amazing sister in law Nicole sent me this email, I can’t tell you how much this meant to me. I highly recommend having Nicole in your family, she always knows how to bring a smile to your face. Thank you for loving me and letting me know why. I love you back! XO

Top Ten things i love about Daria

1. Your glamming it up throwin a shin dig skills… so impressive
2. Your Loyalty
3. Your teary face that you get when you are feeling mushy or loved or happy..
4. Your strut.. nothing like your strut
5. Your ability to be fun when you do not feel fun
6. Your generous and giving nature
7. Your cyber world savvy
8. Your Mommy skills
9. Your Married to my brother skills…
10. Your courage for perservering the hard stuff every day… and looking good while doing it.

love you
nicole

A Walk with Lola

February 28, 2010

Tonight the boys and I took Lola out for a walk in her new stroller. She really enjoyed looking around, and even though it was chilly she was smiley and cute. Can’t wait to get those chubby legs exposed this summer (HERS not MINE). LOL!!
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Gerber Generation Commercial

February 25, 2010

LOVE LOVE LOVE this commercial!!

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January 23, 2010

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If you haven’t noticed yet, I am totally in love with my baby girl. Brigs took these pics of me and Lola today, he was quite proud of them.

We have a new baby girl and still managed to decorate the house for the holidays! Yay for helpful husbands!! I’m super excited about our new tree this year, and a few special new ornaments for the tree (check out the yummy cupcake one from: GigiMinor on Etsy!)

Our tree is decked out in pink & red (with a hint of lime green here and there). It’s pretty and feminine, I’m crazy about it and so it Lola! The boys like the red parts of the tree, and think that the pink is tolerable. LOL!! Kidding, they don’t mind the pink at all.

Merry Christmas from our home to yours ~ Daria, Nathan, Dylan, Joshy, Brigs, Noah and Lola ~

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