Art Shoppe Starts!!!

Hey Local Friends, Tom and Lucy's Art Shoppe Starts Today! Come and shoppe for Mother's Day, we have tons of great local artist selling their designs and creations. From home decor, sweet treats, baby, hair accessories, vinyl and more. On Friday we are having a special Mom's Night with prizes, games and giveaways! You won't want to miss out on all the fun and bring your Mom!

When: Thursday, April 30th 4p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Friday, May 1st 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 2nd 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where: Ivory Ridge Country Club

32 East Clubview Lane Lehi,UT 84043

I love California

Translation:
I like California.
I love California.
I like to see squirrels there.
I like to see mice there.
I love to catch lizards.
I like to go in a hot tub in California.
I like to go to Disneyland there.
I love California.
***I think he had a good time during spring break. Don't you?

Pinks Hot Dogs

Who doesn't love a delicious, made to order Hot Dog? Yes, please! My perfect hot dog needs to all beef dog, nestled inside a fresh squishy bun, lathered with ketchup and loaded with red, juicy tomatoes. Heaven!

That being said....

Has anyone ever seen the PBS Hot Dog Documentary? We'll, Pinks Hot Dogs located on La Brea in Santa Monica is one of the hot dog stands they mention. On our way down to San Diego we decide to make a stop!

Made to Order: The Chicago, The Mayor, Mushroom and Swiss and Just Plain

Tasty!

Our Trip to Legoland

We had a great trip to Legoland! We had been looking forward to it all week. It was a very fun, even though the weather was overcast and cold (it even sprinkled on us once!)

The Legos were amazing! They statues and models were so interesting and intriguing. The engineers have designed the most amazing displays, we could have stared for hours.

White House, Obama's Inauguration

Statue of Liberty

New York City

My two complaints about Legoland were: #1 Legoland was not open long enough. Only 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. We couldn't get through even half park in one day. 2nd: The rides were just o.k., they were more like a amusement park then a theme park. I wanted to see more Lego inspired rides.

Tom and Lucy Giveaway!

Tom and Lucy's Art Shoppe (Marie and I's boutique) is hosting a great giveaway, if you live in Utah and love local handmade items stop by and sign up!

The Loot:
Gorgeous earrings from Marie Carmel
Tasty Treats from Fahrenheit 350
Gift Certificate to Hand Picked Daisy

My sister's sweet shop is Fahrenheit 350, she has delicious treats and is going to be selling them at the Art Shoppe ~ so make sure and come stop by the Shoppe and pick some up!

Darcy

My husband sent me this email, someone at his work came up with this idea and took it alittle too far! So, for all the men out there that feel inferior to Mr. Darcy here is a shirt for you.

And yes, my husband will not humor me or lower himself and watch any of Jane Austin's films. So sad, if he only knew how far it could get him in the end!

Flowering Pear Tree

After my sunny trip to California, I came home to this beautiful sight!

We have 5 flowering pear trees in our yard, they look just like popcorn popping.

The neighborhood is full of them, it was one of the things that drew us to this area!

Happy Easter

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!!

Spring Break

Goodbye Everyone! Have a great Spring Break. We are off to California for sun, fun and Easter!

We plan to do fun things like this:

And this:

And of course this:

Hopefully the next time I post I will have our own picture to share instead! A lot of our family and friends are traveling this week, so be careful and safe and I want a fun report when I get back. Happy Easter!

Chicks

When I was putting out my Spring Decorations I noticed I had alot of chicks.

Since I have no other girlie's living in my house, I guess I'll take as many chicks as I can get.

Isn't she cute?

Easter Pizza

Who doesn't love pizza, especially around Easter? This is a fun, kid friendly recipe for candy pizza that my boys and I whipping up this past Monday.

Candy Bars: Butterfinger, Symphony, Skor, Crunch, Cookies and Creme, Kit Kat, Reese's peanut butter cups and plain holidayM&M's.

This is the fun part: In a large bowl put all the candy bars together and let the kids go crazy!! (Except: peanut butter cups - they get too messy and Skor - you have to cut that one up with a knife.) You can also use a food processor and chop the candy into small pieces.

Once the fun is over add your Skor bar, your chopped up peanut butter cups and Easter M&M's. Set aside for the end. This is very tricky because it is hard to keep little hands out. Too tempting!

Now for the cookie batter:

1 1/4 cubes (or 10 Tlbs.) softened butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup nestles mini morsels - semi sweet

Combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Add salt, baking soda and flour - stir til combined. Add mini morsels.

Place dough in a greased 14" round pizza pan or a 15 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 1" rectangular pan.


Cook for 15 to 17 minutes at 375 degrees.

While the dough is baking in a microwave safe bowl add: 1 cup milk chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of peanut butter. Heat until melted and smooth, it makes a yummy sauce.

Once the cookie dough is done baking, smooth the sauce all over the top.

Again, let your kids go crazy and decorate the top with all the candy toppings!! Allow cookies to completely cool in pan. Once cooled serve and enjoy.

I hope everyone has a great Easter! We're off to California to spend the holiday with my sister and her family.

Linking up with these wonderful blogs:

Sweet Tooth Friday!

Fahrenheit 350 Giveaway

Check out my Sister's Blog she has an amazing giveaway you don't want to miss out on. And she is coming to Utah for the Art Shoppe so you can get even more of her great goodies!!

Giveaway Winner

Thank you everyone for participating in my Easter Giveaway. I loved reading everyone's comments on their Easter Traditions and I have some new ideas. Sorry I am not posting the winner until now, this past weekend and I didn't feel well.

But, the winner is AMY!!! Congratulations.

Who said: "What a great idea! I am excited to go pick out a couple "special" books for the kids".

Quilting Stars

I am participating in Star week over at Molly's Blog. For my stars, I decided I wanted to share the star quilt I am slowly working on. Sad to admit but I started these blocks last spring/summer and actually miss placed them. Which is not a shock if you saw my quilt room!!!

This pattern was going around my quilt circle as a Fourth of July/Americana idea, but I wanted to make the stars smaller and of course pink ~ no surprise there.

I used a creamy high-quality muslin(yes, there is such a thing!) around the stars - which makes them pop. I have 9 more to stars to piece and then I plan to find a fun pink for the sashings in between. With so many fabrics in the stars I will need to find just the right fabric. Sounds like I need to go shopping!!!