Peach And Strawberry Cobbler

Mmmm .... this tasty treat will melt in your mouth

and make your tummy say "More Please!" :)

I had some peaches in the freezer that I had put up a while ago

and some fresh strawberries in the fridge that needed used up.

I was a little skeptical about mixing the two together, but I thought hey, what could it hurt?

Well it definitely didn't hurt anything and ended up being a new favorite of mine.

And it's the perfect dessert for summertime.

So here is the recipe.

Ingredients needed:

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter

2 cups peeled and sliced peaches (fresh or frozen)

2 cups sliced strawberries

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups milk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 tablespoons sugar

cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Slice butter and place in a 9 x 13-inch pan; set in oven to melt.

Once butter has melted, remove pan from oven.

Place fruit in a bowl and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar over the fruit.

Stir and let sit for a few minutes.

Stir flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl.

Add milk and vanilla; stir until the batter is smooth.

Pour batter into pan.

Pour fruit over batter and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Bake for 60 - 75 minutes, or until batter browns and fruit bubbles.

Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

ENJOY! 

 

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Love's ABC's

We'll have our hands full and our heart filled trying to live out Love's ABC's.

 

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Love Accepts, Behaves, Cheers, Defends, Enriches, Forgives, Grows, and Helps.

Love Includes, Joins, Kneels, Listens, Motivates, Notices, Overlooks, and Provides.

Love Quiets, Respects, Surprises, Tries, Understands, Volunteers, Warms, eXpects, and Yields.

Love in action adds Zip in our life.

~ Stan Michaiski ~

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"And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.

God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."

~ 1 John 4:16 ~

Have a blessed Lord's Day!

Picture Frame Earring Holder

Hello lovelies!

I made this earring holder the other day and thought I would share it with you.

I saw a pincushion for sewing similar to this, 

but I didn't need another pincushion since I have plenty.

So I decided to make it into an earring holder.

Wouldn't it be a great gift for a girlfriend or family member?

Earring holder + earrings = cute gift!

This is what you will need:

picture frame (any size)

scrap fabric

batting

hot glue gun and glue

card stock

Take the glass out of the frame since you won't be needing it

and draw a circle around the frame.

The circle needs to be bigger than the frame.

Trace the back of the frame onto some card stock

then cut out the circle.

Place the batting on top of the fabric circle

and hold the card stock circle on top of the batting.

 Fold the fabric onto the card stock and hot glue down.

The end result should look like this...

Place your earrings onto your new pretty earring holder :)

Have a blessed day!

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Lovely Sandi at HOME

Vail Mountain On April 19th

This post is a little different from what I usually put up,
but I thought it would be fun to share this video with you.
My dad has been skiing and doing ballet skiing since he was a teen

and he is still going strong at 56 years old :)

Vail Mountain reopened April 19 of this year and my dad hit the slopes.

He met up with a guy that asked if he could film my dad skiing in the powder

and of course dad said sure.

The guy recently put the video up on YouTube and I thought I would put it up on my blog
for you to "experience" our wondrous mountains :)

In the video you will see beautiful Vail Mountain, powdery snow,

and my dad in the grey/black jacket and black helmet.

I am sorry about the music (you can mute it) .... but enjoy the scenes and skiing.

Mother's Day Memories And A New Friend

I hope every Mother had a beautiful Mother's Day!

My husband, son and I had a quiet day.

My son is quite sick so he and I stayed home from church yesterday.

The poor little guy has a terrible hacking cough, congestion, sore throat and fever.

It breaks my heart to see him like this.

Lord-willing he will be on the mend VERY soon!

The three of us did have a nice picnic in our backyard yesterday.

We ate spaghetti (which my father-in-law made), bread and salad.

It was a blessing to be able to relax and enjoy the lovely sunshine and warmer weather.

I was able to pick some pretty cherry blossoms off of the trees for our table centerpiece.

I took a stroll around my yard and was pleased to see the trees coming to life after a long Winter.

In the picture below you will see there is still snow on the mountain peaks.

 The Crab Apple tree is about to blossom,

my Lilac bushes and Choke Cherry trees are slowly bringing forth buds

and the yard is ready for its first mowing.

All-in-all it was a lovely day.

Also, I wanted to share a little story ......

On Saturday my husband and I had a yard sale.

A lady (Carrie) came with her sister-in-law (who is expecting) and her mother-in-law.

They were at the sale looking at the baby items for over an hour.

I was able to talk with Carrie during the time she was at our yard sale and we instantly clicked :)

Before she left, we exchanged phone numbers saying we would love to be friends

and then found out we live about 10 minutes away from each other.

Sometime during our conversation I complimented her purse saying I loved the look and color.

So the dear sweetie said she wanted to give it to me 

because she does not use it very often. 

I could not believe it and tried to tell her to keep it,

but she was quite insistent!

I was truly amazed at her generosity to a stranger.

From the little bit of time I talked to her I could tell she had a kind and giving heart.

I told my husband after the yard sale that I was thankful we had it
for the sole purpose of meeting Carrie.

God is always so good and His timing is always so right.

 The purse is a Vera Bradley.

I know I will think of Carrie every time I use it :)

May you have a delightful week, friends!

Women Who Made A Difference

Happy Mother's Day to all of you sweet and dear women!

I hope your day is filled with sunshine, joy, and blessings.

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There are several women in the Bible that have made a difference -

Eve, Rahab, Deborah, Mary, Naomi and Ruth, Miriam,

but I want to look at two women in the Bible that I admire.

SARAH - Woman of Faith

Genesis 12 - 23

Sarah was a beautiful woman whose name meant "princess."

Most of her life shows great faith in God,

but at times Sarah's faith faltered. 

When she heard she would have a son so late in life she laughed

and allowed a seed of doubt to form in her life which grew into a tree of unbelief.

But Sarah's laughter of unbelief turned to laughter of joy and delight.

God gave her the son He promised to her and Abraham.

She lived to be 127 years old and was able to watch Isaac grow up and see God's blessing on him.

In spite of her lapses in faith, we remember Sarah as a woman of great faith,

a woman who made a difference.

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HANNAH - From Discouragement to Delight

1 Samuel 1: 1 - 2:21

(Hannah is my favorite lady in the Bible)

When we first meet Hannah, she is grieving, unhappy, and focused on her barrenness.

Like many women, she wanted a child more than anything else.

Hannah chose to change.

 

She humbled herself before the Lord and became broken before Him.

God did not abandon her, He answered her prayer for a child.

Hannah was so grateful that she gave her son, Samuel, back to the Lord

She sang and praised God, who gave her not only Samuel, 

but also three more sons and two daughters.

Hannah was a woman who knew how to pray and she became a mother as a direct answer to prayer.

We can learn from Hannah how to handle the problems we face 

in dealing with disappointment and hurt.

We can choose to hold on to our problems and become bitter,

or we can follow Hannah's lead and turn our bitterness and resentment into 

peace, joy, and happiness.

Taken from Women Who Made a Difference

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Martha Tyler

And two other ladies that are not in the Bible, but have made a difference in my life ......

DEBBIE - Mother, Friend, Role Model

Sweet, precious Mother of mine, how I love you!

We had a few ups and downs when I was a teenager as any mother/daughter relationship might have,

but all-in-all we have remained close at heart, like two peas in a pod.

You are the blessed Mother God gave me at birth 

and you are the wonderful friend I have grown close to as each year passes.

Thank you for your tender care and nurturing love over the years.

Thank you for walking with the Lord and allowing His glory to radiate from your life.

Thank you for serving others with a cheerful heart.

Where would I be without you?

I love you, Mom!

KATIE - Strong, Loving, Mother-in-"love" :)

From early on, before I dated your son and became his wife,

I have admired your strength, courage, and gentleness.

Your days are constantly filled with something needing your attention;

you are one of the busiest women I know.

You take care of two churches which means 4 church services in a week,

you do a ladies Bible study, help with children's Bible club,
open up your home to strangers, and care for your home and husband,
yet I have NEVER heard you grumble or complain about all that you do.
You are a beautiful servant of the Lord.
Thank you for being an example to the younger women for I do look up to you.
I love you, Katie!

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Have a blessed Lord's Day!

Also, my mom has asked me to thank each and everyone of you ladies
on her behalf, for the love, prayers and support during the passing of Grandma Betty.

Her heart was blessed every time she visited the blog 

and read the comments many of you dear friends left.

Thank you for being there, offering words of encouragement.

Love and hugs to you!

Pretty Gift Wrap For Mother's Day

What is a mom but the sunshine of our days 

and the north star of our nights.

~ Robert Brault ~

My mother loves lace and that is putting it mildly :)

She has bride dolls in lace dresses in her home,

she has lace on her stone mantel in her bedroom, lace in her bathroom,

lace on the shelves in cupboards, and lace doilies everywhere!

Lace, lace, lace :)

So what better way to wrap her gifts than in lace.

I used a brown box for a nice simplistic look.

The flower was made from some scrap lace.
To make one just use needle and thread and sew a gathering stitch along the top edge of the lace
then sew the ends together to form a gathered circle.

The beads in the middle are glass beads.

Put a little dab of fabric glue in the middle of the lace flower and then put some beads on the glue.

Let dry for 24 hours.

The smaller package was wrapped in scrapbook paper

and the grey fabric is from a t-shirt.

I made the grey and lace fabric into yo yo flowers

and put some glass beads in the center.

Then I decorated a brown bag with some lace and pink rhinestones.

The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength 

as to never be violated.

~ Washington Irving ~

Have a beautiful day!

Mason Jar Pincushions

Have you seen these jar pincushions?

They are adorable!

I have been wanting to make some 

and the perfect opportunity arose when my mother-in-law and deacons wives got together 

to discuss the Mother & Daughter banquet at my church.

Our theme was 'Patterns of Our Lives' and we decorated with quilts and sewing notions.

I offered to make some Mason jar pincushions for giveaways

so my mother-in-law found the blue jars and I got to work :)

They are easy to make and any mother would love to receive one.

Here is what you will need to make a Mason jar pincushion:

Mason jar

fabric (cut out a circle bigger than the lid)

felt

batting

pins

sewing notions (thread, needles, ribbons, etc)

hot glue gun and glue

Place the batting on the flat part of the lid and put the fabric circle over the batting.

Make sure the batting does not go off the edges because the lid will not screw shut.

Hot glue the fabric down to the underside of the lid

then cover with a small piece of felt.

The felt covers the hot glue and fabric since it doesn't look too pretty :)

Fill the jar with sewing goodies.

And place the pins in your pincushion.

"Sew" fun and cute!

A delightful Mother's Day gift.

My mom told me she really liked the jars so I made one for her

and this is how it turned out....

 She likes her pink and lace :)

My mother-in-law made some darling totes to give to the younger girls.

I made some flowers and attached them to the bags.

Have a wonderful week!