September is party time

September is a very busy month in our family, last camping trip of the summer, garden harvesting, with back to school, routines, and birthday celebrations.

This week we had a combined birthday party for my granddaughter who turned three and a grandson that turned seven. I decided that my guest list would be families that live on our street that the grand kids play with, so I invited about six families. I looked in my party supply box and found this paint splotches pattern and decided on a paint theme.  I also had some extra blue snack napkins and blue solo cup that I had left over from Fourth of July.

I set up a card table with individual poster board and brushes from the Dollar Tree for a painting activity.  I had tempera paint in primary colors and had the kids mix colors to get green and purple I think they had more fun mixing colors than painting on the poster board.

 

The next activity was silly string, I gave each friend a can of silly string to spray at each other they had a great time.

The menu consisted of roast beef, ham, turkey, and cheese sub-sandwiches, from City Market and my husband sliced up tomatoes, onions, and lettuce to add to subs, I made my grandmothers' potato salad and my sisters' macaroni salad recipe and couple choices of chips and dip.  And of course condiments ofcatsup, mustard, mayo, pickles.

Our seven year old grandson requested Ice cream cake for his birthday. We have a TGIF store in town, so I tried there first, but they don't sell ice cream cakes any more.  Someone suggested Walmart has ice cream cakes,so I headed to Walmart and bought an ice cream cake and to my surprise it was decorated with colorful sprinkle to go with the party theme.

All in all the party went very well with having such an age difference at this wonderful event.  I believe everyone that came had a good time.


Have a Great Day,

Colo Junkett

Independence Day

I had a stay in town day and it was wonderful! See what went on in my little town.

Veterans AmourGuard

High School Band

You have to have decorated bicycle in a parade

and tractors

Toy Tractors



After the parade the Veterans put on a free BBQ for the community.  It was a GREAT day!



Fireworks!!!

It was a great Day!

Colo Junkett

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

My youngest daughter is graduating!  I’m so proud of her, she has worked really hard.

And then there was the party!

 

Grandparents, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins and Friend where here to celebrate. 

 

 

 

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

Mother’s Day

I went over to my sister house in Utah, for Mother’s Days, we had planned a brunch for our Mother.

Mother’s Day Brunch Menu

*Strawberry Short Cake*

*Pineapple Upside-Down Cake*

Mimosa

I brought pineapple upside down cake, my sister made the strawberry short cake and made mimosa in honor of a great bunch of Ladies out on her deck it was a great Day!

This is a view of Split Mountain off  my sister’s deck.

Have a Great Day
Colo Junkett

May Celebrations

 

Activity List for May Celebrations

• May Birthday’s –2
• May 1st - May Day
• May 5th - Cinco da Mayo
• May 7th – College Graduation
• May 8th - Mother’s Day
• May 26th – last day of 2010-2011 School Year
• May 28th – High School Graduations
• May 30th - Memorial Day

May Day

It all started when I was in elementary school, making may baskets filled with flowers to give to my friends and neighbors.  Now that I’m quite a bit older, I send cards to my friends and neighbors. Did you send flowers or a card  to someone today?

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

Happy Easter

Now that my kids are older there is always some one working or is out of town, there really isn’t any hype about the coloring the eggs for the Easter Bunny or the Easter Egg Hunt any more, but they still want to have a picnic (if the weather permits), dinner with all the fixings.

I asked my daughter if she wanted to color eggs this year, she said,” she didn’t have time and was to old for that sort of thing.”   However, she was disappointed that I didn’t buy a bag of  robins eggs this year.Go figure?  I just couldn’t because, I’m trying to stay on a food management program and I don’t have will power to stay away from the bag!  Anyway, I did plan for an Easter Dinner and this is what I made…

Easter Dinner Menu

*Glazed Spiral Ham*

*Scalloped Potatoes*

*Green bean casserole*

*Deviled eggs*

And for Dessert - *Pineapple Upside Down Cake*

The day turned out pretty good, my youngest daughter work Easter, so I had a few close friends over and held dinner till she got off work.

Happy Easter,

Colo Junkett

Define Procrastination

 

Procrastination: to postpone doing something, especially as a regular practice

Graduation is less than a month away announcements haven’t been sent out yet and I’m still ‘hem-haw’ about the graduation party plans, when where, who and how much. Yep, Guilty!  I think I’m a procrastinator.

What plans do you have?

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

April Celebrations

 

April Showers bring May flowers

Activity List of April Celebrations

• April Birthdays – 2
• April 1st – April Fools Day
• April 15th – Tax Day
• April 22nd – Good Friday
• April 22nd – Earth Day
• April 23rd – High School Prom
• April 24th – Easter
• April 29th – Arbor Day

April Fools Day

A wonderful day for that little jokester inside each and everyone of us to play a innocent practical joke on our friends and family.  Be nice.

 

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

Merry Christmas

Have a GREAT DAY!
ColoJunkett

Happy Thanksgiving

I decided to cook a Ham for Dinner today at the request of DD2.  So we had Spiral Ham, Mashed potatoes and gray and pumkin pie.
This is the 1st time I have made a pumkin pie by scatch and suprisingly it turned out okay. I just followed the recipe from a can of Libby's Pumkin Pie filling so easy.

Have a Great Day!
Colo Junkett

Memorial Day

 

Hi Friends,

Some of us will be going to Memorial Day services at the cemetery, some of us will be going camping, some us will be gathering with family for a picnic, some of us will going to parades to honor our fallen soldiers,   men and women that have helped to keep our Freedom in America.                                                  

What ever your doing today, please take a moment to remember our fallen soldiers that helped in making the United States of America a darn nice place to live.

Have a Great Day!  Colo Junkett

Little Bird Came Home

I got a surprise phone call today, my Little Bird is coming home!

My oldest daughter tried to stretch her wing. She moved to Texas with her boyfriend and things didn't work out like she thought so. She had a job lined up when she got there, but when she showed up she had to be 21yo, so it didn't work. Her boy friend had said their house would be ready for her, (it was damaged by the huricane) but it wasn't. Everything seemed to be going wrong. Her second baby is due mid October, so she decided to move back home with Mom until the baby is born... I couldn't be more pleased I'm not ready to let her go and I sure do missed the grandson.

Have a great day!

Colo Junkett

Whittle of the Woods

Our Little town host a "Whittle of the Woods" Festival every year in June. The Whittlers come from all over the country for this four day contest to make a winner sculpture from down trees. The whittlers draw from a pool of down trees to see what their canvas will be and start whittling

On the fourth day (Saturday) the community votes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Late afternoon Saturday the town host a free concert this year the bands will be "A Sleep at the Wheel".
My Mother and her DH, my Sister and her DH and two DD's, my Brother and SIL and her DD and DS. It was a house full but a lot of fun!!!

Who said BBQ's and Rain mix?

Memorial Day

.......A day to take a moment out of our busy weekend to remember our Veterans...........

Why is it that when your planning a Great family get together, Mother Nature decides to let it rain big time!!!!??I was hoping to take a picture or two of us all together, but about the time I 'd get the camera out, it started raining again.

We did have a little break in the cloud and walked six blocks to main street where our Chamber of Commerce was putting on a Car Show and street festival.

I still did some grilling, we made the basic picnic menu....steak,baked beans, potato salad, cream cheese stuffed celery and chocolate chip cookies for desert.

Happy Monday
Colo Junkett