Mixed up Photos Friday 35

Hi Friends hope you like my photos this week....

We took the LM to Windsor fish hatchery's and he loved it....he must have feed those fat fish 3 bags of food and luckily I thought he would fell in but he didn't....

                       My nephew Daniel and his fiancee Kate.....not long till they get married....

My other nephew Chris (who is also the LM's big brother) and his partner Sam...gee they grow up real fast...

                                                             Just had her hair done .....

                    Annaliese and her cousin Lilly two beautiful girls that mean the world to me....

                 Kevin's niece Rachal and her partner Shane jumped out of a plane on the weekend.....

                                                          Best friends Diesel and Jaxon...

                      Happy Wedding Anniversary to my mum and dad.....here's to lots more.....

     And lastly Happy Birthday Lisa have a great trip in Hawaii see you when you get back....

Our Quickie Queensland visit

We went to Queensland last week to visit my mum and dad for three days.

We had originally planned to attend Kevin's son's wedding but at the last moment that was canceled,but as we had our plane tickets booked we went just the same...

It was a short stay but I just loved seeing mum and John even for that short time and we managed to pack in a lot even with me getting sick a few times...

Hope you like my pictures....

                                                                Gold Coast here we are....

                                  Poor LM crashed it very early as we had been up since 3.00am....

                Here is the LM showing his Nana and Auntie Deb how to do something on Instagram.....

I got to see Sandi's shop from Paint me White...OMG it was beautiful I bought a few things home with me would have bought more except for luggage size...

Sandi also bought some of my candles to sell in her shop fingers crossed they sell well for her and for me....

                                       LM loved playing in the pool with his Uncle Ross....

           One night we went out for dinner here the LM is showing us how he eats spaghetti.....

                                                                Me and my best friend......

LM and his Nana and Pop ...he loves them so much on the way home he cried a couple of times saying "I miss my Nana" some of the tears were true the others were because he just got in trouble...ha ha

                                        The three of us...its not the best photo but I love it....

While at mums their friends Kevin and Phillip came down so we could take photos of their glass design wares to go onto Instagram....

Can you believe it took four of us to do this...I was the bossy one directing everyone and saying how I want things styled, My Kevin was the cameraman  Pop was the hanger up man and Kevin (the designer) was the unpacker ....and mum took this photo which I guess makes her five in the whole set up...

Any way check them out on Instagram they are called Fishwithattitude1954 all one word....

On our last day our friends Micheal and Sandi came down for lunch...We  have been friends with them (mum included ) 33 years when we all worked together at Woolworth's Town Hall...

We don't see them as much as we would like to but it was so great catching up it was like time had stopped still.We also tried to organize a cruise for Kevin's 50th birthday just a short one 3 nights rather than have a big party we will have three days of fun.....

And then before we knew it we were sitting on the plane waiting to go back to our little life near the mountains and our little pup who while we were away she was boarded at our vets and they desexed her  which was good as the LM can get a bit rough with her...

This was Miss Lilly when Kevin picked her up from the vets...A little cone around her neck trouble was she had been sick a couple of times and eating and drinking and her collar plus the cone had matted her neck and chin up a bit and we couldn't bath her so Kevin (gee I love him ) hand washed her face and neck and tried to brush out knots ....it worked  abit but we cant wait to bath her properly...

Here  is Lilly later that day feeling sad just like I was I was missing my mum boo hoo...

Well luckily she will be down next week for Jaxons Christening and First Birthday...

Well bye
love

Mums homemade Cheese cake....

My mum is a great cook and she loves trying out new recipes.

While we were up in Qld mum made this amazing cheese cake for dessert one night .Kevin loved it which made me want to make it again just for him.....ahh nice wife aren't I....

On the weekend we had our best friends over for dinner and I made this for Lisa as her birthday cake

So here is the recipe..
                Mum's Amazing  Cheese Cake....

You will need

Base
1 packet of butternut cookies..
125gram of melted butter...

I used a food processor to crumble the biscuits up...
Add the butter  and mix
I used a greased spring form pan and pressed the biscuit mixture into  the base and then put in the refrigerator to set ...

Now for the filling you will need the following....

375grams of softened Philadelphia Cream cheese...
1 can of condensed milk...
250ml of thickened cream...
lemon juice to taste....

Using a spoon break up the cream cheese till no lumps ...
Add the condensed milk and thickened cream and mix slowly...
I used my electric mixer here and used it on low speed...
Mix till all blended and smooth....
Now add the lemon juice a little at a time until it tastes how you want it  ....

Pour mixture in pan with the biscuit base and refrigerate....

I made some chocolate swirls to put on top they were pretty rough as I couldn't find my piping bag  so I just melted some chocolate  and put it in a snap lock bag and cut a little hole in it and piped away.
I set them in the fridge and just before serving I put them on the cake with some strawberry's.If this didn't work I had my back up ready -a Flake bar which I would have just crumbled over the top...

                                                         Looks yum doesn't it....

And here is the Birthday girl......Happy Birthday Lisa.....

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Easy Peasy Chocolate Freckles..

I would love to take the credit for these delicious little treats but I saw this idea on Girls wear blue too blog and her Instagram both are  great to read and Tammy inspires me all the time with things she does...

And one of these was Easy Chocolate Freckles...

                                                         Don't they look great.....
I was using melted chocolate the other day and had a bit left which I didn't want to waste when I remembered seeing these from Tammy that she made...

All you need is melted chocolate ....

Some small Patty cake liners.

After you have put the liners in a small cupcake tin put some chocolate in each liner.I used a teaspoon and put that in.
When all filled I lightly tapped the cake tin on the counter to try and level the chocolate out....

Sorry about the photo quality it was on my phone and I was hurrying...

Anyway now just get a spoon with some 100 and 100's on it and sprinkle over the melted chocolate and refrigerate..

Take out of the fridge and take the patty case liner off ...

Now you have beautiful little chocolate freckles....

Enjoy

Oh and thanks Tammy for such a great idea...
love

Valentines Day cupcakes for school...

Its that time of year again when all thoughts go towards Love...mmmmm mush...

I like to give the LM something to take to share with his classmates on occasions like this and Valentine's Day is no different...

I was mucking around with different styles and ended up with the big hearts on a stick....

The biggest problem was it was so hot my icing was going soft and melting  as I was piping it.Once it was in the fridge for awhile it was OK...But I will try a different one next time...

                         You cant make something beautiful without making a big mess......

Cute little cupcakes all ready to go to school ...The kids don't care what they look like they just want cake ha ha .....

While I had my cake mix out I tried a few for Jaxon's Christening ? 1st Birthday party to see which way Kerry wanted them...

The winning design isn't here we will have to wait a few more days.....

Mixed up photos Friday 34

                      This week I only have a few pictures to show you hope you enjoy them...

                          My nephew Daniel and his children Tyler and Makayla....

Our nephew Zeke this is from last year but I forgot to show it and he has grown a lot since then..

 

Tyler lost his first tooth...

 

                   
                                       Look at my gorgeous grandson ....love him to bits...

                                          The LM making a heart for Valentines day...

          Its that time again Soccer the LM wanted Nike soccer boots to make him run faster....

Its time to pass this on this was Kerry's rocking horse when she was born my sister gave it to her...
She loved it anyway I have kept it for 30 year waiting for the time I can pass it on to Kerry and her children....

While it was good to see Jaxon on it and Kerry take it home with her it was also sad I had carted that horse around with me and now its not here weird ha ha ha

Hope Jaxon loves it as much as Kerry did...

                        Kerry Jaxon and Emmanuel I love this picture a beautiful little family....

 

And last but not least my beautiful Jaxon....Can you believe he is almost one.....I cant so I cant imagine how Kerry must feel....

Hope you all have a great weekend
love