The 100th post

Here is the moment you've all been waiting for!!! The 100th post before the end of the year!!! So, for the occasion, I will post pics of when the BCE were together. I know before I said that the goal for 100 posts was March 3rd, but I'm changing it to the end of the year!!!


                                                          luke and aunt April are the same height!!!

                                                      same text as above

                                                      Grace and me

                                                      Alia and me!!!

                                          Me, Grace, Ethan, and Spencer

                                                same text as above

                                           Adelle,             Me,                        Grace

                                      Alia,                   Grace,            Me

                                        A video

                                         Another video

                                      ANOTHER video

                                          ANOTHER VIDEO!!!

                                              this is the last video below!!!

                                      

Happy new Year!!!

What I've been up to

I have been up to a lot lately. Below is a picture of me doing my crazy camera effect.

Here is me making breadsticks

                                            another of me making breadsticks

 we died the breadsticks green around halloween and put an almond on them. They looked like witches fingers!!!

 A picture of Kaia

 Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                  A new hairstyle in progress.

                                                           here it is finished!!!

                                                   ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                            a gingerbread girl that I made!!!

                                               2 penguin stuffed animals by a giant Hershey's kiss

                                      Here is the giant Hershey's kiss compared to my hand

                                                 A snowman made by us on a snowy day!!!

                       A picture of a scrapbook page I made                       another scrapbook page

                                                       My family's Christmas tree!!!

No bake peanut butter cookies

Here is a fantastic recipe that doesn't need parent supervision(although it would be helpful). Just get you parent's permission and follow these steps:

Ingredients: 1/2 C milk
2 C sugar
1t. vanilla
1 C peanut butter
3-3 1/2 C oats

Directions: Let butter, milk, and sugar boil for 1 min. Remove from heat and add vanilla and peanut butter. Stir until dissolved. Stir in oats and drop on greased cookie sheet.

Happy New Year!!!

As you all know, tommorow is New Year's Eve. One of my family's traditions is to make some fun recipes. One of my favorite traditions is a yummy dessert. Here is the recipe...

                         

FRUIT SALSA W/ CINNAMON CHIPS

fruit salsa                                                                          cinnamon chips
INGREDIENTS:                                                            INGREDIENTS:
2 fuji apples peeled and diced                                           10(10 in.) flour tortillas
2 granny smith apples peeled and diced                           2 cups cinnamon sugar(2 cups sugar,2T cinnamon)                     
4 kiwis peeled and diced                                                 water in a spray bottle
1 lb strawberries diced
1T  white sugar
1T brown sugar
2T fruit preserves
2T orange juice


fruit salsa                                                                             cinnamon chips
DIRECTIONS:                                                              DIRECTIONS:
In a large bowl thoroughly mix                                       preheat oven to 350 degrees.
 all ingredients and refrigerate at least 15 minutes.              Cut tortillas in wedges(about 8 per tortilla)
                                                                                      and arrange in a single layer on a greased cookie                        
                                                                                       sheet. Spray tortillas w/ water and sprinkle with
                                                                                       cinnamon cinnamon sugar. bake 8-12 minutes. let                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                       cool for 15 min. Repeat with remaining tortillas.

Merry Christmas from BCE

Hello and Merry Christmas!!

I made a collage of us at our family photo shoot!! We love spending time together.

Enjoy your Christmas and have a good day!!

A BYU game with the BCE!!!

Hey guys this is Cambria and I am going to post a couple of pictures of us and Cosmo at the women's BYU basketball game. Here they are:
Grace, Ethan, Luke, Spencer, Adelle, Me(Cambria), Alia , Cosmo.                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                       Kaia and Cosmo.

Some old pictures!

All right!  Here are some pictures to show what we have been up to!

Luke and Ethan a long time ago, they caught 24 grasshoppers!



 Grace made an awesome/cute drawing!



 We colored (when we were very young!) Spencer kept throwing crayons....



 This is our bunny!

 Spencer and a  bunny!



 Spencer again...He is ADORABLE!

 That's all for now!

Christmas Cookies

Here is a great recipe for fun Christmas cookies!


here's what you need:

• 1
  cup butter, softened
• 1/2
  cup powdered sugar
• 1
  teaspoon vanilla
• 2
  cups all-purpose flour
   
  Optional: 
• 1
  cup finely chopped dried cranberries*
• 2
  teaspoons finely shredded lemon peel
   
   
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   Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper; set aside. Beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add powdered sugar. Beat until combined, scraping bowl. Beat in vanilla. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in cranberries, lemon peel, and any remaining flour (use your hands to work in flour, if mixture seems crumbly).

  2. Shape mixture into 1/2-, 3/4-,or 1-inch balls. Roll dough balls in nonpareils. Arrange balls 1 inch apart on prepared cookie sheets.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes for about 1/2-inch balls, 13 minutes for 3/4-inch balls, or 15 minutes for 1-inch balls, or until bottoms of cookies are light brown. Transfer to wire racks and let cool. 

  
  

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  Something extra you can also do with the cookies:

  
  

  Roll them (when you make them into balls) into powdered sugar, hot cocoa powder, nuts, oats, chopped fruit, almost anything!

  
  

  Please ask for permission though, or else you will get into trouble!

  
  

  Alia

  :)

  :)

  <3

  <3   

The Nativity

This is another quick poem:

The Nativity

On the rough Judean plains

The night was dark and still

Until a host of angels

Spoke to shepherds on a hill

In a stable not far off,

In a manger filled with hay,

While His loving mother watched, 

                                The little Christ child lay.     

Christmas Workshop

Here are 3 very simple crafts and recipes for Christmas! 

Crayon Pencil Holder

You need:

a ruler

a 3 inch square of cardboard

foil to cover the square

toilet paper tube

19 new crayons

newspaper to protect your area

 How to make it:

Step 1: Neatly wrap the cardboard square, with the shiny side out, and set it aside.    

Step 2: Cut the toilet paper tube so that it is a little bit shorter than the crayons.

Step 3: Glue all of the crayons on the OUTSIDE of the roll.

Step 4: Glue the bottom ends of the crayons to the foil square, and it is ready to be a gift! :)

   

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   Finnish Christmas Stars

   What you will need:

12 ounces of dried apricots or other dried fruit

1 1/2 cups water

1/4 cup sugar

1 cup butter or margarine

2 cups flour

1/2 cup milk

1/8th teaspoon salt

1/8th teaspoon of baking powder

Steps:

1. Chop the dried fruit into pieces and place in a medium saucepan. 

2. Add the water.

3. Stir occasionally, and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until soft. 

4. Drain off the water, and mash the fruit with a potato masher, blender, or fork.

5. Add the sugar and mix well. Set aside.

6. Mix the butter or margarine and flour until crumbly.

7. Add milk and salt and baking powder.  Stir until soft.

8. Roll the dough out on a floured surface.

9. Cut the dough into 36 squares that are 3 inches.

10. Cut four diagonal slits in each square starting at the corners, and and stop halfway to the middle.

11. Spoon a mound of fruit in the center of each square.

12. Fold the dough into the center to make a pointed star.

13. Lift the stars onto a spatula and put onto a cookie sheet.

14. Bake at 400 degrees for 7-10 minutes until golden brown.  

15. Remove the stars and enjoy!

           

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 Pumpkin Fudge

What you need:

1 cup milk

3 cups of sugar

1/2 cup of canned pumpkin

3 tablespoons of corn syrup

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4th cup of butter

1/2 cup of nuts any kind

Directions:  

1. Combine milk, sugar, pumpkin, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan, and stir until it comes to a rolling boil.

2. Put to medium heat, and STOP stirring.  

3. Give it a good 15 min to simmer on a lower heat.

4. Get a little bit of cold water, and set it next to the pot.  Put a drop of the mix into the water, and if it dissolves, it is NOT ready.  Wait until it feels like taffy in the water.

5. Take off the heat when that happens.

6. Add in pie spice, butter, vanilla, and the nuts is you want.

7. Let the mixture sit in the pot until it becomes warm, not boiling hot.  Stir it, and pour into a pan.

8. When the fudge cools, cut into squares and enjoy!!!

 

Enjoy!

Alia :)

Hi!!!

Hi guys this is Cambria and Kelly posting. I(Cambria) am here in CA!!! I'm SO excited!!! That was a random picture

A Nice Christmas Poem

Here is a nice poem to really show the meaning of Christmas:

Sweet Little Baby

By Linda Hoffman Kimball

Sweet little Baby

Resting in the hay,

Do You know why shepherds come

To worship You today?

Sweet little Baby,

While Mary hummed to Thee,

Angels sang out "Gloria!"'

O'er flock and field and tree.

Sweet little Baby

Peaceful in the night, 

Shepherds ran here breathless

To see this wondrous sight.

Sweet little Baby

Smiling at these men,

In time, You'll be their Shephers

To guide them home again.

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Wow! isn't that nice?  I really like it, and I hope you do too!

This is just for the start of Christmas, but it is great to start off with the most important things!

         

Love,

Alia :)

PS: This was from a magazine called the Friend.

A Fun Family Gathering

The Wilson family got together and did a huge family picture!  Here are some photos from the day:

 Kaia and Kelly

Grandma Zoe and my Mom.

 

Cambria and Grace

 Alia and Cambria

 Grace and Adelle

Everyone getting ready for the family photo!

 

Everyone getting positioned.

 Grandma, Grandpa, and their 8 kids!

 

 True Love.  Awwww!

 We played some basketball with the cousins.

 Grandpa got a birthday quilt.

 Happy 80th  Birthday!

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When  the Hayes family was at our house we:

made cookies:

 

 Cambria made us notes.

 They made thumb people too :)

I love my family!

-Alia :)