Collage on our wall. Vintage tin, and etc. items. 

A picture of my grandparents above BELIEVE...

know they are with me every day...they only had

me and my brother...Lance as grandchildren. 

 

 

The most amazing thing....

I heard a thought on this today.....

KINDNESS IS FREE!!!

Mini Pecan Pies

I've never been a baker, but for Father's Day decided to make mini pecan pies since both my husband and my dad love their pecan pie. 

I found this recipe in celebraTORI by Tori Spelling....I know Tori Spelling...but really an amazing, beautiful book.  Here is how I adapted it:

Use 5" pie tins (available at cooking shops or online...helps to have a daughter living in Minneapolis for these things!)

I used Pillsbury Pie Crusts, I was able to get 3 mini pie crusts out of

one regular size crust.    Or make your own! Recipe make approx. 6 mini pies.

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups small pecan halves

1/3 cup butter

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

3 eggs

1/2 cup light corn syrup

1 tbsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Toast pecan halves for 8 to 12 minutes

Let cool completely and then chop

Melt butter in a sauce pan, remove from heat and add

sugars and salt with a whisk until combined.  

Beat in eggs, then corn syrup and vanilla, heat saucepan over low heat,

stir with whisk until it is hot and shiny, approx 6 minutes, remove

from heat and stir in pecans.

Lightly grease pie tins, create crust and fill with pecan mixture.

Bake pies at 350 degrees until center is set, but soft when moved gently, about 25-30 minutes.

Cool and Enjoy!    

Getting ready for the sale....

Fun Sale... Getting Ready!

Payton....our newest family member.  We adopted her from the Mpls. Animal Shelter where Alyssa volunteers.  Noah wanted a pug so bad, we were lucky to get her! So sweet!!!!!!!

Friendship Birthday Book

Today I came across my Grandma Alice's "Friendship Birthday Book".

We are getting ready for a remodel job and cleaning the shelves made me sit down and look through the pages of this book again.  As the only grandaughter (and one of two grandchildren) I have been blessed by having these family mementos passed down to me.)  My grandma died when I was only 7 and my grandpa had a lovely lady named Florence as his good friend for many years, he also married late in life(87) to his second wife "Sis"...therefore the pages of the book have been notated by my grandma, Florence, Sis and his only daughter-in-law...my mom.    

I love history and cherish the memories of my grandmas..(.more about Dagnie tomorrow)

I have decided to post more about them and what they have passed on to me.