Snow Day!!!

Winter is finally here!  The snow is falling, I am wearing my warm socks and moccasins, and it is 30 degrees outside!!  In two hours it went from this:

to this 

 

The next canning project we worked was canning salsa! A few years ago, I would never have thought that I would be making my own salsa! Mom put little green chilies in there to give it a little spice! 

Joyfully in Him,

    Diana<3

A Post of Happiness

This post is about the little things this week that made me happy!

Monday: I played a good game of Killer Bunnies and it started snowing like a blizzard!!

 Tuesday: I woke up at 7:00 a.m. and got to watch the sun rise! It was beautiful. I just thank My Lord for creating the shinning sun!!

Wednesday: I had a nice violin lesson and I found my brown belt in my closet. (it looked really nice with khaki pants, my gray sweater, and a cool minty green scarf!)

Thursday: I had the pleasure to make a birthday present for my brother-in-law's birthday, and I made him chocolate mustaches! 

Friday: I spent the day shoppping with my Mom at some stores and I got a really cute pair of shoes! Yay!! I also found in the attic a candle holder. It was really pretty.

And I got to test it out! =]

Joyfully in Him,

     Diana<3

Christmas Time is Here!

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

Doesn't that verse send shivers down your spine?? Just think, our Lord was born more than 2,000 years ago! Wow!

I finally set up my Christmas tree in my room. I usually have a really small tree ad it looks so crammed with ornaments, you really don't want to see it. But this year, I found a bigger tree under our stairs, and I think it looks so elegant! Much better than last year. =]

Last year in December, I was at my brother-in-law's house playing some games when I saw on their table, they had a really cute nativity. I started looking at it, and decided that we could make it out of sculpey. Well,  it's been a year and I finally finished it. He helped me with Joseph, the sheep and the manger, but I did all the rest. I worked on it during my summer and Thanksgiving break, of this year.

 

 Joyfully in Him,

   Diana <3

Fun With Adam

For my Christmas present, Adam took me to the Shedd Aquarium! I have the best time! We went there the beginning of February and we took the Metra get downtown. It was so fun! I don't know what better time I"ve had this year!!!

 

Then we went to the Disney store and I bought these!

 

Blue Berry Muffins and Mini Pop Tarts

I have never made blue berry muffins like this before! I found the recipe on Pinterest. It was a really good recipe!

Then I found a recipe for mini pop tarts. They were so fun to make!!!!

Fun Pictures

I had some fun with the candles and with my camera settings. I thought it was really cool! I even did a "D"!

 There was a beautiful sunset the other night! I watched it slowly get darker! It was way cool!

My Family

This is our Christmas picture with my whole family! 2011 has been a really good year! Happy New Year!!

 

Cozy Wintery Fire

What a perfect thing for a cold snowy day! (except that it hasn't snowed yet!)