The Kids Gingerbread House

I bought a gingerbread house kit the other day when I was shopping and the kids have been all over me to build it. I told them we could do it tonight when I got home from work and they did not waste a minute jumping on me once I got in the door. I "built" the deluxe home and then let the kids do most of the decorating. The pictures below will let you see how it went. Enjoy...

Wud Up G' - Golfing, Geocaching and 'Gam'

As Chelsey skipped town for the day with her friend the kids and I decided to get outside and do some of the stuff that is not on top of Mum's fun list; golfing and geocaching. After a quick stop at Timmy's for some Timbits, as you can't have fun with out them, we headed on down to the driving range to work on our swings. As always the kids stole all the balls and had a pretty good time. Cohen can hit it pretty well but holds the club like a hockey stick, Kyah has pretty good form but it doesn't go as far as Cohen's.

After golfing we headed to a little park down by the Fraser River for some geocaching. I thought that the mosquitoes would be gone by now but I was dead wrong; I also under estimated how hot and muggy it was outside as it was a "scorcher." We found one Geocache pretty quick and since the kids were getting but by the bugs, I forgot the bug spray again, we decided to head back to the car. The park we were at had tonnes of blackberries so we emptied out water bottles and quickly filled them with berries. After stopping for Slurpees and some groceries we scooted home where it was much cooler.

We decided to make some jam with our blackberries and searched the internet for a recipe. All the recipes required Pectin, which we have zero of, but I found out that pectin is found naturally in many fruits such as green apples. With that in mind I boiled some green apples with the berries and took them out before we jarred the jam; now we just need to find a substitute for all the sugar! Hopefully it works out but we wont know until it cools. We finished the day off with a nice barbecued steak and ceaser salad. Pictures of our day below...

Funny Commercial - Big Rock Brewery

I am a huge fan of micro breweries and a big fan of Big Rock Brewery out of Alberta. The following commerical was from a contest they ran and is quite funny. Not recommended for the little ones.

Saucey

For a cheap 13 bones you can pick up a 2 pounder of these puppies from Costco. Better than the $20 ribs at the local steakhouse and you don't have to tip the waitress.