My little firecrackers!

I just had to show you four of my little firecrackers

today! I just love them to pieces and I also love these photos

that my dil Melissa took of them.

Sweetie Ainsley loving the pool.

{ son Nathan's youngest}

Darling Annika

{ son Nathan's oldest}

Hefty little Kanaan { son Jasons little guy}

and Petite little Keira

{ son Jasons daughter}

Pretty special grandchildren I have to dote on don't you think? I also have three more that weren't there so they didn't get in the photos. Hopefully next time!

Blessings~

Porch curtains, flowers and cutie patooties!

I am just thrilled with how my galvanized tub has

performed for me this year. Last year we had tomatoes

planted in it and it looks so much prettier this way

don't you think?

I planted ivy geraniums, hops, allysum along with an

asparagus fern.

The allysum (snowdrift or snow something??) is spilling over the edges very nicely.

Very light pink geranium

Oh my look who snuck into my post!! Aren't they just the cutest ever!!! Big sister Keira and little brother Kanaan.

My oldest son's children. Can you tell that Keira loves him to death??

{I don't think he minds being loved on either!} love this picture of them!

{Kanaan got his boo boo when we were out there

last time to visit, but he took it like a little man!}

my back deck...don't look too close ,but I spy greenish

stuff on part of it so I guess it is time to get out the

power washer again.lol.

{The fence came home from my booth}

Here is my front porch from a couple posts ago where I

didn't get this shot added. Thought you might want

to see the whole thing.

and WA LA......I hung curtains on the porch!!!! What do you think? I posted on facebook that I think the neighbors

think I am batty for putting them up, but I don't

care. Sure makes a nice peaceful place to sit and I

love it when they blow in the breeze.

I didn't buy one thing...took these out of my stash

from a garage sale last year. I think it was a huge

scarf type curtain. I ripped it in two and love it!

It has been an interesting time here lately at the Wayside

Treasures household. Last week we had to have a new

starter put on our car (2003) and a four wheel alignment

($400), this week new struts put on (over $600 , but

thankfully not the $800 they quoted us),

$250 spent on roofing materials for replacing a

tiny roof, and a yet to be seen price for a

lawnmower part. Hubby will pick that up tomorrow

after work. Can you believe I push mowed part

of our lawn today? We have almost three acres,

maybe two that we mow and I would NOT

want to mow it all that way! I sure got a

workout though!

I was trying to find a silver lining in all this

money going out and I did. Thankfully it happened now

and not when hubby was laid off a year and a half ago. God is good!!!

Now scoot on over to Faded Charm where I

know Kathleen has many lovely white posts

for you to view again this week.

{PS disclaimer here again...still can't get to many of

your WW posts because of my slow dial-up internet,

but I do keep trying. One of these days!!}

For those of you who asked the antique mall

where Leslie's french booth is:

Memories Antique Mall

4036 W. Grand Blanc Rd.

Swartz Creek, Michigan 48473

{just off of US 23 a mile or two}

Blessings~

Family Ties

My handsome oldest son and his beautiful family.

Melissa {mommy}, Jason {daddy},

Kanaan and Keira.

They just had family pictures taken

and I had to share this one.

I think it is gorgeous.

A hundred years from now... ~

...it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort

of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world

may be different because I was important in the life of

a child.

-author unknown

We spent the last two weekends visiting with our

grandchildren {and children} that live away from us.

We had a most wonderful time ~

Sweet little Keira loves her pretty necklaces Look at all the blonde curly hair. She will welcome a baby brother in a few weeks. She also loves books! She is reading to her daddy and he soaks it all in.

Our precious little Annika who lives closeby

Grandma had just given her a bath

silly little girl

Adorable baby Joshua and yours truly...

I love his little ears!

Isn't he little bright eyed doll baby

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change

and they give me a million dollars worth of pleasure.

-Gene Perret

My sweet Lyshie (Allysha) who lived with us for the first

four years of her life. It went so fast. She is now almost 11 years old.

Love this coat of hers from Old Navy.

and last but certainly not least

is handsome Jonathan.

definitely all boy.

He sure loves his grandma though. :)

Nothing can do for little children what grandparents do.

Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the

lives of little children.

-Alex Haley

So far today...

... my little granddaughter Keira

greeted me like this when she came

downstairs from a good nights sleep ~

We all ate breakfast and not too long after that...

complete power outage!

I thought we might have to light candles

because

hubby went out to start the generator and guess what? It was in the locked garage with no way of getting

into it until the power came back on!!

{chuckle ,chuckle}

{we lost our keys to the side door a while ago}

We were comtemplating sending out an

SOS...

no wind, no storm, just a calm day in Michigan.

Eventually son , daughter-in-law and precious GD Keira

decided to head for home.

No sooner had they gotten out the door headed to their car then the power came back on. Go figure! We had just told them all goodbye when we received a distressing phone call. Hubby's sister and family are going through a crisis. Very ugly crisis...asking you to pray for her and her family during this time.
...and how is your day going?? I hope it is a blessed one ~

Wonderment ~

won.der.ment

astonishment, surprise

curiosity about something

my beautiful little granddaughter

Keira

enjoying the snow ~

this precious little gal is only 2 years old

and she has played more in the snow

than our 10 year old granddaughter.

she loves the outdoors

and is a very active little girl.

{i snagged these photos from my son and daughter-in-law's blog}

enjoy~

A Whole Lot of Fun ~

sharing a little of our family fun

the past several days~

my two little sweetie angels in a re-enactment

of the Christmas story at my parent's house.

don't they make adorable little angels ?

of course there was some present giving and receiving ~ fun with daddy and daughter ~ more fun with mommy and child ~

a little *attitude* now and then...lol

good times with father and son ~

and not enough of *this*

so tired , but so worth it ~

Christmas is over for another year,

but my wish for you is that you may

carry Christmas in your heart all year long!

Blessings~

Food and Fun ~

Sharing a couple favorite recipes ~

Best Banana Bread ever~

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup shortening

2 eggs

3 bananas

3 tablespoons cream

2 cups flour

1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

pinch salt

chopped nuts {optional}

Cream the sugar and shortening together. Add the eggs and mix well.

Slice your bananas , add them and beat well.

Add all your dry ingredients and stir together.

Stir in nuts if desired and put in a greased loaf

pan and bake in 350 degree oven approx. 1 hour or until

toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

{this came from my grandmother and it is the best I have ever

tasted. Yumm!}

Octoberfest Skillet 16 ounce package Kielbasa, sliced {I used smoked sausage} 2 onions, quartered 2 tart apples, sliced 1 green pepper, sliced 2 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed Place sausage in skillet sprayed with non stick vegetable spray. Heat until browned around edges. Add onion, apples and pepper; heat until tender. {don't over cook or it will be mushy} Add butter and brown sugar; stir until mixture coats sausage and vegies. Serve over rice.

Makes 4 servings. We traveled to Indiana yesterday to attend granddaughter Keira's 2nd birthday party. She loves the five little ladybugs book that was part of her gift from us.

The dolly stroller we gave her was also a hit. She pushed it all over the house the whole time we were there. Such a sweetie! We love you Keira!! Blessings~