Fall Break!

I can't believe Fall Break came so soon.  This was our fun week!  Tenley and I were sick for some of it, but we made the most of being home all week.

Day 1: Carve the Pumpkins and Bake the seeds!!!

Madi said she did not want to dig anything out of a Pumpkin, it was kind of gross and Pumpkin's scared her, but she would help choose the face of the Pumpkin!  haha

Madison's Pumpkin was on the Left and Tenley's was on the right!!  Thank you Daddy for making our Pumpkins so beautiful Madi said!! :)

So the girls remembered their Pumpkins, Paul carved their first intial!

Paul is great in the kitchen, he baked some Pumpkin seeds in butter and salt and they were amazing!!!

Day 2: Play Outside, Make Cookies, Start on Fall Cards for Grandparents

All kids need a fenced in back yard.  My girls play outside for most of the day.  I have to bribe them to come in every night! 

Making cards for the Grandparents out of state was on the agenda today.  Tenley was not thrilled we were giving her card away and started screaming and crying when I tried to put it in an envelope.  

Theme this year was "Pumpkin Patch!"  Using their Thumbprints, they made a lot Pumpkins and I filled them in.  Madi helped me pick the type of faces she wanted on hers.

 This was the inside of the card.  This one was to NanaLuLu, the Hubbies Mom.

 Madi said, "mom, it's ok, I'll hold both of them!"  She has a little marker on her face.  I'm constantly correcting them for drawing on their face and arms.

Madi and I found awesome Mini Cookie Cutters at Hobby lobby.  The girls made a huge mess, but had so much fun making them.  Here they are holding their platters with their creations.

Tenley's VERY First experience making cookies, she ate more dough than she used her cookie cutters, eating the dough is part of the fun!  Although, I don't think the raw egg helped her stomach any!

Day 3: Watch "Charlie Browns, The Great Pumpkin" and other Halloween themed Cartoons, Hubby cooked dinner, so the girls and I had a day on the couch watching movies.

 My wonderful husband made Beer Bread and Chicken and Rice Skillet meal one of the days Tenley and I were really sick.  He is so good in the kitchen.  Thank God for an awesome Mother-in-Law who taught her son about cooking and not being afraid!  Love you Linda!  

Day 4 & 5: No pictures because I felt horrible!!  haha..  We listened to Jingle Bells and watched a Christmas Movies, my kids prefer Christmas over any other Holiday.

Day 6: Play outside ALL day, Paint and make the Grandparents Fall Cards 

Our last day of Fall Break we made more Autumn cards for the Grandparents.  Madi said she was "personalizing hers!"  I guess she has caught on with my ThirtyOne!  This was all done on her own with no prompting from me!  I was so excited, I had to take a picture immediately.

Home-Made Apple Crisp

You cannot have Beef Stew in the Crock Pot without having a yummy dessert to follow.

This is another first time recipe.  I cook all the time, I'm just surprised how much has never grazed our stove.  I feel like the movie "Julia & Julia" except easier recipes and I'm not on a time crunch.  This one is not original, all the thanks goes to Betty Crocker, unless it's noted, all my bloggin' recipes are copy-written and original Christina creations.  I have so much fun just trying new things and adding new flavors.


Apple Crisp

4 Cups of Tart Apples
3/4 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour
1/2 Cup Old Fashioned Oats
1/3 Cup Butter softened
3/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon
3/4 tsp Nutmeg

*Vanilla IceCream if desired

Heat Oven to 375, grease bottom and sides of 8x8 in pan with shortening.

Spread apples in pan, in medium bowl stir remaining ingredients together(except ice cream) until well mixed, sprinkle over apples.

Bake about 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Serve warm with ice-cream.

Crock Pot Beef Stew

My hubby has been begging for a Beef Stew lately, so I decided to try it out.  This was actually my first time making Beef Stew.  I do Roast in the Crock pot all the time among other yummy dinners.

1 Top Roast(it was $10.80 at Walmart)
1 Packet of Onion Soup Mix
5 Carrots, sliced length wise
12 Small Golden Potatoes(these were so small, I just cut them in half)
3 Stalks of Celery chopped
2 Bouillon Cubes
1 Onion
1 Clove of Garlic chopped
1 tsp Salt and 1 tsp Pepper
1/4 C. Flour
1 tsp Garlic Powder

Place Roast in Crock Pot on High with Onion Soup Mix.  Whisk flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder in small bowl, sprinkle on Roast and cover.

While Roast is heating, cut up all veggies(carrots, potatoes, celery & onion) and I put them each in a bowl and season Garlic powder, then throw into Crock Pot.  Add Clove of Garlic chopped!(Garlic is my favorite part)

Cook for 4-6hours on High or 8-10 on Low.

After it is almost cooked, I add the Beef Bouillon to 2 Cups of water and boil, then pour the Beef Stock over the Roast and Veggies, I let it cook another hour.  After the meat is super tender, I just shred it a bit in the crock pot, then stir and serve with some delicious crusty bread!

*Tip: you can add the Beef bouillon sooner if you like, I just don't want to boil my meat at first, I find it cooks more tender when all the seasonings are cooking into it and its more flavorful.

Teddy Bites

Teddy Bites

4 Cups of Air Popped Popcorn
2 Cups Teddy Grahams
2 Cups Corn Cereal
1 1/2 cups of dried pineapple wedges
1 Package(6oz) dried fruit bits
1 Tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 cup yogurt-covered raisins

1. Preheat Oven to 350F.  Combine popcorn, teddy grahams, cereal, pineapple and fruit bits in large bowl; mix lightly.  Transfer to Jelly Roll pan spray mixture generously with cooking spray.

2. Combine sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in small bowl.  Sprinkle 1/2 of the sugar mixture over popcorn mixture; toss lightly to coat.  Spray mixture again with additional cooking spray.  Add remaining sugar mixture; mix lightly.

3. Bake snack mix 10 minutes, stirring after 5minutes.  Cool completely in pan on wire rack.  Add raisins mix lightly

Tip: I'm wrapping each serving of snack mix in a small cellophane treat bag with ribbon so the kids can take them home at their Fall Party at school.

Fall is in the Air!

“JUST BELIEVE…..”

…that is exactly what I did on January 30^, 2012 when I joined Thirty-One.  I believed:

• my friends and neighbors would love these purses, bags, and accessories,
• I would be blessed with opportunities to bring my products into the homes of my hostesses for shopping parties and open house events,
• I would be successful at sharing the Thirty-One opportunity with other women in our area,
• and I believed that one day I could move up the career path with Thirty-One.

Thanks to my hostesses, customers, and fellow consultants, I’ve accomplished all I believed I could AND MUCH MORE with Thirty-One. For helping me find success in my business, I say:

Thank you!!!!! 

I am so excited to bring you our Fall 2012 catalog, the best I’ve ever seen with Thirty-One.  We have 31 new products and 18 new prints including the color we’ve been waiting for – PURPLE!  For our sports fans, we have a new line of spirit items proudly representing various colleges across the nation.  We have many new hostess exclusive items, and a huge assortment of items that everyone on your holiday gift-giving list would love to receive.

I hope you enjoy our new catalog as much as I have.  If you would be interested in inviting some friends over to enjoy shopping from our new Fall line, I’d appreciate the opportunity to host a home party or a show-on-the-go for you.  I’d also be honored to help your favorite nonprofit with a Thirty-One fundraiser if you’d work with me to make it successful!  You can email, call, or Facebook message me for available dates, and together we can select a date that works best for you.

Thanks again for your continued support of my business, and I hope I have the opportunity to earn your business this Fall and during the upcoming holiday shopping season.

Blessings,

Christina Tremblay

Just like all the other bloggers, I have been sucked into Pinterest.  I was so skeptical at first, but then once I saw how fun it was to decorate my house, plan my kids birthdays, plan all my friends weddings and showers I was addicted.  Here is one of the little projects I tried the other day.

My two girls LOVE makeup, but I don't like them playing in my real makeup, so I needed a solution that looked real, but was completely fake.

Here is my version of "Fake Makeup."

Instructions: Buy the super cheap nail polish. Shake polish very well, then let sit for a minute.  Pour very slowly into cleaned and dried old makeup cases. I would recommend, pouring one layer, then letting it sit for 48-72 hours, then pouring another layer.  It will shrink, so you will have more room to pour more over the dried layer.  I let mine sit for 3 days away from little hands and bugs or anything that might want to jump in and get stuck.

My girls are having a blast with it! My mom even made some for my girls and did an awesome job!  She made foundation, blush and lipstick!  I will have to post photos of her handy work.

 

Tenley waiting so patiently for her Sparkler to be lit! :) It was so cute!

There it is!!!  We're on!!

Happy 4th Of July from the Tremblays!!!!

While my brother was in town visiting he offered to do some Family Pictures.  These are my favorites! :)

ThirtyOne Consultant!

I am new Thirty-One Consultant!  I am so thrilled with my new venture.  It's so exciting to be able to share with other women something I am so passionate about.
If you haven't heard of 31, let me fill you in: 
The name Thirty-One comes from the verses of Proverbs 31.
These words may be thousands of years old, but I am constantly amazed of how today's modern woman can relate to them.  The Proverbs 31 woman is dearly loved and respected by her family, yet she is an individual in her own right.  She manages the home and property with kindness and integrity.  Her savvy business skills are partly brought about her desire to serve others, to do good deeds and prosper.


I love being part of a faith based business and the luxury of staying home with my girls.  It is a perfect fit for my family and I am so blessed to have been given this opportunity.


I would love to share the beautiful Thirty-One bags and how they can help organize your everyday life.


Check out my online catalog: http://www.mythirtyone.com/christinatremblay/

MOPS Valentines Day wreath craft

This week at MOPS we made a Valentines Wreath!  It was so much fun and so easy!
We used a grapevine wreath from Hobby Lobby and felt squares cut into circles and made them into little rosettes then hot glued them to our wreath and wala' a super cute Valentines wreath for our door.  Thank you Debra Lauer for doing the tutorial at MOPS.

For my front door!