Thanksgiving Break

So right before Thanksgiving break I had my craft fair!

Here are some pictures from it!

 Home for Thanksgiving!

First thing I did when I got home was dye my hair!

<I love when Jovi sniffs my camera!>

Games with the family!

 My birthday cake!

 Walks with Jovi...

 Beautiful fall trees in Nebraska!

 One of my favorite restaurants in Omaha...Pepperjax Grill!

 Jovi does awesome tricks! I can usually only do this one once....he gets too impatient!

 Sushi with the girls!

 Ryan with his pecan pie...

he learned from the best! Grandma is the best cook I know!

 Grandma and Grandpa Koch

 At the farm!

 Watching the Nebraska football game!

 beautiful Abby!

 Sugar cookies and a cookie-dough dip!

 My belated gift from Jessica!

My friend Jessica lives in Germany

Back to Texas...

I decided to try the Vegan diet

I wanted to try something different

 This is an example of one of my lunches

grapes, hummus, crackers, spinach, and a pico de gallo.

 I made some homemade peanut butter granola bars!

They were amazing for my snacks!

 another snack I had a lot was berries....sooo sweet that it almost seemed like a dessert!

 Sorry this blog came too late.... but I finally was able to get all my pictures loaded! I hope to get all updated by the end of Christmas break!!!

Craft Fair!

I know you have been anxiously waiting this post!!!

I am participating in the Alief craft fair on Thursday and I have been sewing away!!

LOVE sewing....Christmas music and pumpkin lattes! Believe me it is a stress reliever and if I could do this for a living I WOULD!

ok....so here are a couple of pictures of what you can expect....and maybe some other surprises at my table!

here we go.....

Reversible Aprons!

--need some help cooking in the kitchen?? Here is an apron, 2 sided, multi-color

it is 21 inches long, so meant for the "little busy bodies" in the kitchen!

Great for those nieces and nephews or grandchildren, and perfect for teaching that special little child what the "secret" ingredient is in grandmas apple pie or Aunt Sandys special mashed potatoes!

On the go Activity!

Have you ever been at the dentist office or the route home is longer than expected??

Well if you were smart and got one of these you would have everything ready--paper and crayons!

Perfect to throw in the diaper bag or to keep in the stroller!

I always try and pack things so when I have extra time I can be productive....so why not go through the alphabet or some quick math problems with your kiddo...or a quick game of pictionary or guess my word <aka hangman>!

OK....these are the coolest ever! These are compliments of mother koch!

Snap Bags!

 no zipper....no velcro....no latch....just a SNAP bag!

 load up the purse.....

 and here is me holding it upside down!!! nothing falls out!!!

BOB Bags

<aka Big Ol' Bags>

 These bags can hold EVERYTHING!! I mean EVERYTHING!!!

those of you at killough..I have an orange and yellow one that I use for my workout clothes everyday...it is built tough and it challenges you to FILL it as FULL as possible!!!!!

great for groceries

workout clothes

when at craft fairs you can fill it up and save on plastic bags!

Jean Purses

these are cute little purses to hold all of those doll supplies....or that cash when you take that little one shopping!

Sewing up a storm here and LOVING it!!!
Hope to see you there!!
email me if you would like me to make you something specific or if you cant make it to the craft fair!

kkoch1110@gmail.com

-sunshine :o)

creative moments

My week of creativity!!!

Peanut butter s'more bars!!!

Make your favorite peanut butter cookie dough

(or buy some for from the store)

Bake the dough for 20 minutes.

Take out and add marshmallows, about 1/2 a package, enough to cover (without overlapping) the peanut butter cookie

Put back in the oven for 3 minutes

Take out again and add M&M's and melted chocochips!

(helpful hint-- when melting the choco chips, melt them over the stove, NOT the microwave, and to make it easier to pour over the bars add 3/4 tsp oil to the chips)

Chocolate chip cookie cheesecake bars

Make your favorite batch of chocolate chip cookies

(or again, go to the store and buy the pre-packaged dough)

Place 1/2 your dough  for the bottom

the middle consists of:

1 pkg (8 ounces) of cream cheese

1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

Then plop the rest of the cookie dough on top!

Bake for 40 minutes at 350!

The Nutcracker Alief craft fair is November 17th

Here is one thing I will be selling!!!!

You can throw this in the diaper bag...

Use is during quiet time...

Great for road trips!!!

tic tac toe, dots, hangman...

waiting at the doctors, dentist office...

doing some quick math problems :o)

stocking stuffers!!!

I am making them in different colors, and different ribbons!!

I can even do one "custom" for you! 

I will post more options later!!! 

I will keep you updated!!!

Let me know whats going on!!

kkoch1110@gmail.com

Vayas con Dios

-sunshine-