Swedish Creme - Dessert Fav

This dessert is one of the best and easiest ones I've ever made.  It's from Gwyn's High Alpine Cookbook/Snowmass, Co. 

In a double boiler combine 1 cup sugar, 2 cups heavy cream, and 2 tsp. gelatin (unflavored).  Cook for at least 10 min. until the sugar has dissolved.  Cool.  Add and beat in 2 cups sour cream and 2 tsp. vanilla.  Pour into wine glasses or small dessert dish, 2/3 full.  Top with fresh sliced fruit (strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries,  etc)  1 1/2 recipes serves 10.  I use antique jelly jars (garage sale find)

Mason Visits..............

Mason is 14 now and was able to make a trip to Colorado this summer.  He had a very busy schedule but we were able to spend a day with him.  We hiked up to the Palmer Lake Reservoirs and Arn took him up into the boulder field.  We also hit the Rock House for some post hike ice cream.  Tyler and Lauren were down for the weekend and Val was able to come visit too.   We played some boci, shot the BB gun, and played Uno.  Tyler smoked some chicken and a brisket too.  I think Mason enjoyed himself and we enjoyed seeing him too.

Cousins

Look alikes

Duck Family

Wild Blue Bells

Enjoying the Teeter Hang Up

Singing Swings............young at heart.

 The other night we went up to Green Mountain Falls to the Green Box Arts Fest.  I wanted to see the interactive singing swings.  They were pretty cool.  The swings make music as you swing and different swings are different instrument tones.  We also ate dinner at the Mucky Duck.  It's such a cute little town with a stocked lake and a beautiful gazebo.  Next up is the hike to the falls and Sunday brunch at the pantry.

KT/Matt Wedding/Beach Bash............Road Trip Part Two

So we arrived in Duck, NC and got into our beach house (Dutt Inn).  It was pretty basic but was ocean front and about a 20 -30 min walk to the wedding location.  Katey was getting married to Matt (a great guy) on June 7.  The welcome party on Friday eve was fun (signature drinks, bacon bar, smores bar, fire pit, trampoline, friends, fun).  The wedding was beautiful and lots of fun.  We danced and danced!  It was good to see lots of old friends in such a great location.  Mike, Kelly, and Meghan also shared our house with us.  After the wedding we spent the week at the beach and walked, kayaked, boogie boarded, and even made a trip down to Cape Hatteras.  Arn got his National Park pass and was thrilled.  We climbed the Hatteras light house, stopped by the Bodie Island lighthouse, and of course saw the Currituck Lighthouse up in Corolla.
We tried to eat as much seafood as possible.  I even ate a soft shell crab sandwich!

Wedding Cookies

Dutt Inn - our house for the week

Oyster Shooting

Tyler and Lauren (after they flipped)

Otter.....having an otter pop.

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - climbed it!

Windy.....................

Calling the dolphins.............

Bad influences.

The Clark Family

Some of the beach kids, grown up.

Mere and Tim saved a stingray.

Tim, Mere, Todd, Molly, Andrew

Road Trip 2014 Part One

We must be getting older.............we enjoy road trips.  We left early in the morning (June 1) armed with about 6 audio books and a new smart phone.  Our first leg of the trip took us from home to St. Louis, Mo.  I wasn't really sure how to use my new phone or if or when I was using 'data'.  I had figured out how to get my music off of the computer and onto my phone and learned how to get audio library books on my phone and play thru the radio.  Of course Arn didn't have much patience with me trying to learn as we were trying to find things.  I did need to call customer service only once for some help.  We reached St. Louis the first night and then headed to Atlanta.  We did stop at the quilt museum in Paducah, Ky. and had lunch in Nashville, Tn.  We tried to walk in a River Park in Nashville but it wasn't what we were looking for and we couldn't really find a 'trail'.  We ate at a german place downtown and started our 2 1/2 week tastings of fried food.  The 'oyster balls' were fairly good but it was basically a hush puppy with an oyster inside. 

The GPS on the smart phone became our friend and it was really helpful.  We found Lisa and Nasser's house in Atlanta without any problems.  We had a good visit with them and ate out a couple of times.  We also helped with some handyman things, took a hilly walk in the neighborhood, and I tried Zumba with Lisa early one morning.  Boy, is she a better dancer than me!  We stayed in Atlanta for 2 nights and then headed for the beach.  We stayed in Greenville, SC. on the way to the OBX.  On the morning of June 6th we were driving to the Outer Banks and sadly we got a speeding tix (in an area where the speed had just dropped)  and found out that Arn forgot to renew his driver's license on his birthday!  We got to Duck, NC just after lunch but couldn't check into the beach house until later so we went to the beach!  I'm still gathering pix so watch for another post.

Reunion at the Beach...........Katey's Wedding!

We'll be seeing everybody but Molly soon to celebrate Katey and Matt's wedding in the Outer Banks.  Let the good times roll!