Friday!

Chilling in the room with my roommate, eating gold fish, and reading funny Pinterest posts to each other I stumbled across this one:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/464228-chin-workout/

Chin work outs... It must be legit because it is on Livestrong right?... We tried them a few times and it was very difficult simply because our abbs were hurting from the workout they were getting from the bursts of laughter.
Try doing one of these workouts without laughing... very unlikely.

Happy Friday Everyone!!

An Update

Some Pictures and stories from Easter Break :) 

We went to St. Jacobs Farmers Market on Saturday, for fun and to cross some stuff off the grocery list

 --> Bratwurst and Apple Fritters. 

Apple Fritters were in high demand that day. 

Above is our lunch, Octoberfest Sausage on a bun :)

Left: A very colorful stand in the market.

Right: All of the goodies we found :)

Tess! :)

 Last year we started making maple syrup, I guess I should say my parents started making maple syrup. This year I was home for more than just collecting the sap. It is kind of a long process but it is definitely worth it!

<--- Collecting sap. Photo Credit: Dad.

Once you have enough sap, you boil it. And keep boiling it until all of the water is evaporated.




<-- We boil it outside at first because there isn't a big enough pan to do it inside.

Once it has evaporated enough that you can put it into a pan in the kitchen you filter it and then boil it some more. 

<-- Dad pouring the sap through the filter. 

Boiling the sap on the stove until it becomes syrup! 

<-- The whole process takes about 8 hours. Again it is totally worth it. We had pancakes to try the deliciousness. 

Mom, Lisa, and I went out for tea one afternoon. It was fun just to spend time together, and the teahouse was very cute :)

                                         

Finally on Friday my friend and I took Lisa to the airport. We had about 1.5 hour wait at the border but it went by pretty fast because we were having a good time. 

Since August I have been trying to get Lisa to take a picture with one of the many Buffalo we see along the road. She had resisted but I persisted and finally --> Mission Accomplished.

Dropping my sis off at the airport.

Those were some of the highlights of my break. It was very relaxing! 

Happy belated Easter everybody! 

<3