Kitty and John Coy

Donna Grannan

Mary and Gary McKee

Shirley and Dick Stucky

Sharon Conley

Dixie and Bob Waters

Nedra and Kent Hobert

Christmas Party

Shirley and Gary Brickman

Mary Landis

Jan and Scott Alexander

Bea and Warren Pray

DeAnn Warner

Christmas Party at the Copa Room 2011

Nancy Heald

Luncheon at Hereford House

Some of the ladies of CPV had a great outing at the Hereford House on November 10.  Dixie took pictures with her new phone and hopes to figure out why they are blurry.

I was sorry to miss the luncheon but this was my view that evening!  Joe and I were in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for the week and the weather was perfect.

Toffee Recipe

Saltine Cracker Toffee

40 salted saltine crackers or enough to line your pan
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups milk chocolate or semisweet chocolate chips
(optional) 3/4 cup chopped pecans

You can either use salted butter or salted saltines but not both.  I used salted crackers and unsalted butter.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.  Line saltine crackers in a single layer on the cookie sheet.

In a small pot, combine sugar and butter and bring to a boil.  Once mixture is at a boil, continue boiling for 3 minutes.  Mixture should be a deep caramel color.  Immediately pour over saltines and spread to cover crackers completely.

Bake at 400 degrees for 5 to 6 minutes.  It will get all bubbly.  Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and let sit a couple minutes to melt. Spread melted chocolate and top with chopped nuts if desired.  Cool completely and break into pieces.

I put mine in the refrigerator for a little to hasten up the chocolate hardening.

Enjoy.

Pictures from the past - Enjoy

Dixie sent me some pictures taken in the past.  They aren't in any particular order as I'm still learning how to post and you will have to bear with me.  Click on the link and you will be taken to the Kodak website to view the pictures. Once you have viewed the pictures click the back arrow at the top left of the screen and you will be taken back to the CPV Blog where you can then click on another link.

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Community Picnic - Oct. 23, 2011

Below is a picture from the September Ladies Luncheon at Barley's.

We had our Community Picnic Sunday, October 23, welcoming new residents, DeAnn Warner and Diane and Terry Showalter.  We also took this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to Dixie and Bob for creating and continuing to participate in our community.  The weather, food and fellowship were great.

Pictures contributed by Dixie and Suzi.

Mike Heald and Gary McKee did an excellent job grilling.

It was so nice to see Carmen at this event.

New resident Terry Showalter with John Coy and Dick Stucky

New residents DeAnn and Diane looking at the camera

Grillmaster!

Our sweet Dixie trying to look surprised!