HERE IT IS

Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1 c. butter
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
1/4 c. old fashioned oats
1/2 c. coconut shreds
2 c. semisweet chocolate chips
1 c. peanut butter chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; mix well.
3. In  large bowl , beat butter until fluffy, add sugars and mix until light and fluffly, then add eggs and vanilla and mix well (even more fluffy).
4. Gradually add flour mixture to wet ingredients and stir just until combined. Stir in oats, coconut, and chips. (Sometimes I add up to 1/2 c more flour based upon the texture of the cookie dough and I also sometimes add in butterscoth chips as well.)
5. Drop by rounded tablespoons 2" apart on greased or lined baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes.

Now I realize these cookies have a few more ingredients than traditional chocolate chip cookies...

but they are soooooooo goooooood.

Who doesn't love 'em?

Who doesn't love chocolate chip cookies?

I know I sure do and from the looks of these pictures, I don't think I'm alone.

They are even better dipped in milk, who knew they could be so much fun to eat :)?

I will post the recipe later... it is one of the best ones I have found.

4 Wheelin'

 All the kids love to ride the four wheelers when they come to visit. Now that Corbin and Alyssa are 'big' enough, they think they are super cool to be able to drive by themslevs. We have the perfect wide open place for them to learn.  

SPRING!

These were the first sign that spring might actually come.

They bloomed beautifully even in the BLUSTERING WIND and the FREEZING COLD.

Flowers make me so happy, especially after six months of winter.

Easter Gift

Because of a long ol' dance competition that Briana would not have enjoyed sitting

through for two days, she got to spend Easter with us and the Grandparents.

It was so much fun having her for the Holiday - kids make holidays supreme. We had a great time with Briana decorating and hunting easter eggs, sharing candy, reading books and going to church.

I love Easter and celebrating the resurrection of our Savior.

(ps. it was still COLD, COLD here for Easter.)

THINGS I LOVE....

Last Thursday I was working at the school in the resource room. This girl that I love to work with started saying,  "I hate reading!" "I hate speech!" "I hate math!" I told her that she only hated it because it was hard for her and she promptly replied "NOT TRUE!" It became apparent that I was not being very effective.

I had an idea. We took out some papers and started to write everything that we love or like to do. It was a competition between her and I to see who could come up with the most things. What do you know? It turned her attitude around.

This is what my list looked like.

I love cookies, especially chocolate chip ones, baking, sewing, singing, playing the piano, talking with my friends, the temple, scriptures, and my family. I love to go water skiing, snow skiing, boating, swimming, fishing, rafting, pretending to surf, snorkeling, body boarding and anything else that you can do in the water. I love to give presents to little children. I love snuggling, going to the beach, watching movies, reading, listening to music, jumping on the trampoline, and swinging. I like to ride four wheelers and snowmobiles but not as much as Aaron does. I love to sit in the sun, weed my flowers, grow a garden and eat all the yummy veggies. I also really enjoy cheese cake from the Cheese Cake Factory, visiting all the wonderful people in my life, taking a long bath or sitting in the hot tub, hot chocolate, taking a bike ride or a hiking. I really love it when winter is over and summer is here. I love flip flops and shorts, swimming suits and beach towells, sun glasses and sun tans. I like to decorate and make things look cute, but only when I have the resources or the time. I love to travel and see new things and warmer places. Shopping is also my favorite and my favorite things to shop for is shoes (because they never make you feel fat). I love kindness, charity, hope and love.

As you can see my list could go on and on.

I do have to admit I wrote things that I hated at the end of my list of things that I love. I did show them to the girl I was working with. The three things were MUSHROOMS, ANCHOVIES, and PICKING ROCK.

Blogging BLAHS

So it appears that I am not much of a blogger. When I am working or out walking Shasta, I think of these pictures that I want to blog about and the witty or funny things I want to say. BUT, it seems that as soon as I get the pictures resized I am done it with. SICK of it, to be more precise. I end up saying corny or cheesy things and having lots of typos that I sometimes get around to fixing. Maybe I should do my best at blogging or not do it at all because it can reflect poorly on us. Especially to all those who are looking at the blog to get to know us better.