Wednesday, November 4, 2009

My Hubby's Favorite Cookies


White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Yield: About 2 dozen cookies (depending on size)

2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup butter, melted
1 cup packed light brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1½ cups chopped macadamia nuts
2 cups white chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease baking sheets
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
3. Beat together the melted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in the egg, then beat in the egg yolk, then beat in the vanilla.
4. Gradually add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture until just moistened. Stir in the macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips by hand with a rubber spatula.
5. Roll into balls or drop by heaping tablespoons onto baking sheets, and press down on the cookies with your palm a bit to flatten (not too much!).
6. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the edges look golden brown and the middles don’t look quite set. Allow to finish cooling on the baking sheet.

Check out this amazing site for other yummy cookies

Friday, October 9, 2009

We feel loved!





What CAN"T Abe do? He is amazing! Come visit and he'll make you one too!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Conference Favs


Why do we keep having to learn the same lessons over and over again?

I love this conference talk!
Preserving the Heart’s Mighty Change
Gotta use this one for FHE!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Conference Highlights

The drive was not too bad
We had to stop at the giant rocking chair in Beaver!

St. George temple!


St. George Visitor's Center
We stayed the night at our sweet friend's parents house! (Thanks Topete's)

We attended Saturday afternoon session in the Conference Center
The art was amazing - Aaron took this!
Abe & Austin & Andy got to attend thePriesthood Session in the conference center thanks to a a a sweet man they didn't even know! (gotta love those tender mercies)



Family's are Forever!
(AJ stayed home to work - we missed him!)

Sunday, July 5, 2009

The Newest Deacon

Andy was ordained a Deacon today by his Dad!
Payday for Dad & Mom
We have a Priest, Teacher and a Deacon for a few months.
Only one son left in primary
(actually two because AJ just got called to TEACH the 10 year old boys in primary!)
We are proud of you ANDY!

Monday, June 29, 2009

Happy Birthday Andy!

Andy is twelve years old!
Andy is "Mr. Personality"
He was even trying to give us a SMOOCH in his newborn picture in the hospital!

Andy finds fun wherever he goes.

Andy can do AMAZING things!

He has earned his STAR rank in boy scouts already!


That's why we call him AMAZING Andy!


We love our Andy BOY!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Treasure Hunting with a GPS!


Geocaching - Has anyone tried it?


My brother introduced it to us a few years ago and we've been running around with a GPS ever since. Check this site out if you want to learn more: http://www.geocaching.com/

Abe and I like it because it takes us places we wouldn't otherwise find, AND the kids like it because of the cache (treasure)!

Once you find the "treasure",
then you get to make a trade: one of theirs for one yours.



The kids and I thought this "last one" would be
a quick stop and grab -
but Abe left out a few details:
mosquitoes, poison oak, and a 2 mile hike (in flip flops).
But everyone agreed it was worth it when we found the treasure!


Try it, you'll be hooked too!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009