Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sseko Sandals
A friend of mine was wearing these sandals, and they are seriously awesome! You must check them out! I absolutely love things that are super cute and buying them helps somebody in need out! I am thinking of getting brown and teal! You can order separate straps for them, so you can switch them out all the time, how genius!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
SNOW in Dallas!
We actually had snow here in Texas, like real snow! I grew up in Colorado, so playing in the snow during the winter was an every day thing for me and my sisters! I have a lot of great memories of playing out in the snow, making snow angels, building forts, attempting to build igloo's, making "snow seats", using real snow in our snow cone machine, lots of good memories! It was so much fun playing with my own children in the snow, I had forgotten how fun it can be! Some of my memories of snow growing up, are not that great (getting stuck on the road and having to shovel our car out in the middle of a blizzard while having to pee, shoveling the walk before school...several times because it is still snowing while you are shoveling, getting pelted in the face with snowballs...OUCH!, falling face first into the snow, slipping on ice and hurting your bum...you know, stuff like that!), so it was nice to be able to put a good name to the snow again with my kids!
Zeke's first time in the snow! He didn't so much like sitting in it or touching it, but he liked for us to hold him and to watch the girls play!
The boys!
Of course, the girls LOVED it!
Snowball fight!!!!!
With every good snow, there has to be a snow angel made!
My sweet boy!
Bear liked the snow as well!
Zeke's first time in the snow! He didn't so much like sitting in it or touching it, but he liked for us to hold him and to watch the girls play!
The boys!
Of course, the girls LOVED it!
Snowball fight!!!!!
With every good snow, there has to be a snow angel made!
My sweet boy!
Bear liked the snow as well!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Andes Mint Cookies...Amazingness!
If you like chocolate and Andes mints, you will LOVE these cookies...they are amazing! The recipe is at the bottom of the post! ENJOY!!!
This is after you have melted the chocolate, brown sugar, butter and added your eggs!
Add your dry goods!
Let the dough refrigerate for an hour.
Pop them in the oven.
Set your timer for 8-10 minutes.
Take the wrappers off of your Andes mints.
Take them out of the oven!
Stick an Andes mint on there...
push it in to the cookie with your finger...
and swirl it with a spoon...
Once the chocolate hardens, it looks like this!
YUM!
Here is the recipe I used!
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons water
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
36 chocolate mint wafer candies
Directions
In a large pan over low heat, cook butter, sugar and water until butter is melted. Add chocolate chips and stir until partially melted. Remove from heat and continue to stir until chocolate is completely melted. Pour into a large bowl and let stand 10 minutes to cool off slightly.
At high speed, beat in eggs, one at a time into chocolate mixture. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients, beating until blended. Chill dough about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Roll dough into balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake 8-10 minutes. While cookies are baking unwrap mints and divide each in half. When cookies are brought out of the oven, put 1/2 mint on top of each cookie. Let the mint sit for up to 5 minutes until melted, then spread the mint on top of the cookie. Eat and enjoy!
This is after you have melted the chocolate, brown sugar, butter and added your eggs!
Add your dry goods!
Let the dough refrigerate for an hour.
Pop them in the oven.
Set your timer for 8-10 minutes.
Take the wrappers off of your Andes mints.
Take them out of the oven!
Stick an Andes mint on there...
push it in to the cookie with your finger...
and swirl it with a spoon...
Once the chocolate hardens, it looks like this!
YUM!
Here is the recipe I used!
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons water
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
36 chocolate mint wafer candies
Directions
In a large pan over low heat, cook butter, sugar and water until butter is melted. Add chocolate chips and stir until partially melted. Remove from heat and continue to stir until chocolate is completely melted. Pour into a large bowl and let stand 10 minutes to cool off slightly.
At high speed, beat in eggs, one at a time into chocolate mixture. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients, beating until blended. Chill dough about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Roll dough into balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake 8-10 minutes. While cookies are baking unwrap mints and divide each in half. When cookies are brought out of the oven, put 1/2 mint on top of each cookie. Let the mint sit for up to 5 minutes until melted, then spread the mint on top of the cookie. Eat and enjoy!
Friday, January 7, 2011
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