Ghost in a tree

Food Storage Soup and old honey

I have a few cases of healthy selects soup that no one in my family cares for.

I figured out how to get rid of them!

I added broccoli and sauteed onions and velveeta cheese. They thought they were eating the original "poop soup" with added noodles and rice.

I had a lone can of chicken noodle soup and threw that in as well. (no one eats much canned soup at my house. I don't understand. . . I grew up on canned soup.)


Old Honey.

It is too expensive to throw away!

I made it into peanut butter balls.

1/2 cup honey
1 cup p.b.
2 cups powdered sugar

mix it all together.

There's a lot of variations, but I didn't want to use too many ingredients in case the kiddos wouldn't eat it. Kams is a total fan!


One year, Kyson's qt. of honey crystallized just sitting in his pantry in Logan. He gave it back to me cause he didn't know what to do with it. I stuck the whole bottle in a pan of water and let it warm up on the stove kind of like when you warm a baby's bottle. That makes it runny again.

FOOOUUUUR more days of Cub Scouts!

Pack night tonight.

Kort got the last 3 of his Webelos badges. We always get the craftsman last. Procrastination at it's finest.

The "all 20" certificate and the "all 20" for funsies patch.

He got the "conservation award" and the "leave no trace" patches.

Then, we scurried off to "Senior Night" for Koby and the football game.

We had already had the little girls to jr. cheer clinic practice, and shopped at Costco before pack night.

We had to take the whole fam to the game. If we weren't nutso before, we are now! Man, my kids like to pick at each other!

Kort has a GREAT Web. leader. We will miss him being in his scout group. I'd pray for him to move up with Kort if I thought it would do any good!

On second thought, I will pray for him to not move up with him, then it just might happen ;)


I am not looking forward to NOT having any more cub scouts.

Halloween Fence and Poop Soup

Been a little busy lately. I got a wild hair last year that I wanted to make a new cemetery fence.
The one I made years and years ago is brittle and falling apart.

I bought a lot of the materials last year, but didn't intend to do anything about it till this year.

I thought a couple of bucks for pipe and a couple of bucks for boards and a buck for paint and several bucks for fence toppers and this should be a good inexpensive project.

Wrong.

It was a couple of bucks for each of those things, but I needed several of each of those things, so this is not a cheap project by any means.

I am still putting it together, so I hope to have pictures soon.

I need to get rid of some old cans of stuff from my food storage, so I made some soup.

Most people would call it Taco Soup, but listen to what is in it...
cans of corn
yep,
cans of beans,
yep,
lots of corn and lots of beans = Poop Soup
Yay!

My daughter asked me last night if I could make their favorite "poop soup", the original one.

That one is cheese broccoli soup.
Broccoli makes us go every time. : )

I used to call that one poop soup, but now the taco soup is the "new" poop soup.

I like to add a touch of lime juice and some sour cream to mine. Hubby won't touch it if is tastes like a can, even if I take out a bunch for him before I put in the beans.

Food Storage

I am so glad my kids don't know what "fresh" Kraft mac n cheese tastes like. Shhh! I still have a case of it. They eat it as long as I am the one who cooks it.

And forget eating or serving anything from a can past the exp. date, 'cause certain people in my family are sensitive to the flavor of the can.

Did you know you can make muddy buddies out of stale (and I'm talking stinky stale) Chex cereal and you can't even taste the nastiness of the stinky stale Chex?

I can never volunteer to take cookies to anyone, cause we don't use flour fast enough to have fresh "on hand."

I bought a bunch of Powerade's at a good price, but feel like a terrible person feeding them to my kids, cause they are full of high fructose corn syrup!

I don't even know what is in that white container in my garage. It could be rice or it could be something else? If it is rice, then I feel guilty feeding it to my family when I know white rice is not good for you like brown rice is.

We go through a lot of cans of pineapple, but I don't know what I was thinking buying THAT many cases of it years ago.

Olives, now there was a smart smart stock up purchase. Kyson opens a can of olives and there's his lunch right there.

Hamburger Helper: if you have the one with taco chips, don't add the taco chips if it is past the exp. date. Just Sayin'

I could build a church with the food/money I have thrown away in the sake of being a good/obedient Mormon!

Kashton and Yankee Doodle Canyon

in a second. . . .

but, first. .. . . . . . .

Kort. Cutest Goalie On The Planet! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Thankful for some friends with a really nice camera. . . . . and my email address ; )

The BEST birthday wish EVER! ! ! ! !

written to me on the 23rd by my bro-in-law:

I know the 22nd is just a day 

and you dont like the stress 
of the word happy, 

so hope that the day after the 22nd

is satisfactory 
and free of negative incidents.

". . .Birthday To Me, . . .Birthday To Me!"

It was another "birthday."

The kids fought all day. The entire freaking day!

Primary program day and our kids were on time for church.

"On time" means they were late, and the pressure of that stigma weighed greatly on me.

Hubby was sick. His uvula was swollen really bad and super sore. It was better by church time, and he gargled with salt and baking soda water, then gargled with ST37. (I had to have the pharmacist order this for me years ago.)

I was excited for RS. The teacher was super sarcastic and super funny. But, it wasn't her turn today, so it was someone else. I hate boring RS lessons. If the "raise your hand and give me answers" ends up being "go to church", "read the scriptures", "say your prayers", etc, it makes me cringe.

It offends my need to not feel stupid.



Hubby was sick, so to make him make me dinner was selfish beyond question, so I made my birthday dinner. (When he is sick, he is way sick.)

Kinzie made my cake. She made my frosting. Then, she made my homemade ice cream with help of her dad.

As I am trying to get some Halloween prop put together, nothing is going right. Some of my kids wouldn't even help when I asked them to.


The kitchen sink stinks. Really bad. Some dish water and dishes got left in there for days without being noticed while I was out of town, and started stinking. No one bothered to clean anything in the house above and beyond what is required of them on a Saturday.

No one did the dishes above and beyond what is required of their turn of loading the dishwasher. (which never really gets ALL the dishes done.)

A LOT of fighting between kids, a LOT of noise for a sick husband, a lot of non-help, a lot of things going wrong. So, basically, another birthday just like all the others.

That's why my sister always wishes me "birthday" on my birthday, cause "Happy" bestows a lot of pressure on a birthday.

(A visit from a neighbor to bring me some homemade salsa revealed to me that my son is in trouble and "on his own" when it comes to Boy Scouts when he turns 11 next month. Not a welcome thought. The 11 year old's scout leader won't take the boys on a camp out. They can't advance without camp outs. If they have not passed off their first three advancements before they turn 12, then the 12 year old's scout leader refuses to help them, cause he doesn't have time to go backwards. Then again, the scout leader doesn't believe in merit badges. He believes scouts should only get what is required of them to become an Eagle and that is it. Oh, My. I. Am. Going. To. Be. Offending. Some. People. Soon. I. Can. Tell. !)

PS. and it turned cold today. I don't like cold.

tator tot taco bake

TATOR TOT TACO BAKE....(thanks, Linda)
1 lb ground beef
1 small onion (diced)
1 garlic clove (minced)
1 small can black olives (sliced)
1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
1 (16 ounce) bag frozen corn
1 (4 ounce) can green chilies (diced and drained)
1 (12 ounce) can black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 (16 ounce) bag shredded Mexican cheese blend
1 (16 ounce) package frozen tater tots
1 (10.5 ounce fluid ounce) can enchilada sauce

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9×13 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Heat a skillet to medium high heat. Add ground beef, garlic, and onion and cook while breaking the meat apart with a spoon or spatula until the ground beef is completely browned. Drain off any excess fat. Add taco seasoning mix, green chilies, frozen corn, and black beans to the ground beef. Cook until heated through.

In a large bowl combine ground beef mixture, ¾ of the Mexican cheese blend, and all of the tater tots. Stir well to combine.
Pour about 1/3 of the enchilada sauce into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Add the tater tot mixture to the baking dish and lightly pat the mixture down into a solid, even layer. Pour the remaining enchilada sauce over the tater tots.

Place into the oven and bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes. During the last few minutes of baking, top the casserole with the remaining Mexican cheese blend and the sliced black olives. Return to the oven and bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly.

Are they PRAYING?

MADE MY DAY!

lol

I was sitting by this cute, high school senior girl

at a high school

football game.

It was her first time being at a football game.

There was an injury on the field.

Players started "taking a knee".

Cheerleaders started "taking a knee."

So, pretty much everyone on the field is

"taking a knee."

Cute new football fan asks confusedly:

"What are they doing? Are they PRAYING?"

Love it!

have you ever seen a kookaburra?

a kookaburra sitting in an old gum tree in Australia via Kyson's friend Sister Shane Beckstrand.



The only way I could get Kinzie, as an infant,
to settle down was to sing this song
to her over and over and over again.

Don't worry!

Worry

 is like 

a
rocking chair.

It gives you 

something

 to do,

 but
never 

gets you 

anywhere.

Erma 

Bombeck

My birthday wish list is not YOUR birthday wish list for sure...lol

Cowboy caviar

Ingredients:

1 (15 ounce) can seasoned black-eyed peas, drained
1 (15 ounce) can seasoned or plain black beans, drained
3/4 cup frozen sweet corn, thawed
3 green onions, chopped
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
2 or 3 tomatoes, diced
10 jarred jalapeno pepper slices, diced (mild or hot depending on preference)
1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
1 ripe avocado, chopped
Tortilla chips

Dressing:

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1/2 lime, juiced
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Combine black eyed peas, beans, corn, green onion, bell pepper, tomatoes, jalapenos, and cilantro in a medium bowl. In a small bowl whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, lime juice, Dijon mustard, and salt and pepper. Pour over bean mixture. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Just before serving, add avocado and gently stir to combine. Serve with tortilla chips

Cafe rio copycat recipe

http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/2007/11/jared-and-i-love-cafe-rio.html

Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 18,609

Copy Cat Recipes Post your favorite Copy Cat Recipes here! There are a lot of Copy Cat Recipe websites, but what’s your favorite ‘Tried and True” Copy Cat recipe? Café Rio Salad Build your salad using the following ingredients in the order given. You can use disposable pie or cake pans to make these salads. 1. Large Flour Tortillas Use homemade or buy the uncooked ones and cook them on a griddle. Sprinkle some cheddar cheese on top and cook until the cheese is melted. Place the cheesy tortillas in a cake pan. 2. Spanish Rice Recipe below (or cook a packaged Spanish Rice Mix) 3. Black Beans Recipe below 4. Meat of your choice I like sliced grilled chicken, but you can also use shredded chicken (recipe below) or shredded pork (recipe below) 5. Romaine Lettuce Wash thoroughly, and cut into large squares. 6. Pico de Gallo Recipe below (or buy some) 7. Guacamole Recipe below (or buy some) 8. Lime Wedges 9. Grated Cotija cheese 10. Cilantro sprigs 11. Crispy Tortilla Strips Just cut some corn Tortillas in thin strips and quickly fry until crisp. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with a little bit of salt. 12. Creamy Tomatillo Dressing Recipe below Suggested recipes: Cilantro Lime Rice 3 c water 3 c rice 3 chicken bouillon cubes 1 tsp salt ¼ cup lime juice 1/2 small onion 2 cloves garlic 1/2 bunch cilantro, remove large stems 1 small can green chiles Place water, rice, bouillon, and salt in pot. Bring to boil. Place lime juice, onion, garlic, cilantro and green chilies in a blender and puree. Stir into rice. Simmer, covered, for about 25 minutes. Black Beans 1 can black beans, rinsed 2 Tbl finely mined onion 2 cloves minced garlic 1 tsp ground cumin 1 cup tomato juice 3 Tbl chopped Fresh Cilantro 1 tsp salt Fry onion, garlic and cumin in a small amount of olive oil. Add beans, tomato juice, cilantro and salt and heat through. Cafe Rio Chicken 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1/2 bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing 2 tsp cumin 2 tsp chili powder 2 cloved minced garlic Cook for about 4 hours in a crock pot. Shred chicken with a fork. Cafe Rio Pork Barbacoa Pork Roast: Put it in a crock pot with a little water and cook until very tender (about 8 hours on low). Shred pork and add: 1 can enchilada sauce 2 cloves minced garlic 1 small can diced green chilies 1 can Coke (not diet coke) 1 cup brown sugar salt to taste Cook for one more hour. Pico de Gallo 4 ripe Tomatoes 1/2 cup chopped white onion 1 jalapeno, minced (remove the seeds and veins if you don’t like a lot of heat) 1/4 cup cilantro, finely chopped lime juice, to taste salt, to taste Mix everything together. Guacamole 2-3 ripe Avocados 1-2 Tbl lime juice 1/2 tomato, finely chopped 2 Tbl finely chopped onion salt, to taste (or use garlic salt) Mash avocado and lime juice with a fork. Fold in the tomato, onion, and salt. Creamy Tomatillo Dressing 1 package Ranch Buttermilk Dressing mix 1/3 cup buttermilk 1 cup Mayonnaise (I use half mayo and half sour cream) 3 fresh tomatillos 1 cup fresh cilantro 2 cloves garlic ¼ tsp cayenne pepper Just put everything in a blender and puree. Refrigerate for a couple of hours and if you need to, adjust the thickness by adding more buttermilk to thin it out, or sour cream to make it thicker.

a new idea

I wrote a little letter. . . . . .

 to the powers that be.

These days, that translates to "google". hahaha

Anyways, every time for years when I googled the local high school that my kids attend, there was an image that popped up next to the school's name that had the word "LOVE" with squiggles that resembled a Japanese word above it.

It seemed to be all innocent just to glance at it, but if you were to really look at the squiggles, you would realize that they were really an obscene picture.

I finally figured out how to do something about it.

I wrote to the powers of google and reported it to them. They wrote me back and said they would review my objection and act accordingly.

I just googled my high school and that offensive image no longer comes up : )

I like to write letters and get results like that. Thanks for listening; I just wanted to share my story.

In 1986...

I owned one of these and rode the crap out of it ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Veyo pool corndog recipe!

Veyo Pool Corndogs Recipe

This recipe for Veyo Pool Corndogs, by Jamie Garner, is from The Sommer Family Cookbook, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We help families or individuals create heirloom cookbook treasures.

Contributor:	Jamie Garner
Category:	Main Dishes: Beef, Pork and Lamb
Ingredients:	1 c. cornmeal 1/4 c. sugar 1 1/2 c. milk or buttermilk 3/4 Tbsp Oil 1 egg 1 3/4 c. flour 1 Tbsp. baking powder pinch salt squeeze of honey
Directions:	Heat a pot of oil to about 375 degrees. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl, adding the milk, oil and honey last. Add the milk just until you have the same consistency as a think pancake batter, the add oil and honey. Pour the batter into a tall drinking glass. Insert a stick (disposable skewers or chopsticks) into the hot dog, pat it dry, then roll into the batter. Immediately place in the hot oil and turn as necessary to brown all sides. It will only take a few minutes to cook until the cornbread is deep golden brown. Remove and drain on paper towels.
	Personal Notes: If you have trouble getting your batter to stick, dip the battered dog into the hot oil for just a couple of seconds to set a thin layer of batter. Allow it to cool a bit then re-batter it. The second layer will stick much better. You can also do mini corn-dog bites.

Here is another recipe that I found that claims to be the Veyo Pool's, but the main difference I can see is the amount of flour.

Homemade Corn Dogs
Makes 10 Corn Dogs

1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 cups buttermilk (regular milk works too)
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon honey
1 (10 count) package Hot Dogs
10 wooden skewers or chopsticks

2 Quarts Vegetable Oil, for frying

Directions: In a medium or large pot, add the oil. Turn heat to medium and heat oil to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, add the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir together. Then add the beaten egg, buttermilk, oil and honey. Stir until combined. (Batter should be a little thicker than pancake batter)

Remove hot dogs from package. Wipe them all dry with a paper towel (this will help the batter stick to them better) Insert one skewer or wooden stick into each hot dog.

Pour the batter into a tall drinking glass. Holding by the skewer, take one hot dog and dunk it into the batter, coating all of the hot dog. Slowly remove from batter and let a little excess batter drip back into the cup. Immediately place it into the hot oil, while still holding the stick. Turn as necessary to brown all sides. Cook for 2-3 minutes, or until all sides are a deep golden brown. Remove from hot oil and place on paper towels to drain grease. Repeat with all hot dogs.

Kyson, tickets are $45 each for standing room.

for a Thursday night game. The rest are all SOLD OUT!

(Well, except for the ones that are going for $150 each on ebay with a minimum of 4 tickets bought.)

I think I'll stay home for this one, dang it!

Starbucks Lemon Loaf

Nancy Shaffer facebook page has tons of good looking recipes:






This is a Top Secret recipe version of Starbucks Lemon loaf.

Starbucks Lemon Loaf 

1 1/2 cup(s) FLOUR
1/2 teaspoon(s) BAKING SODA
1/2 teaspoon(s) BAKING POWDER
1/2 teaspoon(s) SALT
3 EGGS
1 cup(s) SUGAR
2 tablespoon(s) BUTTER; Softened.
1 teaspoon(s) VANILLA
1 teaspoon(s) LEMON EXTRACT
1/3 cup(s) LEMON JUICE
1/2 cup(s) OIL
LEMON ICING
1 cup(s) POWDERED SUGAR; Plus 1 Tablespoon.
2 tablespoon(s) WHOLE MILK; I Used 2%.
1/2 teaspoon(s) LEMON EXTRACT
Instructions
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
Use a mixer to blend together the eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla, lemon extract and lemon juice in a medium bowl.
Pour wet ingredient into the dry ingredients and blend until smooth.
Add oil and mix well.

Pour batter into a well greased 9x5-inch loaf pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until a toothpick stuck into center of the cake comes out clean.
Make the lemon icing by combining all the icing ingredients in a small bowl with an electric mixer on low speed.
When the loaf is cool, remove it from pan and frost the top with the icing.
Let the icing set up before slicing.

Bisquick 7-up bisquits

Bisquick, sour cream, 7-up and butter!.... These are excellent!!!! So easy and soooo good! Recipe is hard to find so here it is: 

7 Up Biscuits

4 cups Bisquick
1 cup sour cream
1 cup 7-up
1/2 cup melted butter

Mix bisquick, sour cream and 7 up. Dough will be very soft - don't worry Knead and fold dough until coated with your baking mix. Pat dough out and cut biscuits using a round biscuit / cookie cutter. Melt butter in bottom of cookie sheet pan or 9x13 casserole dish. Place biscuits on top of melted butter and bake for 12-15 minutes or until brown at 425 degrees, 

Cowboy Cake

Mama T’s Cowboy Cake

1 ½ cup sugar 2 tsp baking soda
2 cups flour dash of salt
2 eggs (beaten) 1 can of crushed pineapple

Mix flour and sugar together. Add soda, salt, pineapple (juice to) and eggs. Mix well and pour into a well greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes
Frosting (Make this while the cake is baking)
1 ½ cup sugar 1 ½ cups coconut
1 stick oleo (butter) 1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans 1 small can of pet milk (not sweetened condensed)

Mix all ingredients except vanilla together in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil and boil for 6 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Pour over cake as soon as you take the cake from the oven.
Let cake cool completely before serving. Yummy!!

Indian Fry Bread

Ingredients:

4 cups of flour
1 tbs. baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tbs. powdered milk
1 ½ cups warm water
1 cup shortening
Extra flour to flour your hands

Directions:

Put flour in bowl, add baking powder, salt and powdered milk. Mix.

Mix in warm water to form dough.

Cover hands in flour.

Knead dough by hand until soft but not sticky. Cover with a cloth and let stand for 15 minutes.

Shape dough into balls about 2 inches across then flatten by patting and stretching the dough.

Melt shortening about an inch deep in frying pan. When hot put dough in pan. Fry one side till golden brown, then turn and fry the other.

This is a wonderful bread that can be used as a dessert by topping with honey, powdered sugar, etc. or can be used for main dishes such as topping with taco ingredients for an "Indian Taco".

Dixie Clark's marshmallow popcorn.

DON'T try this. You will not be able to stop eating this:
Dixie actually uses microwavable kettle corn.


Marshmallow Caramel Popcorn

1/2 c. brown sugar 1/2 c. butter 9-10 marshmallows 12 c. popcorn.

Microwave brown sugar and butter for 2 minutes. Add marshmallows.

Microwave until melted, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Pour over popcorn.

Pineapple, cream cheese, pecans, and coconut

NO BAKE - Cream Cheese, Coconut, Snowball's Recipe

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened.
1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, well drained.
1 cup chopped pecans
3 cups flaked coconut.

In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and pineapple until combined then fold in the pecans. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Take out of refrigerator and roll into 1-inch balls; then roll the balls in the coconut. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.

Yield: about 2 dozen.

Avocado and eggs:

Deviled Avocado Eggs!
Mix 1 large avocado with 3 egg yolks, add 1 tsp. cilantro and 3 tsp lime juice, 1 tbsp red onion. Pinch of salt and pepper. top with a dash of chili or paprika.

Kamarie turned 4.

Who lives in a pineapple  UNDER THE SEA?!!!!!

Here is her birthday party! (at least that is what we told her.)

Last few minutes as a 3 year old.

Kort wedged himself into this chair and let Kams sit on the chair and hauled her around on his back for her birthday present from him. (at least until I saw them and made him stop.)

Here is the start of a cake that took WAY TOO FREAKING LONG to do.

The pineapple was nice and bright!

The only thing that mattered was that Kamarie LOVED her cake!

At 9 pm, we had a "knock-and-runner" 

(haha we used to call it something different when were kids, 

but we won't ever admit to it on account of what happened to Paula Dean. LOL)

The knocker/runner left this:

WHO DOES THAT???!!!!!!!

No, really.

WHO DOES THAT??? 

BTW, I drank more itty bitty cups of tea yesterday than I care to count !

Someone make these Cookies and tell me if they're worth it.

I've seen the recipe for these in a few different places and all of them say the same thing: "If you want the taste of sugar cookies without having to go through the work and mess of rolling them out, then this is the perfect recipe for you!" I kind of thought they were exaggerating a little bit because let's be real - we roll out sugar cookies because it's fun and it's an adventure, not because it's a pain in the rear. Then I got making these and realized that all of those people were actually right. I was completely done in no time and I wasn't a slave to the kitchen, having to roll, cut, frost, and repeat. It was the perfect dessert! (I found this recipe at Cooking Classy)

Ingredients:

Cookies:

2-1/2 cups bread flour (or all-purpose flour is fine)
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1-1/2 Tbsp. sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract


Frosting:

1/2 cup butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup half and half
1 tsp. vanilla
Pinch of salt
Several drops of food coloring (optional)


Directions:

COOKIES: Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. (The longer you beat it, the fluffier your cookies will be.)
Add egg and combine well.
Add sour cream and vanilla and mix until completely blended.
Slowly add the flour mixture and stir until well combined.
Gently press the batter into the greased baking dish and spread out with hands. (If you butter your hands, this will help with the stickiness.)
Bake 17-20 minutes, or until edges become lightly golden.
Set aside to cool completely.
FROSTING: In a medium bowl, cream together butter, powdered sugar, and half and half until light and fluffy.
Stir in vanilla and salt, combine well.
Add food coloring until desired color.
Frost your cooled cookie bars evenly.
Cut into squares and serve.


I have to warn you - these are kind of addicting. Like, scary addicting. But, they honestly might just be worth the few extra pounds. Enjoy

Cupcakes YOU GOTTA SEE THIS !

Made for RS by the Bishop's wife who happens to be the mother of at least 5 small kids.

WHAT?!



















This one threw me for
a loop
when I
saw it.
So cute . . . .



The
time involved
makes my legs and
my back ache just to
think about it.



AAAAAAAAAAMEN ! ! ! ! !

Not so busy this year.

Last year, I had 6 kids at 6 different schools: Elem, Int, Middle, High, College, Univ.

This year, I don't have one at the Int school, so now I only have 6 kids at 5 different schools.

My life is sloooooowing down. . . . . . .lol