Coconut Macroons

To make these yummy macroons all you have to do is:

Mix together 2/3 cup of flour
5.5 cups of Coconut
2tsp of Vanilla
1 can of sweetened condensed milk

Use your hands to mix it all togethere otherwise it will take you really long!

Bake them at 350 degrees for 12 min or until the tops look toasty brown.

Enjoy!

Yummy Mudpie cookies!

1/2 Cup of Softened butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup of flour ( I used whole wheat)
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp of Baking Soda
1 1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup of Chocolate Chips
1/2 cups Coconut
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Cream together butter with sugars, egg and vanilla

Mix together dry ingrediants in a seperate bowl

Add the two mixtures together, once combined add in oats, chips, coconut and walnuts.

Bake at 350 for 11 min.

Enjoy

Papa Love

Peyton loves her papa so much that I thought I would dedicate one entry to them. I am pretty sure that Peytons favorite person in the entire world is her papa. No one can figure out exactly why she bonded with him so well but when papa is in the room... no one else matters..including me! Perhaps she loves him so much because he sneaks her jelly bellys when no one is looking for maybe its because he has patiently walked her back and forth, back and forth around the house forever soothing her since she was a baby. What ever the reason is.. Peyton definately loves her papa!

Hecla Island

Last weekend my parents took Peyton for the weekend and off we went to Hecla Island. It was a much needed break from being a fulltime mom. Dont get me wrong, I love staying home with my monkey but every once in a while a break is deserved. With another baby on the way soon we decided that now is the perfect time to get away.
Hecla Island Raddison resort was amazing. The rooms were gorgeous and very modern. The bathtub was giant and the tv was huge. The customer service was my favorite part of the trip. Everyone kept coming up to us and saying hi and we even got free drinks ( virgin for me:). I laid around at the mineral spa for the majority of the time I was there. I took nice long baths and got caught up on some tv viewing. The weather was pretty crummy but for a few hours the sun broke out so we took that as our chance to explore the island. There are hints of the Iceland culture everywhere but to be honest I felt like I was in the Eastern provinces more. The air was humid, the water was plentiful, the marina was full of boats and even the lighthouse was lite up.

Park time

Peyton took her very first tumble this weekend! She was walking down the pathway when a little boy came up behind her on a bike, he yelled " watch out" and Peyton got knocked off her balance. She had a good bruise and scrap above her right eye and screamed her eyes out... until she saw the swings!! :)

Skinners!

We have been very lucky with our weather lately so I have been doing my best to enjoy every second of it. This past winter has been really hard for me because I was stuck without a vehicle during the days, which meant that Peyton ( and I) have had to endure endless boredom. I have done everything possible to keep Peyton entertained from baking to playdough.

As soon as we had a chance we snuck away to our second favorite hotdog venue. Of course, Half moon is my favorite but on this particular weekend, half moon was lined up around the building and down the hwy so we we decided that Skinners would be second best. This is just the first of many many trips down Henderson Hwy for us.

Hurry up SUMMER!!!

Well I have been enjoying the last few months but have decided to get back up and running again. Here are a few of my recent pics. I will be posting more as time goes by. I have a few sessions coming up so keep checking back!