Snow Day

A blizzard hit south central Minnesota today. The weather people kept comparing it to the Halloween blizzard of 1991. We were all pretty cooped up but we made the most of it. Piper loved watching the storm and trying to catch the snow flakes as they flew past the window.

Mom and I baked some cookies, and mom made some really yummy chili.

Josh was the only one brave enough to venture into the storm. He went up to the gas station to bring us some bread and diet cokes.

Tonight he went out to see how hard the wind was blowing and how deep the drifts were growing. He threw snow at the window and that really scared Piper.

Though we enjoyed the easy going day I think we are ready for the storm to end and to get out of the house.

My 2nd Favorite Cookie

I made my second favorite cookie this week, oatmeal butter scotch cookies. I love eating these, they remind me of my childhood. I would love when my mom would make me these cookies.
They are also pretty easy to make

1 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 ½ c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp soda
4 c. oatmeal
1 pkg. butter scotch chips

Mix together. Bake 12 min @ 350

I mixed up the dry ingredients first and then added the eggs and butter. This recipe you really need to dig in and mix with your hands. Unfortunately as soon as I was all nice and gooey from mixing the dough Piper found Taco the Cat's water dish. By the time I washed the dough off my hands Piper had made a nice little puddle around the dish and was pretty wet herself. I had to wait until Josh got back from the store to finish making the cookies.

Even though the little baby kept me on my toes while making the cookies they still turned out great. I had to share them to help prevent me from eating them all.

Wordless Wednesday

An Early Christmas Gift

Piper received a Christmas gift from our friends back in Oregon today. They wanted her to open it right away so that she could get the most use out of it.

As you can see above Piper's first Christmas gift ever was a University of Oregon coat. It is so cute and so nice and warm. I know she is going to get lots of use out of it:)

Prune Face

One of the many things I swore I would never do before I had kids was post a picture or video of my child with food all over their face. I'm sorry but this video cracks me up. I hope you get a kick out of it too.

Thanksgiving Video

I was reading through some of my favorite blogs and I came across this video. I think it's so beautiful! It makes me want to invest in a DSLR with video capabilities and video editing equipment.

Why do my hobbies have to be so expensive?

Wordless Wednesday