Wednesday, March 31, 2010

A day in the life...

...of Collins!
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C
ollins is a boy that is full of life and always on the go!
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This boy can work a tool like a man!
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If only he could read the warning... DO NOT PLACE HAND ON BLADE.
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He ended the day with a rollover ;)
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Just a Tuesday for Collins. Who said all the fun should wait for Saturday?!

Courtney

A day in the life...

... of JACK!
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He is one very busy boy...
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Brendan stopped by the park on his lunch break to have a picnic with us... and chase Jack around.
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We are in the middle of building a playhouse and the boys are much help.
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Jack warns Collins not to put his hands on the blade... you know... since there was no responsible adults around to warn him. He is such a great big brother!
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Just a glimpse of what Tuesday looked like for Jack!

Courtney

Friday, March 26, 2010

A few things...

A few things happening around here that make me happy!
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Men working in the yard make me happy too!

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Lovin' these sunny days!
Courtney

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Cookies

Well since the weather has been FAR TO BLAH for outdoor photo shoots, I decided to bring the camera to the kitchen.

You know, so I could capture these beauties...
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And these beauties...
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(By the way... those are raisins not a pile of bugs)
I made some Organic Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
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{Gasp} are you really that "crunchy"???
Well, sometimes.... you know... when I want something yummy but not entirely sinful!
I know in a recent post I said I was not going to go down the organic eating path... but, I changed my mind ;)
Its actually been fun and refreshing, not a drag!
So I guess I am becoming ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
You don't have to tell people we are friends, I wouldn't want you to be associated with a tree hugger :)
Although, you just might like my cookies, especially with a latte ;)
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The recipe is as follows. ( I used all organic products when possible, but if your not into that, conventional products will work )

Seriously, the best Oatmeal raisin cookies
Adapted from simplyrecipes.com

Ingredients

  • 1 cup ( 2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened,
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 large eggs, well beaten
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla
  • 3 cups rolled oats (We use Quaker Quick or Old Fashioned. Do NOT use instant.)
  • 1 1/2 cups raisins
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Method

1 Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two large cookie sheets or line with Silpat, parchment paper or waxed paper.

2 In a large mixing bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add sugars; beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs. Add vanilla.

3 Mix flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in medium bowl. Stir dry ingredients into butter-sugar mixture. Stir in raisins and nuts. Stir in oats.

4 Spoon out dough by large tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets, leaving at least 2 inches between each cookie.

5 Bake until cookie edges turn golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets. Then carefully remove them, using a metal spatula, to a wire rack. Cool completely. They will be quite soft until completely cooled. Store tightly covered.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

Enjoy,

Courtney

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The perfect day

Seriously, my idea of the perfect day looks like this...
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I got to eat lunch lunch with a great friend from college, then I laid out while the boys played for hours outside.

They packed all their toys to go somewhere...
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We literally played till dark!

Collins was complete filth and decided to have bark for dinner...
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Sweet Brendan got to pick up after our lovely day...
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He didn't mind though ;)
I don't know what we would do without him. He is the best!!

After play, it was a healthy dinner, bath time, and kids asleep by 6:30.
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Then I got to go work out and spend the rest of the evening with my hottie ;)

Now that... was a PERFECT DAY!

Courtney

Friday, March 5, 2010

Still here...

I would blog more, but once the weather warms up we head outside!

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Come to think of it... we are outside when its cold too!
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Because outside makes us happy...
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It gives us time to ponder...
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And show off our new trick!
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And a trick we just aren't tall enough to master!
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(so he'll nimble on the handle bars instead)

Life is so good ;)

Courtney