A New Car

I have a new car! My papi is soo good to me- I have a car to take to college with me!
I said goodbye to my old car- lots of memories in Le Baron
I learned to drive in this little car, one of my friends this was her first car to drive. I carried waaay to many people at once in Le Baron, I broke down more times than I can remember, had fun times, sad times- basically it was my first car!
It's pretty amazing how many drivers this has been through. Our international student Taka bought this car new, then when he left gave it to Crissie, she moved around in it (once again carrying waaay to much), I had it next for quite a while, and now Austin has it! ahhhh. Poor La Baron is tired, but he still lives.

LaBaron was nice, but i'm soo happy about my new car!

finally done :)

well you all already know, but Laura's baby's quilt is done! It was an amazing process- from designing it to picking out patterns, textures and colors.
here is the finished product.


I was so happy with the end result and all the lessons I learned from it!
Now on to some pillows for my other sister and her new home!

cookies!

here it is folks- the best cookies ever!

okay now i will qualify that statement. these are the best non-chocolate, non-fruit, fluffy, creamy cookies ever.
i first had these at Christmas time with Chris and Crissie. Chris' mom Mirian Stokes made them and mailed them to Chris and Crissie... and I devoured them! For the past 5 1/2 months I have been craving these cookies. Yesterday Katie and I finally made them.


We had lots of fun with these, but it was a pretty long commitment, especially since we made a double batch!


Here is her recipe:
1 c. butter
2 c. flour
1/3 c. heavy whipping cream (not whipped)
granulated sugar

Mix first 3 ingredients thoroughly and chill for 1 hour.
Heat oven to 350. Roll dough to 1/8 in thick. (be sure not to make it too thick or it will have problems cooking evenly) Cut small rounds (1/2-1 inch) and coat both sides with sugar. Bake for 7-9 min. until slightly puffy. Cool and put 2 cookies together with filling to make sandwich cookies.

Filling:
1/4 c. sugar
1 egg yolk
3/4 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Blend ingredients together and tint if desired.

ENJOY!

FuNfEtTi !!

I have been terrible about blogging. My life is always more interesting with my family around and after I left Guatemala in March the “less interesting life” without them didn’t seem worthy of a post. However my family is back! With them came lots of craziness, lots of food, lots of work and lots of fun!
Josh was bemoaning the fact that Laura might not be with him for his birthday (due to delayed, delayed, delayed plans) so I told him I would make him a cake. Laura saw funfetti cake in the store and demanded that we pick that kind (her favorite next to strawberry) and the store-bought funfetti icing to go with it. (Ewww box cake and icing- I know I know.)

I decided since I was talked into a box cake I would attempt to decorate it to make it fun. So here are the pictures of our funfetti cake (dedicated to Josh.)

*It doesn’t have his name because it’s not really his birthday its just for fun(fetti) =D

A Run

sometimes you have those completely wasted days....but its okay.
that was my day yesterday.
I woke up and it was my day off- yay! Well, sort of, I was going to spend the day cramming my head full of biology for my last biology test ever (PTL). So I get up, blah blah, start studying and after the third chapter I am hit with the irresistible desire to go running. I tried to ignore it and keep studying, but it won't go away- my feet want to hit the pavement and my face feel the wind.
"okay, okay, okay,... i give in"
i get dressed, drive over to the old Lakewood house for a run. (I only believe in running around that neighborhood, its quiet, i know it, and i feel happier there.)
on the way what happens? yes you guessed it, my car breaks for the millionth time. I thought it was just the power steering, so I just continue on the the house. I later found out it was some belt that does a lot more than power steering, I'm a girl and a don't get cars.
Once at the Lakewood house I called up Mom and Dad, they were busy at the moment, so I told them I would call them back in about 40 min. I got out to go run, and it started pouring down rain. My obstinate self said "I don't even care, I came to run and by golly I will run." So I took off, I was planing to start out slow, walk for 1 mile, walk/run, for a mile, then run...let my body heat up you know. Well that didn't work I just started running, no glasses on, rain in my face, feet hitting the pavement, and breath going in out, in out, rhythmically. It was perfect.
After I got done, knowing i would feel it later for not taking it slower, I called dad. It ended up that I sat around sopping wet for 3 hours in my big empty house waiting on my car to get fixed. This could have been a tragedy- I have only been in that house a total of 3 times. The first time I bawled, the second time, walked around sadly, this time, I smiled in every room, not mourning the fact that it was sitting there empty and unloved, but remembering all the amazing memories that house holds, all the happy times and growth it has seen. The wait wasn't bad at all, I didn't get angry at myself for wasting time (because I couldn't help it!) and I didn't mope, I was just content.
Today I feel the pain from the run, and the pressure from being behind on biology, but really I don't think I would change yesterday. It was a very different day off.


P.S. My brother did get my car fixed that very night- thank God for big brothers!!