I found a new Snickerdoodle recipe!

I love Our Best Bites. They have such wonderful recipes.  I have their cookbook, their 2012 calendar, check their website everyday and am looking forward to their second cookbook.  A few days ago, they posted a slightly different Snickerdoodle recipe than what I've been using for years, and on the first try, they turned out perfectly.  Snickerdoodles are my hands down favorite cookie ever.  So, if you love Snickerdoodles, try this recipe out.  YUMMY!

     

       

Reese

Another sweet baby!  Reese was recently blessed and my sister-in-law wanted some pictures of her in her beautiful blessing dress.  I got some pictures of her right off with her eyes wide open. Then her mom got her to sleep and I was able to get precious sleeping pictures of her.   I think she looks like a Who down in Who-ville with her touching-the-eyebrows lashes.  And her eyes. . . oh my, she's a beauty. Anyway, you don't have to take my word for it.

Denver, Colorado?!?

Okay folks, here's the scoop.  On the 17th of January, Matt was in a business meeting up in Salt Lake where he was informed that VLCM (the company Matt has worked for since April 2009) was wanting to expand to Denver, Colorado and to Las Vegas, Nevada.  Feeling a little stuck in a dead-end position, Matt jumped at the chance for this new opportunity and told his boss that if he didn't have any one else in mind for this position, Matt would like to head up the Denver expansion, (not really wanting to have to deal with Nevada summers).
Here we are, a month later and all we really know is that we'll probably be moving to Denver this year.  Most likely, it'll be at the end of July or beginning of August so we can get the kids situated for school; can you believe that three of our children will be in school this year?  I can't.
Anyway, that is the scoop. We're looking for homes to rent and would prefer to live in south Denver; Centennial, Parker, Littleton, and Highlands Ranch being the most appealing.  We'll also be renting out our house here as we bought before the housing market bottomed out. Ugh.

Sadie on Valentine's Day

Sadie absolutely loves Winnie the Pooh.  So for Valentine's Day, we got her a set of Hundred Acre Wood stuffed animals.  She's spent all day hugging Pooh, playing with Piglet (Piglik as she calls him), Tigger and Eeyore. They all joined her for breakfast and this little impromptu photo shoot.

My Great-Grandma's Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

My great grandma was a fabulous lady, and although Matt says I say it backwards, we always called her Grandma Great.  She was always baking something delicious or had something yummy sitting on her table.  I didn't get to spend a lot of time with her, but a few times I did get to bake with her.  Once we made these wonderful cookies which she always seemed to have on hand.  She invariably colored her sugar pink for these cookies.

Cream:

1 lb. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
3 eggs

Add:

1 tsp. almond extract
1 tsp. vanilla (I was told by my cousin that her secret to making these cookies fabulous was that she never measured the vanilla)

Then add:

4 2/3 c. flour
2 tsp. cornstarch
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda

Roll into balls the size of walnuts and dip into colored sugar.  Place on baking sheet and press down with a glass.
Bake at 375.  (The baking time was not specified on the recipe, my guess is between 7-10 minutes.)