Driving Already?!

Lilia loves playing on all the toys at Weez's house. Here she is driving. Backwards driving was what she learned first. She loves to bounce on the trampoline. We have to watch her because she climbs the ladder quickly! They have a net around to keep kids inside.

Manti Temple

What a view! We are on our way to the camp ground.

Lilia and Lexie

Lilia has been following Lexie everywhere. They are having fun together!

Bread!

I think I am figuring out this bread recipe! Yummy!

A Kiss for Daddy

Lilia gives kisses when she wants. Usually Daddy gets a kiss and then Mommy is left with none! She is so cute!

Almost Blue Eyes

My Mother has beautiful blue/green eyes.  They are the color of the ocean.  My youngest brother got her color eyes.  I think this picture of me I almost catch a little bit of that blue/green.  What do you think?

Now, if we could only get Lilia to stay still for a picture! This was taken in June 2010

Reading "Silly Goose"

I caught Lilia reading. I love when I find her reading all by herself. She really loves her books! We spend a lot of time reading together.

Our Little Flour!

Yep! I spelled that correctly! I ground up some wheat for some healthy cookies. Lilia found the flour and had a lot of fun!

I had these cookies with my friend Tamara when we were visiting for breakfast. Cookies for breakfast is the best! She was one of my roommates in college.  She is a great cook and we enjoy staying with her family when we get the chance.  I put my changes in this color.

DIANA’S BREAKFAST COOKIES by Diana Chamness’ book "Life Spice"


1 ½ C flour (Optional: Use ½ whole wheat)  I use all whole wheat
1 C Sugar  I use brown sugar
½ tsp. Baking soda
1/4 tsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Nutmeg
3/4 tsp. Cinnamon
3/4 C Shortening
1 Egg
1 C Mashed ripe bananas  I use 3 frozen bananas defrosted
1 3/4 C Quick Rolled Oats
6 oz. pkg. Chocolate chips, also raisins, nuts, coconut, dates, anything else you like, as long as there’s room in the batter.

Combine all ingredients in a very large bowl. Drop by tablespoons on ungreased cookie sheet or make into bar cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes (longer for bar cookies, cut while warm.)

*We use all whole wheat flour. Have put in walnuts and pecans (we prefer pecans b/c they are sweet enough to provide the sweet without having to add the chocolate chips) and sometimes chocolate chips. Usually use a tsp dropper b/c we like the bite sized cookies. We also don’t measure the bananas, just guesstimate so the moisture content varies with each batch. Moisture might also be effected by the quality of whole wheat we are using. Some turn out very moist and flatten a little to the normal cookie size/shape, but they stick together in storage. Others turn out drier and don’t flatten at all but also never stick together. Baking for the cookies usually takes us about 17 to 20 min for us. While we do just dump all ingredients in together if using a powerful mixer, if doing it by hand or not powerful mixer, I recommend mixing the moist up first and then adding dry ingredients one or two at a time to ensure good mixing and to make it easier to mix.

Carseat Beauty

Here Lilia is relaxing while we run errands on Saturday morning.

Busy Fingers

Lilia climbs the piano bench easily and stops to play the piano during the day. She has been good so far to not stand on the bench or climb up on to the piano. We will see what happens in the future.