Learning to Cook

Megan and Melissa made little scrapbooks of their favorite recipes. They included recipes for treats and dinners and a little bit of everything all backed on pretty paper. I think their inspiration came from a "community time" they had in school called scrapbagging. They learned how to make mini books from paper bags and they ended up each making one for the other highlighting a special friend. They were excited to surprise each other. Hey when they are not fighting - they actually love each other. SISTERS!

So Megan put in a recipe for Peanut Butter Cups! ( I love the enthusiasm with the ! in the title of the recipe...) These are so good! She made them last night for a treat. Better than Reeses! Even Tammy liked them and she hates all peanut butter! That is saying something.....

Katie took a commercial cooking class at the Skills Center this summer to earn 1/2 credit for high school. When she takes release time seminary this year, she will end up behind on credits so she wanted to get some early. She loved the class! Came home every day excited and wanting to cook! Feel free -anytime! This is a cake she decorated and a cream pie she made from scratch. The class even counted as one of her value projects in Personal Progress so talk about multi purpose accomplishments.

I am glad for the help in cooking. Katie has even cooked entire dinners for us before. My girls are growing up!

Swim Diapers

Think they make swim diapers for a reason?

Actually that worried look on his face is not because he is bottom heavy by about 20 pounds but instead that we got him out of the water. He loves to swim - even in the kiddie pool at Grandma Love's house.

Hey, when you're cool - the sun shines all the time!

I love my aunt Megan and aunt Melissa. They always play with me...

Some of the fun we had while Tammy was home. We go to the apartment pool by our house to swim thanks to a friend in the ward who lives there and invites us as her guests. Liberty Lake needs a community pool!

The fun of having girls!

This is the kind of thing that happens all the time at our house. Always so fun to have girls!

Katie loved these shoes to death!

Can we just document how well loved these flip flops are? I got them last year for Katie. I thought - "Cheap shoes, she will never be comfortable in them. I wish she'd let me buy her Keens or Nikes." She wore them every chance she got and actually put a hole in them. When I found a new pair - she was thrilled! See Mom - I told you I would wear them and love them. Thanks for getting me a new pair!