Henry's First Birthday Slideshow

I think I finally have this video uploading figured out (now that Henry is 18 months-LOL) We hope you enjoy. It cuts out at the end because it's not the original video. Luckily we have the original saved on a external hard drive. We've had a few computer issues over the last couple of months.

 

 

 

Chocolate Chip Cookie

I've been on a quest to perfect my chocolate chip cookies. I don't know why other than the fact that it bugs me when I spend time and money on ingredients and they don't turn out. Plus, I have two cookie monsters!!!

So here are my three little secrets..................

 

1) I bake all my cookies on Silpat mats. They are a bit pricey, but totally worth it! The pros use them and you can get them at Bed Bath and Beyond for $25.

2) I use Crisco (butter flavored) baking sticks. Forget waiting for butter to soften. These babies are soft and ready to go. Plus, I believe it makes the texture of the cookie better.

3) I use dark brown sugar instead of light.

I always follow Nestlé's recipe, so I can't take credit, but these tweaks truly make the PERFECT cookie. They are slightly crispy around the edge and ooey, gooey in the middle!

 

 

 

Now go bake some cookies!

I'm Back!!!

A good friend of mine over at Sassy Classy and Always Fabulous reminded me over the weekend that I haven't blogged in FOREVER. I guess I've been busy being a Mommy, but it is definitely time to start posting again. A lot has happened since September! Henry is now ONE. My how time flies. My little sister had a baby girl, and I turned 30!!! As a present to myself I did the Advocare 24 day challenge. I lost 6 lbs, which doesn't seem like a lot, but I dropped 2 pants sizes and I feel wonderful. I can't speak highly enough of this product. I'm continuing to eat clean as well as go to the gym 3-4 times a week. I'm actually running. I never thought I would because I usually hate it, but I actually love it now. I'm up to 2 miles. I'm proud of those 2 miles. Zac is doing well at work and Fenway and Rueben are loving life at the lake. Life is pretty good. I'm not sure where to even start, but I've had a few requests to see the slide show that we made for Henry's birthday party, so I figured I would start there. I get very emotional watching this. For real, cannot watch it without crying. "Forever Young" pretty much sums up how I feel about Henry. We could not have chosen a better song. Huge shout out to the (best show on TV) Parenthood for having this song on their soundtrack.

 

Sooooo apparently I cannot load the slide show. I'm going to need to figure out a way to do that, but in the meantime,  here are a few pictures from Henry's photo shoot. I really like how they turned out. Many thanks to Rachel Lund Photography!

 

http://rachellundphotography.wordpress.com/