thinking of commiting suicide?

Then try these bad boys out. If you love peanut butter and want to go into a diabetic coma of goodness, then these are for you...these cannot be anymore fattening or worse for you then they already are. They are to die for!!!

Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

1 cup shortening (told you they aren't good for you)

1 cup creamy peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

Filling:

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

3 cups icing sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

5 to 6 Tbsp. milk

1) In a large bowl, cream the shortening, peanut butter and sugars. add eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in another bowl then add to creamed mixture and mix well.

2) Shape into 1 inch ball (using a cookie scoop works well for this part) and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten balls with a fork, I went horizontal then vertical to make a grid pattern on top. Bake at 375 degrees for 7-8 minutes or until golden . Remove to wire racks to cool.

3) For filling, in a large bowl, beat the peanut butter, icing sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve a good spreading consistency. I used a piping bag to put the icing on one cookie and then smushed another one on, then you dont' have to spread it which sometimes breaks the cookie.

*You could also use your own pb cookie recipie instead of this one, if you think the one you've got is any healthier for you.

Yield: 2 dozen sandwich cookies.

everything

I've been a bad blogger lately, not a post in weeks, how unlike me. So here's a little update on the last couple of weeks. New Years we went to the Stake Family Party and danced the night away until 9 pm (LATE!!!) I forget my camera at home that night so zippo New Years pics. The first week of January we pretty much stuck around home,  It's so annoying bundling up the kids just to walk to get the mail. We turned into hermits and still kind of are until all of this snow goes away! I am starting to think that a mountain range is being formed right in our front yard. Collaboratively Andy and I (well mostly Andy) have shovelled up quite the mound of snow. Yesterday we ventured out to get Aubrey's ears pierced! We thought we'd regret it later, but we don't, it only made her 100 times cuter then she already is!!! She was really brave and only cried for about 20 seconds. I'd venture to say she's the cutest tiny lady in the whole world! 

christmas

Christmas was so fun this year, we had lots of family parties and stuff to do. It was great to spend time with our families, both sides!!! Besides the family fun we ate and ate and ate and ATE!!! Fun Times. Actually more like fat times ... ugh ... resolution time.

why do I live here?

This picture was only the beginning, the drift grew and grew over night. You would not believe how big this sucker got.

So everyone just ask me what I've been doing the last few days.... Go Ahead....

Everyone: "Emily, what have you been doing the last few days?"

ME: " Oh nothing, just been trapped in my house because of a giant snowdrift, my now immaculately laundered and scrubbed down house, that had no water yesterday because it was so cold a water main snapped and they turned off all of the water for the whole town. I did venture out to go to church, prepared an awesome lesson for my class, because I had so much time being trapped indoors I could. Was 5 mintues into the best lesson ever, then got interupted because church got cancelled because it was too cold for life. That's all, going slowly crazy, minute by minute, second by second..."

Friday Night = Movie Night

I thought that it's be a fun idea for me to post a video tonight. Reasons being, I have NEVER posted a video on here before, and I just love this video. You'll love it too I bet. It was happening right before our eyes and we couldn't believe it ourselves... AMAZING.

                                      

 

christmas mischief

Aubrey has been getting herself into quite the predicaments lately. A day hasn't passed yet where I haven't found her opening cupboards, climbing up, into, over, and under things. She is so fast and hard to keep up with, right after I get one mess cleaned she makes another and so on and so forth! (But that is why I love her!) Anyways below are a few of the feats she has accomplished as of late.

This last week we also decorated for Christmas around here! I love getting all decked out for Christmas, I always feel the spirirt of the season best while decorating the tree. Since Andy and I have been married we've had quite the assortment of creative trees... Our first Christmas together we had a brown paper cut out tree decorated and taped to the wall of our basement suite. 2nd year was one of those spidery plants with a string of lights wrapped around it. 3rd year was a mini tree in a pot from the Safeway floral department, again sporting the one string of lights that we had, and last year was finally a real tree, very lopsided and uneven, Charlie Brown-esque I guess you could say. This year we decided to go with a "fakie" a good investment I'd say. We got a fake tree this year for one purpose only really, and that is Aubrey would pull all of the needles off of a real tree. I used to swear I'd never have a fake tree, but now that Aubrey is around I've changed my mind.

We had such a good time decorating the tree as a family, Will thought it was pretty awesome, everytime he went up to hang a ball on the tree he had to ask me "Mom, is this where this goes?" I kept telling  him that they can go anywhere you want, he was so worried about it though, it had to be just perfect. He actually "gets" Christmas this year which is great. He'll flip when he sees his presents, we got him just what he asked for.

gymnastics grad

Yesterday was Will's last day of gymnastics, this is the first "sport" that we enrolled Will in and he did AWESOME. He really loves to climb and jump off of stuff and that is exactally what they get to do in this class. Here are some pictures of him having a blast on his last day. The first picture is of Will getting his report card and candy cane. GOOD JOB BUDDY!! We are proud of you!!!