HSWinterCamp09

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Pink Treats!

Aren't theses perfect for Valentines day! Sweet and Pink!

Makes 3 dozen
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 sticks (10 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups plus 2 teaspoons sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise, seeds scraped and reserved
6 ounces (1 cup) fresh raspberries
7 1/2 ounces best-quality white chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/3 cup heavy cream

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

2. Mix butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg, extract, and vanilla seeds; mix until smooth. Reduce speed to low. Gradually mix in flour mixture.

3. Scoop batter using a 1-inch ice cream scoop; space 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

4. Bake cookies 4 minutes. Remove from oven; gently tap baking sheets on counter to flatten cookies. Return to oven, switching positions of sheets; bake until cookies are just set, 4 to 6 minutes more. Let cool on parchment on wire racks.

5. Puree raspberries and remaining 2 teaspoons sugar in a food processor. Pour mixture through a fine sieve into a small bowl, pressing to extract juice; discard seeds. Set mixture aside.

6. Melt white chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Remove from heat; whisk in cream in a slow stream. Whisk in reserved raspberry mixture. Refrigerate 30 minutes.

7. Spread 1 heaping teaspoon raspberry cream on the undersides of half the cookies. Sandwich with remaining cookies. Cookies can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container up to 2 days

February 14th, 2009

For our Valentines Day, we are going to take our picnic basket and head to a grassy area for a day outside together. I was trilled that this year the 14th landed on a Saturday, because that means that I will have the wonderful privilege to spend the entire day with my beloved!

becoming baby wise!

I'm trying to be prepared for when our little one comes to join our family, therefore, I've been reading Baby Wise. It's really good, I'm learning a lot and I think it shows because I've already cried and been totally freaked out a few times. :) haha, fun times!

Steelers Vs. Card's

picture= a Steelers fan; aka- what my mom looked like after the game! :)

Joel and I threw a Steeler's party for my mother at our new house on Sunday. We knew that anywhere else you would go on Sunday night in Arizona they would be cheering for the RED, therefore Mom probably wouldn’t have been able to have a great time. Now, If you know anything about my mom, you would know that she can tend to get a little rowdy during a football game, especially when it involves a “terrible towel.” (However, I think Jeff and J.J just found that out this weekend- haha) My only response to them was, “welcome to MY family.” No, really we loved the excitement and we love Mom’s support for her team (even though are neighbors probably didn’t enjoy it so much.) I think by the end of the night we all almost lost our voices, which in my book shows that it was a good game! Love you mom, congrats on your yellow and black!

Winning TD!

sad...

give it up for Larry!

He played a good game!

Our little Peanut is growing!

Our little Peanut is growing! It is amazing to think of all the little details that are being formed to make this precious little body. It has been fun to keep track on a week by week time line on how our little baby is growing. I’m in my 12th week now (almost out of my first trimester!) Our baby is now approximately 2 ½ inches, about the size of a large plum. Even though there is still a lot of maturing to do, most of his or her system is already fully formed. For instance- 2 weeks ago the bone and cartilage was forming, knees and ankles were developing, and even teeth buds were forming under the gums. This was a little freaky to think about, but it also mentions that the baby was producing his or her digestive juices in their stomach, and the kidneys producing larger quantities of urine. (weird huh!?) Anyway, so far everything is still looking good. I will have another doctor appointment in a few weeks where we will probably schedule the following appointment to fine out if we will be having a boy or a girl. We’ll keep you posted!

Feminine Appeal

I’m reading Feminine Appeal By: Carolyn Mahaney...a wonderful book, I recommend it! In the sixth chapter called, “the honor of working at home” there was a paragraph from a lady that struck me, it said…

“Much of the world would agree that being a housekeeper is acceptable as long as you are not caring for your own home; treating men with attentive devotion would be also right as long as the man is the boss in the office and not your husband; caring for children would even be deemed heroic service for which presidential awards could be given as long as the children are someone else’s and not your own.”

Crazy Huh!?