Becky is here!

Well, my gorgeous sister Rebecca has come to visit us this weekend. We've had a fabulous time together already and still have 2 and a 1/2 more days to go! Yay for us. I'm so thankful to have her come. It's been a little lonely here in Logan without our family and having her around makes things so much better. Love you Becky. Thanks for coming.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are so easy and yummy!

Basic cookie dough recipe:

1 pkg. chocolate cake mix
2 eggs
1 stick butter, softened (you can use 1/2 c. oil or shortening but butter is the best tasting to me)
1 tsp. vanilla

Chocolate chips
can also expirement with other things: Heath toffee chips, butterscotch chips, white chocolate chips, nuts, etc. Be creative!!

Spoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 (180 celsius) for 11 min. Let cool 2 min. before removing them onto a cooling rack.

Jack is smiling! I couldn't capture a big open mouth smile but you'll see one soon, I'm sure of it.

He sure is good lookin'!

Charlotte comforting Jack. She's so good to him. She climbed up into the love sac all by herself to be with him.

Charlotte is showing off her acrobatic moves!

Charlotte wanted to get in the exesaucer! I was surprised she wanted to stay in it and play too.

She is very feminine when she lies down or sits but she also sleeps like this too. Here she's holding her beloved Curious George DVDs. I think we'll need an intervention with her. A little TOO addicted I think. Of course, that could be the fault of my own!

This was my little project. Making Jack and Charlotte's name. It was so easy and it stemmed off of the tileboard projects I did for Mother's Day (thanks to my close friend JEN!). You can't really see my mistakes far away! ha ha.

Mac 'n Cheese Lovers

Well, I decided to post an easy recipe for those who love Mac 'n Cheese. My mom made it for us when she was helping us out with the new baby but got it from my sister's MIL! Funny! It's sooooooooo yummy!!! And easy. That's the best, isn't it?!

Mac 'n Cheese

1 pkg elbow noodles
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 tbsp. butter
3 cups of cheese (more if you want!)

Make noodles as directed on the package. When cooked, drain water. Add butter and cream of chicken soup. Stir until combined. Then add the cheese and stir until melted! The cheese cools the noodles down a bit so it's perfect temp. for kids but if you desire steaming hot food like my husband, you might want to nuke it or something. If you like baked mac'n cheese then place in a glass dish and top with bread crumbs. Bake on 350 degrees for 20-30 min.

Okay, so I took a few pictures...ha ha. I just wanted to capture how Charlotte is crazy for Jack. And I think Jack loves all the attention as well. Some of the pictures have funny faces of either Jack or Charlotte so I had to include them too!

I look like I'm doing the Irish jig.

I love to smile!

Here is Charlotte and how she interacts with Jack.

Charlotte walking from the t.v. to mom! She does this all the time now....and if I can't catch her then she heads to the Love Sac. She just loves walking! At the end of the video it shows her lying down next to Jack. She does this now. I should video how she does it. It's so funny. And then she gets in Jack's face and keeps saying hi, hi Jack! So cute.