Thankful Thursdays

I am really really really really really thankful for my camera! I can't imagine not being able to capture Ruby's first years and the years to come on photo. I love looking back and seeing the pic's where she wasn't doing what I wanted her to be doing or she was making some funny face like some of those above.

The best cookies ever

We have come to love this cookie recipe a little too much. This week I made them twice. Once for my friend Julie's birthday and once for my friend Rachel's birthday. I thought I would share the recipe that we found last winter
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
2 cups white chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Stir in the egg and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, stir in the rolled oats, white chocolate chips and pecans. Drop by tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.


---Instead of using eggs (because of Brian's egg allergy) I used Ener G egg replacer but you can use eggs if you are not allergic or a vegan. :)

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1st time at the beach in May!

Weekend Getaway

 

 

I spent the weekend with these lovely ladies in Indianapolis. Smith, Julie, and Jess are my best friends from my Anderson University days. This was also the first time I have left Ruby. I was gone Friday night to Sunday morning and Brian was the stay at home Dad. Everything went great at home (except the central air breaking on Saturday). All is well now and I am so glad I got to spend the weekend with such great friends.

We also celebrated Julie's 29th Birthday (the last one of us to turn 29)! Here is a great pic of her!

Happy Birthday Megan

Today is my neice's 17th Birthday! I started my first day of 7th grade when Megan was born. Boy do I feel old!

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This picture of Ruby was from April. This was the phase when she would stick both hands in her mouth at the same time.

Thankful Thursdays

I am thankful for pots and pans that keep Ruby occupied while I cook.

I am thankful for the sharpies box that my husband made for me with his own 2 hands.

I am also thankful for the new faucet that Brian installed this week!

No one responded last week...no worries you can tell me what you are thankful for this week

No news is good news

Nothing much has been happening here lately so I am posting about my new table cloth. You know how I make goals and lists for myself well, I also give myself rewards when I meet those goals. One of the rewards I gave myself for meeting a goal was a new table cloth from World Market. Believe me, when you set goals it is very helpful to give yourself rewards along the way to keep yourself motivated. Here is my new table cloth with some veggies from the farmers market.

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Ruby at Christmas time. Notice our Charlie Brown Christmas tree in the background. small baby, small house, small tree, and even small dog. that is how we roll around here.

Thankful Thursdays

I have decided that every Thursday is going to be Thankful Thursdays.

We have been truly blessed this month with lots of hand me downs. We are thankful for our
new stove that my parents gave us when they got a newer one
new baby bows and magnets that the Wainrights gave us and didn't need anymore
new (for real new) awesome and fancy cloth diapers that the Lonnemans gave us! This was HUGE to us because now we will not need to buy anymore cloth diapers for Ruby or our future kids!

We were just talking last night how God provided all these things that we were needing/wanting without us even trying to find them. They really just fell in our laps!

What are you thankful for this week?

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It is so nice when little babies will sleep anywhere and everywhere. This is Ruby sleeping on my mom's shoulder at about 1 month. She has tiny little preemie clothes on here.