Sunday, February 15, 2009

Bowling

A day at the local bowling alley.



Zoey won with a score of 80 pts.






Cheese!



Megan and the girls.



Paul and Carly



Daddy helping Abby bowl.



Bowling is exhausting!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Sturgeon Spearing Weekend

Here are some sturgeon people speared on Lake Winnebago, WI. Also, the lake is so large it form stress cracks and bridges are made to cross the cracks.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Chocolate Molten Cakes!

I love these! They are one of my favorites and very easy to make.

12 Tablespoons of milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips
(or 4 squares of milk or semi-sweet baking chocolate)
1/2 cup butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
6 Tablespoons flour

Preheat oven to 425 degrees (I only go to 375). Butter four 3/4 cup custard cups or soufflé dishes and place on cookie sheet (I use Crisco and 6 muffin cups in a 12 cup muffin tin).

Microwave chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 minute or until butter is melted. Stir with a wire whisk until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in powdered sugar until well blended. Add egg and egg yolk with wire whisk. Stir in flour. Divide among dishes.

Bake for 13-15 minutes (I go 15 or more) or until sides are firm but centers are soft. Let stand 1 minute. Carefully run a small knife around cakes to loosen. Invert cakes onto dessert dishes. Serve immediately. (I usually cook mine longer because of the reduced oven temperature and I like them a little more done than the recipe calls for. They are also good the next day.)

Monday, January 5, 2009

Gingerbread Men

We finally got the gingerbread men decorated the day after Christmas.




Christmas Presents

The girls and all their Christmas presents.

Christmas Eve Sledding

We went sledding on Christmas Eve before opening presents. We took my niece and nephews with us. It was a blast!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Gingerbread Men

So, today I made Gingerbread Men.

We went out to eat at the Chinese restaurant. While eating, our conversation goes as follows:

Carly: You made the cookies?
Me: Yes
Carly: You baked them?
Me: Yes, they are all ready to be decorated.
Carly: You cut them out and baked them?
Me: Yes CARLY!
Carly: Where are they?
Me: On the counter.
Carly: What if they run away?
Me: They won't run away.
Carly: They are the ones with the legs?
Me: Yes.
Carly: What if they run away?
Me: They won't run away, we haven't decorated them yet. They don't have eyes.
Carly: But what if they do?
Me: They won't. They can't see where they are going.

About two hours later, after their bath.

Carly: When are we going to decorate the gingerbread men?
Me: Tomorrow
Carly: What if they run away?
Me: They won't, remember they don't have eyes.
Carly: But they are magical.

The mind of a 6 year old. The conversation continued through the night. All three girls were convinced the gingerbread men would run away. I have no idea where they got this idea.