Peanut Butter Cookies

Well, about a year or so ago I was pregnant with Adam and home with the girls like any old day and got the urge to bake homemade cookies. I hardly ever bake anything unless it's around Thanksgiving or Christmas, which means I was out of flour, didn't have any brown sugar, or chocolate chips. I decided to search the internet for an easy way to make peanut butter cookies......and I found a great one. It's the easiest too, and I'm sure everyone has already known about this forever, but anyhow here's the recipe

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

That's right! That's all you need!! Mix it altogether and roll into balls, use a fork to make the lattice looking top, sprinkle with a little sugar and bake @ 375 fr 8-11 minutes.....(9 works best for me).

Since then I can't seem to stop baking them! So if you would like to try them beware, they're addicting! I even tried to make another kind with all the usual baking good stuff and they didn't even taste like peanut butter cookies! So there you go! It's super easy and not a lot of clean up either! All my kiddos love them, with the exception of Maximus.....not big enough yet ;)

Sunshine stuck in the basketball net!

 Joy having a blast!

 Ducky after sliding!











The birthday girls!

Well, the girls had a great birthday party at Pump It Up. We had family and friends there and it was perfect! It's overwhelming to think we have a 4 year old and a 3 year old! And it's really overwhelming to think that Joy will be starting kindergarten in 2010! Once you have kiddos time sure does fly by! Nothing major has been going on at our house lately, just the same stuff that happens everyday. Sunshine is teething and is getting all 4 of her 1 year molars, no fun for anybody, but she has been sleeping more than I expected she would so that's great! Over spring break my friend Michelle and her two little boys came to visit! We had so much fun! It was great seeing them! Maximus will be 6 months old this month and I can't believe it!

Marching into birthdays....

With March comes many things for our family; spring, birthdays, and new adventures. Today is March 11th and our oldest Joy turned 4 yesterday! It is amazing to think about having 4 kids, when your oldest just turned 4! My how time flies....it seems like just yesterday we were coming home with each of them! Well, Joy got to go to MDO on her birthday and she took cupcakes for her friends. She also had special visitors once we got home. Pop, Lala, and cousin Garrett came over with pizza and cupcakes! We had a great time!

In 11 days we get to celebrate Ducky's 3rd birthday the same way! We are having their birthday party at Pump It Up this year and everyone here is super excited! Chris and I were even invited to the birthday party by Joy and Ducky! :) haha They're too funny!

Sunshine and Maximus are growing so quickly it's hard to keep up with everything they accomplish each day! Sunshine is almost 17 months old and is into everything and I mean everything! She climbs on everything and in the past few days has shown interest in the potty! Maximus is already 5 months old and is growing so quickly. He and Sunshine are almost the same size! He's been rolling over and over and over and hasn't mastered sitting up yet, but we're working on it!

Just this past weekend Jenifer, Chris' sister went with us to the Tyler Rose Garden and took our family pictures for this year. She did an amazing job!! She is so talented! And on a side note all the kids cooperated very well and I didn't even lose my cool! All in all it was a great day!!

Ducky (2)

 Joy (3)

Max (3 months)

Sunshine (14 months)

Above is an individual picture of our precious kiddos....

Well, it's been a really long time since my last blog, and we've added two more children to the family! Sunshine was born on 10.22.07 and then less than a year later Max was born on 10.3.08. I had my tubes tied and here we are!

We are living in Gladewater and are almost finished building our first house! Chris is still working at the Social Security Administration and still running his business. I am still at home with the kids until they are all in school, and then I will start teaching again. In February Chris and I will celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary. Joy will be 4 in March and Ducky will be 3 in March. It's crazy how time flies by so quickly!! More later...