I made cookies for my son today (and my husband). Sam loves chocolate chip cookies, mom's cookies. He likes them best when I make them from scratch but I didn't feel like going to that much trouble. So I made them the easy way.

Here's the easy chocolate chip cookie recipe:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

1 box of yellow cake mix (any brand)

2 eggs

1/2 c oil (i find that this really is too much so just don't fill your measuring cup completely full)

chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Spoon out cookie dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 min.

You can use any flavor of cake mix and any flavor of chips. ex: chocolate cake mix & peanut butter chips.

These cookies are yummy!

more vacation pics

Here are more of our vacation pics

Don and Sam hiked up Angel's Landing in Zion National Park. I decided I couldn't do it because as you see it was a straight drop off at the top and I couldn't have gotten there due to my fear of heights. But Don and Sam made it and they were very proud of their accomplishment.

not feeling it

I haven't been on here for so long. I'm just not feeling it. The thrill is gone. I've been a little depressed lately. Not sure what is going on. But I'm going to try to keep on keepin on.

Here are a few of our vacation pics. We had a great time, I wish it didn't have to end, but Sam was a little homesick for his friends. Me, not so much.

Here are just a few, I couldn't get it to upload very many at one time. Maybe I'll put more on the next time I get on.

We're back

We're back from vacation. We got back on the 3rd. I thought I'd be able to post something that weekend but we have been so busy with Vacation Bible School this past week that I haven't even been able to get on here. Plus someone got into Don's office and got onto his computer while we were gone and they were into some sites that were not good and therefore Don's computer is infested with viruses. So now he can't get online at all and my computer is so slow that I'm not always able to get online either. I think next week he is taking his in to get it cleaned up so I'm not sure when I'll be able to get back on to post some pics from our vacation. I'll try to get back as soon as I can.

going on vacation

We are leaving Wednesday of this week to go on vacation. Not sure where we are going. Probably to Utah then Arizona and maybe even to New Mexico and then back up to Colorado. We were going to fly to Washington state but since we can't find a babysitter for our dear dog, Max, we will have to take him with us so we'll be driving. We need this vacation so bad and we can't wait. It has been a full year since we've gone anywhere. We need to decompress.

So I'll be back in 2 weeks. See you then.

I just received in the mail the Martha Stewart butterfly punch that I ordered last week. I am so excited to use it on a page. I'm going to use it on the black & red papers that I got for the design team project for the store. I'd like to make a card for my mother using it too. She loves butterflies. I've only been able to get into my scrap room once this week. My brother-n-law is here visiting with us and we've been doing a lot of visiting with him. It's good to have him here. But I'm going to try real hard to get down there tonight.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to everyone!

Here is a pic of the best son ever, Samuel! He makes me proud to be his mother.

I wish I had a pic available of my mother. She is a very special person.

I also am going to try to attach a you tube called "The Gift of An Ordinary Day". It is my story, especially since my son is almost 6 foot tall and 15 years old. I can relate to this woman's story so much.

Have a great day!

ps - okay I can't seem to be able to attach that you tube. but you can find it by going to You Tube and searching using this title. Be sure you have kleenex.

I'll have to have my 15 year old to show me how to attach a video.

Design Team

These are the papers that I picked out to do 3 - 2 page layouts for the Design Team for the Treasure Box. I love the bright spring pinks and greens in the above picture. These are from Jillibean, the camping/outdoor papers are from Bo Bunny and the black/red papers are from g.c.d / Musturd Moon / Jenni Bowlin / Scenic Route. I'll post the finished pages when I can.

I ordered the Martha Stewart butterfly punch yesterday. I'm excited to play with it. I've seen such cute things done with it. I'm hoping to use it on the pages with the black and red papers.
We had a baby shower for one of the girls on the design team. She had a baby boy, Jude, 2 months ago. That is about how long it's been since we all have gotten together.
I enjoy going to the design team nights. We get together the first Monday of each month. So I have missed going these past 2 months.
If anyone ever reads this please keep my husband in prayer. We just found out yesterday that he has shingles and it may take some time for it to heal.

Thank You Cards

I'm sending out these three thank you cards that I made, to some special people that I would like to say thanks to. Last week in Don's sermon he preached from Romans 1. In there Paul says that he thanks God for the people in the Roman church. So Don suggested that we too should be thanking God for the people in our church. So I have decided to start with these two people.
(And just a side note here, unfortunately I won't be able to post everyday because the computer I use is at work/church. We don't have internet at home so I will only be able to post on the days I get into the church building.)

We went to church today and had a great Sunday service. Hope you have a great Lord's day too!