Peanut Butter Cheese Ball

Here's the recipe for those who requested it and for anyone who wants to try a new yummy treat. I found it on verybestbaking.com.

Peanut Butter Cheese Ball
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter (not all-natural)
3 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
1 1/2 cups (9 ounces) Milk chocolate and Peanut Butter Swirled morsels (I chopped/grated them up a bit.)
Graham cracker sticks and/or apple slices

BEAT cream cheese, powdered sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until blended. Spoon onto a large piece of plastic wrap; bring up all four corners and twist tightly (should form a ball shape).
FREEZE for 1 hour 30 minutes or until firm enough to keep its shape. Place morsels in flat dish. Remove plastic wrap from ball and roll ball into morsels to completely cover (you may find it necessary to press morsels into ball).
PLACE ball on serving dish; cover and freeze for 2 hours or until almost firm. (Can be made ahead. If frozen overnight, thaw at room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes before serving.) Serve with graham cracker sticks and apple slices for dipping or spreading.

Just Add Water

These are some pictures taken at one of Randy's co-workers sons birthday party. They found a little bird bath in the yard and had more fun splashing around in that water than anything else. They were soaked, but it was such a hot day that I don't blame them (I heard it got over 100 that day).

Allyse is in white, Keira in pink

Just Add Water...Continued

One of the favorite things to do now is play in water, as they now can get to the faucet in the bathroom. I bought a nice sturdy step stool so that they could learn to wash their hands at the sink, for those times where I feel a wet wipe just isn't going to cut it. I keep it out of the way as much as I can in the tiny bathroom, but they can push it over and when they don't feel like doing that, they just stand on the lid of the toilet. I figure they can't hurt anything, so I let them have their fun...as long as they don't run the water too long, which they usually don't because once they're all wet they've had enough.

Allyse

Keira
Keira

Tagged Once Again

Here's a little bit more about me:

4 jobs I’ve had in my life:
1. Business Development Representative at Chocolates ala Carte
2. Copy center clerk
3. Sears telecenter
4. ShopKo-clothing retail

4 movies I have watched over and over:
1. While You Were Sleeping
2. Father of the Bride
3. Anne of Green Gables
4. Little Women

4 places that I have lived:
1. Logan, UT
2. Salt Lake City, UT
3. Santa Barbara, CA
4. Centerville, UT

4 people who e-mail me regularly: (Blogging has kind of taken over the email, so I’ll list as groups.)
1. Randy
2. Utah friends
3. Play-group moms
4. Various bulletins

4 of my favorite foods:
1. Bacon
2. Italian
3. Pot Roast
4. Chocolate

4 places I’d love to be:
1. In Utah near family
2. Prince Edward Island (I just finished reading the prequel to Anne of Green Gables.)
3. On a beach in Costa Rica—without the girls
4. Italy

4 things I’m looking forward to in 2008
1. Going to Utah
2. My friends new babies
3. Getting a house, but I’m not setting my hopes too high…good time to buy, not so good time to sell.
4. Fall, because it leads to Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, which I love.

I'm supposed to tag four people, but I'll tag anyone who hasn't done this one. Like I've said before, keep it in mind when you've got writers block.

LDS Prom

Last night was the LDS Prom held at the Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles which Randy and I chaperoned at. They had a Hollywood theme with a red carpet leading into the building, someone interviewing the kids like they were movie stars, and limousine rides, just to name a few. I think the kids had a lot of fun, but can I just say that I feel soooo OLD! I was tired before we even got there which was shortly after 8:00. Then when we walked in and heard the music blaring I wanted to go right back outside. For the rest of night we stayed as far away from the music as we could. It was fun getting dressed up, but it was a rather cold evening and I ended up wearing Randy's suit jacket most of the night. And you'd never know that my hair had once been curly. I guess waiting outside for over an hour on a balmy evening waiting for your transportation will do that.

Here we are in our finest. FYI, this is not our living room, but that of Bill and Janel Schultz who babysat the girls. Here we are inside the stretch Hummer

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Since my girls don't say funny things yet, I'll pass along what other people's kids say. This one is for you Shay.

In closing exercises my primary class sits behind the CTR 5 class which Blake Morris is in. When we came in to sit down Blake, who is a girl for those who don't know, was making growling sounds.

Me: "Maci, I think there's a lion sitting in front of us."
Blake: "No, I'm not a lion."
Me: "No? A tiger?"
Blake: "No, I'm not a tiger, I'm a woman!"

"I am woman, hear me roar!"

Grrrrrr!

After running two errands this morning I decide we still have time to swing by Wal-mart. I'm looking for something that could be used for a diaper cover, because the dresses I have for the girls now don't have them. I didn't find anything, but I did find some new swimsuits. I picked up a few groceries as well then made our way to the checkout as it was getting close to lunch and the girls were getting a bit restless.

By the time I got to the car the girls were tired of being buckled up and weren't very cooperative getting into their car seats. I quickly threw the bags in the front seat so that we could hurry and get home for lunch. When we get home and I'm packing up the bags I realize I'm missing one...the one with their swimsuits. In my hurried state I just know I have left it in the cart! Grrrrr! I get the girls back in their car seats and head back to Wal-mart hoping that A: the bag is still in the cart, or B: someone turned it in to Customer Service.

The bag is not in the cart. Grrrrr! I get the girls out and thinking it won't take long I leave my huge diaper bag in the car. I walk inside to find one employee at the customer service counter with a huge line. Grrrrr! Because the line is so long, the girls discover the new kid zone that has the car racing video games and those little coin operated ride things, which was fine until the line moved enough that I had to carry them out. As I was waiting a man looking like a manager walked by, so I asked if anyone in the last 20 minutes or so had brought in a bag that had been left in a cart. No. Grrrrr! When I got up to the counter, which by the way they finally got two more people, the lady was very nice and said to go pick out two more swimsuits and she'd take care of it. We're about 45 minutes behind our schedule and on our way home again when at the stoplight I pick up my diaper bag to get a sippy cup out for the girls and find the missing bag! GRRRRR! I need chocolate!