On September 10th we celebrated our little Joey's 2nd birthday.


He was born with such a quiet and sweet disposition, a ton of dark hair and rolls on every limb and under his chin...










Then, at one month old, he smiled. And ever since then, he has made us smile too; laugh out loud smiles.






The rolls have turned into little muscles and his hair has turned golden blonde but he still makes us smile. In fact, he is our little comedian who lately when asked to pray, puts both fingers in the corner of his mouth and pulls to
make the funniest face ever.

Our little Joey is growing so fast I hope I can keep up! And though I miss who he was, I love who he is and can't wait to see who he becomes.


Happy (belated) Birthday Joey!

Sorry for posting the recipe THREE times! Didn't realize it was posting while I was waiting for it to post and didn't save it as a draft so I can't delete it!

The other day I was over at Nate and Jennie's house and for dessert, Jennie had Colette, now 10 years old, bake chocolate chip cookies. And oh, my goodness, they were gooood! The best cookies I've ever had, ever! So, I bribed her to give me the recipe and I conned her into making some for me and all the kids when I was over again the other day and she gave me permission (after more bribing) to post the recipe on my blog. Enjoy!

Colette's Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 sticks butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2tsp vanilla
1 egg
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

The trick to these cookies, is that Colette put it ALL in the bowl at the same time and mixes it ALL together at one time until smooth, then adds 2 cups of chocolate chips and stirs them in.
Bake in preheated oven at 375 degree oven for 8-10 minutes.

The other day I was over at Nate and Jennie's house and for dessert, Jennie had Colette, now 10 years old, bake chocolate chip cookies. And oh, my goodness, they were gooood! The best cookies I've ever had, ever! So, I bribed her to give me the recipe and I conned her into making some for me and all the kids when I was over again the other day and she gave me permission (after more bribing) to post the recipe on my blog. Enjoy!

Colette's Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 sticks butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2tsp vanilla
1 egg
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

The trick to these cookies, is that Colette put it ALL in the bowl at the same time and mixes it ALL together at one time until smooth, then adds 2 cups of chocolate chips and stirs them in.
Bake in preheated oven at 375 degree oven for 8-10 minutes.

The other day I was over at Nate and Jennie's house and for dessert, Jennie had Colette, now 10 years old, bake chocolate chip cookies. And oh, my goodness, they were gooood! The best cookies I've ever had, ever! So, I bribed her to give me the recipe and I conned her into making some for me and all the kids when I was over again the other day and she gave me permission (after more bribing) to post the recipe on my blog. Enjoy!

Colette's Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 sticks butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2tsp vanilla
1 egg
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

The trick to these cookies, is that Colette put it ALL in the bowl at the same time and mixes it ALL together at one time until smooth, then adds 2 cups of chocolate chips and stirs them in.
Bake in preheated oven at 375 degree oven for 8-10 minutes.