Peanut Butter Bears

We made these peanut butter bears for a very special friend of ours who helped us out at school. Thought we'd try making a gigantic one with the last of the cookie dough!

First Day of School

Pumpkin Chip Muffins

Ingredients:

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1 cup (8 oz) solid-pack pumpkin

1/2 cup canola oil

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking pwd

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp cloves

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, or 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips

Directions:

In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, pumpkin, and oil until smooth. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Yield: 1 dozen muffins

Cute Kittens

Airport

These pictures are from the airport, one of the times we sent Daddy off to Alaska. The girls were being (as always) little hams.