Finger licking good

Okay my friends. I thought I would share with you a new favorite cookie recipe. 

If you know me I love to make and eat chocolate chip cookies from scratch. Well I have one more ingredient to add. What goes better with chocolate then peanut butter. Well actually I know lots of things go good with chocolate but a family favorite in the pruis house is chocolate and peanut butter. I thought I would pass this recipe on to you all. I hope you bake with the kids.. even despite the mess that comes. Annalyse was covered in peanut butter after our baking time but well worth the pictures and fun she had as she dipped into the peanut butter. 

Oh,  I didn't use the peanut butter she was eating!!

Before you think I came up with the recipe I took it from a friend who found it on a website.

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup peanut butter ( we used chunky)

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 1/4 cup flour ( I used a little more for more fluff )

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup of chocolate chips 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

mix butter, peanut butter, and sugars  until light

Add egg and mix until fluffy

Mix dry ingredients together in a seperate bowl. After, add to wet ingredients.

Bake for 10-12 minutes

If you like big cookies you can roll them into about 1 1/2 golf ball size balls. You will get plump thick cookies. TOO GOOD!! Enjoy every bite but remember to share with the kids too.

A Mommy fun day

I don't know about any of you but sometimes I feel all I do is laundry, meals ( Yes ladies I have been cooking dinner almost every night... but I am including breakfast and Lunch too), kids maintaince, homework with kids and all the duties that we get as part of being mom. I can be a mom who goes through the motions everyday. With 4 kids I feel my days becoming consumed with anything but " fun." Now don't get me wrong. I love the blessing I have to be home everyday with my kids but the honest truth is I can go through each day with out feeling "I" did something "FUN " with my kids. I don't want to take away from park days or playdates but that is providing fun time for them to play but not FUN time with Mom! Not sure if anyone can relate but I am proud to say that I got out of that slump and have had a FUN craft day with my girls!!

So today, I was inspired by my very creative friend. She has this great way of doing lots of fun things with her kids. She inspires me quit often.. (you know who you are.. and if you don't you will know after this.) She posted a blog last week about how she painted pumpkins with her kids. At first it may not sound like much. You none crafty friends, or clean freaks might object to this  kind of fun but... after experiencing painting pumpkins with my girls today. It was the funniest, little, easiest, cheap, messy, and creative project I have done with my girls in sometime. It is also a cute decor for the season my kids can be proud of. The boys were in school today so they missed out but the girls painted pumpkins for them. 

We gathered our supplies: paint& brushes (little stencil paints & brushes I never use anymore) Two of daddies old tshirts, (I should have wore one too with all the splat painting I did to my pumpkin), and a table cloth (which my lovely daughter Alayna got out.. "so we didn't get the table messy" she said) And our pumpkins. I found 2 kinds of pumpkins at food maxx in the produce section. So we were ready!!

 We put a little water in our paint to get it to go on a little lighter and not so thick. We were all excited to start. We picked 5 colors. And the creative juices just started flowing. As you can see you don't have to be crafty for something to look cute!! Definently a fun new little activity for me and at least the girls to do together. Maybe next time we will wait for the boys to come home next time... or not!

Well not much more to say then that I had a blast laughing with my girls. Watching them be creative and I wasn't freaking out about the mess at all because the paint cleaned up easy with water and soap.

What a wonderful fun mommy day.. and I did grocery shop, do a load of laundry and still make dinner. Not boasting just excited I accomplished a lot and HAD FUN TOO!!

Silent night, holy night

I know as a mom I get those moments when it reminds you that it is all worth it. Well a few nights ago I had one of those moments with my sweet princess Alayna. It all began with this fun little tradition I decided to start  with the kids after they are all in their beds. I go around and sit with each one on their beds and we have a little one on one before they rest for the night. Each night looks different but it is something special I do and they all wait for it. It is very sweet!!

Sometimes there are nights when I wonder "why? did I come up with this idea!!" Just wanted to throw that in there incase you are all saying to yourselves I am crazy for not just putting them down and saying goodnight. I know some of you are saying that. So I am normal and have nights when I want to run through each room give 30 seconds and get on with my evening but this night is why I do what I do!!

Alayna was in a chatty mood and had lots of questions. She does this sometimes to keep me in her room longer. She usually gets the most of my time. 

So Alayna was asking lots of questions like what are we doing tomorrow?( a daily question) What was on my shirt? I was wearing a shirt that had our church name and a bunch of little pieces of treasure below. And a verse on the back.

So here is some of our chat about my shirt:

Alayna: Mommy what does that say? What are those little things below it?

Me: It says Creekside. Below is little treasures

A: Why?

M: Well the bible talks about treasure.

A: Oh like pirates?

M: No not exactlly. ( I then turned my shirt around to read the verse to her.)

A: where do we get treasure?

M: We get treasure by serving god, loving him. Like when we went to Mexico and we helped paint, went to the work camp and played with the kids, colored, tell the stories of Jesus, ect...

A: When do we get our treasure? 

M: We get our treasure in Heaven. Did you know the streets are Gold in heaven. It is beautiful there.

A: The streets are gold? Why?

M: In heaven everything is beautiful. There is no pain, no booboo's, no crying. It is a perfect place.

A: Really no booboo's. Why?

M: God loves us. He doesn't want us to hurt anymore. So when we live with him everything is good. No more sin. Do you know what sin is ?

A: Yes, Bad choices

M: Your right

A: When do we get to heaven?

M: We go there when we die. 

A: Who goes?

M: People who except Jesus.Those that believe he died on the cross for their sins to be forgiven. He loves us so much that he gave all that he had for us.

A: I believe that Jesus loves me. I believe he died on the cross.Where do I live in heaven?

M: You get to live in a castle. 

A: I do! Do I get treasure too! 

Mommy: Yes alayna God has lots of treasure for you!

My silent thought: (*** Oh how sweet**) Big hugs.

A small silence for a moment

A: How do you know what heaven looks like mom?

M: I read it in the bible. Would you like me to read it to you tomorrow.

A: Yes

After giving her kisses and laying with her till she dosed off. I sat in awe of our time. My little girl has shown so much interest in Jesus and the bible lately. It is too sweet and very special to my heart. So as you can see why I spend sometimes a extra 30 minutes after putting the kids to bed to sit with each of them.

Many years ago I always remembered some wise words. When your kids open up themselves to let you inside their world. Listen and answer when you need to. My little girl opened her little world of wonder with me. Oh what a precious gift it is. I had to share this moment because it was just so fun to hear her little brain get all that and understand. 

 

"My Jesus, My savior. Lord there is none like you. All of my days, I want to praise. The wonders of your mighty love!" 

Sweet dreams...

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Don't all women need a place we can express our hearts? Share what we are learning or not learning yet? To share our victories, failures, triumphs, struggles, recipes, hobbies, ideas and all those fun times in life? I know that all the hearts and lives shared with me have helped shape me into who I am today. 

I believe we all have a great purpose that we have been created for. I do believe we all have a chance to share that great purpose with the one's we do life with. I know I have a lot to learn but also know my heart is deep and open to what the Lord is molding me into and I am open to share that. 

This leads me to no better place to share that deep open place with all those great people in my life then a blog. There is just never enough time ( at least I think this..) to share our lives and all that we have to offer to one another. 

I am also looking forward to seeing the things that come out as I write.

I have many friends with blogs and enjoy reading each one. The places they go, the adventures they are on and the journey they are going through as we all become better friends, wives, moms and servants of our sweet Savior Jesus.

I titled this Fit, Fun and Fabulous because I do think it fits the way I am looking at life lately. I feel being Fit takes us to a place of more balance in us physically,emotionally and spiritually. Having Fun in life is essential and makes me lighten up. Then Fabulous... I believe my life is filled with fabulous experiences, family, and friends!!

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Let's enjoy and share this journey  together!!