Five Brown Kids

I grew up eating these cookies and I haven't found anything else that even comes close. Every now and then Tryone and I try a different cookie recipe and we always come back to this one - it's the best. CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES · 1 CUP SOFT BUTTER · 2 CUPS BROWN SUGAR · 2 EGGS · 1 CUP COCONUT · 1 CUP CHOCOLATE CHIPS · 2 CUPS ROLLED OATS · 2 CUPS FLOUR · 1 tsp. BAKING POWDER · ½ tsp. SALT · 1 tsp. BAKING SODA Cream butter and brown sugar, add eggs and beat. Add coconut, choc. chips and rolled oats. Sift dry ingredients together and add to above. Drop by teaspoons on lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 F for about 8 minutes*. I like to add dried cranberries to 1/2 the batter for a tart/sweet killer cookie combo. The key to making these cookies great is taking them out before they are done. They need to be cooked but still soft and shiny. As they cool they will become moist and chewy instead of hard and crunchy. Take it from Tyrone - he's the cookie master/monster!

Here's the long awaited sneek peek. The number$ for fiscal year 2008. Biggest scare this year: Private Health Insurance paid with after tax dollars: $6404.03. Items paid for with cash because they were not covered by insurance: $2132.67. Grand total health budget for a year in which no one was seriously injured, hurt, sick or had to go to the hospital for any reason: $8, 526.70 Here's a question, if we have pathetic health insurance, life insurance and disability insurance to save us from going bankrupt if something bad happens, what happens if the very things that should save you cost so much that they make you go bankrupt? Biggest suprise of the year: Car maintenance. Other than a few oil changes we had no car issues this year. No surprise for the 07 Odyssey but our 98 Accord was making us proud this year too. (Hopefully the engine doesn't drop out tomorrow) Grand total: $236.36 Best Entertainment : A years worth of movies from Blockbuster.com. Grand total: $192.97 Most...

Here are the last of the snow pictures. Sledding down the hill up at the golf course, and sliding on a frozen mud puddle. Great fun! Sledding down Hole Number 12 on the golf course. This hill was long and low, so even Scotia liked going down. A few trips all four of us got on the sled! Now, no more cold til next year please.

A long time ago in Provo the Swims cooked this dinner for us. We've been hooked ever since. This is one of Tyrone's favorites! Four salmon steaks (I usally just have one big piece of fish from Costco and I cut it up to fit the bag) 1/4 cup brown sugar 3 tbsp oil 3 tbsp soy sauce 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated (you know I add way more) Add all the ingredients to a gallon size Ziploc bag and marinate in the fridge for several hours. You can grill this outside or cook it in the oven (350) just until it's flaky and cooked through evenly. About 30 minutes in the oven. We serve this with a big bowl of brown rice and salad.

This was from one of our "cold spell" days. In our sunny playroom it was just about right.

So the Christmas cards were cute, but the real purpose of the farmers market pictures was art for the dining room. Here it is. I finally got the big canvas prints. Love them! Thanks Crickett .

(Becuase no one can drive in the snow) Be still my beating heart. Will the excitement never end?