Thursday, July 26, 2012

Brownies...From Scratching!

Name that movie!



These were definitely not made by scratching, but they were made from scratch. As in: no box or pre-mixed ingredients involved! I love to cook, but this is one hurdle I hadn't before tackled. I stick with the old adage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Betty Crocker had never done me wrong, so who was I to stray? However, a friend gave me some of his homemade brownies as comfort food one particularly awful night, and I've been a convert ever since.

If you're feeling brave and want to try these yourself, you can find the recipe here. Good luck!!

Monday, July 9, 2012

Little Man

I adore him. That is all.


"Ali! See under the water??"--I think that if I heard this once, I heard it 100 times. He loves to go underwater and open his eyes to look.




That's not really all. But seriously--I LOVE this child! I would take him and keep him forever as my own. Almost. :-) Love getting to spend the day with him. He's doing so great with swimming! He doesn't quite have the idea of kicking his feet yet, but loves to go underwater, and paddles his way across the pool like a champ.