Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Made the yummiest oatmeal cookies. They stay ooey and gooey and are so yummy!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 cups quick oats
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
*optional 1 cup walnuts


Preheat oven 325 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt together and then add into the creamed mixture until just blended.
 Mix in the quick oats, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 12-13 minutes in preheated oven.Allow cookies to cool on pan for 5 minutes before removing.

                                                       My leaning tower of cookies :)

Strawberry Delight

Picked some homegrown fresh strawberries at my sister's strawberry patch today. We made strawberry shortcake and a yummy strawberry lemonade slushy. Found instructions for the slushy here.

This Weeks Menu

Monday: Cheddar Chicken Casserole

Tuesday: Cheddar Meatloaf and potatoes

Wednesday: Crispy Onion Chicken

Thursday: Spaghetti

Friday: Homemade pizza

My First Applique

Baby got a little doggie onsie

Here he is rockin it at the zoo.

Oh the joy of applique. I only wish that I had discovered it sooner. I decided that my little guy needed an elephant shirt for the zoo, because he has decided that elephants are his favorite animal. So I gave it a go and I love it! I also made a onsie for baby. But I'm not really digging the dog. I think I am going to make him a different one. We went to the zoo and my little one wore his shirt and we had to see the elephants. Baby elephant and mommy elephant were being reacquainted with daddy elephant so there wasn't much to see. But he sure looked good in his shirt.

Busy

I have been busy at work making Father's day gifts and baby stuff for my sister who is due in 5 weeks :D. Posts to come as soon as I can get some pictures. And also after I give my sister her things, then I will do a post about what I made for her and her baby. I've also been making pajama pants for Colton using a homemade pattern :D I'm trying to make a tutorial for those pajamas. So I hope I can get to posting soon.