Yummy treat....

My good friend Jackie put this on her blog...I have not yet made them as I know I will most likely LOVE them! She said they are fabulous so here is the recipie.


Frozen Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon water
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped walnuts, if desired


DIRECTIONS:
1. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Stir in the vanilla, water, flour, chocolate chips,
and walnuts, if desired, and mix until well blended. (dough will be granulated till rolled together) Roll dough into bite-sized balls. Place on a baking sheet and freeze until firm, about 2 hours. Store balls in resealable plastic bags in the freezer.

*I froze mine on a plate covered with suran wrap.

Sunny California

So, it has been a while since I have had time to post. I don't have time to do pictures this time, but I hope to get them up over the weekend. Robbie and Kamren are in wrestling, again! So our weekends are shot and the week is so darn busy. A couple of weekends ago there was a big competition at the Holt Arena in Pocatello, it was two days of wrestling. I took the boys on Friday since Eric had to work and I ended up helping at the tables...this was interesting with Abraham, but it worked out. Robbie was eliminated on Friday and I think he was a little frustrated with himself. He did a good job, but has some really tough competition. Kamren made it to Saturday and ended up taking 2nd in his division. He won another trophy! YIKES. Eric and I ran a table on Saturday, so we had to stay till the end of the competion. I think the boys had a great time.
This past week we went to California to see Emily and Mitch's baby girl Olivia. Emily is Erics sister for those who don't know. We met Katie, Eric's other sister in Wells Nv. and drove her down with us. We had to wait for an hour for her to get there as they did not listen to Eric on what time to leave. It was a blast waiting in a gas station with four boys who were already tired of being in a car!
Anyhow, we were on our way and had a pretty uneventful drive down, thank goodness. We packed in a lot over the weekend, the zoo, bird watching, riding bikes and scooters, visiting Grandma Larsen, going to Church, going to a movie...and just being together. Olivia is a doll and has so much dark hair. She is a good baby and I'm so happy for Emily and Mitch.
Katie announced she and Ian are having a baby in October. WOW! We are finally going to have some cousins on the Larsen side! The boys are excited about that.
The weather was wonderful and traffic was horrible. I don't really miss Calf. enough to move back. The drive home Abe was fussy pretty much the entire way. We dropped Katied off at Wells, again waiting about an hour for Ian to pick her up, but it was good for the boys to be out of the car for a bit. But it did make our trip longer!
We are happy to be home and back in the grove of things. Oh, it snowed yesterday! I wanted to be back in the sun of Calf. All the snow had melted and I was so happy. Then yesterday it snowed about 2-3 inches. I guess spring is a ways off for us in good ol' eastern Idaho!

Results of Robbies Science Project

Thanks to all that helped Robbie with his project. Here are some photos of his poster and the teeth at the end.
The Monster drink ate some of the enamel off the tooth.
Diet Dr. Pepper tooth shrunk the most in size and weight...and was so black.
Dr. Pepper was next.
Apple juice weighed more, we are not sure what that means. Maybe the sugar was absorbed into the tooth?
Orange juice did nothing.
Controlled tooth stayed the same.
This was fun to do, but I am so glad to have the teeth off our counter. Now we just need to talk Robbie into letting go of the poster!

Yummy and easy treat

Mint Oreo Balls

1 package mint Oreo's

1 8oz. package cream cheese

Use a pastry blender or a food processor to mix these together. Form into bit size balls and put in the fridge until firm. Dip in white, dark or milk chocolate and top with sprinkles. Let set and then refrigerate.

My friend made these for my birthday and they were so yummy. I thought that you would all enjoy a fun and easy treat. This is one that kids can make and it is not to messy or time consuming. Happy making!

Robbie turns 9 years old!

Robbie wanted the Star Wars Clone helmet and gun for his b.day. He loves this and plays war with his friends and brothers. Eric and I just have to laugh!
Robbie and David waiting to open Rob's gifts.

Robbie wanted crepes for breakfast on his birthday!

Waiting for his breakfast to be ready!

We cannot believe that Robert Wayne Larsen is now 9 years old. Where does the time go? For his birthday he and a friend went sledding with Eric for an afternoon. We had a family party with all the family in town to celebrate all the Feb. birthdays. Robbie had a Sunday birthday and he liked that. He picked crepes with fresh strawberries for breakfast and chicken rolls for dinner. He wanted carrot cake so I made one from scratch this year! He loved it.

The top ten things we love about Robbie are:

10. he loves to read

9. he is a great student

8. he has a testimony of the Savior

7. he loves to play with his brothers

6. he is very athletic

5. he makes friends easily

4. he likes to be with the family

3. he loves to learn

2. he is a great example to others

1. he is the best oldest brother anyone could ask for

We love you Robbie.

Abraham

Abraham will be 6 months next week and feels the need to grow up. He rolled over for the first time on Saturday or Sunday and by Wed. he was rolling all over the place. This makes me sad, I don't like them to grow up and want to be busy all the time. Then today I felt in his mouth and he has a tooth. I am not sure when it came in, probably a few days ago at least. He was not fussy so that was great. He may be a teether like Robbie was and I welcome that! We love Abraham and he is a sweet lovable little boy.