Isabel leaves those little orange and strawberry girls everywhere, and I think they are so cute! They smell like fruit too! Something about little miniature toys in my baby's fist makes me so happy inside.
Hey Y'all. Do you remember the pretty family that joined us for Thanksgiving? Well, I just found this video of Andy and his oldest daughter Savannah singing together and it's the sweetest thing ever. And this song couldn't have found me on a better day. Enjoy!
and don't forget to check out all Andy's music on i-tunes or follow him on twitter for more info! @andysquyres
Occasionally I think about cookies. I'm not really into cookies that much but my favorites are good old fashioned chocolate chip and sometimes snickerdoodle cookies. The other night I had a dream about snickerdoodle cookies, so I woke up the next day, modified a recipe and made my own rendition of the delicious treat. The key is to not overbake so they are nice and chewy.
1 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
3 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
Coating:
white sugar
cinnamon
nutmeg
Heat oven to 425 F
Mix dry ingredients
melt butter and wisk eggs, cooled butter and extracts together
stir in wet ingredients
Mix coating in bowl
make small 1 1/2 inch balls of dough and roll into coating mixture
put on greased baking sheet
flatten slightly with fork (for lines)
Bake 7-10 minutes, making sure you watch to make sure they are a little under-done when you pull them out!
Enjoy!
the girls.
doesn't my husband's haircut look nice? (i cut it, don't look close)
uncle John in the kitchen (always)
stomping
feeding the horses
the twins
I have a pretty huge extended family. We had 40 people at our Thanksgiving and that wasn't even half of them! We also had sweet family friends join as well, (you can't miss them- the beautiful ginger family seen above) I loved this Thanksgiving. Food, children, horses, fresh air, relaxing, walking... it was so wonderful. Here are some shots of mostly the kids and a quick family photo portrait session for a few of my cousins, and of course lots of my little Isabel.
This year we had a buttermilk herb turkey & a brown sugar, garlic brined turkey. I made a stilton-cranberry, apple, roasted walnut salad (with homemade dressing) as seen above.
My grandparents The Bizzells live on the top of a mountain called, Apple Hill.. with rolling apple orchards, a lodge, a few cabins, a guest house and lots of dogs, horses and deer hanging around. I like to pretend I live on a farm when I'm there... I can't wait to go back for Christmas and this time my brothers and more cousins will be there! I really love my grandparents, they are the most special in the world, I am so thankful for my bright, colorful family this year!
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