Can You Bake Cookies in a Car?

Yes, yes you can! I read an article on the internet that said you can bake cookies on your car's dash if the weather is 100 degrees or above. Hmmm...fresh baked cookies while I work? Heck yeah! I ran to the store on my lunch break and picked up the pre-made chocolate chip cookie dough and grabbed my cookie sheet from home. Three hours later...warm, fresh dash cookies! My car smelled like I imagine heaven would smell and I had delicious cookies! It was a day full of WIN!! Also, since the cookies were cooked fully by solar power, the calories didn't count....being earth-friendly=no calories. Right? And, yes, I will go to bizarre lengths for cookies.

Fun with the Girls

We just love our girls! We let them out at night to chase bugs and run around. They don't mind being picked up or petted and they love to hang out in Grant's doghouse. He sniffs them, but never harasses them or anything. They aren't too sure about Logan, but he sure loves them. They are giving us 2-3 eggs a day, which is awesome. Fun times at the Engkraf Farm!

Zoo Pics

Logan had his first trip to the zoo a few weekends ago. I didn't get very many pictures, but rest assured, he had a great time. He liked the polar bears a lot, they were very active. We had some fun in the petting zoo until the goats started to nibble at my shirt. He got very protective and screamed, "Get away from my mommy! No, no goats!"

4th of July

Yeah, I know it's almost August. It took me awhile to catch up. Check out my holiday themed chips and salsa!

Fishy fun

Brian took our neighbor John up to Castle Lake for a hike and some fishing. As you can see, they were successful. Logan and Grant tried to help clean too. Logan likes to say, "My Daddy fishing." We'll have to get him a pole soon!

Got Rant?

I can't contain my disdain any longer. I am so done with the "Got ___" campaign. Sure, "Got Milk" was cute in its inception 15 years ago. It's not so much the milk ad thing that incenses me, it's the myriad knock-offs that have cropped up. Not that these ubiquitous duplications are anything new, I just happened to see one the other day that was the proverbial straw that broke this camel's back. I was behind a local roofing company's truck and there it was, in HUGE vinyl letters on the back window.... "GOT ROOF." Got roof. No question mark. No nothing. The glaring lack of punctuation aside, the entire premise is preposterous. As a statement, it's stupid. As a question, it's stupid. As a whole, it's stupid. I suppose the whole slogan became such an ingrained part of our culture because you can add it to anything and have a ready made ad pitch. Daycare? Got Kids? Veterinarian? Got Pets? I get it, it's simple, it's to the point. But it's ANNOYING. Let's move on. It's poor grammar, people! Won't someone think of the children?
/rant

Our First Egg!!

Yay! The chickens (well, one of them) is finally starting to earn her keep. Brian found this cute little egg in the coop yesterday. It was sitting out in the sun, so we're not going to cook it. It's still in the fridge though, we just love it! We call it Eggbert. Ok, I call it Eggbert... Hopefully there are more to come!