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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES



Caiden and Bailee love chocolate chip cookies. Bailee asked me if she could help me cook them. I must say that she was of great help!





1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

3/4 cups granulated sugar

3/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

2 1/4 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1 pkg. of semi-sweet chocolate chunks


PREHEAT oven to 375 degrees. Beat butter and sugars in a large bowl with an eletric mixer med. speed until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda, salt, mix well. Stir in chocolate chunks.



DROP teaspoons of dough, 2 inches apart onto a ungreased cookie sheet.



BAKE 10 min. or unti golden brown.



Jerry is craving some good old home cookin and can't wait to return home. Jerry, this should help you come home quicker!

WHO DOES SHE RESEMBLE??



JERRY HAS SHARED WITH HIS CO-WORKERS ABOUT OUR FAMILY BLOG. MANY OF THEM HAVE SEEN IT AND HAVE COME TO THINK OF IT AS A WONDERFUL THING. THEY THINK IT IS REALLY NEAT THAT HE CAN BY A CLICK OF A MOUSE, BE IN A "REALITY" OF OUR FAMILIES LIVES. ONE OF HIS BOSSES SAW A PICTURE OF BAILEE AND PROCEEDED TO TELL HIM THAT SHE LOOKED LIKE ME, BUT WHEN HE SHOWED HER A PICTURE OF BAILEE WITH GLASSES, HER PERCEPTION WAS CHANGED, SHE SOON REALIZED THAT BAILEE WAS A REPLICA OF HER DAD! WHAT DO YOU THINK??!!

WHY BLOGGING IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR FANTASTIC FAMILY OF FOUR



AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, JERRY IS GONE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. HE CANNOT ALWAYS BE WITH US IN PERSON, BUT HE IS ALWAYS WITH US IN SPIRIT. OUR FAMILY BLOG ALLOWS HIM TO SEE US IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. IT SHOWS HIM WHAT HIS FAMILY IS EXPERIENCING AND WHAT ARE DAILY LIFE CONSISTS OF. HE CAN SEE THE PROGRESS OF OUR FAMILY IS MAKING AND HE LOOK FORWARD TO THE UP KEEPING OF OUR FAMILY BLOG. I STARTED THIS BLOG IN THE HOPES THAT IT WOULD GIVE JERRY THE REASSURANCE THAT HIS FAMILY WAS "INTACTED" EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT HERE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS BLOG WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE HIM "REASSURANCE" THAT EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT HERE, OUR FAMILY LIFE WILL CONTINUE ON TO BE AS "NORMAL" AS POSSIBLE. I LOVE YOU JERRY, FOR BEING OUR PROVIDER, OUR HERO, OUR ALL. THIS IS FOR YOU, KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS WITH US!