How to bake cookies 101

Baking the perfect peanutbutter chocolate chip cookie can be difficult. However with good help you can do it! Here's how: Step 1: Mix the cookie dough Step 2: Spoon it out onto a baking sheet Step 3: Feel for consistancy in texture (very important!!) Step 4: Taste for consistancy in flavour (also very important!!) Step 5: Bake @ 350F for 10 minutes Step 6: Feel for soft chewy texture Step 7: Taste for soft chewy texture Step 8: Taste again, but this time for chocolatey goodness! Step 9: "Baking cookie is tough but I think I'd do it again if you ever needed more help Mom" :) "Just you wait... I'm outta here the moment you walk out that door!" "You'd never know I was planning an escape by the cute innocent look in my eyes" Streakin' Visi-girl ~ had to dry on Daddy's visi-vest she found in the closet yesterday:)

Need a name!

Any suggestions for a good (female) puppy name? Please submit!!!

Aiden decided to get up close & personal with our new puppy this evening. He's a fearless little boy (and strong - when he grabs onto something he's got a death grip that won't budge). Thankfully our puppy is a gentle, submissive little pup! The moment he grabbed her fur she put her head down and waited for him to let go (or rather, to be rescued).

Our new 4 legged friend!!!!!

Well we've been talking about getting a dog once moving for awhile now... however I didn't expect we'd get an opportunity for awhile, infact we thought we'd wait a few months at least before seriously looking for one. However a work buddy showed up at the ranch where Kev's been working with the cutest puppy ever!! A girl there claimed him pretty quick so we when we disocovered there were still two left we drove to the house to see them. Let's just say we couldn't leave without:) She's a female German Shepherd/Husky - a BIG puppy! Our motivation for getting a dog was for two reasons: The first being that we wanted one to protect the kids from wildlife while in the backyard (believe it or not, our neighbor told us a cougar wandered through our backyard last spring), going for hikes or camping in the summer. The second reason being that Atalie is deathly afraid of anything living that isn't human and we would like to help her overcome that fear sooner than later. Today she even refused to touch the cute fuzzy black caterpillar on the ground and ran away screaming when she saw the puppy at the ranch. Sheesh! Well after observing her new pet for a couple hours this evening she got up the courage to touch it (quickly!) and seems to really like her! Yea:) :)

Aiden worm crawls

Aiden turned 6 months old yesterday and began crawling two days before. Here's his cute little shuffle!

SO with much frusteration I'm going to have to ask that you view the next two posts in reverse. This stinkin program won't let me publish them in the order I choose... read "Pictures of House" BEFORE "Pictures of house continued..." Thanks!