Finally Catching Up with Life

Sorry to be so scatterbrained when it comes to keeping up on the blogging, but life always seems have something a bit more pressing.

Life recap of the past 4 months:

     The Wedding was AMAZING! Almost everything went according to plan, but it couldn't have been more perfect and all the in-laws and random relatives got along wonderfully.

                                                    Sister (maid of honor), Bride and Groom

                                                                           The Food!

  

                                             One of our favorites since we are so un-photogenic!

     We finished up the summer, went to Bumbershoot, our annual end of summer celebration for the past four years, in Seattle and stayed with our awesome Seattle buddies. Fall quarter started and Christian ( my husband ) and I both got some life plan changes handed to us; my major didn't come through so I am now working towards Bio-Cultural Anthropology and the hubby had a bit of legal problems, not so much fun but part of life.

      We ended up hosting a pre- Thanksgiving diner at our house with two sets of in-laws since we were heading to Montana for the real holiday, and everything went wonderfully!

     We took the train out to Montana and we celebrated the holiday with Christian's mom's side of the family and visited his dad's side as we traveled home in our new car! ( A wedding gift from his maternal grandparents! )

     Winter Break is now upon us and that means lots of free time for making delicious cookies. A friend of mine doesn't have a sweet tooth, but loved these cookies after a birthday ski adventure.

Sugar Cookies

   2/3 cup softened butter

   3/4 cup sugar

   1 egg

   1 tablespoon milk

   1 teaspoon baking powder

   1/4 teaspoon salt

   1 teaspoon vanilla

   2 cups flour

  

   Beat the butter until fluffy, then add the sugar, baking powder and salt. Beat until combined. Add the egg, milk and vanilla until combined. Then add in the flour, mixing any by hand if it becomes too thick. Divide the dough in half and chill for two hours ( just enough time to make some more cookies and tidy up the kitchen! )

   Preheat the oven to 375f. Roll out the dough on a flour dusted surface about 1/4 inch thick. Pull out the various cookie cutter and get cutting! ( These guys shrink down a bit so you can fit them pretty close on the pan, just don't touch )

   Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until the edges start to brown a bit.

Hope the Holiday Season is treating everyone well!