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this is the best site for your new recipes...cause you know you need new ones...at least i do! made the BEST chocolate toffee cookies & will again right now. you have to check out this site and find a recipe you need. the author makes the recipes simple, but delicious! (not my pic, but mine looked the same, so will yours! how can you look and not want one?)
www.smittenkitchen.com
by the way i will be back later to catch up on my life, i promise!
just finished my first week of preschool! with 9 kids 3 years old (or almost there!) it is busy! so far i am loving it and am excited for this year. i love planning my own curriculum and using my degree for something; i am lucky to be able stay home with my children at the same time! i turned our extra room into a preschool and it is working out great! carly thinks preschool is heaven, it is so cute! it is from 9-11:30, tuesday & thursdays...here are my kids, they are my "little learners!" cute huh?
check out my preschool blog for more pics and info! www.jenslittlelearnerspreschool.blogspot.com/
had to post one more pic of the brimhalls in front of moe's! love ya!
lately carly will randomly say "i love you too mommy." then of course, i tell her i love her...melts my heart every time! conversations with my 2 year old are so fun & interesting!
we were practicing some face painting on carly today and i loved this one of her even though she is NOT smiling, i think she enjoyed it...
journal entry:
"Carly this last week, just cut her hair! She was cutting paper with her kid scissors and I went upstairs to put some things away and took longer than I should. I even thought, I should go downstairs and check on her with those scissors, she could be cutting her hair. Probably a prompting I didn't listen to. Carly came upstairs and told on herself, "Mommy, I cut my hair!" I was upset, "Oh no!" I acted devastated and she started crying. I wasn't mad just so sad and well, devastated! She felt so bad and then I had to fix what I did and calm her down. It could have been so much worse! It was only on the right side and most of her bangs are gone. She just doesnt have much hair to loose in the first place, and whatever precious hair she grows I want to keep there! We are now wearing a lot of hats!"
lately carly will randomly say "i love you too mommy." then of course, i tell her i love her...melts my heart every time! conversations with my 2 year old are so fun & interesting!
******i finished my first half-marathon early july 4th! it was an exhausting & great experience! yes, i had tears in my eyes when i crossed that finish line! i ran on sauvie island near portland with over 2,000 runners...my time wasn't all i wanted it to be...2 hrs 18 min...but i learned a lot (mostly what not to do when running that long). all i wanted to do was eat some of the strawberry shortcake afterwards! one mistake i made was not taking any goo during the race or eating enough beforehand. but i will for sure do another one...not sure about those full marathons yet though! 
4th of july was eventful and fun this year! khara, my sister came into town for 5 days. i ran my half marathon in the morning and we watched fireworks and hung out in downtown portland on the riverfront...khara made this amazing cake with our fresh picked berries...we ended up giving half of it to a group of homeless people who loved it too!
