Winter 2008

Our winter in Spokane, WA was definitely an eventful one. After receiving a record-breaking snowfall in a 24 hour period (2 feet) we continued to get nearly 7 feet total in just the month of December. Memories include: fun times getting to work in the mornings, playing "Where's Waldo" with Nick's car, shoveling several times daily, and enjoying negative temperatures. I can't wait to move to Wisconsin for some REAL winters! (if only you could hear the sarcasm...)




When we weren't dealing with all of the snow, we baked 5 different kinds of goodies that I could share with everyone I work with. One of our fun creations included these "stained glass window" sugar cookies. They are fun to make, taste great and are so pretty! Once you have your sugar cookie shapes cut out, you use a knife to cut out another design in the middle of the cookie. After baking them like normal for a few minutes, you take them out when they have about 2 minutes left to bake. Sprinkle crushed up hard candy in the middle (we used jolly ranchers) and put back in the oven for the last 2 minutes. This will melt the candy, and then you just let them cool. So cute!