Monkey Bread

Today was a good baking day. I decided to bake a little monkey bread and it didn't disappoint. Heres the recipe. So easy and so good!

INGREDIENTS

1/2

cup granulated sugar

1

teaspoon cinnamon

2

cans (16.3 oz each) Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

1/2

cup chopped walnuts, if desired

1/2

cup raisins, if desired

1

cup firmly packed brown sugar

3/4

cup butter or margarine, melted

DIRECTIONS

• 1Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray. In large -storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.
• 2Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.
• 3In small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.
• 4Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.

http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/grands-monkey-bread/7a1e41b1-4708-4028-8ce6-fcb5baebbc19/

Moses Lake

My mom and I decided that it would probably be a good idea if we went and saw my grandparents this summer with Kohen. They are unable to drive across the pass anymore b/c of their age and eye sight and they hadn't seen Kohen since he was about 4 months old. So Mom, Kohen and I packed up and headed to Moses Lake. It was beautiful there. Sunny, in the 90's everday. We went to dinner one night at a place called, Point Moses. Such good food. Kohen loved seeing his great grandparents and the grandparents loved seeing him. They think he's about the smartest/cutest boy they have ever seen. Id have to agree...=) My grandparents also have a cat and so while we were there he learned the word, kitty cat. He loved waking up to that cat.

Poets Cove

We got home from Chelan on a Thursday and I left early Saturday morning for Kristin's bachlorette party. We left at 8 and went and got on the DeHaan's yacht in Bellingham bay. It took 3 hours to get to Poets cove (which is in Canada). It was amazing! Everything about the whole trip. We had townhouses, a yacht, amazing food and great friends to share it all with.

Zucchini Bread

I have been making zucchini bread like crazy b/c I have so many growing in my garden. I thought I would share the recipe with you. Im also planing on make pineapple zucchini bread so I will share that, as well.

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 1/4 cups white sugar
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3. Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
4. Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

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Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Directions

1. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
2. In a large bowl, mix oil, eggs, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Blend in pineapple and zucchini. Stir flour mixture into zucchini mixture. Pour batter into two greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour. Cool on wire racks.

Ouch

Kohen was bending over, at my friend shelleys house, and bent a little to far and fell onto his head on the concrete-trying to hug a bear-Don't ask me how he did it!

Chelan 2010

We went to Chelan from July 16-22. Jordan, Kohen and I went over on a friday for WACA 'washington aggregate and concrete association.' We had a lot of fun and plan on doing again next year. Sunday the whole Van Werven family came. We went on the boat, swam in the pool and just laided back and relaxed. It was a TON of fun and I want to go back for many, many years to come. Kohen was also and angel and went down for naps on time and slept through the night like a good little boy! Enjoy the pics-

Kohen 14 months

I never did a 13 month update but not much has changed in a month...so I will put them together.

Kohen is walking practically running everywhere. He talking a lot and saying so many words that I can't really type them all up. One word that mugga taught him last week was 'chicken.'

Kohen is full of personality and is very happy boy...when he wants to be. Kohen is very good with 'no' and 'don't touch.' On the flip side he is also going through a very whiny phase when he doesn't get what he wants.

Kohens Schedule-

7:30-7:45-wake, breakfast, sippy of milk

Bathtime

9:30-nap

11:00-wake, lunch, sippy of milk

1:30-nap

3:00-wake, snack, sippy of water

5:00-dinner, sippy of milk

7:30-read to and bed

Good Morning Little Man

Kohen woke up one morning with his hair like this. I couldn't help but take a picture. Hes just too darn cute!