So far in March...

We celebrated Kimberly's birthday. She is 7 now and I started making a post in January of her so this is a double post I guess. Happy Birthday Kimberly! We love you tons!



Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Andrus
Grandpa hasn't been eating lately and hospice has come into the home. I got an e-mail this morning telling us that they have not seen someone live for more than 10 days once they stop eating and that soon he will go into a comma. I am thankful my kids got to meet him and for my childhood memories of gardening with him and his pharmacy.


Derek having some dental work done

Derek had a customer meeting at Sundance and we were lucky to be able to go up and spend time in the cabins there. Derek was able to take Aubrey skiing also. Derek and I took the kids home Friday so that we could have a night without kids and we were able to go cross country skiing on Saturday.










Aubrey had team pictures for dance


Yummy cookies we made to start the month

Grasshopper Chocolate Mint Cake Mix Cookies

Cookie bottom:
1 Devil's Food Cake Mix (I like the ones with pudding in the mix the best)
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs

Mix cake mix, oil, and eggs together (do not follow the directions on the back of the cake mix- disregard them completely). Drop spoonfuls of dough onto baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 6-9 minutes (don't cook any longer than that! You don't want them to be overdone!). Let cookies cool completely.

Peppermint Frosting:

1/2 c. butter, softened

2 Tablespoons milk

2 c. powdered sugar

1 1/2 tsp. peppermint extract

Green food coloring (optional- I added about 8 drops to get the colors of green that I had)


Mix together all the ingredients (add more or less powdered sugar until you get the consistency you like). Spread on top of each cooled cookie.




Chocolate Topping:


2 1/4 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

3/4 c. butter


Melt chocolate chips and butter together in a double boiler OR in a microwave (I usually microwave for 30-second intervals, then stir and repeat until the chips are fully melted). Spread melted chocolate on each cookie- I have found that it works best to use the back of a spoon to spread the chocolate around.


*These little cookies are super rich! I think that if you didn't want them to be so rich, use a milk chocolate cake mix and milk chocolate chips.

Recipe from sixsistersstuff.com

Kimberly and Carson having a blast playing in the snow

Carson driving his tractor in the snow