Banana Bread

After a very frustrating day at work I decided to do a little baking. I decided to make some chocolate chip banana bread and it was delicious!

Based off my Great Grandma Cook's recipie

1 1/2 cup sugar - 2 eggs well beaten - 2 cups flour - 1/2 cup butter - 1 tsp baking soda - 1/2 tsp salt - 1/2 walnuts or chocolate chips - 1 cup mashed bananas (about 3 bananas) 

Bake at least 30 minutes in 350' F You'll know that it's done when you wiggle the pan and the middle doesn't jiggle. Enjoy!

drum roll please....

as of this weekend I have taken over the management of the Great Clips that I have been co-managing!


lots more responsibility, lots more work, lots more stress 
yet I'm excited, motivated and ready to take it all on! 


And thanks to an incredible husband who gives me all the support I need to do it all! 

being crafty

on my day off I decided to be a little crafty and made another band for my watch and matching earrings! 

 

little catch up

and by little I really mean little! 
Since my last post I....


got married!!!!

started working and managing a new Great Clips. Michael started working at Fry's Electronics store. Oh and yes we are living in Salem! Which brings me to my next point...our cute home!!!

                                                          the ever messy office

                                                                    bathroom

                                                           lovely bedroom

                                           kitchen - living - family - dining room!

lots more posts to come but here we are our little happy family!!!

HauNTeD HouSeS and PuMPKiN CaRViNG!

Of my favorite family traditions that we have is the Halloween tradition to make Gingerbread Haunted Houses! 

We are always so busy around Christmas time so we don't have time to make gingerbread houses, not to mention is you make them haunted then they don't have to be perfect and the imperfections make them even more 

SPOOKY!

 Of course with the traditional house name 

"Cook Shak" 

 Mr. Bentley!

 Dad had to get out the power tools!

 Look at our cute couple faced pumpkin!

and the Halloween festivities are about us

Rain Rain....

where are you???

Maybe I've been away from Oregon soo long that I have this idea in my head that it rains more then it does? Is that possible?? Where is the rain??? and why in October has it been in the 80's????

...oh well, but just don't rain on November 26th please :)

Go O's!

Back at the home front we are full of OLY SPIRIT! and I'm not goin lie I'm quite enjoying being apart of the Oly team again! 

Here are a few football game pictures!

 Bentley has been helping out as ball boy ~ It's been fun to watch the brother's our there together!

 And a win for the OLYS! Just what the doctor ordered!