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Marshmallow Fruit Salad!
This one is super EASY and a sure-fire crowd pleaser! Ingredients: Any fruit you can find! I used apples, kiwi, grapes, apple-pear, canned mandarin oranges, canned peaches, maraschino cherries, pineapple. Add 1 cup tiny marshmallows. Eat right away or allow to sit overnight! There is something about the tiny pockets of soft sweetness that we LOVE! This is low calorie and a healthy treat!
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The BEST chocolate chip cookies!!
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies! It isn’t fast. It isn’t healthy. However…. it is YUUUUUMMMMMMYYY! This is BY FAR the best cookie recipe I have ever tried! The cookies stay moist and chewy and DELICIOUS even after they cool! The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies! INGREDIENTS: 1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (8 3/4 ounces) 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 14 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 3/4 sticks) 1/2 cup granulated sugar (3 1/2 ounces) 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar (5 1/4 ounces) 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 large egg 1 large egg yolk (I added one more when at a high altitude) 1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips…
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Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art
Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art On August 11, 2012 we visited Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art for our home school field trip day. It was a nice, sunny day and the high temp was below 89 degrees. Just beautiful and breezy! We originally decided to check this place out because I found a website online that said it was free. However, when we got there it was not free. After touring Cheekwood we were thankful that we paid!! We absolutely loved it! Cheekwood is a botanical garden. Not just ANY botanical garden, but 55 acres of several beautiful, themed botanical gardens that opened to the public…
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The throwing of COLORS! HOLI 2012
HOLI Fest 2012 Spanish Fork, Utah Saturday March 24, 2012 we went to the Holi fest… which is also known as the festival of colors! The Festival of Colors, also known as Holi, is two days of thousands of people gathered on the hill of the Krishna temple throwing brightly colored powder, participating in holy mantra and dancing to live music and bands.. Holi, the largest Indian festival, is held on the first weekend of spring to celebrate the beginning of the season. Colored and perfumed powders are thrown at each other and in the air to celebrate the new season! Holi marks the end of the winter gloom and…
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Hill Air Force Base, Utah
So far we really like Hill Air Force Base, Utah. We stay at Fam Camps since we are military affiliated. This family camp is acceptable. The camp host is a little lazy and things do not get done in a timely manner, but the sites are level and it is in a great location. We are across the street from the gym, next to the track and field as well as next to the playground and splash park… which would be convenient if it weren’t in the 30’s outside! We have met some great people here so far and are looking forward to meeting more! The boys are loving the snow… and…
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We’ve been everywhere!
We’ve been everywhere! It has been a very busy last few months. I haven’t blogged since November so it is time to catch up! In November we headed west to California for about a month. On the way there we had the opportunity to meet up with several traveling families who live on the road full time like we do! The Travaglino’s run the website www.FulltimeFamilies.com where dreamers and veteran travelers can come together for advice and friendship! We spent a couple of days in Quartzsite, Arizona… an RV mecca! We also got to meet up with the Mulac family of www.mulacfamilymarketers.com and we all went to a spaghetti dinner benefit for…