3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

My mom used to make these all the time when I was a kid.  So much fun sharing them with my boys now!

Ingredients:

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

Makes 15 Cookies

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350

In a medium size bowl mix together peanut butter, sugar and egg with a spoon until combined.

Drop by heading spoon full onto ungreased cookie sheet.  I use two spoons.  One to scoop and the other to push the cookie dough off the spoon and onto the cookie sheet.  Use a fork to lightly flatten the dough.

Bake for about 12 minutes.  Allow to cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet before removing cookies with a spatula.

My boys love to put sprinkles on their cookies!

A Few of the Little Things

 

By: Erin T Gunti

Four AM feedings

Sippy cups leaking

 Diapers exploding

Carpool slow with unloading

Stretch marks and sagging and eyes black with bags

These are a few of the things I now have

When the lamp breaks

When my back aches

When I’m feeling mad

I simply remember they will soon go to bed

And then I don’t feel so bad

Stains on my carpet

That might have been vomit

 Projects not started

Because I’ve forgotten

Sayings repeating that sound like my mom

These are a few of the things that make me drink to stay calm

When the laundry piles

When sleep has been a while

When I’m feeling sad

I simply remember that this time will pass

And then I don’t feel so bad

Toys in the stairwell

Will probably just stay there

Catching a spill

While the bowl is still midair

Stepping on Legos with out shouting God’s name in vain

These are a few of the things that drive me insane

When my kid cries

When they have pink eye

When I’m feeling sad

I simply remember those little blessings I have

And then I don’t feel so bad

Sky Zone!

The Autry boys had spring break this week so I let Ben and James skip a day of preschool (I figured they could go one day w/o reciting the alphabet).  We went to sky zone and jumped, jumped, jumped until we couldn't jump any more!

Happy Easter!

We hosted an PrEaster brunch the Saturday before Easter.  Aunt Amy shared the Resurrection story and made Resurrection Rolls with the kiddies.  We also had an egg hunt in the back yard.  Fun times!

The boys enjoyed opening their Easter baskets.  Their favorite thing they got were the Lego Star Wars movies.  We've probably watched them each 100 times by now!

After (a very crowded) Easter mass we headed over the mountain to visit with The Reece family.  We had a great time!

James and the random naps

For a kid who didn't sleep through the night until he was 15 months old, James sure does crack us up about where (and how!) he chooses to fall asleep!  

Yea, that looks comfy

Under a big pile of pillows

 

Sleeping sitting up

Sleeping on Daddy in a LOUD mall!

It takes real skill to sleep standing up.

Easter Decorations

Its finally March and I could FINALLY get my Easter decorations out!  

Here is a pic of my buffet.  To make the decor inside the cake stand I used six pastel eggs and some egg garland.  Both I got at Hobby Lobby.  The large and medium sized bunnies are cookie jars and the small bunnies are salt and pepper shakers.  Those are all from Harry and David. The bunnies on swings I found at Goodwill.

And here is my pinterest inspired project that only cost $11!  The glass bowl is something I already had.  The four packs of peeps I used were $5 and the silk flower bunch was $6. 

The MOG

Sunday, March 3rd was full of surprises.  Merner and Poppy wanted to try out a sleep number bed so they called us and asked us to go to the Mall of Ga with them.  (Sorry Josh, we know how much you love that place so please forgive us for going with out you!)

We stopped by the food court first for lunch and took a pic to text to Josh to tease him about where we were.....he didn't write us back. 

I stopped by The Children's Place in hopes of finding Easter outfits for Ben and James.  They had some cute stuff but it wasn't quiet what I was looking for.  Charlie took the boys to ride the escalators and to the Disney store while I shopped.  This really wore James out!  This is how I found James and Daddy after leaving TCP. 

The BEST part of the MOG was who we ran in to.....Tara and Matt Barrett!  What are the odds???

Dentist Appointments

On February 4th the kid-os had dentist appointments with Dr. Fountain.  They both did GREAT! 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!  The boys both had Valentine Parties at their school.  Ben gave out Lego Star Wars Valentine Cards and James gave out Spiderman Valentine cards.  They were both hopped up on sugar when I picked them up from school! 

James' teacher asked me to bring in a wheat free, egg free, nut free treat for his 3 y/o class.  Challenge accepted!  Here is a what I came up with (use whatever quantity you need for the amount of kids you need to feed):

-Jett Puff fruit flavored mini marshmallows
-kroger brand milk chocolate chips
- home made banana chips (preheat over to 175.  Thinly slice bananas and place on a single layer on a baking sheet.  Brush with lemon juice.  Bake in the oven for 3-4 hours.  Allow to cool before storing)

I put individual portions in cupcake liners.  They were a big hit with the kids!

Happy Birthday Merner!

Ok, I'm ALOT late posting this but on 1/19 we met The Autrys, Merner, Poppy, Ed and Sessa-lish at the Cracker Barrel to celebrate mom's b-day and then we came back to our house for birthday treats.  The boys put the pecans on the turtle pecan cake with a caramel butter cream icing. Ben did the pecans on the top.  He said he was building a nut house LOL!  James did the pecans on the side.  He said he was putting them to sleep inside the icing.  Too cute!  Here is a pic of our yummy desserts and a pic of the birthday girl!

BLT Roll-Ups for a Crowd

I got this idea from Pinterest and served these at the Tribble Family reunion.  They were a big hit and several people asked me for the recipe!

Here is what you need:

2 packs of center-cut bacon cooked and crumbled

2 (8 oz) blocks of cream cheese, softened

1 cup mayonnaise

1 large tomato seeded and chopped

7-8 flour tortillas 

Red leaf lettuce

Plastic wrap

Stir together the crumbled bacon, cream cheese, mayonnaise and tomato until combined.  Spread a large spoonful around each tortilla leaving about a 1/2 inch border.  Top each tortilla with lettuce and then roll up and wrap in plastic wrap.  Refrigerate over night and, when ready to serve, slice into bit size rounds (discard the ends).  

 

Tribble Family Reunion

On Saturday, January 12th, the Tribble family came together for our very first family reunion.  We had a great time catching up and enjoyed a great spread of food.  The reunion was at the Foothills Community room in Lula.  

Anna Ruby Falls

After weeks of windy, rainy and chilly weather we were blessed with a spring-like day of 70+ degrees. We took advantage of the beautiful day and headed to Anna Ruby Falls.  Due to all the rain from the previous weeks the water rushing was REALLY LOUD!  Here is a short clip of the beautiful falls!

Sweet Gunti Boys

The kid-os started back to school this week after a fun and eventful Christmas season.  Ben was anxious to get back to school because he missed his friends.  James wasn't as excited as Ben but they had a great four days back! 

Since they don't have school on Fridays we headed to Chuck E Cheese for a pizza lunch and fun and games.  I'm not the biggest fan of Chuck E Cheese but when you go on a day when most other kids are at school its not so bad.  Ben and James had a blast!  Ben's favorite game was driving the race car (which I of course had to press the gas for him but he loved playing it).  James said his favorite game was a truck game that you launch tokens in to.  He hit the dumper on the dump truck and won A LOT of tickets which he traded in for a laffy taffy and whistle. 

Ivy Creek Greenway

We finally got an opportunity to explore the Ivy Creek Greenway in Buford!  Ben and James were thrilled to take their bike and scooter along that Santa brought them.  Ben is doing great with his "pedal bike" and those training wheels will be off before we know it!  Here are a few pics from our day.

On the Farm

Friday, January 4th, we visited with Papa and Grandma Grier.  Ben suggested we pick up donuts to bring and who can say no to that?! What we didn't expect was how bad Bill the Goat would want a donut.  I was holding James and the bag of donuts when Bill came running up to me and jumped up on me trying to get into the donut bag!  Papa grabbed the bag from me but before he could get the bag up Bill had managed to get one leg into the bag.  Who knew goats liked donuts?  Here is a pic of Papa carrying the bag of donuts (after getting Bill out of the bag) and Bill chasing behind him.  It was really funny to watch!

We had a really fun visit with Papa and Grandma.  One of James's favorite things is swinging on the front porch.  James asked Grandma to swing with him and play "rocket ship."  They blasted off and went to Mars to fight the aliens according to James.  

It was a very blessed day!

Slow Cooker Sausage Chili

Slow Cooker Sausage Chili

This easy to make chili is perfect for cold winter nights!

1 pound bulk pork sausage

1 pound ground beef

2 (15.5 oz) cans dark red kidney beans (drained and rinsed)

1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes

1 cup frozen chopped onion

1 cup frozen chopped green bell pepper

1 (6 oz) can tomato paste

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons chili powder

Brown the sausage and ground beef in a medium skillet.  Drain off excess fat.  Place meat and remaining ingredients in to a slow cooker and stir to combine.  Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 10-12 hours.  

Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  January 2nd was an interesting day for me.  After almost 3 weeks of vacation, Charlie headed back to work leaving me to get back into the swing of things with Ben and James.  Luckily, Leigh and William invited us to Fernbank.

What used to be a 15 minute drive took us about 35 minutes (ooops, I think I drove a little fast because GPS said it should take me 50).  Since we arrived a little early I called Elizabeth to check on her and the status of Baby Katherine and the on-goings of their house renovation.  She was home and invited me an the boys to stop by.  WOW is all I can say about the renovation.  IT IS BEAUTIFUL!  Can't wait to see the finished product AND meet Baby Katherine!

Fernbank was busy busy!  Lots of kids enjoying the exhibits.  The featured rotating exhibit was Ghenghis Khan.  The boys rushed us through it but what I saw of it was pretty neat.  They had a yurt set up (Charlie may actually be able to talk me in to one of these one day).  James came upon a life-size wax figure of Ghenghis Khan. He said "Is that Jesus?"  I tried to explain Ghenghis Khan to him, but I'm pretty sure my explanation was lost on a three year old.

Our last stop at Fernbank was riding the Santa-Saurus-express!  The boys really enjoyed it!