Blessing...

Sometimes I forget what a blessing Heritage Makers is...
The goal of Heritage Makers is to strengthen home and family one storybook at a time.

This video gets me every time:

Get Ready!

Are you getting ready for Valentine's Day?

Oh I love this month! Love is in the air!

Here's a PDF that will help you document your love story:
http://studio.heritagemakers.com/pdf/storymap_love.pdf

I recently have had more time to cook...
and I have come to appreciate the dessert recipes.

Here's my latest fave:

French Apple Pie
8 Servings

Ingredients

Streusel Topping (See below)

3 large all-purpose apples (Braeburn, Gala or Haralson), peeled and thinly sliced (3 cups)

1/2 cup Original Bisquick mix

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 tablespoon margarine or butter, softened

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

2 eggs

Streusel Topping

1/2 cup Original Bisquick mix

1/4 cup chopped nuts

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 tablespoons firm margarine or butter

1. Heat oven to 350. Grease pie plate, 9 x 1-1/4 inches. Make Streusel Topping, set aside. Spread apples in pie plate.

2. In separate bowl, stir remaining ingredients until blended. Pour over apples. Sprinkle with topping.

3. Bake 40 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes.

For this month's specials, please click on the image below:

What is Premier???

Start off 2010 by preserving your memories!

We are ready for 2010!!!

I am so excited because I've already started my 2010 yearbook. I am going to update it as the months go on because 2009's yearbook has yet to be created.

Club Premier is a great way to start 2010 because then you are set for the entire year!

Two options: 12 months of Premier membership for $99.95

12 months of Premier membership AND 12x12 storybook for $159.95

Click on the image for more details:

In addition, the hosting gifts are amazing! There are even more incentives this month to host a workshop or to spend over $150.

Click on the image for more details:

Happy 2010!!!

Another recipe....

Applebee's White Chocolate Walnut Blondie Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg -- beaten
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
***Maple butter sauce: ***
3/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350º.
Sift flour, add baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Sift again. Add chopped nuts. Mix well and set aside. Melt butter. Add brown sugar and mix well. Add egg and vanilla. Blend well. Add flour mixture, a little at a time, mixing well. Stir in white chocolate chips. Spread in a 9x9x2-inch pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean or with slightly fudgy-looking crumbs. Serve with ice cream and maple butter sauce.

Maple butter sauce:
Combine syrup and butter, cook over low heat until butter is melted. Stir in brown sugar until dissolved. Add walnuts, if desired.

(Courtesy of CDKitchen.com)
This recipe from CDKitchen for Applebee's White Chocolate Walnut Blondie serves/makes 12

We have a little critter that comes to our front porch,

but we haven't seen it yet.

We only have footprints as evidence:

Any guesses? Please share!

This is a view of the beautiful snow!!!

I love it! I keep asking:

"When is it going to snow again?!?"

I am sure everyone can tell I have never lived in the snow before because I take pictures of everything!

How cool is this?


And of course I had to capture this because the sun was peaking out for a moment, and with the snow and the American flag, it just can't get much better...

All in all, we are settling in just fine.

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

Can you believe tomorrow is Christmas Day?
I am so excited!!!
We picked out our Christmas tree yesterday, and we are having so much fun.

Here is a cute little movie:

http://www.christmasblessingsmovie.com/

We are in transition right now. We haven't moved to our new house, but we have moved out of our old house. It's quite a fun transition though. Drove to Washington and stopped in San Fransisco on the way. Went to Alcatraz and had a history lesson, and this our favorite picture from that tour (credit goes to my lovely husband for this one):

Of course we had to stop at Ghiradelli Square. It was just splendid!

The Christmas lights were gorgeous!

This was at the Oakland temple: