Treats

Sunday night I decided I wanted cookies. So I made some. This however presents a problem because there are over 40 cookies and only one of me so what do I do? Give them away. I was so lucky when I went home to have my mom load me down with cute stuff to wrap up treats. I love to bake and I like to give some treats away so these are essential supplies. I took these cookies to my two visiting teachies , my visiting teacher companion and my FHE sisters. Fun for me and hopefully fun for them!

Cute Outfit!

Here's a couple of cute things I bought on my shopping trip with mom.





A lady at Nordstroms taught us how to tie scarves cute! Here's an example.

The Game

One of the main reasons I came home was because Cam had his CCS(Central California Section) Championship. His team has been amazing through the season The team is mostly sophomores and they still managed to make it to the championships! They played a great game and lost by 2 points in the end. Heartbreak! They went on a palyed two rounds of Nor-Cals! Go Pinewood!



Cam heading off to the game! (Classic Cam pose)



There was a huge section of pinewood students there all decked out in yellow and green.



Receiving their second place trophy.

Shopping with Mom

I got to go home a couple weekends ago. On Friday my Mom and I spent the day shopping! Normally this would not be a good thing for either of us, because we don't like to shop, but we had a really good time. My mom found a ton of cute things! Usually I do really well when we shop, but she lucked out this time. I wish I had some pics of some of the stuff she bought. My favorite purchase were a pair of read high heels she bought. She is going to look great!

Snow

So I have a funny story for you. Everyday to school I wear my big black down coat with the the fir lining around the hood. It has started to get ridiculous because we have had days in the 50's and 60's these past couple months. So I decided that on the 4th the day looked nice enough, I was just going to wear my turtle neck, jeans and uggs I went to my first class...all good. I came out of my second class and it was sprinkling a little bit...I can handle this. After my third class I look out the window (I had been in the basement the whole hour) and what do you know...a white out. Worst snow I have seen this winter. Well I had to get to the airport within the next couple hours so I didn't have the option to wait it out. So off I trudged. It was a wet snow so by the time I got home my turtleneck, jeans uggs and socks were soaked. My hair which I had bothered to straighten that morning had gone all to curls and frizzy. Just my luck. Well that taught me a lesson...ALWAYS bring your coat!



PS there was no snow on the ground at all before this storm hit.

Chancho

For Family Home Evening tonight we played a game called Chancho. It is like the game spoons. Everybody gets four cards and one person starts with the deck. You look at each card and pass it if you don't want it. When someone gets four of a kind they put their hand down in the middle and yell chancho. Whoever is last to put their hand down loses. The person who got four of a kind than puts a letter on their face spelling chancho.They can write it however they want, big or little and anywhere on the face they want. I had an O on my chin, a C around my eye and an A over my nose. I put a video in just so you can get a feel for it. Once I heard there would be drawing on my face I almost left. I am usually not a fan of these kind of games, but it was fun and I glad I played.

Dinner

So tonight was my night to cook! I really enjoy cooking and putting on dinner for so many people really gives me a sense of accomplishment. I try to make it as nice as possible and as my mother taught me, the timing is everything. Luckily this come naturally thanks to my great teacher. I made baked ziti from Molly's cookbook, Pickett's Picks. Thanks Molly! It turned out great! Peanut butter cookies were from the food network cookbook I have...could have been better. Does anyone have a really good recipe for peanut butter cookies? I have made some with chocolate kisses in the middle that I thought were really good, but I lost the recipe. Well headed off to FHE!