I just made the best thing ever.

No lie.

I may never eat anything else again.

"What is it?" you're wondering.

Lemon squares.

That's right folks.

Lemon squares.

But these aren't your run-of-the-mill,

goopy, bright yellow monstrosities

covered with a layer of powdered sugar

just waiting to choke you.

(Is there anything worse than inhaling a lungful of

powdered sugar just as you take a bite of

what's supposed to be a delicious treat?

I submit that there is not.)

Any how. . .

Here's the secret recipe.

I got it from a food blogger

who got it from a can of Eagle Brand.

(Doesn't that look beautiful?)

Lemon Squares

Prep Time: 15 minutes plus baking time
Preheat To: 350ºF
Serving: 9 3" squares or 18 smaller bars

Ingredients:

1 cup quick oats, uncooked
1 cup flour
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1/2 cup firmly-packed light brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup lemon juice

Preparation:

1. Combine oats, flour, coconut, nuts, sugar, baking powder, and butter until crumbly. Pat ½ of crumb mixture evenly on bottom of 9x9" parchment paper-lined baking pan. Reserve other half.
2. In medium bowl, combine Eagle Brand and lemon juice. Pour Eagle Brand mixture onto crumb layer. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture on top.
3. Bake in preheated 350°F oven 25 to 30 minutes. Cool thoroughly and cut into squares.

It's a boy!!!

Jay Alvin Reber

will be joining us

(around)

March 25, 2010

(We're incredibly shocked but really excited.)

I am so bored!!!

And I cannot convince my son to go outside and play.

I just wanted you to share in my pain.

Thanks for that.

So, I might have the cutest kid in the world.

exhibit A

And maybe also the stinkiest.

exhibit B

(Yeah, he's in the fridge so far you almost can't see him.)

exhibit C

(He grabbed the cheese off the table after we had grated some for bean burritos.)

exhibit D

(He then proceeded to eat it.)

exhibit E

(Do you see how much he ate? We almost lost a few fingers trying to wrestle it away from him.)

I rest my case.

Shooting

I have a lot to update here, so just bear with me.

Ty has been trying to get me to go shooting with him since before we got married. Last Saturday we finally went, and I'm actually pretty good. My very first bullet even went in the innermost circle. I was quite pleased with myself and surprised by how much fun I had. We'll definitely be going again.

Halloween

We decided not to do anything this year for Halloween. In fact, Ty is at school right now studying. It's just too cold to be outside for any length of time and Leo is still too young to really be interested in the candy. (Side note about the candy: Ty and I each got to pick out a candy bar at Walmart yesterday because we weren't going to be able to eat Leo's trick-or-treat candy.) Any how, we did go to a Halloween activity with the other little kids in our ward on Thursday so Leo didn't miss out on the opportunity completely.

His favorite part, by far, was eating the snacks he got. (It was juice, pretzels and string cheese. The kid was in heaven.)

He was also slightly obsessed with this Tinker Bell wand, to the great distress of Tinker Bell.

I love this picture because it reminds me of this one from last year.

And here's Leo coloring his trick-or-treat bag.

Climbing

About a week ago Leo started climbing on everything. My life is hell. Honestly, I cannot keep him off of things. We have literally started putting our folding chairs away when we're not sitting on them just so he has fewer things to climb on. (And we use them at our kitchen table.)

For some reason he is obsessed with the toilet brush. I have yet to discover a hiding place that he can't find.

He thinks it's hilarious to climb up and sit in front of the computer/TV while you're trying to use/watch it.

And he's obsessed with eating cereal straight from the box.

He gets mad when I take pictures of him.

And he's also found several new ways to get stuck.

As usual, I have to take a picture before I help him out.