One Word........

             TROMBONE!

To make the world awesome - BE AWESOME!

Surfing like I shouldn't be, but found this awesome video"Students, keep student-ing"

pics!

Brought to you by the best photographer in the world - my friend Susan

The golf one was today, part of her senior photo session. The others were taken over a year ago

Oh how I pray.....

That this works! Thanks to the "Bring Back Original Carnation Instant Breakfast bars" facebook page, I found a recipe without those dreaded rice crispies included
By facebook user Amy H.

I have no idea where I will find brown rice protein powder. But I do have that awesome internet thing at my disposal.

2 cups steel cut oats
1 cup cocktail peanuts
1/4 cup brown rice protein powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 cup all purpose flour (maybe 3/4 cup, don't remember if I added an extra 1/4 or not)
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup jif peanut butter
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Combine oats, peanuts, and protein powder in a blender or food processor and process until it looks like very coarse crumbs. Pour into mixing bowl and add the salt, flour and brown sugar and butter and stir with a fork until combined. Cut in the peanut butter with a pastry blender, or mix it all up with your fingers. Mix in the condensed milk. Press into a greased 13 x 9 baking pan and bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes, until the center is firm and the edges are turning golden. Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over the top, spreading as they melt. Cool, cut into 16 bars. I think there are around 280 calories per bar (33 carbs, 14 g fat, 9 g protein) if I calculated right. Not exactly a health food, but close enough to the original in taste and texture that it satisfied the craving (they're kind of crumbly and don't hold together that well so I'll work on tweaking the recipe). I haven't tried the no-bake version with rice krispies so I couldn't tell you how this compares, but I thought it was a pretty darn good facsimile. Enjoy, if you try it, let me know what you think.

I so hope this tastes like the ones I loved so much back then

 

 

The Things they say

So little man has coughed all night long. When I wake him up for Kindergarten this morning, I decide to make, instead of the routine chocolate milk, some hot herbal tea for his throat. I pour in the boiling water, several ice cubes and then a bit more hot water to warm it up. I decide it is warm enough to help, but not boiling hot enough to burn him and be scared of herbal tea for the rest of his life. And he said "Because I'm only 5, it's a little bit hot for me" Cuteness!

Words to live by

Found this online and just had to post it

from Blue Skies Ahead

Since it is still July

Weeks and weeks ago I was looking for July clip art to use for the singing time blogs and I found this:!!!!!!!

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Just couldn't let that one go. Soooooooooo funny (especially to me, since when I speak in Spanish I am quite often told that I have a "Mexican" accent)

Book of Mormon Stories activity sheets by Jessica Christiansen giveaway from Little LDS ideas

yes, I am blogging about a giveaway -- again.
I know I haven't done it on this particular blog and haven't done it in a while (since I was pregnant with Shannon), but it can be boring.
But this is so super cute I can't resist
See ----- !!!






I wonder If I would get in trouble for blowing up that image and keeping it in my church files. Isn't that the most adorable rebus you've ever seen? I LOVE rebuses so much! I remember getting so excited to find one in the Friend as a child (which was a very long time ago  - but you know what - the friend is even older than me[but by only about 2 years])

My Word for the Year

I know this is super late - but about two months ago, buzz started surfacing about picking one word for the whole year. So I picked a word:

Because I can get depressed - quickly - and I sink to a depth that is difficult to pull myself out of. So this word was my word to remind myself that I have a lot to be thankful for and should not let myself drown in self pity.
And then, I am sure I forgot. But today while looking at preschool blogs, I found the one word  goal again.

And thus my resolution has been revived!

Shannon, Tattoo artist

Still quite haven't figured out why her face is her favorite place to color - with markers

Keep your shoes on

(clip art from bestclipartblog.com) So, this morning there was a tornado warning. It has passed and most of the danger is behind us - at least where we sit here in West Georgia.
That is not the case for some other parts northeast of us. So I am still watching the news broadcast, which is warning those in the area of the storm to be careful, not go out, get to an interior place in your home, don't go out and get your kids from school since you'll put yourself at risk.... la, la, la

I know this, and most people do. I EVEN HAVE A 48 HOUR KIT WAITING FOR ME IN A CLOSET! (put one together for the FIRST TIME in the summer). But I heard one thing that I had never, ever thought of from the television:
"If you are at home and are in an interior room MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR SHOES ON."

Even though I actually have shoes on right now, I am a barefoot kind of gal. I would have never really considered this - what is even more important - my little offspring run around shoeless constantly. We are a "Put your shoes on in the car" kind of family.
So when you hear those sirens - Put your shoes on - and then throw some shoes on your little ones. I know it is common sense, but it's something that at least in my case needed some deliberate thought.
Well, there go the sirens again - I need to go small shoe hunting

photographer friends rock!!

For those of my friends who have children, I sincerely hope that one day, you too, find a friend who is also a photographer, who graciously watches your children AND THEN sends you her awesome photos of said children that she has taken while she watched them.

Thank you Susan!!!!!!!!!

Sweet Church Whispers

"Mommy, I LOVE (and at this point, I thought he was going to say 'you', but I was wrong) bread [yes, we had just been served the bread]."
"Oh, I am so glad you love the bread"
" I LOVE Jesus' bread!"

{This is the quote that inspired the actual creation of this new blog - how I love his 4 year old thinking process} 


(Image acquired from google - led me to image on ldswhy.com)

Here we go again

I have started this blog for a great reason - My other blog has gotten popular enough that I feel I would just gum it up with personal posts. So HenckelHouse is now officially my "singing time blog" and this is the one that I will post cute pics of the kids and quotes and stuff. And here's an awesome one of Shannon (of COURSE) to start it all off.

Nothing like walking around in Auntie's high heels