What to Make

This morning I was feeling like heating the house with the oven so I let my little boy put together some ingredients for granola and we made the whole house smell wonderful. Here's what we did:

1) 4c rolled oats
2) 1c slivered almonds
3) 1c wheat germ
4) 1/2c brown sugar
5) 1/4t salt
6) 1/3c each of oil, honey and water

It's easy, just mix #1-5, add #6 and bake at 300 degrees for 40 minutes (stirring every so often to prevent burning. Then when it's all done and cooled on the counter, sprinkle in some dried cranberries to make it extra delicious. To celebrate our marvelous creation, we sprinkled it on yogurt and shared a tasty snack. His first comment? "What can we cook next Mommy?" Maybe my little man is taking after uncle Wally and will some day be a cook!

Christmas Eve

We had a wonderful time up in Oregon with family and friends over the holidays. Thank you everyone for your hospitality and generosity. We are very blessed to have such a loving family and great friends.

It was particularly nice to get to see the Nielsen side of the family on Christmas Eve since it has been a couple years since we've seen them. Here's a shot of the whole crew sitting around the Christmas tree at the end of the evening.