Peanut Butter Cake

  I saw this recipe on Pinterest. It was stuck in my head for 4 days before I had to give in and make it. It's baking now so I will let you know how yummy it is. 

 

Peanut Butter Sheet Cake

Mix in pan and bring to a boil:
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter

Sift the following and add to the above mixture:
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda

Mix and add to the above mixture:
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla

Stir well and pour into greased or parchment lined cookie sheet pan (jellyroll pan). Bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees.

Frosting
Mix in pan and bring to a boil:
3/4 cup butter
6 Tbsp buttermilk
1/2 cup peanut butter
Take off stove and add:
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar and 1 Tbsp vanilla. Pour over warm cake.

Look who is WALKING?

Back to the Workout

Ben and I are going back to Mexico in April which means a swimsuit is in my future. Don't want to lose any weight but toning up would be nice. We have been having a hard time getting back to doing our workouts since spring. We started back doing P90x briefly but then quickly got distracted with it during the holidays. P90x 2 came out in December so we just ordered that up and will beginning that a week from Monday. It will be nice to switch up the workouts and do something new. Hopefully we won't get so bored. Looking forward to it. Ready, set, GO!

 Collin Update: Turned 17 months and we are 4 steps closer to walking. He is FINALLY showing interest in walking and can stand and walk to you. Hopefully soon we will have a walker on our hands.

Tayah got a horse. No..but our neighbors behind us did. The fence butts up to our property so it is just like having a horse without all the care. WINNING!! Here are some pictures of Tayah visiting the horse. 

Cabin Weekend

We had a wonderful New Years weekend at the cabin. We even got a little snow which made things a little prettier. We celebrated Christmas, New Years, Birthdays all in one weekend. Look forward to doing it again next year. Here are a few pictures of the weekend.

Papa and Collin made it to Midnight on New Years Eve.

Holly and Tayah playing cards.

Playing Apples to Apples

Collin

They really do love each other.

Christmas Gift for Holly, Justin, and baby.

Opening Christmas gifts for the kids.

Collin and Tyke all tuckered out.

Tayah taking a jacuzzi.

Tayah's loft bed in her room that she stayed. She loved this room.

View from above.

Holly and Katie playing cards.

Papa, Grandma, Tayah and Collin

New Years dinner.

Serious game of ping pong.

Teaching Collin how to "snap his fingers".

Celebrating birthdays.

Katie, Izzy, and Tayah

Everyone.

Merry Christmas to All

My Keurig from Ben

William's last night before heading up NORTH!! Tayah had mentioned she hoped he left her a yellow star at the top of our tree. So he did.

Tayah on Christmas eve. New snowflake earrings and necklace for church.

All dolled up.

Christmas morning. Collin and a new book.

Figured out how to open gifts REAL FAST.

Santa Tayah

Collin on Christmas Eve

Cade side cousins on Christmas Eve. Ready for bed.

Good Morning Collin.

Tayah sees what Santa left her. Biscuit the robot dog.

The Final Days of William the Elf

Hanging from the light

Elf on the Shelf

On top of the cabinets

Closer up view.

William will be with us for a couple more nights and then he will be heading back to the North Pole until next year. It's probably a good thing cause I think William's effectiveness for good behavior by the kids maybe wearing off a bit. Plus he is running out of new hiding places. 

Elf Shenanigans From Over the Weekend

Saturday, William made a "snow" angel on our counter.

Sunday he played a little trick on Tayah and thought she resembled one of Santa's reindeer so he painted her nose while she slept.

 Tayah in the morning when she woke up.

Here is from today: Monday