Goodies and good times

I'm starting off this update with a picture to whet your appetite!  Last week Destiny and I made Palmier Cookies.  I never made them or even heard of them before, but Destiny found the recipe and was set on making them.  WOW!!  They were so easy and deliciously crispy!

She started off spreading melted butter onto a sheet of puff pastry, then sprinkling brown sugar and cinnamon on top.  This was done on both sides of the puff pastry sheet.

Then she rolled it up from both sides toward the middle and cut it up into slices.   We couldn't believe how they expanded in the oven!  We decided we felt rich when we were eating them!

She also wanted to make chocolate chip cookies for her dad, so we did that too.

On Thursday I went to work at the office early so I could get off early so we could go to College Buffet, a Chinese restaurant that we like.

She's a chop sticks pro!

On Saturday when Dick got off work at noon we left to take Destiny home to Reading.  We immediately got caught in sit-still traffic due to an accident.  I think we sat and crawled a bit for about 45 minutes.  After we finally got beyond it we felt sorry for the traffic coming from the other direction.

After we dropped Destiny off at Frank and Lauren's in Reading we went home by Lebanon to pick up the phone charger I had left at Sam and Jenn's the previous weekend.  Jenn was away at drill for the weekend, so I suggested we take Sam and the kids to nearby Friendly's for dinner since we all needed to eat anyway.

On our way there I remembered the date - August 20.  In 1994 August 20 was also on a Saturday, and that morning I drove to Children's Home of Reading to pick up a 16-year-old boy named "Sammy."  And the rest is history!!

Bianca colors with both hands!

I thought they looked cute sitting in front of their house as they watched us leave.

On Sunday Lori needed to cram to get ready for her first class at Penn State Monday - 120 students!  So we were delighted to have Hunter at our house for the afternoon.

We also had another visitor.  Allyson Balmer was in my music classes and choruses at Manheim Christian from kindergarten through seventh grade (my last year there.)  She was also in my drama club and the middle school worship team.  Now she is a new student at Penn State, a junior, and it was delightful to be together and catch up.  Allyson is an agriculture education major.

Look at Hunter's new seat!

He loves when I sing "Ride a ride a horsey" while bouncing him on my knees.

On Monday morning when I got to their house he was sitting in his new seat and cracking us up.  He apparently learned a new sound overnight, and it sounded like he was singing the blues, hahaha!!

Have a good rest of the week!