Mmmmm....

So usually when I have these:

I make this:

I LOVE banana bread and it is a staple in our house.

Today I decided to switch up my use for brown bananas (because I still have banana bread in the fridge).  I have been hanging onto a recipe for Banana Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies.  Not only were they really easy to make, I got almost 4 dozen cookies from just one batch of the batter.

The batter coming together.  How much do I love my KitchenAid?

The finished product.

Its been a delicious day, with lasagna on the menu for dinner.  As I am sitting here, the weatherman just informed me tomorrow will be the coolest day of the next week, coming in at chilly 94.  KC summer is in full swing and cooking us all to death.

Not to much else is new around here.  I'm on an organizing kick, trying to get the baby's room somewhat assembled.  We have our crib, which is sitting in its box in the living room and yesterday I packed up 3 boxes of books to store in the attic.  Pictures to come when it looks better in there!

bUmPDATE

24 weeks and 3 days!  It's looking more like a watermelon everyday.  And if you look closely, you can see my belly button sticking out.  This was taken yesterday before my friend Jen's baby shower.

The nugette is doing well and moving a ton!  It has become quite a little kicker and likes to hang out only at the bottom of my belly.

Our Fourth of July Weekend

Amazingly, not only did we both have the fourth of july off, we had a three day weekend and we were both IN TOWN!  Madness!

Our good friend Jon was in town for the first part of the weekend to celebrate his 30th birthday!  I think the boys had fun even though it was less eventful than Cory's 30th a few weeks ago.  We spent Saturday wandering around the River Market Antique Mall and eating out since it was about 100 degrees.  Indoor activities were a must.

Sunday we headed over to Lawrence, KS to our friends Jessica & Mike's house.  The plan was to spend the afternoon at the Clinton Lake beach with her family and then a rib dinner at their house later.  Jessica is the handy woman in their house and is putting new treads on their stairs.  She needed help cutting them down, so Cory brought along his pride and joy to help her out: his table saw!

Jessica is a braver woman than I am.  She watched Cory do the first few, then she took over the rest.



What needed to be cut...

Our spot for the day, a tent, chairs and lots of coolers with drinks and fresh fruit!

It ended up a being a beautiful afternoon after a rainy morning!