A Film Maker in the Making

One Saturday morning while Stephen was alone with the girls this is what he created. He wrote, directed, and did all the voice overs and special effects. Man, my husband is soooooooooo talented. Why is he wasting his time computer programming. We should move to Hollywood. California here we come..............................

This first film of his was inspired by the movie "Be Kind Rewind" which we watched the night before and totally recommend. Maybe you shouldn't tell his manly guy friends that he made this. He may get beat up.

The 8th

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The Seventh

Here's Mally doing the 7th Article of Faith. We tried 12 times to get her to say it perfectly, but that never happened and we all just gave up. She doesn't do it perfectly, but neither do I. I guess you can say we don't have the "gift of tongues."

Scary Mary

Got Zucchinis? Then I Got a Recipe for You

Zucchini Brownies

INGREDIENTS
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups shredded zucchini
• 1 egg
• handful of chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the oil, sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, 1/2 cup cocoa, baking soda and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Fold in the zucchini and walnuts. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.

3. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until brownies spring back when gently touched. To make the frosting, melt together the 6 tablespoons of cocoa and margarine; set aside to cool. In a medium bowl, blend together the confectioners' sugar, milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in the cocoa mixture. Spread over cooled brownies before cutting into squares.Caution: the batter is so good it may cause toddlers to have the urge to lick every last speck of it. Then when you tell them to go straight upstairs to the bath and "don't touch ANYTHING." They will misinterpret what you say and touch EVERY stair on their way up. This will cause you to yell at them. This in turn will cause them to cry. Enjoy!

Playing with the Kids at Play Group

We have started a neighborhood play group with the kids Mally's age. I have enjoyed having the kids over and playing with them. They are such cute kids. And as you will see from the video, they are quite entertaining. In this video we were playing dress-ups. Milo (Superman) and Mally (Eeyore) are the stars of this show. My favorite part is at the end when Eeyore thanks Superman for saving her and he says "you're welcome." These kids crack me up.