Samantha funnies

Samantha has said a few funny things this past week.......

First, we were on our way to a field trip for school and we drove past the Mt. Timp temple. Samantha's friend EJ commented on the temple and how his parents were married there but he hasn't been inside before. Samantha told him that she has been inside the Draper temple (for the open house) but can't go in anymore because it has been decorated. I'm quite certain she meant dedicated, but I liked her version!!!

On Friday we had some errands to run up in Salt Lake so we decided to eat dinner there. We drove past Buca di Bepo which Samantha recognized since we've been there a few times. She asked if we could go to Boom Diddy Boondocks for dinner!! She asked what the name was because she knew that wasn't correct, but even after we corrected her she kept calling it Boom Diddy Boondocks. I think it will always been called that in our house now.

Much better

I'm just sitting here thinking how blessed we are to be able to watch Conference in the comfort of our own home. When we lived in New Jersey with small kids we couldn't go to the stake center to watch and so we streamed Conference on our laptop (which was spotty at best). It is so much more enjoyable to watch at home on our television. I am grateful.

The Dealio

I think maybe I've been a bit vague about krandy's sweet co. and our plans, so I will explain. I bake cookies. Yummy cookies!!! All of which are my own recipe. I worked for over a year to get my basic dough recipe just the way that I wanted it and now I am tweaking it to make all sorts of other yummy cookies. I have almost 20 varieties so far. We thought it might be fun to start up a little company to sell my cookies. I want to keep it small right now. I am planning on taking in a few dozen to my brother-in-law's work and my dad's work and leaving some business cards for people to take. We've had some ideas of where to market the cookies and who we would like to be our customers, but we're starting out slowly. I don't have the manpower or kitchen space to make a big production of it all, but even one order a week would be fun for me and plenty of work. I am not sure where this is all going yet, but I have had a really fun time getting all the cookies just right and creating the logo and just thinking about it. It's been a fun distraction. If anyone has any ideas for me or ever wants to discuss purchasing some cookies for any family or work event, just let me know!!

Check it out now

Okay, check out www.krandyssweetco.com now. We got the logo posted!!! What do you think?? I love it! Orange is Alex's favorite color and pink is Samantha's favorite color. Our little tribute to the kids!! You can also click on the link to send an email for information.

Website

We've established www.krandyssweetco.com!!!!! As you can see, there isn't much to it so far, but we're going to get working on it. I will let you know when there is something more exciting to see!

Hoping

Yesterday I had a conversation with Alex that went something like this.....

Me: "Alex, you know what? I haven't given you NEAR enough kisses today!"

Alex: (climbs in my lap) "Yeah, you haven't."

Me: (smothering the poor child in kisses) "I love giving you kisses. I hope when you are older you'll still let me grab you and give you kisses and you won't be embarrassed."

Alex: "I will let you."

So, there is the proof!!! When he is older and gets embarrassed just by me looking at him I will whip this out and prove to him that he once told me I could kiss him whenever!! hahahaha

Official name (I think)

Thank you to everyone for submitting their name choices....but I think we've come up with one on our own that we like......

Krandy's Sweet Co.

We decided to do Sweet instead of Cookie just in case we get crazy someday and decide to branch out into other types of pastries and sweets. I think it's a simple, easy name and with the logo that we are working on it looks really cute. I made some lemon cookies that turned out great last week. That adds one more cookie to my menu. I made snickerdoodles this afternoon that need a little tweaking, but they tasted good as well. I have about 5 other kinds I need to test out in the next little while too. We have a busy kitchen!!

Um, sorry guys, need your help.....again.

Soooooooooo, I've decided not to enter my delicious cookies in the Pillsbury contest. (Just by SUBMITTING my recipe Pillsbury automatically owns the rights to it and I am NOT ready to give it up that easily, yet! More than a year of my life has gone into perfecting that recipe!) So I don't need a name for them anymore. I very much appreciate everyone contributing and trying to come up with names though and since I did promise someone would get cookies I am going to pull a name from a hat to see which lucky little devil gets the cookies!!! I will document the event with pictures so everyone knows I'm not cheating and picking my best friend to get the cookies (Yeah, you know who you are!!!). That will be coming soon!!

In the meanwhile, I have a new naming contest for all your creative minds! I need a great name for a cookie company. I am not going to influence you by saying the names we've thought of so far - I just want to see what comes from those gorgeous brains. I want something fairly short, easy to remember and fun. Please submit as many names as you can think of. The more the merrier! Andy came up with a name and created a great logo for me. I really love the logo and the colors (pink is Samantha's favorite color and orange is Alex's favorite), so he thought it was fun to include those. I'll post a picture of the logo when it's complete. Thanks again for your help......get brainstorming!!!

I just love this face. Especially with a hat on. He has the perfect shaped face for a hat. Look at those eyes!!! He's going to be a heartbreaker, I just know it!
I love this face eating cookies too.

MBAs suck

Flattering Pictures of Me courtesy of my children

The first 2 were taken by Samantha and I think the last one was taken by Alex. Very talented children, I know!

Home Depot

I'm sure a lot of you know about the kids projects at Home Depot since every time we go there are more and more people there!!! But here is the deal: the first Saturday of every month Home Depot has a kids project that they do for free. They get a little orange apron and a pin for every project. It is great! The project for March was race cars and they were a hit!

I love the looks on their faces in these pictures! Silly kids!

Last night my sweet parents watched the kids for HOURS while Andy and I went to dinner and the opera. We went to dinner in downtown Salt Lake at a restaurant named The Metropolitan. We lucked out being there on a Monday night because they have a "locals" menu every Monday with a 3 course and a 5 course fixed price menu that was much cheaper. I had a beet soup, bison short ribs and an assortment of ice cream. Andy had a cesear salad, lamb and a chocolate torte. The food was great and we liked the restaurant and service. I think we would definitely go back.

After dinner we walked to the Capitol Theatre to re-issue our tickets that we forgot at home!! Whoops!!! Thankfully when you buy the tickets they take your name and address so it was easy for them to look us up and reprint the tickets for us. I have very fond memories of Capitol Theatre and going on daddy-daughter dates with my dad. My parents used to get lots of tickets to plays and my mom would let us girls take turns going with my dad. He would take us to The Olive Garden before the play and then we would enjoy staying up late at the play. It was always just so fun to have one-on-one time with dad and that is what I remember most! (Love you Daddy!!) I was shocked at how crowded the place was and it looked as if almost every seat was full. It certainly felt very crowded by the women's room line!!! I was so giddy at the start and couldn't wait to see what the most famous opera was like.......and they didn't disappoint!! It was funny and quick moving and the voices were amazing!! Andy and I enjoyed the whole thing and even though it was extremely long (3 hours 15 min), it went by quickly and I didn't even look at the time. I was just amazed I stayed awake for the whole thing since my usual bedtime is 9 pm!! I didn't get to bed until midnight and that is the latest I've stayed up in YEARS!! It was a very enjoyable evening and I am lucky to have a husband who enjoys the same things I do and is willing to go to the opera with me! Thanks to Andy for taking me, thanks to mom and dad for staying with the kids, thanks to the lovely lady who made my fun black dress and thanks to Kami for making my jewelry. Only a half-thanks to the makers of my fabulous red shoes.....they looked great but gave me a blister!! Totally worth it!!

Disney on Ice and Peeps

Saturday we took the kids to Disney on Ice in Salt Lake. We, of course, forgot our camera so I only have a couple pictures of the kids with their loot. We spent $95 on the tickets and a whopping $71 on food and drinks and toys (1 lemonade, 1 bag of popcorn, 2 cotton candies with Flounder hats, 1 sword for Alex and 1 Tinkerbell light twirly thingee for Samantha). It was ridiculous!!! But the kids LOVED it and had a great time so it was worth it. I just love watching them get so excited and amazed at new things. Alex was dancing to the music and being totally adorable. He had a whole bag of cotton candy though, so he was on a bit of a sugar high!!! After the show we took the kids to the Pie Pizzarie for dinner. It was a very fun afternoon.

THESE, however, were the find of the day in my opinion.......
I laughed so hard when I saw them and just HAD to buy them for the kids!! Stuffed animal Peeps!! Why didn't they think of these sooner??? I hate to eat Peeps, but I love our tradition of burning them with a torch after they get all stale! We included the kids in our tradition last year and they didn't enjoy it NEAR as much as Andy and I did!!

Okay, let's find a favorite so far

Please leave a comment telling me which one of these you like best so far. This won't necessarily be the final name because I am making a double batch for Andy's work on Monday and having them submit names as well. But they are programmers mostly and not too artsy, so we'll see what they come up with!!!

1. Chewy Gooey Melmac Cookies
2. Gooey Chocolate Melmac Cookies
3. Choco-Mel-Nut Cookies
4. Gooey Choco-Mel-Nut Cookies

or, on a totally different wavelength...
5. Triple Threat cookies

One of the reasons I don't get rid of him!

I am allergic to my bird. I had two other birds before Chewy and I wasn't allergic to either of them, but I lucked out with this guy! The other day he was molting and I was sneezing my brains out and my thoughts went to my sister Kami who I'm sure I could convince to take my birdie (hehehe). But then little Chewy decided to redeem himself and feel better and plain old crack me up!!! This is what he does when he wants to get out of his cage. Look at the bottom of his cage and watch his little head bob up and down.

Hmmmm

Since the cookies are filled what about putting "surprise" or "filled" in the name? Plus, they are kind of chewy so I'd like to use that descriptive word in the name.

Ready, Set, Come up with a Genius Name!!!!!!!

What if...

What if I did it like this instead....

Choco-mel-adamia

OR

Choco-mel-nut

Does that make it better or easier to read and pronounce?

Survey

Hello family and friends! I need your help. I am trying to finalize a name for the cookies I will be submitting to Pillsbury. The cookies consist of the best dough in the world, macadamia nuts, chocolate and caramel. The first name I came up with (or was it Andy?) was Chewy Chocomeladamia Cookies. Chocomeladamia being a mix of Chocolate, Caramel and Macadamia. Please leave a comment and tell me what you think of the name. If you have any ideas on a name please feel free to tell me that as well. I am open to suggestions!!! If you leave a wonderful name and I end up using it for my final submission I will overnight you a dozen of the cookies!! Believe me, THAT is a good prize!! Just to inspire you and also taunt you, here are some pictures! Thank you for your help!

It's hatching!

I just gave each kid a Cadbury Mini Egg for eating all of their lunch. They examined them thoroughly before putting them in their mouths and determined they were shaped like an egg. After about a minute Samantha bit into her egg and shouted out to me, "Mom, my egg is hatching!!!". I thought it was pretty clever.