EGGNOG COOKIES & Cookie Party!

If you know me at all, you know that I love EggNog!!

SO...this year my friend Jen hosted a "cookie exchange" party and "best Christmas outfit" contest. (hence the awesome 80's sweater on Heather!)

lisa,chelsey,me,annesa,claire,cindy,devanae,neighbors

?,heather,katie,& jen!

I decided to bake & take eggnog cookies for the first time!

If you love eggnog, you'll love these!

(super easy, too!)

EggNog Cookies:

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 1/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup eggnog

2 egg yolks

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300*

2. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

3. Cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggnog, vanilla, and egg yolks; beat at medium speed with mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture and beat at low speed just until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX.

4. Drop by teaspoonfulls onto ungreased cookie sheet 1" apart. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg. Bake 20-23 minutes until bottoms turn light brown.

Enjoy!

Full Service Salon

We had a delicious Sunday dinner at Sandi's house this past weekend!

Spaghetti, soup, salad, and garlic bread!Before dinner John and I were put to work. John pulled out Alyssa's loose tooth while I blew out her hair and then flat ironed it! Then I trimmed little Amber's bangs! Amber & Alyssa showing off their new do's!
Beautiful girls!

GAME TIME & CELEBRATING RYAN!

Party TIME!

USC vs. UCLA

Watching the game with the whole group!!

GO SC!!!

(ryan, beth, emily, & katie haws)

(lupe, john, sarah, dad, mom, clint, tasia, kelly, leland, malia, kel, josh, & dave haws.)

(bekah is taking the pic.)

Time for FOOD!

Malia feeding Bekah a garlic roll.

My mom ordered from Woodranch BBQ to celebrate Ryan passing the bar!

Ryan loves his Woodranch! Spoiled!

YUMMY!

USC kicked UCLA's behind, as predicted!

So, the group started to dwindle out...

California City

This past weekend, my family went out to Cal City to meet up with my brothers families for some dirt bike riding!

John & Sarah

Here comes some of the gang!!

Go Bekah!
Diego on the quad with "Bampa"
Vroom-Vroom!!!

Diego with "Gae Gae"

The three Amigas!!
Shaylee (friend), Mckenna, & Tasia (my nieces)
Leland & KellyGo Mateo!!
I caught Lupe doing her makeup---ewwwwww!! HA HA!
My sister Malia surprised us and showed up at the desert with her friend Mckel. They drove all night from Utah!

The three Amigos!

My nephews Trejo, Wil, & friend Houston eating mac & cheese!

"I like cheese!!"

My John Bear!& me (Sarah)

Miro Condo for Rent

Do you know anyone looking for a condo to rent in Scripps Ranch??

2 bedroom/2 bath

http://mirocondo4rent.blogspot.com/

(more details, pictures)

Also listed on craigslist: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/apa/1489870126.html

Available late December/early January.

Contact: sarahjerome23@yahoo.com

Turkey Jerky

May your stuffing be tasty

May your turkey be plump,

May your potatoes & gravy

Have never a lump.

May your yams be delicious

And your pies take the prize,

And may Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your thighs!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Love, JJ & SJ

Halloween 2009 in the other "P-Town"

John and I went out to our cousins Joe & Holly's house in Pasadena for Halloween this year! We dressed up as Clark Kent & Lois Lane...pretty last minute but it worked out. Good enough-right?

Joe & Holly decorated their house in Pasadena so cute! We bbq'd and sat on the porch with scary masks on until the kids started showing up! (missed that pic :(...darn)

When it turned dark enough, John transformed into an old scary monster(?) and waited in the shadows to frighten all the unsuspecting trick-or-treaters! It was so much fun and there were soooo many kids (over 200) that we ran out of candy...and we had a TON!

Holly dressed up in a black robe and scary mask also!

They were both hilarious trying to scare the kids. Holly even stood out in the yard dangling this bloody chopped off head around!

So gross but so much fun!!

This brave little boy was not scared of John at all.

I think he was trying to see if John was "real" or "fake." BOOO!!

John chasing innocent bystanders!

TEN XOXO!

HAPPY 10 YEAR!! Thanks for the roses! I LOVE YOU JOHN!
Love,
me

Band Practice, Stephens, & Elmo!!

This past weekend I was out in Glendora (again) attending "band practice!" John on the drums, (me) Sarah on lead guitar, & Denise on bass! Alan is our band manager & is on his mobile booking our next gig! We had a lovely dinner at the Stephens family home (Johns cousins).

Aunt MJ was in town!

(John, Aunt Marilyn, Lacey, (me) Sarah, and MJ)

Cousin Picture!

(Lacey, Christina, Joe, Alan, & John)

(minus cousin Reid. And cousin Paul who was too "busy" to join us-ha!) Non-cousin Picture!

(Holly, Liam, Jarrett, Denise, & (me) Sarah) The whole group of kids and cousins!
(Amber & Alyssa made this shot!) On Saturday the 10th we celebrated baby Liams 1st birthday!!
(Uncle Paul, Mom Christina, & cousin Lacey in Elmo theme gear!!) Talented Aunt Holly made the cute, yummy "ELMO" cupckaes!Baby Liam ready for his first cupcake in the "Birthday Boy!" bib I got him!

Looks like someone is enjoying his first cupcake!! YUMMMM!

I <3 Sunsets!

Ok, so these are not the best photos of a sunset (yes John, I know), but this is what I saw when I stepped out on my balcony this evening!

(To be completely honest...I only went out on the balcony to stare down my neighbors and their kids who were making a TON of loud noises in the courtyard and I couldn't hear my Ellen show that I was watching..so there, I confessed!)

Excuses: #1. I am on Prednisone (steroids)

and I have (as my sister Bekah refers to it)..."ROID RAGE!!!")
#2. They are REALLY loud all of the time and....well they are just loud...enough said. UGH

GIGET!

I'm a "SURFER GIRL" now!

While at the beach I finally let Ryan give me my first ever surf lesson!

I loved it!

Look at that form! HA HA! ;)

Yah, so....? I am such a pro already!

Ryan and Johns turn!

Johns a surfer too!! HA!