The Perfect Brownie

A dear friend of mine is continually in search of the "Perfect Brownie". Well to Greg and to all of you who are in that same search.... I think that I have found it.

Cookie Dough Brownies (oh yes! They do exist!)

1 Box Brownie Mix, plus ingredients for the brownies
1/2 C. Butter, softened
1/2 C. Brown Sugar, packed
1/4 C. Sugar
2 TBS Milk
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 C. Flour
1-3/4 C. Chocolate Chips, divided (I also use whatever chocolate candy I have on hand. I used chopped up Reeses eggs in the recipe pictured)
1 TBS Shortening

1) Prepare and bake brownies according to package directions in a greased 13x9 pan. Cool completely.

2) Cream butter and sugars in a mixing bowl. Add milk and vanilla mix well. Beat in flour. Stir in 3/4 C. Chocolate chips. Spread over cooled brownies and refridgerate until firm.

3) Melt remaining 1 C. Chocolate chips and shortening, stirring until smooth. Spread over filling. (The brownies that are pictured are not iced)
Store in an airtight container in the refridgerator.

Enjoy!!! Sometimes dreams really can come true!

Weekend in Utah

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My friend, Heidi, went down to Utah for her sisters graduation and they brought me down with them! It was a quick three days - and I'm sorry to all of you that I didn't get to see - but it was really fun! Tiffany & Katrina are growing up really fast. It's fun to see their little personalities coming out. We had grass fights in the back yard, painted our toes & went to the park. Katrina LOVES the swings!! Caiden is really getting big - and blond!! and hates to lay down (he thinks you are changing his diaper!). Me & my mom went to the Draper temple - beautiful place!! And on Saturday Merisa & I went up to Logan to spend the day with Nan (we didn't have a break in the conversation for three straight hours) and had some lunch with Rachel (my sis-in-law) before she heads out to Germany!! Amidst family dinners, watching "Friends", seeing Kelley before she headed off to see Wicked! and enjoying Tiffany walking on the ceiling it was a great weekend - with the exception of missing Ryan (who had work) I'm so co-dependant on that boy & hated to be away from him (Tiffany was pretty dissapointed as well)!! That and I really wanted to to go to East High and get some pics, but it never worked out & I can't be upset with that because....I'm 26 years old!! Maybe the next time I'm down. Hope all had a good weekend!

"I Am The Cure"

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My friend Heidi & I participated in our town's Susan G. Komen walk for the cure this last Saturday. I love to participate in these walks. Both of my Grandmothers battled with breast cancer so walking for a cure means alot to me. It was the perfect day to walk; the weather was beautiful and there was a great turn out. I think the best part of the walk was the last half where all the motivational signs were put up. As you can see just being in the race made me the winner! Heidi & I plan on doing it again next year and this time making first place. We had alot of fun!!
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Easter Bliss

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Eating! Oh baby did we eat good!! Eggplant, artichokes & spicy meat-a balls....not to mention some fabulous Sicilian pizza in between -we were never hungry.Big thanks to Ryan & Dad for cooking and a shout out to our little helper Tiffany! When we would start to pull out the pots and pans Tiffany would come in and say "Help?" - how can you say no to that!?!
fAmily time! My family came up to spend the Easter weekend with us! It was wonderful, glorious and truely a miracle....I couldn't believe my eyes. My Mom, Dad, Jeanette, Tiffany & Katrina were all here and we had great fun.We were running around with the girls, making cards at Scrapbook Heaven, watching movies "...your shoes....are very....comfortable. Bye" (Ghost Town - MUST see!), blowing bubbles, eating, napping, reading, playing Druthers "If Dad were a vegtable what vegtable would he be? A. Potato B. Carrot C. Rutabega D. Celery". *answer down at the bottom. It was sooooo much fun!!
Sleeping. What is a vacation without a little R&R? My favorite little napping pal was Katrina. Such a cuddler!! (As long as she doesn't see her mommy she'll stick with you).
Tiffany and Katrina faces!! It is sooo much fun to see more of their two - very different - personalities come out as they are getting older. Tiffany puts on quite a show when she is up for it. I would say "Smile Tiffy" and she would give this squinty eyed grin to me - adorable! Katrina has THE FACE it is the "Oh face". She only did it every so often and it was my quest to capture it on film. After many proddings (My Dad took a picture of all three of us giving the "Oh Face" to Katrina trying to make her mimic it) and a load of blurry pictures I got it!! She sucks her lips in and pulls her face down as far as it can go - SOOO funny.
Egg hunting & Easter baskets. We took Tiffany and Katrina to our town's annual Egg Hunt. It was so much fun watching Tiffy get those eggs. Katrina is also quite the egg hunter......did she have any accomplices? The Easter bunny was not a great hit. Tiffany didn't even want to be by it and Katrina just looked at him like "Why do you have all that fur?". Easter baskets were fun! Hello to my honk'n huge Reeses egg (Thank you Jeanette!)While up in Portland I went to a Good Will and I found the perfect Easter basket for Ryan. The pail is green with football field yard markings all around it and the handle is a goal post with a football in it - perfect!! Ryan liked it.
Reading. The first day at the house Katrina tried to unload our bookshelves....kinda got peeved too when we wouldn't let her unload all the big books that she wanted to. Tiffany fell in love with "There's a Monster at the End of This Book" - you know the one with Grover? She thought it was the best thing ever! My favorite part was when she wanted to read the book. She would open her eyes wide, hold her hand out (in a "Stop Stop" motion) and say "Uhhhhh Ahhh" for every page - sooooo sweet!!
Hope that all of you had a great Easter too! *Answer: Potato.

What Are the Steiny's Doing?

Well....we started an internet business......Not that kind of internet business! but a website that offers baby products. We have been working on it for the last six months and are thrilled that it is FINALLY up and running.

After a summer long job search we finally decided it was time to take matters into our own hands and start our own business. We started looking into an internet business because it can move/go where ever we do. Ryan started researching and he found a place called PMI that teaches people how to start an internet businesses. We love it. Who knew that it takes sooo long to get a website up and running, but now we have a business that we love and have complete control over.

I worked on the business end of things: contacting drop shippers, researching products, shipping rates & working up re-selling agreements. Ryan built the website - hours and hours of work, but I have to say it's awesome (I'm sooo not biased!). We wanted to sell something that pretty much everyone needs every day and now matter what the economy is like - diapers will be a nessessity! Out here, in rural areas, we saw a need that moms have to get diapers quicker and easier (For example: Bend, the closest city from here, is two hours away). So, we decided on baby products: baby bath tubs, baby carriers, potty training tools, nursing blankets and diapers & wipes.

Be sure to check it out

http://littlenappies.com

And feel free to let anyone you think might be interested know about it!

It's really surreal to see something that you have created on the internet where anyone can see it - just as surreal as seeing how white you actually are (San Diego plans are still under way - major beach time is needed!). We hope it does well.

I just want to emphasize that you aren't obligated to buy from us. We are a small company and can't even begin to try to beat out Wal Mart on their prices. I just wanted to give you all a heads up on what we are up to!

One Wicked Week!

Well, it didn't start out completely "wicked". I started out the week (Tuesday March 17th - Happy St. Patties everyone) with getting ready for the Relief Society birthday party. We had a garden party theme complete with everyone wearing a garden party hat & enjoying a short play "Emma Smith's Garden Party" that gave a brief history of each general president of the Relief Society starting with Emma to the present. It went "Wickedly" well. We had 60 ladies show up & everyone had a great time. As for my hat - nothing is better than an upsidedown potted plant holder that has a twig theme!

Thursday me and my two friends Courtney & Dana went to Portland to see "Wicked"!!!! It was absolutely - fabulous and amazing - and even though I have already seen it once before it didn't loose it's fabulosity!! If you have the opportunity to go (heads up my SLC friends!) it is TOTALLY & COMPLETELY worth the big 'ole ticket price. The drive up was full of fun, giggles & talking (for the whole five hours it takes to get there from Burns, OR), we stayed at a hotel that was walking distance from the theatre. It was great walking around and feeling the vibe of such a busy city ("I just felt like a little baby chick out of the hen house"). We saw the play that night and in the morning we enjoyed some breakfast "at Tiffany's" (or at least right by it). Now, while Dana & Courtney enjoyed their Starbucks coffee I was introduced to their Steamers - ooooh! Who knew that warm milk with a hint of vanilla could be so good!! (for my Cedar City-ites is that what a Hot Cow was at the Pastry Pub?) and they go great with their pumpkin scones!! Yum! I had so much fun walking around - and you got to love a super Good Will! I missed my Ry-guy though, but I'm sure he was happy to stay home and not have to sit through, yet another, musical.

There's no rest for the wicked! When I got home Ryan & I got ready for my cousin Lyle, his wife Jamie & their kids Dasha, Cohen & Gemma. They stopped by and stayed the night before they headed out to see the Redwoods! We had a lot of fun and gratefully nobody peed on anybody (a little inside joke!)

With all the things I had going on this week it was totally -Wicked! (in the 80's sense of the word!)*click on the images and it will slide into a big one.