Chocolate Chip Cheesecake and a Funny from a Student

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Vocabulary Illustration from One of my Students:

What I've Been Reading....

You should also check out Jon Acuff's Empty Shelf Challenge....
Sober Mercies (I read this book in a day.  The story was fascinating!)

Clear Winter Nights (I'm usually not a big fiction fan, but this book was awesome!)

The Good Life

A Life That Says Welcome

Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God

Chasing God

A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You

A Prayer Journal

The Pastor's Wife

(HH has been reading this aloud to me, I appreciate his flare for accents)

Same Sun Here

Cookies Worth the Fuss

Salted Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sunday Potluck

Black Bean Enchiladas

Butterfinger Oatmeal Blondies

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownie Bombs
(HH and I made these for a friend's birthday.  I made them smaller than the Animal Cookie Truffles, but they were very rich.)

Happy 2014!

Crispy Cinnamon Chili Chickpeas 

Corn Lime Cookies

HH knows I don't like to make many recipes twice, but he told me, "You have to make these again."

Fresh and Fast Orzo, Feta, Tomato and Basil Salad

Almost 2014

Do you need an amazing book to read in 2014?  May I suggest Small Town, Big Miracle? 
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake

Circus Animal Cookie Truffles (I made these too large.  I should have done one tablespoon instead of two.)

I go back to work for teacher meetings on Thursday, and the kids come back on Monday.  

Wednesday Night Dinner

Scrumptious Pumpkin Cookies

Calico Bean Soup with Smoked Sausage

School Cookie Swap and Biscuits

Cinnamon Pretzel Cookies

Serious Biscuits
I have stayed away from many bread items.  These buttermilk biscuits were awesome.

Church Cookie Swap

Chocolate Covered Cherry Delights

Chocolate Chip Crescent Cookies

Name Aliens

My students did the "Name Aliens" project from We Heart Art on Friday!  Here are a few of their designs.