NEW pictures, taken yesterday! Tyler had a presidency meeting after church so Emri and I played in the courtyard while we waited. She LOVED pulling the grass...

Mommy and Me Photo Shoot

I'm way behind on posts, so the next few will probably be chronologically incorrect. So here it goes!

These are some pictures Emri and I had taken when she was 6 months old. She has changed so much!

Another Yummy Recipe: Oatmeal Bars

I made this for a friend who took some bridals of me for our 2nd anniversary. (Pictures to come)

1 cup flour

1 1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup milk

2 cups quick oats

1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 375. Coat an 8 x 8 x 2 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray.

2. In a small bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together. In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter on med-high until fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low and beat in milk, then flour mixture. Stir in oats and 1 cup of the chocolate chips.

3. Spread batter into prepared baking pan. Bake at 375 for 35 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack. Microwave remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips for 30 seconds; stir until smooth and drizzle over bars. Cut into squares. Makes 16 bars. Enjoy!

Two Year Anniversary Adventures

Yesterday was our 2 year anniversary so we decided to go up to Silver Flatts, where Tyler proposed. We hiked around the lake, it was so beautiful up there and we had fun taking Emri.

The photos are all out of order, I couldn't figure out how to fix that. Oh well. :)

Ty and the babe hiking.

Emri sleeping on the way home.

This is the chunkiest looking picture we have of her to date. For some reason she always turns out looking extra chunky in pictures... but still so cute!

Emri started to fuss toward the end, wanted mommmm.

Family photo with Silver Flatts in the background.

Job Joys

This post should have been posted a long while ago but keeping true to my terrible-ness of keeping up our blog I am just now getting around to it.

I'll keep it short and sweet cause it involves no pictures (still need to get better at that too) and I know and you know that's what you'd rather see on here.

Anyway.

Tyler got the Phoenix job. He will be working for Deloitte starting September 20th. We are thrilled. In the meantime we are putting off renting until we have some income. So. We are spending (and have spent) most of our summer up here in Utarrr. It's been tons of fun so far and we are really enjoying the break.

That's all.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is for Aimee. I made some delicious cookies a week or so ago and I'd like to share the recipe with y'all. (Thank you to Kaylee for sharing this recipe with me!)

Enjoy!

2 sticks softened butter

1 Cup granulated sugar

3/4 Cup packed brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 Tablespoons pure vanilla

Heaping 1/2 Cup vanilla ice cream (frozen from container)

4 Cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 bag chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350. In a stand or electric mixer, cream butter and sugars until fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla until well combined. Add in ice cream until combined.

2. Place flour, baking soda and salt into a large bowl; mix. Add to wet ingredients along with the chocolate chips; mix until combined. Scoop dough onto a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until cookies are cooked through. Let cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.

Job Woes

Tyler slaved to find a job, he applied to SO many companies and worked so hard. I am so proud of him. The good news is, he finally got some offers. He accepted one for a CPA firm here in Tucson. Not our ideal place to live but it's a good job. We had been looking for a new apartment (bigger!) and we decided to buy a house instead since prices and interest rates are so low. So we got a Realtor and began the hunt for a house. It was fun while it lasted.

A couple weeks ago Tyler got a couple emails from some companies he'd applied to way back when wanting to interview him. One of the companies was one of the big 4 accounting firms, which was our original ideal job. So we talked about it and decided that it would be worth it to interview with this company. The job is for Phoenix, so that meant we had to quit house hunting. But we, especially me, would MUCH rather live in Phoenix. Tyler has LOTS of family in that area and it would be a couple hours closer to my family. The downside is that it is actually hotter there. But we can handle it!

So now we are back to waiting, wishing, wondering, where we will be in the future. The interview was last Friday, almost a week ago! and they still haven't gotten back to us. They told the interviewees that they would let them know Monday or Tuesday. But here we are, THURSDAY, and we still haven't heard anything. Tyler emailed them and they said, "by Thursday" but we'll see if they come through this time.

Until then we'll just be crossing our fingers, praying that he gets this job! It would really free up our summer to get this job, a break that Tyler really needs. He worked so hard this last year in school and finished his masters with a 3.9 GPA! Even after he got appendicitis the week before finals! He is amazing. Again, I am so proud. And I would love for him to have a little relax time.

We will keep y'all posted on what happens and where we're headed in the coming week or so!