Jonathan and Anne Marie’s Weblog

OK, so since I have been doing the whole new blog thing and following other friends blogs, I think I have decided to move to www.annemarieunderwood1.blogspot.com because of all the really neat backgrounds you can choose from. I have not completely decided what I am going to do with or about this blog as of yet…I will continue updating both until I deciede…but you should definately check out my other blog at the web address above or by clicking “Our other blog” on my blog roll and add it on to your blogroll if you like. Maybe wordpress has the same options and I have just not figured it out yet…but any way I think I like the new one better…so check it out. I updated it with pictures from our “Christmas eve” gathering on Sunday evening. Also my mother-in law has started one too at www.ginnyunderwood.blogspot.com you can also get to it from my new blog as well. For now I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Since Christmas is right around the corner I have been doing lots of baking for the various events I have had to attend. I wanted to share some of my favorite recipes for now…

1. Yummy Bread
2 tubes of crescent rolls (I use reduced-fat.)
1 12-oz container of cream cheese (I use the whipped.)
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 stick margarine or butter
Cinnamon-sugar mixture

Place 1 unrolled tube of crescent rolls on bottom of 9 x 12 dish. In a separate bowl, mix together cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spread mixture over unrolled crescent rolls. Unroll 2nd tube of crescent rolls and place on top of mixture. Melt stick of margarine (butter). Pour over top of dish. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 25-30 minutes.

2. Monkey Bread
Paula Dean recipe. I will update soon.
3. Italian Cookies
Mix 3 eggs, 1 c of sugar, and 1 c of crisco
Add baking powder and let stand for 2 min
Add half a bottle of anice
Alternate 4 cups of flour and 1 cup of milk and blend.
(you will need to put flour on your hands an on the surface you will use to roll dough).
Scoop dough into your hand and roll into a rope, cut 1 inch slices at an angle.
Place cookies on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 min.
Icing: Mix 1tsp of milk, 2tbs of butter, and 1 c of powdered sugar.
Cool cookies and ice.

4. Corn Casserole
Mix jiffy corn muffin mix (follow directions of box) with 1 stick of butter, 1 can of cream style corn, 1 can and water in can of corn, and 8oz of sour cream or cream cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 min.

Once a month about 4 couples of our friends get together for dinner. So far it has been a ton of fun and last night we went to our friends Kyle and Jessica Edenfields. They have a cute little house that is just minutes from ours. The theme was Christmas PJ’s and Breakfast for dinner. It was really yummy. Kyle cooked the biggest pancakes we ever saw. Some of which ended up on his PJ’s. We also had bacon, sausage, eggs, and biscuits. We sat around and played Catch Phrase until about 11:00. I have never laughed so hard. One of my words was Globe-Trotters. Here I am thinking it is a racing horse team…boy I think I laughed so hard I cried when I found out they were a basketball team. Here are a few pictures from the evening.

OK so pictures are not uploading so I will post later.

Here is a picture of 2 of the 4 pairs of booties I have sewn. They were super easy and fun. They are both sewn in patterns for a girl. I bought the epattern for $3.98 from etsy.com. I am in love with the booties and hope the bibs turn out as cute…I also hope I improve my sewing skills…this was the first time I have sewn something with a sewing machine.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment…while I dont have expertise in sewing and can tell you about etsy.com

Baby booties for a girl in pink zebra print: