My favorite gift.

The day after Christmas my best friend Kristy, her husband Greg and their two boys Luke and Peter came to stay with us.  The visit was a little crazy, good crazy, but how could it not have been, we had 10 people staying in our one and a half bedroom, one bathroom, 1000sq ft house.  There were people sleeping everywhere.  I will do anything to spend time with the Campbell’s and would have them back in a second.

Kristy and I have amazingly odd connections.  (We think they are normal, they are odd to other people, hehe.)  She lives four hours from me, yet I know what she does each day of the week and if she isn’t home I can most likely tell you where she is.  We talk daily and not just once or twice, I would say an average of five to seven times a day.  Usually they are not long talks, but quick check-ins, had a minute in the car, I just had to tell you something, calls.  Anyway, moving on.  I was so excited to give Kristy her Christmas gift, it was so perfect for her, I had bought it atleast a month prior to Christmas and had even considered buying it for myself it was so perfect.  So they were here and it was time to exchange gifts, I handed her the gift and she handed me mine.  I held mine, it felt, well oddly familiar.  I began to open, she began to open, we started laughing, almost to the point of crying.  We had gotten eachother the same gift.

I am having so much fun cooking and baking things out of this cookbook.  We are very healthy eaters, but this cookbook allows you to make foods even healthier with added fruits and vegetables (the greatest part the kids don’t even know it).  Applesauce Muffins w/Butternut Squash, Pancakes w/Sweet Potatoes, Mac and Cheese w/ Cauliflower and many, ,many more.