Oreo Cookie Cream Cheese Cupcake

He had time to help in between swimming...

They are delicious and very easy to make.

Oreo Cookie Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• One box of Oreos, leave most whole but keep about 8-10 and coarsely chop
• 1 pounds cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• Pinch of salt

1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Place 1 whole cookie in the bottom of each lined cup.

2. With an electric mixer on medium high speed, beat cream cheese until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Gradually add sugar, and beat until combined. Beat in vanilla.

3. Drizzle in eggs, a bit at a time, beating to combine and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in sour cream and salt. Stir in chopped cookies by hand.

4. Divide batter evenly among cookie-lined cups, filling each almost to the top. Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until filling is set, about 22 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Refrigerate at least 4 hours (or up to overnight). Remove from tins just before serving.

This recipe is from pintrest

Yummy Popsicles

It's hot in Florida.
This is the best way to cool down and
 have a sneaky healthy snack.

Greek yogurt
vanilla
one peach cut up
one banana cut up
a little splash of juice

Pour it all into a blender
Then transfer into the Popsicle holders
Wait til the freeze

Then enjoy in the hot sun
and snicker to yourself has your child devours
a sneaky healthy snack.

Go USF beat Notre Dame

South Bend:

Cousin=(crazy) alumni from ND

Me=(not as crazy) alumni from USF

We pre-game it with bloody mary's

and lots of *@#$ talk from those ND people...:)

they're still talking...

ND has truly the most unique traditions

GAME TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and yes it was the longest game in ND history 

with three rain delays

Can't believe he is still smiling at this point!!

Because....

USF 23 ND 20

oh the joy!

love you Marty.....

The Best We-Weekend

Oh how I love Chicago...

Delicious deep-dish...

a fun little date on Navy Pier

Walking...walking...walking...

Of Course Wrigley, it's a must...

don't worry I can wear a cubby hat, 

they are not in our division! Go rays!

Oh yum...

oh yes we did...

paint that town.

A day in the backyard...

It's a boy's world...

oh my.

Happy 26th Anniversary

To my mother and father,

Many people believe that what the two of you have is something that not many people will ever get to have. It is what I believe to be the true meaning of commitment, love and marriage. Thank you for the example that you have given us (and now have to try to live up to J). I hope that the next 26 years will be filled with as many cherished memories and happiness as the past 26 years.

Summer Luvin Having a Blast

We had a good summer...

playing with best friends...

boogie boarding at the beach...

cooling off with ice cream and ice skating

taking long walks in the rain...

and long naps on the couch!

How we will miss summer.

But can't wait for fall and winter.

Family Date Night

Family date night at the
Fun Center...

He is a typical boy.
Loves his "Gun Games"

and riding "big big wheels".

and more "Gun Games"

and the merry-go-round
that he informed me later
 was for babies.

and all his loot
from the 254 tickets we won.