What did you do on Valentine's Day? I thought it would be fun for my family if we chose a few people to receive "heart attacks" from us. That doesn't sound very kind, does it?! Well these were not just any "heart attacks," they were extra special because they didn't hurt anyone. We delivered some of the "heart attacks" the night before Valentine's Day and some during the day on Valentine's Day. Anyway, Brian and I spent along time getting everything ready. We drew tons of hearts, wrote messages on them, and cut them out. Brian did a pretty good job using the scissors. Then we made the Cookie Dough Truffles and arranged them on a plate along with a Valentine's Day card. It was freezing on delivery night. Brian had so much fun sticking the hearts on the doors. But when we were decorating Grandma Hallstrom's door, Brian was too cold to help out. He just walked around in circles saying, "freeze, freeze, freeze." We had such a fun time as a family. This is definitely a new family tradition for us.
Cookie Dough Truffles
1/2 C. softened butter
3/4 C. brown sugar
2 C. flour
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 C. mini semi sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 lbs. semi sweet chocolate chips (melted)
Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add flour, milk, vanilla. Stir in mini chocolate chips. It will be sticky. Chill dough in fridge overnight. Shape dough into 1/2 in. balls. Place in fridge 1-2 hours. Melt 1 1/2 lbs. chocolate chips. Roll balls in melted chocolate and place on waxed paper in fridge.
On Valentine's Day, it snowed on and off throughout the day. In the morning, Sam took Brian to his first Primary Activity. They called it a Pajama and Pancake Party. The kids got to go to church in their pajamas and enjoy a pancake breakfast with the bishopric and their Primary teachers. The kids got to play a few games as well. Sam gave me some red roses, which was very thoughtful. I wrote Sam a love note, made him a yummy dinner, and gave him is own bag of M&Ms. After dinner, Sam took Brian outside to build a snowman. Too bad the snow wasn't packing snow. This is the best snowman that they could come up with. Oh well, they still had fun and got to have hot chocolate afterwards. It was a fun day.
3 comments:
Since I didn't get to talk to you much in church on Sunday I forgot to tell you thank you for the "heart attack". What a cute idea!! And the treats were delicious. I'm going to have to try and make them sometime.
That is such a great idea, to "heart attack" I want to try that next year. I love your blog!
You are so creative. That sounds like fun and a lot of work (heart attack). That's a great tradition to have!
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