Rocky Road Brownies

Here's the recipe for the brownies below. They are so easy to make, and so yummy. Make sure you eat them when they're warm, though, it tastes better!

Mix:
1 stick unsalted butter (melted)
1/3 c. cocoa powder
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Add:
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tps. table salt
Spread batter into greased 9" sqaure pan, bake at 350* for 20-25 minutes.
Sprinkle cooked brownies with:
1 cup mini marshmallows
1/2 c. salted, chopped almonds
1/2 cup chocolate chips.
Put back in the oven for 2 minutes, or until marshmallows turn golden.

enjoy!

Friday Night Desert, Anyone?

"Rocky Road Brownies...Mm, Mm, Good!"

Fun with Gram

On another very cold day we went to Red Square with Gram, walked through the mall to get to the other end and then drove home. Brr...

Some more pictures-

Papa, Babushka, Josh and I went to Tzaritsino. Bad idea: we got lost, got stpoped by the police, got fined, found out larger dogs weren't allowed in the park (although we saw tons of them) and then it was freezing. An hour trip down there for a 15 min walk. Talk about fun!...not

Gram came to visit!!! She got here on the 2nd and we had a blast!

Fun with Babushka and Dedushka

Jess learned how to play chess:

We wlked to Red Square on a very, very cold day:

Most of the grandkids:

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I am soo behind, but here's some pictures off all the fun we had!

Babushka and Deduska came on the 30th. Here's NY Eve!

Right about 11 pm:

Opening presents from Ded Moroz, Grandfather Frost:

We got D a universal remote with everything huge so he can see! =)

Waiting for 12...

About 7 pm:

Hope you all had a wonderful New Year!

Movin' to the Good Ol' USA!

Uncle Vadim moved to the States in November....

the new house:

the view:
uncle vadim:

the kitchen:

new car:

Christmas Gifts for the teachers...

This year for the teachers we made food bags. The finished product:

Basically what was inside, except much much more:
And the gourmet apple. before:

After:

(I did try to add peanuts, but they weren't lovin' the caramel that day)

We tried everything (only for safety reasons ;-) ) and it was all yummy--I hope the teachers liked them too!

Can you guess what was inside the bags? I'll give you a clue: there were 9 things in the bag.

Happy Birthday to the Twinsters!

Yesterday was Josh's and Jess's 8th birthday. They got the day off from school and had lots of fun....

the birthday twins:
Fun and games (they also had a scavenger hunt to do to find their presents)

a lovely note from their teacher, Irina:

CAKE TIME!!!

Happy Birthday, Jess and Josh!

the Twinsters have a special message...

...for a special somebody. (they wrote it themselves)

The Tree

new arrangement of living/family room