Rolo Cookie Goodness

ROLO COOKIES
2 1/2cups flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
48 Rolos
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp sugar (for rolling the cookies in)

Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and set aside.
Beat sugars; add eggs, and vanilla until smooth. Add in the dry ingredients mixture, blend well.

Shape cookies into small balls and press a Rolo into the center. Cover with dough. Roll cookie into sugar. Set on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes at 350 until cracks appear on the tops of the cookies. Enjoy!

The Road that Should Have Been...

Less traveled...Between Winnemucca and Wendover (a stretch of about 250 miles) we faced really bad winter roads, really bad winter roads...did I mention they were horrible roads? Bad enough in the daylight, freaky at night. It's hard to tell in this picture just how bad the snow fall was. Let's just say that whiteout, blizzard, and horizontal snow just don't feel strong enough to describe the conditions.

I hope you get something of an idea of what it was like...not the greatest picture but it will have to do.

I-80 East in Mid-winter

Jelly Belly

On Saturday the 7th of February we (Devin, Amber, Kyle, Elizabeth, me, my mom and dad, Sylvia, and McKennah took a trip out to the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield, CA. We went on the tour and all had to wear these hats, even little Elizabeth.

The Baby

Perchers

This was the scene at my brother Devin's home on Friday after a long day driving to California.

Around the World in 9 Posters

Many of my students complain about Geography. They are convinced that they don't need to know about Geography and that it won't help them in the years to come. How they came to have this opinion is due, in part, to a lack of exposure. A year or so ago, a dear friend of mine gave me a calendar that had pictures of places around the world. I decided to save the pictures I liked and make posters of them to post in my classroom. I have done that. I explained to my students how lucky we were to live in such a beautiful world and I expressed my hopes that they would be able to see some of that world for themselves. I encouraged them to come and look at the pictures and at least get a glimpse of some of the beauty this world possesses. I thought some of you may like to see yourselves. While you won't be able to distinguish places, you'll be able to get a small idea of what my students will get to look at.I hope you like it.