Friday favorites...

We are on holidays.

Our third year in a row at a pretty magical place.

If you followed me last summer...

AMEN.

Happy long weekend!

PEACE.

My most favorite things...

It is impossible not to share the things that make me the most happy these days....

Feeling extra grateful for every bit of these things.
Have a great week.
Here's to all things FAVORITE!

Turtle Cookie Bars! OMGOODNESS!

SOOOOOOOOO YUMMY!

TURTLE COOKIE BARS

CRUST

2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup soft butter

2nd LAYER

1 cup pecan halves

2/3 cup butter

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup milk chocolate morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Combine crust ingredients, beat at medium speed until blended.

Pat mixture firmly into an ungreased 9x9 pan.
Arrange pecans over crust.
Combine 2/3 cup butter and 1/2 cup brown sugar in saucepan.  Bring to a boil over medium heat.
Stir constantly cooking for 3 minutes.
Pour mixture over pecans.
Bake for 15-17 mins until golden and bubbly.
Remove from the oven and sprinkle with chocolate. 
Let stand 2-3 minutes then gently swirl chocolate with a knife.
Let cool before cutting.

(I may have overloaded on chocolate "testing" while creating this... hence the blurry photo)

SPLASH!

Splash parks in our city are fun.
Kids running and screaming.
Kids running and fighting over cheap blow up floaties.
Kids running and crying.

And my kid.... running and trying to be naked.  WITH a digger of course.
A photo overload from some splash park fun this week.
... including melt down face (it lasted only long enough for me to snap the proof - honest, it was a bit funny).  Indeed a great day.

I'm so grateful to have these days with my little man.

keeping it real!

building, fixing, figuring, ALWAYS!

snacks in the naked?!

PEACE OUT! (it's his newest thing...)

Have a super weekend!