Making Muffins

I love to bake! We had some mushy bananas on the counter (and who really likes those?!) so I stayed behind tonight and decided to make banana bread muffins! I substituted the butter for applesauce and they turned out so good!

So far tonight I have resisted the urge to eat one...don't know how much longer I can though :)
Here's the recipe:
Banana Bread Muffins
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter (or substitute unsweetened applesauce)
2 eggs
2 c. flour
1/2 c. walnuts, chopped (optional, i don't add these because i'm not a fan!)
1 tsp. baking soda
3 soft, ripe bananas; mashed

Cream together sugar & shortening/applesauce. Add eggs, flour, baking soda, bananas & nuts. Use small cookie scoop and place batter in mini-muffin pan. Bake at 325* for 12-14 mins.
**Update: tried the muffins, they're delicious!

A trip outside the 'hood...

I had last Tuesday off work (yay!) and had the best time with Randi and the girls. We left the house about 9am and headed up to Carlsbad to visit the Flower Fields. It was a perfect day, not too hot and lots of photo opportunities! Randi even got her Easter pictures taken too :) Here's just a sampling of the pictures...

Audrie...loves to have her pictures taken!

Hailey was checkin' out the birds in this cage...she absolutely LOVES animals!

Chloe...what a smile!

Ella--she's lost four teeth and counting...