Update

Sorry I have not really posted anything recently...our lives have been a bit boring. Josh is still working on getting everything together for his law school applications, and hopes to be able to start filling out applications this week. There are at least 20 schools that have offered to waive the application fee because of how well he did on the LSAT. Then there are about another 10 schools he would like to apply to, so he is staying busy. I am still working, and trying to pick up overtime when it is available. I am very excited for Christmas this year. We are going to California to spend the holiday with my family and it will be the first time in a long time that the whole family will be together...and it will be the first real holiday Josh and I will be able to spend together! I have worked the last few years on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas. It will be nice to have Christmas Eve and Christmas off!

A Day of Relaxation

Josh has had a lot of stress he has been needing to relieve...so what did we do? Went shooting!!! I know a lot of our posts are about shooting, so this time I decided to post videos.

shooting a cantaloupe

shooting potatoes

shooting a frozen water bottle

(it is at the base of the stake on the left)

Sugar Cookies and Buttercream Frosting

Sugar Cookies

1 1/2 cups shortening
2 3/4 cups sugar
8 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons vanilla

Cream together the shortening and the sugar. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Roll out until 1/8-1/4" thick and cut into desired shapes. Bake at 400 degrees for 6 minutes. Makes about 100 cookies.


Buttercream Frosting (from Wilton's Cake Decorating Guide)

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter softened
4 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk or water
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream together the shortening and butter. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Add food coloring if desired.

The Scores Are In

After a long three weeks of waiting, Josh finally got his LSAT scores back. He received a 163 out of 180! Now that he knows what his score is, he is beginning to look into different law schools and trying to decide for sure where he wants to apply. Who knows where we will be in a year...

Bobcat

Today at work, animal control was dispatched out on a baby bobcat. We figured it would most likely turn out to be a wild cat, but it really was a bobcat! The animal control officer brought it into dispatch so we could see it.