Cookie Mania

When Meridith first saw a picture of our new kitchen in early November, she said how we needed to have a cookie-baking party. Well, that's just what we did. We had over Meridith (family friend, like a sister), Jenna (our sister-in-law), Joy (my sister), and Megan (Joy's best friend, and our friend too). And, Brian had his friend Brad (Meridith's brother, home from California) over also -- they were the official cookie-tasters. We started off the night with a pizza dinner, and then got hard-core into the baking. We made Cranberry Chocolate Biscotti, Sugar Cookies, Pecan Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Thin Mints, Chocolate Toffee, and Chocolate White Chocolate Chip cookies. We were sugar-crazed . . . which at points led to chases around the house with much screaming (Joy and Megan), and some wrestling (Brad with whomever was around), and the need to drink about a gallon of milk to overcome the sugary-sweetness, . . . It was such a blast!

Megan and Joy decorating cookies
Jenna, Mer, and Me
Megan, Joy, and Me
Me: What do you mean they don't have chocolate wafers at the store?!!!
Mer and Jenna at work
Me making the toffee
The sugar overcame
Pure chaos in the house