Because I promised and because these are soooo goooood!!!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

Here's what you will need:

1 box Betty Crocker Original Supreme brownie mix (with chocolate syrup pouch)

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup water

2 eggs

1 package (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 egg

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray bottom only of 9x13 pan with cooking spray or grease with shortening. Prepare brownie mix as directed on box, using oil, water and 2 eggs. Spread in pan.

2. Prepare cookie mix as directed on package, using butter and 1 egg. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls evenly onto brownie batter; press down lightly.

3. Bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool on cooling rack 30 minutes.

4. Frost with Chocolate Ganache (see recipe below)

Chocolate Ganache

12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate morsels

3/4 cup heavy whipping cream

6 Tbsp butter

In a small saucepan, heat cream and butter until just before the boiling stage.
Pour over the chocolate morsels.
Let stand about 20 seconds and stir until smooth.
Pour over brownies and let set before cutting

I found this recipe at a really fun website check it out, http://bakerella.blogspot.com/

Consider yourself warned!

These brownies cause extreme satisfaction and may complicate weight loss!

Enjoy!

Mike, Mike & Adam (and Mike's Dad)

Four Handsome Buckeyes! One day these guys came to our house and within just a few hours they had installed all of the kitchen cabinets in 908 7th St. SW. They had just come to Cedar Rapids for the week to help out in any way that they could and we were so lucky to have them! They did an awesome job, the kitchen looks great! Thank you very much!!

Photo Editing Class Online ~ JessicaSprague.com

I have been taking a photo editing class online this past week when the guys were in Pittsburgh (Todd and Trevor went last week on a mission trip). I really enjoy experimenting with digital photography. The class is online at http://www.jessicasprague.com/ It's called Photo Editing Frame-Ups and Special Effects, check it out. I have several other photos in the gallery for that class. Have a great day!

Progress!

Front Porch at 908 7th St. SW

We made a lot of progress last week and I will post more pictures soon. This is my favorite thing from this past week. A new coat of paint for the front door, stained the porch floor, a new light fixture and house numbers! I am loving the color, it's called Lost Atlantis (Sherwin Williams).

Faith United Methodist Church, North Canton, Ohio

The week of July 6-10th, OK I'm a little behind, we had help from an awesome group of BUCKEYES! We had so much fun getting to know this group, especially on Friday. We took a little field trip to the "Do It Best" Hardware store. The kids were fascinated with the fact that everything said "do it" on it. We even got free T-shirts! I guess they probably don't get very many tourists in the hardware store!
We got a lot of work done too. We started on the main floor apartment of 914 7th St. SW, did a lot of framing and drywall work. Thank you so much, it might not seem like much to you but each week gets us a step closer to completion. Thanks for all of your hard work!

Pictured above are, Janice Golden, Matt Partridge, Katie Schirra, Kim Vandervaart, Amy Snyder, Natalie Klco, John Arnold, and Jan Bremer.

Photo Editing

I'm having a little playtime with some photos I took a while back, I'm just taking a little break and doing some fun things while the boys are in Pittsburgh. I know I need to update here, hopefully later today!