Peanut Butter Cookies

What can be better than chewy soft peanut butter cookie? This is diffidently the cookie I make for comfort. I made these before we left Israel and I wish I could have one right now! It is the taste of home. Max loves peanut butter (I'm sure he is addicted) so these were a huge hit. This recipe is really easy and the cookies are so comforting. I love mine plain and simple but I also make some for Max and my family with dark chocolate chunks and some with white chocolate chunks. All the variations turned out great. I used this recipe from A Cup of Jo. I divided the dough into three and added dark chocolate chunks to one third, white chocolate chunks to one third and the rest I did plain. 

Chopped

I am falling in love with shoulder length hair! Four years ago I started to grow out my hair and since then have not had short hair. I love my long hair, but I really feel like having a change. So I have been looking for inspiration for my next cut. I think I would be doing one of these four cuts. Which one is your favorite? I love them all!! 

New Season

Sorry for the long time between my last post. It has been a crazy busy time!! Getting ready to leave for Holland, our first week here and getting used to everything! We are so excited to be here! We have has a wonderful first week here, getting to know our team and the area around here. It is so beautiful here, everything is so green and natural! We love it so far.

I am really hoping to be able to keep blogging in this new season in life. We have a really busy schedule, but hopefully I will be able to update the blog. So please forgive me beforehand if I have long times of silence in between posts!

xoxo

Happy first weekend of 2014!

This week has been very eventful! Last day at work, New Years, my brothers birthday and getting ready to leave! I feel so blessed! We still have some things to get and we have to pack but its come up really quickly! We are really excited for this new year and all the wonderful new things it will bring along with it. I hope you all had a wonderful start to your year! We are hoping to finish getting ready this weekend and enjoy our time with family and friends.

Some links I enjoyed...

Loved this video about the power of empathy

I want to try these overnight cinnamon buns

Great rules for getting you eyebrows in shape

19 signs you are doing better than you thing

A beautiful photography series called Flamboya, portraying Africa 

Love this free printable calendar 

Cheesy garlic pull apart bread looks amazing

Ten free apps that will make your life easier

Hope you have a great one 

Image via: Madewell

Chocolate Espresso Cupcakes

I just love cupcakes, they are easy to make, cute and delicious. What can be better than that? These cupcakes are absolutely perfect, the touch of espresso really brings them to a different level from just a regular chocolate cupcake. I made these for my birthday in the beginning of the month and shared them at my office. They were a huge hit, the cupcake by itself is amazing but the frosting is perfection! The combination of dark chocolate and espresso, need I say more? 

I used this recipe from "Call me Cupcake" 

  

City Ballet

I just discovered the most interesting documentary about New York City ballet, it's called city.ballet. It's a twelve-part online series narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker. It really opens your eyes to the ballet world, where 16 year olds are professionals and by the age 18 you could be at the top of your career. These dancers have been training together since childhood, the school is more like home for them than anything else, the company is their family in many ways. It's inspiring to see how hard they work for what they are passionate about, they have given their whole lives up for this but for them it is so worth it. I knew a dancers life is difficult but could not imagine what they really go through, this documentary shows you a glimpse of that.

Images via: 1,  2

A wonderful weekend to you!!

I hope all of you who celebrated had a wonderful Christmas, we went to a little Christmas party at our friends house and I enjoyed it so much! It was so great to eat together and share our past memories from home each one from his own culture. I love how Christmas brings people together and really focuses on loving one another. A lot of people feel controversial over Christmas, especially Messianic Jews, but from my experience Christmas is a time of celebrating Christ and the love he gave us, a time to remind us what love is and share our love with others. Anyways I am excited for the weekend, we are having a little game party tomorrow with family which should be fun. I hope you all had a great week and an even better weekend ahead.

Here are some great links...

I am baking these peanut butter cookies for our game party.

Cutest toddler naps with his puppy

Another warm dutch home

I just love Jane Austen quotes

Lovely winter whites fashion editorial

Make these panko mozzarella sticks

Love this DIY concrete credenza

I want this floral jumper

Love the Design files open house

DIY confetti poppers great for a New Year's party