Saturday Fun

Want to know the best way to win over Mikey's heart? 
Bake him his favorite cookie:

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip- the best combination ever!

I only baked one dozen cookies and then froze the rest of the dough:

These babies rolled up easily and then I "flash froze" them on a plate in the freezer.  Once they were frozen, I put them in a ziplock bag for a later time.  It seems to be working great for portion control!

Baking cookies is my favorite way to spend a Saturday afternoon.  I love to put on some tunes and let my mind wander while I work in the kitchen.  The house smells fantastic afterward and it's fun to surprise Mikey with his favorite treat when he gets home from work.  He surprised me this past Saturday by getting home an hour early so that we could get outside and enjoy the beautiful day.

After eating a cookie or two, we were off with Anna for a nice hilly brisk walk.  It's finally starting to feel like spring.  While on our walk, we talked about what we should have for dinner and Mikey was definitely in the mood to do some grillin and chillin.  After all, grilling is probably his favorite hobby.  Our Saturday was shaping up to be a great day!

After some errands, Mikey put the tunes on and got to work on dinner.  My tasks for dinner were:
-setting the grill up and getting the charcoal chimney lit
-baking the oven fries
-cooking some bacon

Mikey took care of the rest:

Tis the season for asparagus, right?

The grill master:

That, my friends, is an ooey gooey jalapeno cheddar burger: 

With burgers & fries on Mikey's menu, I demanded some veggies in the mix.  Cheers to asparagus:

The meal was fantastic but very filling!  I forgot to mention that Mikey grilled up some onions for the burgers and garnished the asparagus with parmesan cheese:

We finished up dinner just in time for the tip-off of the NCAA semi-final mens basketball games. 
A day full of baking, exercising, grilling, chilling & watching college hoops was an ideal day for us.  I just wish we could have more of them:)