chocolat coconut bar recipe;one of the best desserts I've ever made!

ingredients:
3 cups finely ground cookies (12 ounces), such
 as graham crackers or chocolate wafers,or a combnation
(i used graham crackers)

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted

1 cup pecan pieces (i used walnuts)

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk

1 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut


directions:

1. preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly splash a 15-by-10-inch rimmed backing sheet evenly
rimmed baking sheet evenly with water, then line with parchment paper.

2. In a large bowl stir together cookie crumbs, sugar, and melted butter until combined. Evenly
press onto bottom and up sides of prepared  baking sheet. Bake, rotating halfway through, until
firm, about 20 minutes.

3. Sprinkle cooled crust evenly with pecans(or walnuts) and chocolate. Pour condensed milk over
the top, spreading to cover completely(do not let it drip over the edges.). Sprinkle with coconut.

4. Bake until coconut is toasted, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to rack;cool completely. Trim edges, if desired,
and cut into equal-size bars.

cook's note:

DO NOTE SUBSITUTE SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK FOR EVAPORATED MILK.

knock-knock jokes

here are some funny knock-knock jokes:
knock,knock!                knock,knock!             knock,knock!                    knock,knock!
who's there?                 who's there?             who's there?                     who's there?
cows go.                       Amos.                       Botany.                           Mary Lee.
cows go who?              Amos who?              Botany who?                    Mary Lee who?
no,silly,cows go moo!   Amosquito just bit me! Botany good locks lately? Mary Lee down the stream.

knock,knock!                 knock,knock!             knock,knock!                          knock,knock!
who's there?                     who's there?             who's there?                           who's there?
spell.                                hatch.                     a little old lady.                         stopwatch.
spell who?                      hatch who?               a little old lady who?                  stopwatch who?
okay,W-H-O.                  bless you and please      I didn't know you can yodel.   stopwatch your
                                      cover your mouth next                                             doing and open this
                                      time.                                                                       door!

they're  good  jokes,  aren't they?                                        

halloween...ps:key word thing;*,go to bottom to read about it

p.1    HALLOWEEN IS IN 2 DAYS! I already did trunk or treat yesterday. I filled an 1/8 of my *halloween bucket*.I went around trunk or treat twice!

       p.2               My *halloween costume* is awesome.* grandma*got it for me.

  p.3                *In the gym* I ate a whole powdered doughnut and swallowed it at once at the *hanging doughnut station*! It really hurt when I swallowed.

p.4          Trunk or treating was crazy! There was a giant *mob*going around at once!
                            go down to read about the words in stars.

                       )'s divide it           @'s are bullutins


                       p.1                     p.2                                   ) p.3              )                  p.4
my halloween bucket is a grocery)@a (boy!)ninja                  ) @ before trunk)              the giant 
bag.                                         )costume!@oregon grandma ) or treat happend)             crowd of
                                                                                           @a game where             trunk or
                                                                                             you try to eat a            treaters
                                                                                           hanging doughnut
                                                                                           without using your
                                                                                            hands

exhausted

Yesterday we bike rode to Eastwood with the Averetts.Mommy and tammie were slowpokes because they had little carriage things attached so tammie could carry Kollin & Joshua and mommy could carry Taylor and Andrew(Kollin is Joshuas age).When we got there we played on the playground.Then the cub scout leader came late due to her car braking down.I went on the nature trail with the cub scout group(Isaac,Taylor,Caleb, Ben,and William).After that we had lunch(i had half cucumber sandwitch and half bannana peanut butter sandwitch,mmmmmmm),played and ran and bike rode around,then looked at our classmates list (i get mrs.Ikola,One of the nicest teachers),and left.By the time we got home I was exhausted.I just made bannana nut muffins and chocolate white chocolate chip muffins.

bang!ooooooh!aaaaaaah!

those fireworks were beutifull!my favorite were the red ones shot out in different directions like miniture,scarlet jets.most of the fireworks were red,white,and/or blue.my second favorite was the ones that were white and cracked and fizzeled and the sparks made squigly lines.my third favorite are the ones that look like gold pixie dust  that sparkle down to the ground..
                                                                                         
                                                                                       
                                                                                      

idaho & horses

our reunion was so fun!
day 1:cleaning up great-grandpas house outside and inside(my job was weading,hoes are awesome!).at night we did a luau party and I painted people's faces and arms: the popular one for the faces is a pineaple, the most popular for arms is a tiki.

day 2:cow boy day!I wore my cowboy hat,had a braid, a banadana,a brown short-sleaved shirt with a hood and horses on it,jeans,and cowgirl boots.it was only my second time riding horses and i would get to ride by myself.Iwas so excited!For my first time by myself ,I wanted to ridethe calm, gentle horse with hirt hips, but the next one available was lily.the stirups did not fit so grandpa got them higher,but he only got 1 done before the other horses started going and lily went with them.lily did not listen to me very good.we got to the tight area and she stopped tamara helped me cooperate with lily, and finally she told me to kicklily a teansy bit harder and I did.Lily started runnig in that tight area,and I held on for a little while,but then fell off.we went to the fiddlers festival too.
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day 3:BIG family reunion.water fights and stuff.

day 4:mccalls.

day 5:mccalls,hiking'SWIMMING!

day 6:mcalls

day 7:ROARING SPRINGS!
 

summer break

Here is our scedule for summer school:
monday:math day/cooking skills
tuesday:piano/music?
wendsday:PE/sports skills
thursday:reading/library/writing/blogs/emails/letters
friday:crafts/games/possibly science/art

                   scedule for June:
                         chores
                         breakfast
                         summer school
                         lunch
                         play
                         help pick up/extra summer chores
                        dinner
                         get ready for bed
                         play with daddy if we are all ready
                    this is an awesome summer break!    

suprise!

SHOOL IS OUT!Yay!this is so fun.For faith in god tonight we get to do waterbaloon volleyball!I
can't wait.and I'm doing summerschool(fun stuff)!Have fun in the sun.

school...( :

       When I was on times 6 I made a goal to get to divided by 5s
       by the end of the school year.Now I am already on divided
       by 8s!( : LOVE YOU ALL!

                                                                               

Fire Ants

Let's go back to the painful day 3 years ago.  My brother had just gotten an ant farm for Christmas.  He had gotten fire ants (army ants) for the ant set.  My dad once had a ant farm and put the ants in but now he forgot how.  So when he did the ants crawled everywhere BUT the ant farm.  When we THOUGHT we got all of them my dad said "Ashlynn crawl on your hands and knees and look for ants."  I took the joke seriously and started to do it.  Then my right hand squished the last one and it stung me on my palm on the lump by my thumb.  It felt like fire had burnt me but it was worth it!  We had an Awesome Ant farm!

A writing sample

Ashlynn asked me to type this writing assignment she did for school.  I looked at it and thought that it was amazing and very appropriate to keep:

  I got to the spot that I had hiked so far to get to; the forest.  I could see the pale white rapids, and the green spotted stepping stones across the river like elephant tracks.  I could see the bright green trees.  I could smell the sweet, fresh berries and salty saltwater.  I could smell the slick, wet fish and the flowers that smell as sweet as honey.  They were bright pink.  I could feel the wind brushing my cheek, turning it dark red, and slimy rocks under my feet as Eli and I jump across the stepping stones.

Hard Choice

On May 18, 2009 I had to deside if I wanted to buy a new plahouse or if I wanted to keep our fort.  I couldn't decide becuase I knew Tyson spent a long time on our fort and worked really hard on it but my mom said the playhouse has a driveway and a real roof and windows.  On family home evening I was the activitie.  For the activity I decided to look at the playhouse.  I called tyson and asked him if it was o.k. with him if we got the playhouse and put the fort at our grandmas house.  He said "yes."  So we did that.

Notes from mom:  I think this was written a while later after the event.  The playhouse was free.  It had a drive-up not a driveway.  Tyson was on his mission so he wasn't available to ask and I don't think that grandma would have allowed another box fort at her house now that she finally got the other cleaned up.