Sunday hike before football

California is experiencing unseasonably warm, dry weather.  Not good for drought conditions or skiing, but very nice for a Sunday afternoon hike.  We wanted to get outside for a while before we settled in to an afternoon of football.

Most of these pictures show just how hard it is to get a nice picture of my kids looking at the camera acting normal.  

 I told the kids if the weren't whiney on the hike we could get ice cream.  They were good so we got ice cream.  You know what else is good?  That preschool marketing in the window behind Serafina.

I attended a "Girls Night In" party last night and brought a couple desserts.  

Brownie bites with cookie butter frosting (a.k.a. speculoos or biscoff spread)

Brown butter cookies with semi-sweet and dark chocolate chunks and sea salt sprinkle.  

These cookies turned out great.  It's a little more complicated than the average chocolate chip cookie recipe, but I think it might be worth it.