Felicia's Friend's Cookies

I had a request from Em to put this recipe on the blog. Just some history--I had a roommate at BYU name Susan Beck. Her dad had been mission president in Sao Paulo Brazil. They had a favorite family recipe for bar cookies--Felicia's Friend's Cookies. No one knew where the name came from. All they could figure was that "someone" knew someone named Felicia. Felicia must have had a friend (nameless) who had this recipe, but the real name was lost forever. This was a favorite of my kids while they were growing up, and remains a favorite with some of them--and me included. It's quick, it's easy, and you always have the ingredients on hand.
So here goes:

Felicia's Friend's Cookies

1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
1 c. shortening
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 c. flour
1 c. uncooked oats (either quick or regular work)

Cream sugars and shortening and eggs--add the rest of the ingredients and mix. (The original recipe says to mix all ingredients together in one pan but I found it's better to cream the listed ingredients, then add the dry--not as much flour goes flying all over the kitchen if you've mixed the shortening, etc first!)
Spread in 9 X 13 pan (will be thin). Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 min--until lightly browned. Cool, then frost with chocolate frosting. Cut into bars.

If you do a smaller (9X9) pan, they will be thicker and take about 40 min to cook.

When it's springtime in the Rockies....

May 22

On Saturday, May 22, Tony & I will be sealed in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple at 10 am. We are inviting all our family and friends to attend. Guests need to be there by 9:30. Even Seth and Sarah will be here! We have been so blessed!

Alone again

I was gone all last week. Got home about 1 am Sunday morning, got a few hours sleep, then church and waved good-bye to Tony. He was called for jury duty for district court in Cheyenne, and had to report Monday morning. The instructions were to come prepared for several days in case you got picked. Guess what?? It's a good thing he packed 5 days worth of clothing, because he's on the jury! Bad timing at work because the wife of his boss is having surgery in Ogden tomorrow, and so that leaves the IT department empty! But the good news is that he will not have to serve on another jury for the next 2 years, so we can plan vacations and trips without worrying about jury duty cutting it short. Oh yeah--if they don't decide by Friday afternoon, he will make another trip to Cheyenne on Sunday night! Good thing he LOVES Little America, and got the state rate for his room!

See Sarah in bottom left? She got to come spend a day & 2 nights with us!

We stayed at the Boardwalk Inn on disney property. It's along a lake and is reminescent of Coney Island in the 1920's.

Thur. afternoon we went to Epcot. Wished we had longer for that one!

Here's the Cedar City gang with their Easter eggs

What cute girls!

An impromptu egg hunt with Gr-Grma and Gr-Grpa L.

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E. & M. at Fashion Place today. Some sucker grandparent kept putting quarters in!