One more to go!

We survived another quarter of dental school! David has been working harder than ever this past quarter and I am happy to see it go. We added it up, and the last 72 hours of this week he has had only 6 hours of sleep. After the last test yesterday we met up with the Crosby's had pizza, rootbeer, Coconut pineapple cheesecake bars (recipe below) and just relaxed! So grateful we now get a week off before David gets back into it. One more quarter now and we can kiss this year goodbye!

Thanks to everyone who has been encouraging us and cheering us on. This dental school thing is hard work, but to see David love it and do extremely well helps my desire to keep on going!


Pineapple Cheesecake Bars
Submitted by Mindy ~ The Sisters Cafe
Recipe Source: www.lemonpoppycake.com
Crust:
3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups butter, room temperature
In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar and butter. Mix until crumbs. Press into large cookie sheet (12x17x1) and poke holes in the crust with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned. While the crust is baking, prepare the coconut topping and cream cheese filling.
Coconut Topping:
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
3 cups sweetened coconut, grated
In a small bowl, mix together melted butter and coconut. Set aside.
Cream Cheese Filling:
16 ounces cream cheese
2 eggs
4 Tablespoons sugar
4 Tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons almond extract
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 20 oz can crushed pineapple (undrained – juice and all)
Combine cream cheese, eggs, sugar, milk, almond extract and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat with electric mixer until smooth. Add crushed pineapple and mix. Pour cream cheese filling over baked crust. Sprinkle coconut topping over cream cheese filling. Bake at 350 degrees 18-20 minutes or until coconut has browned and middle is set. Chill for at least one hour before serving.


You can go HERE for the full 'how to make these'