Hello Abby,
It has been decently warm here in Missouri, all though everyone else tends to think that it is hot. I guess having lived in a country where the average weather for the month of August is 112 °F, there really isn't anything too bad about 88 °F.
It cooled down a lot in the evening. Wieka and I decided we could go on a walk tonight. We found a nice little pond with a bunch of fish in it.
As well as these lovely flowers.
When we arrived back home, Steph told us that we needed to make a dessert for an upcoming BBQ her family was holding tomorrow. We dug through her box of recipes and found one that looked very delicious. Brownie Cheesecake. I have baked once before with you, Abby, so I was very pleased to have the opportunity to do this again.
First, we put the brownie mix into a bowl. Due to not having time to make homemade brownies for this, we had to settle with a box kit.
Then, we followed the directions on the box to make the brownies. We put in 1/3 cup of vegetable oil, a 1/4 cup of water, and cracked three eggs.
We used the hand mixer to speed up the time on mixing, otherwise the two of us may have been here all night! 
Because there are two whisks on the hand mixer, Wieka and I were allowed to lick them. I have never had uncooked brownie, let alone a cooked one, and this was quite the treat!
Wieka got a little messy with his, however, and managed to get some of the batter on his right wing. I tried to help him and clean up the best that I could, but it didn't come out very well.
Once we finished trying to clean up, it was back to the brownie! We poured it all into a 13x9 pan and spread it out to make sure it was even, then placed it into the oven to bake for 15 minutes on 350°F.
While the brownie baked, it was time to prepare the cheesecake. We put in four 8oz. packages of cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, 3 eggs, and 1/2 cup of sour cream. Here is a photo of us adding in the sour cream, since we almost forgot all about it. 
We used the hand mixer again (after we cleaned it, of course) and mixed all the ingredients together. This was our cheesecake!
Once the timer went off for the brownie, we poured the cheesecake mixture over it. Now, it's ready to go in for 35 minutes.
It was a long 35 minutes, but once it was done, it was really starting to look good. The cheesecake has chocolate topping, but we cannot put that on until the whole thing cools down in the morning. For now, we'll just put it in the refrigerator.
Well, Abby, tomorrow will be a busy day for me. I will write all about it, of course!
King Tut
