It all started August 23, 2005 on the third floor of the County-City Building in Tacoma, Washington. I was a police secretary to the Chief of Police and he was the new recruit being sworn in that day. Several years and long story short we both ended up quitting within a week of each other. I went to Australia and he went to Renton PD so we lost contact for a few months. I had just came back home and was getting things in order to permanently move to Australia the same week he decided to create a Facebook account. My name popped up as someone he may know and he sent me a friend request. I moonlighted as a waitress at the time and the restaurant I worked at was getting ready to close down for renovations so I was being sent to another store in a different city. As we caught up, I told him I was nervous about the new assignment but didn’t think anything more about it.
An hour into my first shift at the new restaurant, the hostess comes up and apologizes for double seating me but said he specifically asked for my section. I was totally confused. No one knew I was working here yet. I looked over and who do I see but the handsome man who is now my perfect husband. I run over to say hi and he said “I just wanted to make sure there was at least one smiling face in your section today.” Now how is that for a line! Wow! He invited me to go on a ride along and the rest as they say is history. I asked him what he wanted as a thank you for letting me ride with him and he said just a batch of cookies. So this really handsome guy traveled through at least three different cities just to smile at me so I would have a better day at work, took me on a ride a long, invited me to the police ball, and was just all around a nice guy wants some cookies as a thank you, these HAD to be the best cookies ever!
I searched and searched looking for a perfect recipe and prayed and prayed Lord please! These cookies HAVE to turn out. Little did we know that that basket of... show more
cookies would lead to an engagement a year later, a wedding after that, a new baby the year after and now that silly little batch of cookies I prayed so hard about has become the fulfillment of one of my greatest dreams, to run a little bakery with my wonderful husband and one day our daughter.
In honor of my husband and how we got our start, Sherri’s Cookies is also a proud supporter of all our law enforcement heroes here and around the country. In leiu of all the sacrifices our law enforcement officers and their families make every day, we are proud to offer special reduced “Blue Line Pricing” on select products we carry. While we recognize and are extremely grateful for all our heroes serving in different capacities, (military, fire, etc) this is in honor of my husband so blue line pricing is limited to police personnel and their families only. Please watch for special sales and discounts throughout the year honoring all our heroes.
God has truly blessed us beyond our wildest imagination . Its our hope that we can share that blessing with all of you. We hope these cookies make you smile even if it’s the only thing you can think of to smile about that day. We strive to exceed your expectations each step of the way and provide a great value your family can feel good about. We love to hear from you, see your pictures, are always open to great new ideas or flavor combinations! As always, if we can use your idea, you will get a personalized facebook shout out from us and a sampling of your creation! Send us your ideas today! show more