Tonight I had my first experience with the burger place Five Guys, and it was incredible. I loved the free peanuts, french frys, greasy brown paper bags, and burgers!  

I will be making a trip back here shortly! 

9:27 pm  •  31 May 2012  •  1 note  •  View comments

Half Broke Horses was summer read #4. This book is the the sequel to The Glass Castle—still my favorite book. Half Broke Horses is the story of Jeannette Walls’ (main girl in The Glass Castle) grandma. By reading this book you gain a better understanding about the background of The Glass Castle. I recommend that everyone read both books. I would give Half Broke Horses a 9 out 10, it was incredible.   

9:27 pm  •  30 May 2012  •  View comments

The best part of making a cake is eating it afterwards—and eating is always better with good friends. 

9:25 pm  •  29 May 2012  •  View comments

Happy Memorial Day! For the holiday I made the traditional American flag sugar cookie cake. It turned out delicious as always!  

9:19 pm  •  28 May 2012  •  View comments

We celebrated Mr.’s sister (Aubrey)

and brother in-law’s (Rob) birthday by breaking in their new fire pit!

The best part of breaking in the fire pit was making the S’mores 

Yum! Happy birthday Aubrey and Rob! 

9:30 pm  •  27 May 2012  •  View comments

I went a little pinterest crazy and cooked a fabulous meal using only recipes found on  pinterest. 

Mr. and I enjoyed Penne Pasta with Sun-dried Tomato Cream Sauce

accompanied by rosemary foccacia bread 

It was a dinner success, and I credit it all to pinterest! 

9:21 pm  •  26 May 2012  •  1 note  •  View comments

I just enjoyed my last time voting as a California resident. By November I will need to change my residency to Texas. Luckily for me, my mom has always been wonderful enough to send me my absentee ballot, making sure that I used my residency to its fullest! 

This year I even got to vote for my mom!  

Candace Andersen for County Supervisor! I hope you win! 

9:21 pm  •  25 May 2012  •  View comments

For the past few years I have complained about how there are no cute places to shop in Provo. The Nordstrom here (that just closed a few months ago) even struggled. The only time I did go shopping was during my occasional trips up to Salt Lake. This past week, however, I discovered the store Soel with Mr’s sister. Soel is located 6 minutes from my apartment, and it changed my perspective completely on shopping in Provo!  

The store is perfect for me! I ended up buying this entire outfit (minus the shoes). 

It is just too bad I discovered this a little late in game—a month before we move. 

9:30 pm  •  24 May 2012  •  View comments

Not to brag, but I have a really amazing cake pop recipe. The first time I made cake pops was this year for my Valentine’s Day party. Since then I have been asked to make these little treasures multiple times. This recipes is super easy, and almost impossible to turn out poorly. The only downfall is that they are very time consuming.

Ingredients:    

1 cake mix (and whatever ingredients it calls for) 

2 cups of powdered sugar 

2 TBS butter 

1 TBS milk

1 TSP vanilla  

1 package of almond bark 

topping (this time I used crushed oreos) 

Directions: 

1. Pick the cake mix you would like to bake—I picked marble this time, in the past I have used funfetti and red velvet. Bake cake as instructed on the back of the box

2. Once fully baked, get a fork and crumble the entire cake—you do not need to wait until the cake cools.

3. Next, make the frosting. Cream: butter, powder sugar, milk, and vanilla until it makes a think frosting. If frosting is too thin, add a little more powdered sugar. 

4. Add crumbled cake mix to the frosting and stir.  

5. Roll cake into 2 inch balls onto a greased cookie sheet or parchment paper.

6. Melt one square of almond bark. Dip the tip of the candy sticks into bark and stick into the ball—this will help keep the stick in the cake later on. 

7. Refrigerate cake balls for 1 hour. Once the cake balls are chilled melt the rest of almond bark package. Dip each cake ball until fully covered, add topping, and let dry. Continue until all cake balls are completed.

Enjoy!

9:30 pm  •  23 May 2012  •  3 notes  •  View comments

I still feel like I’m recovering from last weekend. To be completely honest, last week was the most stressful week of my entire life. I have therefore surrounded myself with delightful things that will get me back into my routine.

1. Sunflowers—I just feel happy looking at them! 

2. Kneaders—favorite breakfast, lunch, and dinner place. I always leave happy and full!

3. Animal cookies— the perfect “pick-me-up” whenever I’m feeling sleepy or exhausted I just eat a few of these and I’m good to go! 

I guess if I combine these three things I’m unstoppable.   

9:30 pm  •  22 May 2012  •  View comments