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2011-04-03T16:27:00.001-07:00

I've moved come find me

Marble Cupcakes

2011-03-09T21:28:00.000-08:00

At the Library this week I found this little number. I let Lucas choose any cupcake and he choose Marble cupcakes with a chocolate ganache frosting. The frosting called for 1 1/2 pounds of chocolate. There was so much chocolate and just enough sugar to hold it all together.

Ingredients
Makes 16 cupcakes

1 3/4 cups cake flour (not self-rising), sifted
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk, room temperature
1/3 cup heavy cream, room temperature
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1/4 cup boiling water
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Stir together cake flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine milk and cream.

2. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter and granulated sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla. Add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two additions of milk mixture, and beating until combined.

3. To make chocolate batter, measure out 1 cup batter, and transfer to another bowl. Combine cocoa and the boiling water in a bowl. Stir into reserved 1 cup batter.

4. Fill prepared cups with alternating spoonfuls of vanilla and chocolate batter, filling each three-quarters full. Run the tip of a paring knife or wooden skewer through batter in a figure-eight motion to make swirls. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until tops are golden and a cake tester (i.e. toothpick) inserted in centers comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer tins to wire racks to cool completely before removing cupcakes. Cupcakes can be stored overnight at room temperature, or frozen up to 2 months, in airtight containers.

5. To finish dust with confectioners' sugar just before serving.

Yummy we loved them. P.S. If you are ever invited over to my house for FHE expect cupcakes I want to practice but don't want to eat them all myself.

My favorite things

2011-03-06T12:23:00.000-08:00

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Lucas came home from work at 11:40pm. It had been a good but long week, it feels so good to have your best friend home with you.

Talking about Eternal Marriage and how our marriage has grown in the last two years. We also realized a funny thing! The summer before I started dating Lucas I made it my goal to date him. I told the right people so he would hear threw the grape vine that he had an admirer. It never realized how funny that sounded to him and how he could have easily made it harder for me to date him. He told me how with many other girls he liked or dated often he would build walls to not like them to protect himself when things wouldn't work out. But because of my funny goal and him hearing it before we actually started dating he treated me differently. I know that the Lord has a plan for us and he will help us in accomplishing all we are required to in this life.

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Thursday: Give away!

2011-03-05T10:13:00.000-08:00

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Valentines Recap

2011-03-04T22:20:00.000-08:00

Lucas requested Strawberrys

Lucas made me Shark! and yummy mango strawberry salad.

Cheesecake with strawberrys

Lucas bought me cake supplies and I got him a wedding picture and framed it. Our first one, yes we have been married two years and we finally have a wedding picture.

Wednesday:Dreamy Cakes

2011-03-02T07:00:00.000-08:00

This last month I took the Flowers and Cake Design class at Michaels.

I love what I learned it was fun fun!

The classes are still half off until May.

I have yet to take the Fondant and flowers class.

So if your interested let me know.

I made them for an activity for church.

It was called Blossom were your planted. We had fabric donated and made fabric flowers. We are going to donate them to the local Nursing Home to help brighten there day.

Tuesday: Walking Tours

2011-03-01T07:00:00.000-08:00

Wonderful downtown Logan.

I remember the first time I drove into Logan I was so excited to enjoy a clean town with lots of character.

I met a friend for lunch. I am hooked to this place. But if you are in a rush don't stop the owner/sandwich maker is a perfectionist.

It's all about the #1

This is were we got our wedding rings. We recommended it to all of our friends.

We had a special ring that we had found online they found it and had it brought into the store for a great price!

Recap Lucas birthday

2011-02-28T07:00:00.000-08:00

There was a request for a ninja cake.

He got a Halloween ninja cake.

I wanted it to be red but I didn't have enough red to make it red red. SO I thought I would add in some coco to make it darker bad idea, it turned it purple. Then I tried to use copper but it turned it orange.

So next time you want a solid red color just go to the store and buy a few bottles.

But the sword threw the cake was awesome!

Love ya Happy Birthday OLD MAN

My favorite things this week

2011-02-26T21:52:00.000-08:00

Favorite things Lucas has been here!

He is off to Idaho again this week, we will miss him.

Today Mason and I went off to Women's Conference, it was wonderful to be with friends and be feed spiritually and with a yummy lunch. There were tons of left overs! So we brought home Costa Vita to our neighbors.

On my way out of conference Lucas pulls up with new windshield wipers for my car, it was such a surprise that I needed. Not only was he doing something nice for me but he was dressed up in a collared shirt, cute butt jeans, his hair was done and he shaved.

You see Lucas only does his hair once a week and I enjoy my Sundays! So it was a special day.

We had Mason blessed earlier this month. It was a wonderful day!

Thursday: Wonderful Giveaway

2011-02-24T07:00:00.000-08:00

www.inevergrewup.net

My sister is having over $1000 dollars in prizes giving away on her website!

Kitchen Aids mixers, yummy treats from tooth fairy and more go on over and check her out!

Tuesday: Walking Tours

2011-02-22T07:00:00.000-08:00

Over a year ago I graduated from Utah State University.

I am an Aggie threw and threw. Our doctor wore a BYU tie and my husband and I were like what are you doing?

The campus is so beautiful if ever you are on your way to Bear Lake for time on the blue waters spot and get some Aggie ice cream and take a walking tour of campus!

The new HUGE agricultural building. Once I took a survey and one of the questions was how many cows are on you college campus. Funny enough I could answer the question 100+.

The perfect building to make sure you look good. I've always wanted to sit on the inside during a busy time on campus and count the number of people checking themselves out.

Hurray for blue skies we have a bad inversion in the winter so blue skies are literally a breath of fresh air

The old ag building. This is the last place you want to be if there is an earthquake.

A lost shoe recovered with the snow melt.

Emily a friends use to work here we would make visits. Sad she left:(

The best spot to hide,sit and relax. It's behind the biology building

My favorite things this week

2011-02-20T09:24:00.000-08:00

Enter my giveaway below post

I stole this idea from my sister Vanessa of posting about your favorite things in the week.

At first I was just posting pictures but now I look for them.

I get excited when things happen and run to grab my camera so I can record the event.

We didn't realize they were matchy matchy until later. Like father like son, how cute!

Splurging for Valentine's day and buying good food.

Lunch with Nikki

How we get so excited about gum.

Work outs with Mason. He weighs 16 pounds, the doctor said it will probably take him away to roll but we are trying to teach him.

Bath time with Grandma

Thursday: Wonderful Giveaway

2011-02-17T07:00:00.000-08:00

Tawni is our winner congrats!

I'll be doing another give away next week with more s.e.i materials!

I found this jewel on the outskirts of town and it is a new favorite!

Anytime I get in a scrapbooking mode, s.e.i will be my first stop.

The s.e.i outlet store has great deals and class offered weekly.

Here are some great products they will be giving away! Keep an eye out. We will be doing more giveaways from this wonderful company.

Here is the giveaway package!

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Wednesday: Craft Time

2011-02-16T07:00:00.000-08:00

Visiting my mom a few weeks ago I raided her fabric closet.

We found some fun wild things and here are more of my creations!

This is out of a fabric I made a blanket out of.

The blanket was made up of large purple and blue squares with flowers.

I cut them up in strips and tada!

What can I say I am a sucker for flowers

Tuesday: Walking Tours of Logan

2011-02-15T07:00:00.000-08:00

Here we come Logan!

So the sun was out and it was a lair it was freezing.

We were only able to walk to our friends house down the street to deliver some coupons.

Here baby is on formula so we try and save any we find for there family.

Gross, crab apples frozen on the tree.

I'm not going to lie I could smell it.

Sad signs of a summers past.

This is kind of like the people who leave there Christmas lights up until the 4th of July.

This sign remined me of a companion I had on my mission, she was sign speaking.

Anytime we found a sign like this we would knock all the doors to find the deaf child. Often the sign was outdated and the family had moved.

If I was a mailman this would be my favorite stop.

I'm sorry this wasn't the best walking tour we only made it to the Millers and back it was too cold. But be excited for more tours of Logan!

Cheap Diapers here we come!

2011-02-14T17:50:00.000-08:00

I saw a great deal for diapers on frebies2deals

Head on over to Walgreen.

There Walgreen brand diapers are buy one get one free, add on the 2off coupon = 2.50 ish a piece. The coupon is an in store coupon, located in the infant coupon booklet.

In the Logan store most everyone knew about the deal but my neighbors went and had problems getting the deal so make sure you ask for the $2 off jumbo diapers in the infant coupon booklet.

Also many people have asked me if these diapers are any good, the women that runs freebies 2 deals said these are her favorite diaper. We have only used a few and they are pretty good. We compared them to the Luvs diapers and they are very similar except they have a little less elastic on the back of the diaper.

In the Logan store they are out of size 2 and 3.

Make sure you get the jumbo packs, that is how you get the $2 off coupon!

We were able to get 4 packs of diapers for $10!

Make sure you comment and tell me the great deal you got!

My favorite things

2011-02-14T11:09:00.000-08:00

This last week has been hard, very lonely.

With Lucas working in Idaho Mason and I tried to stay busy.

But what can I say I miss this man.

He is the love of my life.

We got in a tickle fight and I was screaming and kicking.

I hope our neighbors didn't think we were beating each other

Mason is learning so much!

This week he is learning to drool, starting to find his hands. It's more a trial and error thing. Also the bouncy chair! It's funny I'll put him in there and he will get mad and kick his legs and then the bouncing will calm him down.

So here are his before legs and in a few weeks we will see how much stronger they will get!

I found s.e.i from a coupon and I am lucky enough to have the outlet store here in Logan! They have great deals on paper, stickers and classes. They had clearance paper for $.10 a sheet. That beats hobby lobby any day. Cami the store manager was so sweet. They are going to do a couple of give aways on my blog. So keep your eyes out for yummy giveaways from s.e.i

Free things plus a give away this was definitely a favorite thing of the week.

Happy Valentines Day

2011-02-14T10:46:00.000-08:00

We do love you!

So our Day so far has been waking up at 3:40am to make Lucas breakfast.

It was to early I forgot to take a picture.

I had to wake up so early because he had work at 4:30am, and unlike me who would sleep in my work clothes and wake up at 4:20 and drive to work work with one eye open Lucas wakes up at least a half hour before. Crazy huh.

When we went back to bed.

Then Mason wanted some breakfast at 6am.

So after feeding everyone I went back to bed.

I have yet to eat my breakfast its 11:45am.

Happy Love Day

Sorry not posts for a few days

2011-02-10T07:00:00.000-08:00

Lucas is off in Idaho and has taken the computer.

Sorry no walking tour this week it was too cold!

Be excited for next week it will be my turn with the computer.

Don't miss us to much.

We finally won!

2011-02-09T07:00:00.000-08:00

It's Lucas dream to be a big winner.

He's been entering the PCLabtops drawing and the RC Willey $8,000 kitchen appliances.

He finally won something.

That's right he won the 1st season of Glee and this awesome journal.

Way to bring home the bacon, good job loves

Cake Class

2011-02-08T07:00:00.000-08:00

So this month I am taking another cake class

Flowers and Cake Design.

We learned to make our first flower this last week.

Cake Boss here I come

This is my flower. A good first.

And the teachers.

Press flowers.

So there are these wilton flower presses you use to make these.

AKA don't ever buy one they are very hard to work with.

So if you want flowers buy a metal cookie cutter.

If you want a pattern then get a rolling pin with a pattern on it.

Family Home Evening

2011-02-07T07:00:00.000-08:00

So I thought of the greatest idea, a website that makes family home easy were everything was in one place.

Well there is one!

Click HERE

This last week our family has been studying faith.

Please take the time to read this article it really helped me understand Faith.

BY ELDER TAD R. CALLISTER

Of the Seventy

My favorite things

2011-02-06T20:19:00.000-08:00

His style is already his own

Cute feet

This is my favorite ! We laughed so hard, he looked like a care bear

THE TAIL!

A new Dad

2011-02-06T07:00:00.000-08:00

I went off to help a friend set up for her reception and came home to this.

What a good Dad, he fell asleep and was still holding Mason's binky in.

Mason was wide awake happy and kicking.

Lucas was out I cleaned around him for 10 min and he stayed asleep.

I love the men in my life.

Apron #2

2011-02-05T07:00:00.000-08:00

My mom and I went through her closet of fabric and found these.

I honestly was very hesitant in using these but I am glad I did.

Oh course I had to add a fabric flower. What can I say my name is Sarah.