Mancaotti and football

Corey invited Brandon over to learn how to cook manacotti, while I came along as "morale support". Which really means I came to eat. :) Wonderfully Charis was there too to help in the support!! And watch some football!!





Brandon and Corey stuffing the cheesy goodness into the noodles!! Yum Yum!






And this is what Charis and I did while they cooked. Watched football!!!




Ready to go into the oven!



A well deserved break.



Yummm...Fresh goody-goodness!



Time to dig in!!

Thank you guys for the awesome meal!! You rock!

I've been feeling creative lately and since it is fall and I now have my own place to decorate in seasonal decor!! Hooray!!!

Fortunately for me I went to Mom Kraft's stamp class and we got to make some really nice fall cards and such!


Here is our first project a really cute magnet that now resides on my fridge!


This was our second one. A little red wagon and a box! The box is great cause it can be used for many different things, like baby blocks or to hold candy as little prizes! Mine is actually lopsided, but fortunately you can't tell here! :)


This was a fun card that is really a tri-fold. It is a good way to also use up all those little scraps of paper you have lying around from scrapbooking.


This card turned out really cool with the spotlight effect. I think that it would look cute with a small owl in its branches too!

Today we celebrated Brandon's Birthday with a little BBQ with family and I volunteered to bake a cake and bring ice cream.

But instead of a cake I decided to make cupcakes!!!



Brandon's favorite cake is carrot cake. So I make him that for his birthday every year!

I wasn't sure how to decorate the cupcakes though... so I started with some frosting which I tinted Green and Yellow



And this is what I came out with!




Yes I went Ducks theme though it pained me to blaspheme so I did it for him.

It was fun though! Thank you mom for all the great baking supplies!!

I love baking!! :)

I should have stayed in bed.

I am having one of those times where it just isn't going the way it should.
I would say that it is more than just having a case of
the Mondays... more than just a few bad days... I would say it is turning into a bad week.
It started with an innocent beach trip where my wallet was stolen. Not fun. We cancelled the cards but still license gone.
And it's not easy finding time to get a new one.
And since I'm married it's time to change my name too. But getting all the necessary paper work has proven difficult through a series of unavoidable events.
To add to it I have broken 2 water bottles, a really nice one of a kind bracelet that can not be replaced, and have been ill.
Though these events don't seem extraordinary horrible they have just continued to add up. And to end my "lovely" week, I discovered that my wallet was not stollen but had been at work since last Thursday.

I feel lame.