Smores

Since moving in with Mark's parents we have had a grand ol' time! One of our favorite things is the fire pit in the back yard. we have made smores at least 3 times in the past 1 1/2 weeks. The first time we managed to take some pictures.


this is me making fun of Mark. he is truly his mothers child. Everything must be done in a FANCY manner. on this occasion it included putting all the smores ingredients on a beautiful platter.

Notice the MASSIVE marshmallows. mark's mom found them for us, hence all the smores. You literally use 2 whole graham crackers and if you do it right a whole chocolate bar.

granted, they are a little messy.

One of my favorite things about the huge marshmallows is that you can roast it, take a layer off and keep roasting! mmmm!!!


fam: i'm thinking we are going to need these at the reunion.

Cupcakes and Kool Aid

As is beginning to be tradition in our family, Mark and I went for a "Sunday drive" last night. It was much shorter than normal because i just couldn't wake up from my nap. So, i ended up sleeping for 3 hours more than planned. (yes, i took a 4 hour nap and it was wonderful!) So by the time i got up, fixed dinner, and hung out for a while, it was time for bed. But i just HAD to have my Sunday drive with Mark.

So in order to convince him to take me even though it was so late, i told him we could take some cupcakes and Kool-Aid.
That was all it took.

So we drove to the Y parking lot and ate our cupcakes and Kool-Aid while we beheld the splender that is Provo at night. It would have been much more romantic if it weren't for all the BYU student who had the same idea. (except i would venture that we were the only ones cool enough to have cupcakes and Kool-Aid.)


anyway, it was lovely. Everyone needs to experinece the joy that is cupcakes and Kool-Aid


P.S. I managed to get "cupcakes and Kool-Aid" in this post 4 (now 5) times. It's just so fun to say!

My Heaven

In my opinion, it doesn't get much better than Reese's. They can brighten even the crappiest of days.

Yesterday was one such day for me. And my wonderful brilliant husband knew just how to fix it for me. When i walked in the door after work i was greeted by a beautiful bouquet of flowers and 2 packs of Reese's. It's Love!!

My addiction for Reese's is deeply rooted. It is just the perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter. I actually used to keep these on stock. At one point i was buying them in bulk. I would honestly go to walmart and take the entire box from the checkout line.

Now i am sad to say i grew up and no longer spend my money on such frivolous things as a year supply of Reese's (they actually lasted me about a month), but that's not to say i dont miss them.

And in case anyone was wondering. If you have a Coke and a Reese's at the same time...
Pure Heaven!

Those of you who know me well know that this is the way to my heart!

(p.s. don't those little water droplets on the can just make you thirsty??!!!)

New Holiday, New Cookies

Valentine's Day

So here is a photo recap of our Valentines day this year. We started it off with a fabulous breakfast, made by me. This was the first year we didn't go out for breakfast for Valentine's, but we both agreed that my cookin' was better than both previous years. So here are some breakfast pics. Sorry we werent' in them, we weren't exactly dressed appropriately if you know what i mean.

Heart shaped waffles

and poppy seed muffins

So after breakfast Mark left to go observe and assist at "Give Kids a Smile." It's a once a year thing where dentists volunteer their time to work on less privileged kids.

While he was gone i finished my Valentine's cookies I started the night before.

Aren't they so cute?? Just so you know, they were delicious! Between my Beehive class, family dinner, and my visiting teaching girls, and not to mention Mark and I, they are all gone now.

So Mark finally got home and we opened presents

Mark got me this little photo album. It is full of lots of choices for me to choose different dates that we can go on. For each "choice" there was a picture of Mark acting it out.

So hear are some sample pictures that were in the album. Mark is so freakin cute!!!

This is the intro pic

This was for my "spa day"

Mark will make me cookies

Mark will make dinner (while i watch)

a ski trip (like i need a coupon for that. Mark would take me in a heart beat)

A movie rental night

And here is me with my beautiful flowers! (He also got me the shirt)

So we took a video of my gift to Mark, but it won't load for some reason. Just in case some of you don't know what i did, over the past two weeks i have been learning to play a song on the guitar. This was quite a task for me, seeing as i dont and have never played the guitar. It turned out OK. Of course i started crying in the middle of it and ruined it.

So after presents Mark and I went snow shoeing and stopped by Wendy's to say hello. Then we came home and watched a movie for about 20 minutes at which point we both fell asleep. It was great!

Callie's Cookies

So I made some cookies for my visiting teaching people. Wendy and I made them a few days ago, but i just frosted them Saturday night. This is how they turned out.

Also, while I was creating the great black frosting, i guess i kept sampling it without really thinking about it. After a while Mark walked in, looked at me, and started busting up laughing, this is why?

More Yummy Brownies

So this is from a while ago, but Mark's sister Wendy got a new job within her same company (Xango). Now she is an executive assistant in the legal department. So, to celebrate we made these yummy brownies with the legal balancy thing. So i thought we would share.

Yummy Brownies

So Mark's sister Wendy has moved down closer to us, so to welcome her we made some brownies, but not just any brownies... Batman brownies. We forgot to take a picture, so we had to use a phone camera, so this is the best we could get.

Oreo Cookies

So a while ago Mark and I made some homemade Oreo
cookies, here are some pics, sorry neither of
us ended up in any of them, so to make up for it i
added one of Mark in at the end.

We set up a little "cookie station" on the coffee table so we
could watch a movie while we assembled them

Valentines Cookies

Earlier last month I made these cookies with my mother in law. It was so much fun and a TON of work. We made them for an art market and we were a big hit and sold all 175 of them!