I also discovered the awesomeness of Picasa and Picnik!!! They are free and have so many tools that are easy to learn for editing photos!! I played around a little with it on the pumpkin patch pics!!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Happy Fall
Adam and I took Addie to a pumpkin patch this weekend to try and capture a couple cute photos!!!
I also discovered the awesomeness of Picasa and Picnik!!! They are free and have so many tools that are easy to learn for editing photos!! I played around a little with it on the pumpkin patch pics!!
I also discovered the awesomeness of Picasa and Picnik!!! They are free and have so many tools that are easy to learn for editing photos!! I played around a little with it on the pumpkin patch pics!!
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Cake Balls
I made cake balls for the first time last month, and have since made them a few more times!! Each time I think they are looking a little better!!!
Here are a couple of pics from the latest batch I made!
Plain Vanilla
W/ Sprinkles
My attempt at a blood shot eye, for Halloween
(the edible pens I have didn't write well on the coating)
Milk Chocolate W/ drizzle
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Yum
A Pink Berry opened by my house!!!
I have always seen people eating at them on Reality TV shows, and thought it sounded and looked so yummy. I think the name is what sounded good to me.
I tried it for the first time today, and its pretty delicious. Its a frozen yogurt place, but what is good about it is that there are a lot of healthy options, and all the yogurts and all the toppings have the calories listed right there for you to see as you are ordering.
Hopefully I'll be going back again soon to try a new flavor!!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Fall
One of the best parts of this time of year is getting to eat things with pumpkin in them!!! I LOVE it!!
It is probably one of my favorite ingredients. In past years, I have sort of stuck to 2 main pumpkin dishes, the pumpkin roll, and my staple- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread!!! I love it, Adam loves it, and the whole family loves it!!! I always make several loaves a year for everyone!! It's really great, and if you want to recipe I will totally share!! :)
This year thanks to the internet, and more free time I have stumbled upon SOOO many more pumpkin recipes. They all look delcious and I can't wait to try them!!
Even though fall has officially began, I sorta feel like I have to wait for the temperature to drop down just a little bit, so I can really enjoy them!!
Here are 2 new ones I'm going to try first:
http://jessicainsd.blogspot.com/2011/09/pull-apart-cinnamon-sugar-pumpkin-bread.html#comment-form
http://www.bakerella.com/pumpkin-pecan-chocolate-chunk-cookies-with-maple-brown-butter-frosting/
I'll let you know how they turn out!!! :)
It is probably one of my favorite ingredients. In past years, I have sort of stuck to 2 main pumpkin dishes, the pumpkin roll, and my staple- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread!!! I love it, Adam loves it, and the whole family loves it!!! I always make several loaves a year for everyone!! It's really great, and if you want to recipe I will totally share!! :)
This year thanks to the internet, and more free time I have stumbled upon SOOO many more pumpkin recipes. They all look delcious and I can't wait to try them!!
Even though fall has officially began, I sorta feel like I have to wait for the temperature to drop down just a little bit, so I can really enjoy them!!
Here are 2 new ones I'm going to try first:
http://jessicainsd.blogspot.com/2011/09/pull-apart-cinnamon-sugar-pumpkin-bread.html#comment-form
http://www.bakerella.com/pumpkin-pecan-chocolate-chunk-cookies-with-maple-brown-butter-frosting/
I'll let you know how they turn out!!! :)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
A Day of Baking
Yesterday Audra, Webber and I got together to bake a few recipes we have been waiting to try.
They all turned out very good
We made a chocolate sheet cake
a Mochiko Blueberry Cake
Mochiko is an asian rice flour (if you hadn't heard of it, because I hadn't)
and Devils Food Cake Cookies with Rolos in the Middle
They all turned out very good
As good as they were, we all felt a little overloaded with sugar after we finished our sampler platters and had to counter with something salty... so we made an emergency trip to Sonic :)
All in all a very fun day with friends!!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
On the Run
I have been having some trouble getting back on the horse when it comes to running. I love to run and was doing really good there for a while. However, since being pregnant and now having a baby I have not been exercising consistently.
I have been doing good so far this week (lol) and it has felt great. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to someone and they mentioned that their New Year Resolution was to do at least 1 run each month. First of all I thought, what an awesome resolution, and second of all I thought how awesome it was that it was August that we were having this conversation and she had still kept her resolution... I think I might steal her resolution for next year...
In the mean time, there is a Bay Area Turkey Day 10K/5K. It is in my neighborhood and it is Thanksgiving Day morning. What an awesome way to start out the day, before you go home with your family and eat way too much! I know I can do a 5K. I could probably even do it without training, I would just be realllly slow since I am wayyy out of shape right now. So I am debating if I want to attempt the 10K??? I'm scared. My sister in law is totally on board with this run too, and she may do the 10K as well. I am pretty excited about it, and it will hopefully be the motivation I need to start getting back in shape!!
I have been doing good so far this week (lol) and it has felt great. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to someone and they mentioned that their New Year Resolution was to do at least 1 run each month. First of all I thought, what an awesome resolution, and second of all I thought how awesome it was that it was August that we were having this conversation and she had still kept her resolution... I think I might steal her resolution for next year...
In the mean time, there is a Bay Area Turkey Day 10K/5K. It is in my neighborhood and it is Thanksgiving Day morning. What an awesome way to start out the day, before you go home with your family and eat way too much! I know I can do a 5K. I could probably even do it without training, I would just be realllly slow since I am wayyy out of shape right now. So I am debating if I want to attempt the 10K??? I'm scared. My sister in law is totally on board with this run too, and she may do the 10K as well. I am pretty excited about it, and it will hopefully be the motivation I need to start getting back in shape!!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
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