Apron #1

Here is the first of many aprons that Mom and I have started making this one was made for Hilary! Can't wait to taste the yummy things she makes while wearing this!

My First Best Friend!

So today I opened a Dove chocolate today and it said "Always remember your first best friend" and since my first best friend's birthday was a week ago I thought I would play a little tribute to her!

So Samantha Jordan Kennelly this is all for you!

We met a zillion years ago or rather 14 or 15 I don't know anymore it seems like forever ago. We lived one block away from each other.  We met because her dog Jack got my dog Lucy pergo... and thank God! 

Sam and I clicked right from the start, we went to daycare and grade school together till I moved to Arizona for the first time! But even with 1640 miles we stayed best friends. I went back every summer, she came out here a couple times, and I went back for many spring breaks. 

Then the most Amazing thing happened and I moved back to my best friend, and not only to the same state but to the same block. It was like time never happened and we were right back to where we left off. 

We then went to High School together, we drove together almost every day, and the last year we did theatre together so we spent lots of time together and I'm so glad for her. 

Last year a lot happened to me, I found out I needed brain surgery and Samantha Kennelly was by my side the whole time from start to finish of the whole thing. Anything I needed she was there for me. And I would do the same for her. 

So in honor of Sam's birthday here are 18 reason's why I love her

1. She always puts other's first 
2. I always feel safe when she is driving (Thank you for always driving me)
3. She is there for me whenever I need her
4. She is a very talented actress
5. She is so smart
6. She has a heart of GOLD
7. She loves her family so much
8. Whatever she deciedes to do in life she is going to be AMAZING at 
9. She loves Milk as much at me
10. She will eat any desert with me, or try any that I make
11. The good way to her heart is a muffin for breakfast
12. I loved having my first "real" job with her it was such a fun summer
13. One of my favorite parts of senior year was watching One Tree Hill with her and Nick
14. She has amazing hair
15. Even with heals on she is still taller then me
16. Most of my first childhood memories are filled with her and I would not want it any other way
17. She understands me
18. She is not only my Best Friend but my SISTER too 

 So Samantha Jordan Kennelly I love you more then words can say and my life would not be the same without you and one day soon we will live near each other or maybe someday in your parents house like we always planned and now we can use the new fancy kitchen to make Mac and Cheese and eat Ice Cream!

Mr. Style

The little man got his first tie on Saturday so we (meaning me!) took lots of pictures on Sunday after church! He looks so big I can't stand it! I'm not ready for him to be a little boy he is suppose to stay my baby :(. I told him today that as long as he still gives me kisses and hugs and lets me call him my baby he can become a toddler (which he already is). But oh how cute does he look?!?!?! So grown up!

We are getting very excited Grammy and Papa will be here on Thursday! Now if someone would only say Grammy it will be perfect!

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Here is a step-by-step process to make homemade peanut butter cups! They are so yummy and very easy!

You Need

1. Peanut butter
2. Chocolate (I used a mixture of semi sweet and milk chocolate chips!)
3. Cupcake tins (I used mini ones but you could do big ones)

You kind of just use small bits then add to it because it depends on how many you are making or the size!
But this is so easy and you can take as long or as little bit of time you need!

Using a pastry bag pipe chocolate into tins make sure to go up on the sides but don't fill it all the way. Just about half way or maybe a little less

Freeze till hard

Put some peanut butter into a bowl and microwave just till its soft (about 20 seconds)
If it gets a little to soft add a little more peanut butter

Put small drops of peanut butter on top of chocolate make sure to not go over the chocolate on the sides of the tin
freeze again till hard

Put chocolate on top of the peanut butter
You can now make this as high as you want
Freeze again

ENJOY!

Bhutan

Here are my post from Bhutan that I have been meaning to put up since I came back LOL!

Bhutan! (day 1)

Today we got up early and headed to the Katmandu International Airport (and oh boy it is a treat like no other...NOT). We were there for so long and spent a lot of time standing in lines how fun? I know you are all way jealous! But it is the small price to pay to get to go to Bhutan! We got on a plane (I am becoming so use to planes it is not even funny and this is only trip 1) and we landed at the prettiest airport ever in Bhutan! We were very lucky to be able to come here they don’t let many people in a few years ago only 4 thousand were allowed in and then last year it went up to 23 thousand. So once we got here we went and had an amazing lunch probably the best from the last month I have been here! Then we got in the car and drove for a little over an hour to a little town, we did a little shopping and then had dinner then Sharon (grandma), Diana, and I played rummy! (and grandma is having very good luck). Then off to bed it was a busy day but it seems like it is not a lot to say!

Bhutan! (day 2)

Today we were up bright and early! We went to a temple and it was just so pretty. Then to a place to see the national animal of Bhutan it is a Takin which is a mix of cow and goat it is so weird looking. Then stopped and saw some big building and the palace behind it and mountains so of course we took pictures! Then we went to a to where the nuns pray. We next went shopping, and then saw a place where women weave and omg it is amazing and takes so much time, I don’t have the patience for that LOL! Then lunch, then to a fortress which was so pretty and we got to see the biggest buhtas I have ever seen but they were so pretty! We then got back in the van and drove back down the mountains to Para (where we landed yesterday) went to the hotel and then shopping a little more! Tonight we had a pretty low key night I repacked our stuff so we can carry on all the new treasures and check our clothes. But the best part of the day (but not really) I went to grandma and Diana’s room to play cards tonight and we had CNN on and the Bangkok international airport is closed due to protest and of course that is where we are headed tomorrow and needing to leave on Thursday to go home and at this point we have had an amazing trip but are all ready to go home. So it is like 9 PM now and J’lien, grandma, and Diana are on the phone trying to figure out how we can get home. Now here is the big catch... again we have no internet at the hotel, and we can not stay in Bhutan after tomorrow because our visa ends so we have to figure out not only how to get home but really fast. The lucky part is that it is the morning in the states so we can talk to our travel agent so she can get working on it. “Give me a year and I’ll show you the world” Oh man how true is that. But I want to go home now and so does everyone else and this is not helping, but I do have to say watching the news tonight all Diana and I could do was laugh because it is just so damn comical.

Side note- sorry for all the “Then”, “and’s” and all the really bad transitions I know them I was just to tired to care! And because it is my blog I can say what ever I want!

25 plus things about ME

1. I think sometimes crying helps the most... and I do it often enough to know
2. I am slowly becoming more and more organized and it is kind of fun
3. I am a closet chocolate eater
4. My toes have to be painted or I freak out
5. I talk to my mom and aunt everyday sometimes more then once and I would not have it any other way
6. For most of my life I have been a huge control freak but i am trying to let up a bit on that
7. I think anyone’s birthday is much better then Christmas
8. I am obsessed with Blockbuster online and have over 150 movies on my queue at any point
9. I would rather sit on the floor then in a chair
10. I am okay with going to movies by myself
11. I can not remember the last time I had soda
12. I forget to eat a lot of the time till I am really really hungry
13. I hardly ever eat anything I bake
14. I will put anyone’s thought’s, need’s, anything before myself and my happiness (its not always a good thing)
15. I have a hard time sitting and watching a play. I spend most of it thinking of all the things I would do different in my head... Makes it hard to enjoy it
16. I have 2 homes in 2 different states and “I get the best of both worlds”
17. The perfect day to me is warming my soul in the sun with smoothies, watermelon, tanning oil, and a few great friends (I would do anything for that right NOW)
18. some of my closest friends call me Mom and I’m okay with it because I act like it most of the time
19. This past year I have really learned who my friends are and I can say I have the MOST AMAZING friends ever
20. I love to color
21. I have probably the best job in the world
22. Most of the time I have music from musicals playing in my car and I sing and dance to it
    
23. Even tho road trips take longer then flying I would much rather drive as long as friends were there
24. My new favorite thing is tights and I have a full drawer of them
25. I have probably spent more then half my life in a church and tho I would not have it any other way... I am not going to become a priest!
26. I don't like quiet at all I always have the TV or music on
    
27. I love to make lists and I do them for everything

That is all for now but I plan to keep adding to the list!

Rain Boots!

On Sunday we had a very rainy morning and because this is Arizona we had small lakes all over the place... So later in the day Ethan, Kai, and I put our rain boots on and went to jump in puddles... But because this is Arizona all the "lakes" were gone :( so we played outside on the dry ground in our boots :)

Today is again a rainy, cold day... I miss the 80 degrees we had last week come back!