Life as of late

Hey sorry I've been M.I.A. for awhile! I guess I've been at a loss

of what to say lately. Well it's December and it is officially mine and Wills first big holiday together. Whoo! We went out and got a little 20 dollar tree, some gold and silver ornaments and perched right on the top of the tree is Hedwig the owl. We pushed Big Bear (I named it when i was like 5...I was an orignal child obviously lol)  under our tree with a jolly santa hat on and put an (ahem) Reindeer under the tree to (...its a moose...not in the picture though sorry!) Its a jolly sight to see :)

We love our new apt! It's a cute, cozy and vintage! It screams 70's :) It makes me think of my grandpas house before it was remodeled.



We've done a couple of fun dates lately. One of them being our "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Night. We pulled it up on YouTube and dressed like we were in the 50's. Then made ourselves a wonderful dinner and had a glass of zee bubbly (sparkling apple cider :)



Next fun thing we did was Hang out with Christine (Sister in law) and we found a ....TWINKIE TRUCK....bum, bum, bum! Since everyone is going crazy about we thought it would be fun to take a picture under it :)

Then we went to the best...and I mean BEST ice cream place ever. It is called Maggie Moo's. Now normally I'm not a huge ice cream freak because well...I like cake better. But this place...I would sacrifice cake to have an ice cream here!I love their Marshmallow and Cotton Candy (not flavors i normally dig either but these are. to. die. for!)  I swirled Marshmallow, Cotton Candy, and Raspberries together for my ice cream cone. I know it might sound a little weird but it was positively brilliant!...Great now I want to go get some... Sigh.






After that we went to see 007 and of course took many a pictures by the Hobbit Posters. Because yes we are indeed nerds. My favorite part was listening to Christine go on and on about Bilbo and trying to find a good picture of him.





Next story up...Thanksgiving. Now I made some cupcakes that I was rather proud of. I call them the Gobbler. Its a white cake with an oreo bottom, a cookie dough center, brownie frosting and a lindor truffle for the head...It is one of my personal favorites :) Thanksgiving was at my Grandmas house this year and we feasted on mashed potatoes, turkey and rolls. But mostly mashed potatoes ;) Everyone was talking and laughing the boys went out and played on the hillside (Will is included in that since Braden idolizes him) and the girls took zany pictures while the parents caught up with each other. We had to sadly leave at 5 though so will could get to work. But it was a great day!


And the last story for this post. We decided we need another date so we went on a walk, since it wasn't to cold. I loaded my jacket full of chalk and we set off drawing and arrow pointing the way we were walking every few feet. We walked down to the stone church. Will suggest we look to see if it was open since a car was parked out front. So we went up and...it was open! As we were walking around an elderly man came to ask us what we were doing and we just explained we were curious to know what the inside looked like since it looked so pretty on the outside. So he gave us a tour. And let me tell you this. It is the most beautiful church i have ever seen. They have a baptizim  fount that is no longer in use cause it leaks but he showed us anyways. It had a mural of Christ being baptized across all four walls and the font itself was made out of every stone imaginable. I'm still awe struck by how lovely it was. We thanked him and continued walking at the end of our walk we left all the chalk as a prize to whoever followed our path. :)

Well thats about it for us Caspers till next time :)

6 Months

November is such a beautiful month. It’s the month you can sit back look around at fall leaves, relish the harvest and think of all the things that you are thankful for. These last few days have been hectic to say the least. Since we have to move and are trying to move out with in the next two days, our days have been filled with a lot of packing and trying to figure out how to move our mattress lol. It might be strapped to the top of Will’s car all ghetto like unless we can find someone with a truck. But I must say lots of suitcases are great to pack stuff it. It kind of looks like we are going to go on a very long vacation  (man don’t I wish! Haha ) but over all this move is going to be a huge blessing. Will and I both know it. We will be by more people our age which will be nice, it will be cheaper and our friends are the apt mangers. So over all its going to be very good, and we are very thankful.

So today is November 5^th   A normal day right? Wrong. 6 months ago today I stood next to the most wonderful man in the world and was sealed to him for time and all eternity. I can’t believe it, it feels like yesterday. (that’s not to long for you married veterans but for us newly weds it’s something!) I can’t even describe how thankful I am for him, and how much I love him. It just keeps getting better. There are so many awesome things that just make him amazing! Here are just some of them.

• If I can’t sleep at night he made me promise to wake him so he can hold me or rub my back.
• He does the dishes without complaint!!!!
• When I’m really stressed out he sings to me
• If I start freaking out about what could go wrong he just wraps me in his arms and tells me everything that will go right. 
• 90 percent of his clothes are either super hero or cartoon (Much to his mothers dismay lol :)
• He still opens the car door for me.
• He laughs when I act all crazy and silly
• He randomly grabs me and starts dancing with me
• He makes the funniest faces!
• When he sings it echo's through the whole house (I love it ^^)
• And he says “I love you” at least 3 times day but normally says it way more :) 

I love him so much! I just can’t even believe that I am the lucky girl that got him! We have so much fun together. Wither it is singing songs at the top of our lungs, cuddling on the couch while watching Disney movies, or building blanket forts, its such an adventure!

So here is to the love of my life…happy 6 months :)

Life and Hubbsters Birthday

Whooo!!!! First new post in like ages! Haha I finally have a computer again! My inlaws were kind enough to give us some old laptops they no longer used and I'm stoked! (Thank you again Casper clan!) My new baby computer is named Jarvis and i love him :)

So I would just like to cover a few things that you have missed out on the last month or so since baby blue died (My  old computer)

First of all I slayed the 200 cupcake making task and had a lot of compliments, to my surprise on my frosting i guess i have finally perfected it! Wooo Hoo!!!! :D   I was super tired by the end though. Next time i'll split the baking into two days!

Next me and the husbter have been addicted to "Lie to Me" We seem to watch an episode every night!

And lastly it was my most wonderful, sexy husbands birthday this last Sunday! His parents sent a box to our house and for days he sat staring at it trying to guess what was in it. Yep that's my hubby. :) When the day finally came i woke up him up at 11:11 (cause what better time is there to make a wish!) and brought him Cake Batter Pancakes (You can never have enough cake on your birthday right?!)



He was so happy (or maybe just sugar high?) and was so adorable i just couldn't stop kissing him (not that i think he minded ;) He after much begging, i let him open his gift from me which was a superman, letter man jacket. I saw it at the store and knew my superhero obsessed husband could not possibly live without it!




His cake was Justice league themed and I spent 5 hours trying to make it just right. The cake was light blue and pink (It was SUPPOSE to be red and dark blue :p)  and had the justice league symbols all the way around it and on top was of course...the super man symbol. :) Will loved it and didn't care that the cake looked more like a baby shower cake on the inside. He's always happy though. Through his eyes the world is happy and good and there is always hope and a happy surprise around the corner. It's kind of nice :)

We drove down to St. George and met his dad, sister and grandparents, soon after my family joined. We had pizza (One of Williams favorite things in the world lol :) and talked for hours! We then had the cake though will blew out the candles to fast so we made him pretend to still be blowing them out so we could have a picture mine didn't turn out though...ah well :)

Saving money on food!

So stories today, I would like to brag that I went grocery shopping for one whole month and only spent 120 $. Yeppers that boils down to 30 dollars a week for food and its not like we are starving either I splurged this week and got the super nice thick cut bacon and Starbucks hot chocolate mix! (I didn't even know they had those!)

Some awesome things on the menu are:
Chimichangas
Orange chicken
Grilled cheese and Homemade Tomato Parmesan  Soup
Mongolain beef
Potato soup
Apricot chicken panni's
Homemade Mac and Cheese
Pulled pork sandwhiches
And ya know half a dozen other things. (Please excuse the full names of the meals. I have this thing where i view food as art so i just can't say "tomato soup" or "beef" it's one of my weird little quirks)

I've discovered the trick for cooking for two... (for those of my friends that have been asking how i do it...here is how! )

First of all soups are really cheap and you always get at least two meals out of them which is great! Once your done eating stick the rest in the freezer and presto chango you have a meal for a couple weeks down the row.

Next trick. Try to stick to one cut of meat. Ours is normally chicken but me and the hubbster can only tolerate the same meat for so long so we have a one other cut of meat this week it's beef. (the pork is left over from last week.)

Tip three. Go meatless twice a week at least! Think Spaghetti or cheese pizza, still good meals just waaaay cheaper :)

Also I know sometime you just can't but if you can GO OUT FOR DINNER. Seriously its a splurge but someday you are going to have kids and going out to dinner where you talk about each other and your day and how much you love each other, will be a thing of the past never to be had again. This is a common complaint i've heard from people in our ward. They say all they talk about now is how the kids are doing, IF they ever manage to get out. Not that kids are bad i think they are the best thing in the world with their chubby cheeks and sweet little cooos and little fingers. (Aw!!!!)  I'm just saying...enjoy the time you have now. Your only going to live this part of your life once so have fun!

Not that i'm all knowing about this at all but all this is what we do :) Haha everything i've learned about budgeting i've learned from my mom. My mom is a pro but i try. For me budgeting is kind of like a game or a treasure hunt. A way to out smart the world. My goal is to always spend less then what we make. It's kind of hard seeing how we only make about 1000 a month and some months we can't, but normally we do pretty good :)

Well anywho mums the word! Till next time!

The Story of the Broken Milk Cap

Ya know...sometimes in life it is the most fun to be thankful the stupid little things that happen in your day that you normally would never think of.

I know for me one of those stupid little things has stuck through for years now.
A broken milk cap.

Now for most of you reading this you probably are wondering why I am crazy enough to love broken milk caps ...well here's the story.

About 6 years ago, I was sitting around the breakfast table. My Dad, brother and youngest sister Tayah had left for school since they had to go earlier then me and my sister just younger then me (Nakelle). So Nakelle, I and my mom were sitting at the breakfast table and I wanted a second bowl of cereal but our gallon of milk ran out so I went to the fridge to get a new one. As I brought it to the table and tried to open it...it wouldn't open. I sat and twisted it relentlessly again and again, while my mom and sister sat smirking at me.

Finally after watching me struggle with my skinny Twizzler like arms my mom ask "want some help?" So with a defeated sigh I said yes and passed her the gallon. Then it was mine, and Nakelles turn to watch. My mom struggled with it, her face getting a little red. But the milk cap would not come off, and I was feeling slightly more triumphant realizing my mom couldn't get it off either and realized how funny one looks when trying to get a broken milk cap off. Finally my sister the strongest of us all, laughing her head off asked if she should try. So my mom sheepishly passed her the milk.

My sister twisted it and...it didn't budge.She gave it a murderous look (like it would help somehow) and twisted it again and again. By this time we were all laughing at this stupid milk cap that wouldn't budge! For some reason the cap was bound and determined not to leave that milk. Finally my sister ran to the silverware drawer, yanked it open and pulled out a butter knife with a look of pure triumph and a little bit of madness.  "You are not" I started but before I could finish she shoved the knife under the lid and pride up. Once, twice, three times and POP! The lid went soaring like a flying saucer in hurry and landed with out a noise on our couch in the other room.

We sat and looked at it for a few minutes and started busting up laughing even harder then before. We had spent almost 15 minutes trying to open a gallon of milk, and the only reason it had been vanquished was because of Nakelle attacking it with a butter knife. To this day it's still one of my favorite memories.

I like to try and find little things like that in everyday. Things i feel like sometimes you would miss or not really care about.

I know just recently I'm very thankful for the little leaf bug that has sat on our front porch for the last week. See I thought leaf bugs only existed in Horten Hears a Who.So I feel very luck indeed to be able to say hello every day  to our little leaf bug. Hello leaf bug! :)

Its been a couple of day's and surprisingly i haven't done to much cooking. See i'm a secratary at a Chiropractors office and that means, I sit...and then i come home and watch doctor who with my husband. I sit some more. I mean i do a lot while i sit, like writing, trying to create new recipes and planning my little brothers birthday party. (which will be epic, mind you) But after awhile of doing nothing but sitting, your bottom starts looking more like a pancake then a butt.

So I decided to do something about it. Me and my husband started off into the sunlight and walked the two miles to the park. The whole while we would pick a house and try to guess what kind of people lived there judging by their front yard. When we reached the park it was alive with people, a little girls party raged by the play ground, a couple lay kissing under some tree's and to my ultimate amusment there were two girls and a boy doing kickboxing.

We decided to do random pictures. Like "act like your an avenger!"  or "Be a model!"  Here's my problem...I take very VERY bad model pictures. Seeing how i have the grace of an elephant on skates, it's hard to make me look pretty in pictures. William does great Avenger poses though ;)

So a recipe...If you live where i do most people know what "funeral potatoes" are, but the more i talk to people outside my little state the more i realize not everyone knows what they are! This is a tragedy that if i can i would love to fix. See they are one of my many food addictions.


Funeral Potatoes

 You'll need:

8 potatoes baked (I normally through them in the microwave for about 15-20 minutes) And skinned (once their baked you can just peel the skin right off them)
(*tip: It's better if you peel the skin off them when their cooled down. (I don't like third degree burns and i'm guessing you don't either) You can cook them the day before and just leave them on the counter or throw them in the fridge for a few minutes.)

2 c. sour cream
2 cans of cream of chicken soup (just normal size, I always get the generic brand)
3 T. of butter melted
3/4 cup of cheese ( or if your like me just throw it in by the handful and until it looks cheesy enough for you.)
Cornflakes + 2 T of melted butter  (Optional)

So first pre heat your oven to the basic 350. While that heats up go ahead and grate those potatoes in a bigish bowl. It shouldn't take long, then dump everything in, like all at once (I found if you don't stir everything in at the same time you stir it to much and it makes the potatoes more like mashed potatoes) Then pack it in a 9x13 foil line pan (You can grease it i just don't like the clean up so i use foil) Top evenly with the buttered cornflakes if you wish  and pop it in the oven for 30-40 minutes.

And presto chango you have a meal, a cheap easy meal and tell me...who doesn't want that? Enjoy! 

New Beginings

My first offical blog entry....WooooOOOoooo. I suppose i should explain why i chose this name for a blog. (cause it's kinda different)

I've always loved to cook. I've never been to culinary school but my parents were the best teachers i could have! Between pancakes, dinners, candies and cakes they taught me all i know. And then they sent me happily on my way into the real world at 18. A little while later i met this great guy. Like amazing! And funny enough we ended up getting married.

But i'm not living happily ever after.

Why? You may ask. Because that is a phrase that let's you know that a great story is over. There is nothing more. Kaput.

But life doesn't end after you find your prince. It keeps moving forward in this crazy random (and sometimes stupid)  way! Taking you this way and that. Life is the craziest roller coaster we will ever ride. But it keeps moving forward, you discover new things, taste new things and you LIVE!

So we live randomly ever after :)

I hope what i post on here will inspire you (or make you laugh...) (or make you hungry) (yeah any of those will work)

I guess i can start with cupcake number one! (say it in megara's voice...it's epic)

It's my Lemon burst cupcake! Tada! I'm not the best indoor photographer with my little camera but it'll do.

(Keep an eye out I'm working on some new recipes! I'll post picture soon :)