The big 25!

My birthday landed on a Sunday this year.

So instead of going out we did something we've 

been wanting to do for a while now.

Homemade fries.

Both regular and sweet potato.

First step: slice.

Second step: cold water bath

Third: double fry

 

And last: salt to taste 

They were so delish!

p.s. Roy kept asking John all night, "Is that red Spiderman on your shirt?" To which John had to reply, "yes, yes it is"

I think it's about time we buy John some new shirts.

My most difficult baked good yet

Just like many Saturdays my family and I went to In-n-Out for lunch.  But this was no typical Saturday.  Today for the first time in about eight years I didn't order my usual "ketchup instead of spread".

Can you say YUMMY?

And two days ago this happened!

Yes those are two devoured Chipotle burritos.  Mine is on the left, I beat John by a couple of bites.  yeah baby! Usually we get bowls instead of burritos but I was feeling a little adventurous (a nice way of saying starving).  And usually I eat half of mine and John eats his plus my other half.  I can remember in the early days of Chipotle Heidi and I would get a burrito and have to share it.  I'm telling you, they're huge!  Well I guess you can say things have been changing around here. 

Oh the joys of needing extra calories.

(and finally not being too sick to consume them)

Yes, this is my official "it finally worked!" announcement.

Our bundle of joy is expected to join us April 11th 2012.

And we couldn't be happier.

My July

Another month has flown by

one filled with a lot of baking

Clazones for John

because claim jumper no longer has one on thier menu

Wheat Bread

because it's my goal to do this more often

This Lemon Monkey Delight

that for some reason uploads sideways

And carmel filled cupcakes with dark chocolate frosting for Anne's Birthday

that were delish

-Katie

Gobs of V-Day Goodies

This year was our first Valentine's Day together so I baked my heart out.

A couple days early I made cookies for my CTR 4 boys

and for my mom to give to her visiting teachees

Yes I wrote the boys names on theirs, unfortunately Zack, the only boy's cookie you can see in the picture above wasn't there... so I had to eat his on the way home from church.

My mom was adamant that we set up a photo shoot for the cookies

Monday morning I TRIED to make pink heart shaped chocolate chip pancakes for John but ended up with brownish heart blobs.  But they were still yummy.  :)

John's cookie bag

My favorite of the whole lot

And John's treat box for Valentine's evening.

I finally put to use the "Hello Cupcake" book Heidi got my for my birthday!

John took me to WoodRanch for dinner, where we had our first date.

It ended up being a perfect day.

-Katie

Fall Festivities

I L.O.V.E. this time of year!  Trees turning beautiful shades of yellow, orange and red.  The weather starting to simmer down.  And everyone getting excited and in spirit for the holiday season approaching.  I have been super busy getting ready for the wedding... 18 days away!  But John and I have been able to find some time for good 'ol Halloween fun.

Even made some yummy treats.

I signed up to bring treats to church on Halloween and decided to do a little experiment and make something I've never made before.  My all time favorite trio of flavors is banana, chocolate and peanut butter.  So I went with a babana chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting.  delicious!  I love making cupcakes but they're not my favorite treat to eat.  With that, I ate 3.  Don't judge.

We even decided to dress up to attend our last ever "singles" dance.

Married with Chldren??? Well not quite yet.

Our costume seemed to be a hit and we had a blast!  I can't wait for more fun memories to come our way.   -Katie