Friday, we had a play date with some new friends from church. They have an adorable 2 year old that has won both of our hearts (we usually pay more attention to him during sacrament meeting, oops!) We got to know them better and of course our little buddy. The goal is to have him comfortable enough for us to babysit him and giving his great parents a night out!
So Saturday was Sam's family reunion for his mom's side. We went to this gorgeous park in Spanish Fork. I met a lot of his family that weren't able to attend the wedding, what wonderful people! My highlight of the day though was kayaking with my cutie nieces. They were so sweet and asked me if I wanted to go with them (someone at the reunion had 4 kayaks they brought). I instantly said yes, and told them I loved to kayak. Sam's response: What?! Yah, and I love to quilt. Lol ya, I guess my prior canoeing/kayaking experience never came up. Anyway, we hit the water together and made our way across the reservoir. My goal with the girls was to get a picture of the three of us together... in our kayaks... not easy. They are pretty bulky vessels! But we succeeded!
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| how cute are they!? |
So in preparation for the reunion, I made cupcakes as our contribution to the meal. I just picked up the 4th of July edition of Funfetti cake mix, but saw a really cute idea on Pintrest for a festive (yet easy) cupcake. Long story short, the recipe for the frosting (cool whip + jello pudding mix) did not mention how very few cup cakes it would actually frost. So my supplies for 4 dozen cupcakes covered 1 dozen.... Baaah! So half were frosted with normal Pilsberry frosting and the rest with this delicious frosting substitute (I actually used lite cool whip and sugar free pudding mix, it tasted AWESOME!) Because of the whipped frosting debacle I had no time at all to perfect my frosting skills, but here they are!
Sunday was the most important event yet. Sam's grandma's 90th birthday party. His sister Christi took on the party, and it turned out amazing! She also threw my bridal shower... the woman is amazing! It was a cute fiesta theme and she made so many tissue paper flowers to cover the room, and even as napkin rings. 30+ people were going to be there and it was my assignment to bring the Cafe Rio style beans. Folks, let me tell you... these beans consumed my thoughts the entire week. Especially Saturday night/Sunday morning... Sam had a great time going off (teasing me) about my bean obsession. Long story short, I refused to spend $10 on canned beans, so I bought dry beans for over half the price. Well, I was stressed out of my mind making 3 lbs of dried beans, simply because I had never even made 1 pound of dried beans. It the end they turned out wonderful, however beans are not as fun to photograph as cupcakes. Here is the recipe if you'd like to try them yourself!
I adapted this blogger's recipe for 50 for 30, and we still had A LOT of left overs. I froze two tupperware containers, plus family took some home after the party and I have left overs in my fridge. Don't believe them when they say 1 pound serves 8-10, more like 10-15!
Finally, Sam had last week off of work (because this week he is gone to Yellowstone with the family he assists, lucky him...) So we tried to make Sam's week off as fun as possible (don't worry, this week is my turn :) So the big event for his week off was computer shopping and then getting a new computer. Yay! Other highlights: Ice cream/smoothie runs at McDonalds, movie night, being introduced to Angry Birds (then becoming obsessed with Angry Birds) and getting his Ipod Touch. We also had crepes one morning using our crepe maker (a random, yet fun wedding gift). I wasn't getting the hang of our little contraption, but Sam did and became the crepe master :) We also finished ALL of our thank you's from the wedding (I set a six month deadline... Sam only wrote 3 thank you's in 5 months and 3 weeks, and finished his (ever growing stack) this week. I cannot tell you what a relief that is to be done with!
So now Sam is gone, and I am here, alone. But I have planned a fun week for myself. Yesterday I started it off by dropping Sam off at the airport and hitting up some shopping in the South Jordan area (there are some good shops and a fantastic TJMaxx!) Then I treated myself to a nice time at IKEA, including a delicious lunch, completed with a $1 frozen yogurt. I need an IKEA visit every once in awhile to take me back to my time in Sweden. I have nothing but the best of memories from my time there and enjoy thinking of those happy times! Back home I did a little redecorating before heading to my friend Whitney's to watch the Bachelorette! I was over at her house until 11pm (her husband is out of town too!) I have nothing but the best time with her! Today has been a little slower of a 'fun' day, but I'm going shopping with my cousins (in law) Mary and Abbie to the H&M and brand new Marshalls (we don't have those here!) We will literally be next door to the Cheesecake Factory... I don't know if I'll be able to resist picking a slice up! I have lots more fun planned for the rest of the week, but I'll write more on that as it happens, and yes I'll be working a lot too to make up for all this fun!
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| This was one clearance for $5, its really beautiful in person. Can you believe it! Also, I think our light switch cover is crooked.... |
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| Rearranged the shelves above our computer desk. Simple but I like it :) |
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