80's child.

Well...I was born in the 80's. 1987. I don't exactly remember the first three years of my life except for a large stuffed big bird I carried around. However, I believe I still have an innate love for the decade evidenced by my music choices. Or it could be the fact that my sister used to do a radio show called drive time 80's, I believe. Either way, I heart 80's pop. And my most recent loves, Hall & Oates, just so happen to sing a song featured on my favorite movie, The Wedding Singer. I need to watch it again soon simply for the part where George takes over the singing. Classic.

Christmas fuzzies and cupcakes

Christmas Cupcakes! I filled my first order of cupcakes this weekend for a friend from work. Three dozen cupcakes left to my creative genius, and here is what developed: A sour cream vanilla cupcake with buttercream icing, and a chocolate cupcake with mint cream cheese icing dipped in white chocolate, garnished with crushed peppermint. Mmm, boy. This makes me want to open a store.

Besides that, Christmas is coming! I am so incredibly excited. We have a silver and pink Christmas tree in our living room, and it is gorgeous. And even better, I get to spend Christmas in Idaho with my lovely family.

To ring in the Christmas spirit, I decided I needed to do a little gift giving. I signed up for Sub for Santa with the United Way foundation. Shopping for a five year old is a lot more fun than I thought. I don't think I've ever felt so many warm fuzzies as when I delivered those gifts. I guess you could call it the Christmas spirit...but it definitely reminded me of how truly blessed I am to have a wonderful family, stable job, caring friends, and a quaint little apartment. So if you're interested in getting a little of your own Christmas spirit (there's still two days left to do it!) or for next year, here's the link:

http://www.unitedwayuc.org/subforsanta/

Merry Christmas!

i have a feeling we're not in kansas anymore...

So last week I got back from a lovely vacation to....Kansas! I know, what? Well, it just so happens to be my best friend Lindsey's hometown. I couldn't have asked for a better break from the SLC with Panera, fully-cooked bacon, a Royals game, and more Panera. Mmmm.

cupcakes, cupcakes, everywhere.

The obsession with cupcakes has not stopped, and simply keeps growing.
Why, do you ask?
Why not?
These little morsels are just heaven in a bite.
Chocolate frosting loves vanilla cupcakes...just in case you didn't know.
And this week I went above and beyond. How could they get better?
Dip them in chocolate! Well....chocolate ganache. Wonderful.
Next stop...butterscotch ganache. Watch out.

i'm so behind i don't even know where to begin! i feel like a part of my life is lost because it has not been blogged. but here is what remains. lindsey and i went to california in may for marissa's wedding. lots of laying on the beach and good food. we also went to vegas in june, but i lost my camera somewhere, who knows!

other big events: i have a new nephew. christopher lucas denton. i love da babies.

Nieces and pedis.

Five reasons why I love my nieces:

1. They are just too cute.

2. They will dance in the car with me and not care who sees them.

3. They are not on a diet and will happily enjoy a hot dog or hamburger without complaining about their figure.

4. They get just as excited about pedicures and cookies as I do.

5. They are just too too cute.

cupcakes.

This week I went to an absolutely lovely tea party with some friends from work. Hopefully pictures to come from that. I have a newfound love for chicken salad...sad to say it's always scared me so I had never tried it before, but Brittney's was amazing.

We all dressed up and watched Sense and Sensibility after sharing some cupcakes I made. I forgot how much time I spend on the little pieces of heaven...but I am trying to find ideas to branch out. Maybe I will have to take a trip to the baking store today.

Cupcakes aside, the tea party was so fun. I'm grateful to have friends at work and love what I do. Cupcakes + gratefulness = warm fuzzies. Oh and shout out to Lindsey on the cupcake post.