New Easter Tradition

Cinnamon Rolls!!! I hope to be the wife and mommy some day that wakes up EXTRA early to have these ready for breakfast... but as for now, these are ready for dessert. Best recipe. Kyle said, "these are phenomenal," then high-fived me? With tornados all around us today and the scariest thunder and lightning I've ever seen/heard... I already ate one in case we die. ENJOY!

Cinnamon Heaven

The only thing I changed was... to the filling I added chopped pecans and some almond extract. AND I did my own icing. Equal parts butter, cream cheese, vanilla and just however much powdered sugar I thought made it thick enough. Sometimes with these recipes all you taste is powdered sugar. No good! Keep it to the good stuff.

 this is the most my dough has ever risen, I was VERY proud!!!

 This dough is SO flakey and buttery... I want to use it for rolls!

Next time I'm going to DOUBLE the filling. It's good and there seems to be enough, but more would be better.

tell me that doesn't look cinnabon'ish?!

Happy Easter, go get yo' fat on! :)

Earth Day??

 I guess it's Earth Day today... according to Google's cute little welcome page set up. Kyle and I have tried our best to make our little yard nice this last week. We even bought a little water sprinkler and have been watering our lawn at night. (there are no sprinkler systems here as it NEVER rains) Anyway, I bought some petunias to pot in the front of the yard since our ground is ROCK hard and unbreakable to plant flowers in. I love to buy flowers that haven't bloomed yet so when they finally do it's a surprise to me! So far I have red and pink and it looks like the middle bloom will be purple. There you go Earth Day. There is my contribution. :)

March of Dimes Walk

Hi Everyone! Kyle and I are walking for the March of Dimes on April 30th to show our support for mothers and babies. I have created a page and am trying to earn some money for the cause. No pressure to donate, just trying to educate others on healthy mom's and pregnancies. :)

My Site!

In Conclusion...

Crisco makes everything a million times tastier.

I've been a TERRIBLE baker lately and have neglected my Boysenberry mixer. :( I didn't even have BUTTER for these. I know, shameful.

What I did have though was some butter flavored crisco... aside from the fact that it's extremely fatty, it's incredibly delicious.

1 block crisco
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla (although I just pour it in and stop whenever I decide to. In my opinion, you can NEVER have too much vanilla)
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
2 cups of oats

350 for 17 minutes (yes, 17). Crispy on the edges, chewy in the middle. Best oatmeal cookies I've made. ENJOY!

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So, my birthday was yesterday and I was overwhelmed with love from everyone I know. Especially my husband. I used to rate my years by the number of John Mayer concerts I went to, but now I'm rating them by the days I get to be with my Kyle. As this has been the happiest and saddest year of my life, I was lucky enough to have him right by my side through it all.

On another note we had some "wedding" pictures taken a couple weeks ago since we are not able to have our "big wedding" anytime soon. Won't they look so good in my new bedroom? Shout out to Tiffany Turk for being the best photographer in this hell hole called Abilene, Texas. We hope South Dakota is much nicer (certainly won't be warmer).

Thanks again to our family and friends for all the love and support. AND thank you to the beautiful women in my family for my flowers. You know me too well to order hydrangeas and roses. :)

PS. Isn't my Pilot Boy a stud muffin?