Fun Times!

This weekend I was craving chocolate. Just before I sent James to go fetch me some I saw cocoa powder in the cupboard. A lot of it. (See when I lived with Jessica we were going to make cupcakes and we both bought some. She left it and I never even opened mine so I have 2 practically full containers of cocoa powder) Anyway.... so I remembered I had *just* pinned a recipe for brownies I wanted to try so after a quick check to make sure I had all the ingredients Homemade Brownies happened.

 

 

Recipe Here

 

 

 

 

Yeah we just eat brownies out of the pan with a fork around here. :)

 

The only problem is James is not a huge fan of Chocolate and therefore these super duper rich chocolatey goodness were not his favorite.

 

So after I made dinner, I whipped up another tasty treat for our little at home date night of the week.

 

That is when Rolo Stuffed Snickerdoodles happened!

 

Amazing recipe HERE

 

She links to her "perfect snickerdoodle" recipe which is what I used. Then toy wrap around a rolo and bake, oh my goodness. I am addicted!

 

 

 

 

James and I have been watching Harry Potter movies the last couple weeks (he had never seen any ?!?!) And we just finished the series a few days ago. So it was only appropriate that I set up a Harry Potter Scene It date complete with lots of snacks, big ol drinks from 7-11 and lots of silly fun.

 

 

Oh and I won. :)

I *love* love

So lucky to have such a hot Valentine. :-)

First I made heart shaped cinnamon rolls (recipe from pinterest, link here http://pinterest.com/pin/191262315396977165/)

Rhodes Rolls (I let thaw a little then re rolled in the heart shape) + Vanilla Cook and Serve pudding + butter = yummmmmmmm

They lost the heart shape a little while baking but they were still delish. I still like Orange Rolls better.

For Valentines Day I made James paper fortune cookies with reasons why I love him inside.

I added some chocolate too for good measure.

I also got him some Gucci Cologne

Which is funny cause he got me perfume! (and a card, and Anniversary Inn next week. Can't wait!)

  We ate chinese food (to go with my fortune cookies, haha) Then did some shopping and went home for dessert. I made a red velvet poke cake.

(red velvet cake (bake per directions), poke holes(while warm)  and pour 2 boxes of cheesecake pudding mixed with 4 cups of milk on top. make sure it goes in the holes. Put in fridge for 2 hours. Spread a tub of cool whip on top and about 10 oreos crushed sprinkled on top.

Overall a fantastic night with my love

XOXO

Our new house!

So we have been in our new house almost 2 weeks now. I got sick at the same time we were moving so the getting settled has been a longer process than anticipated. In fact I am still feeling sick and exhaused, it has been hard to do all the extra stuff.

There are a few simple things that make me so happy about our new house.

*Taking the garbage out. and getting the mail* No more walking out to a dumpster or a community mailbox. I love that taking the garbage out and getting the mail no longer requires a coat or even shoes. And I love having a recycle box.

Cute mailbox huh?

My kitchen is so much more "user friendly" I never wanted to cook or bake at the apartment because the kitchen was awful. Now I make dinner every night and I usually make a dessert too!

Speaking of dessert. I discovered a recipe that is T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Cake Batter Rice Crispy Treats

Here is the link to the pin http://pinterest.com/pin/191262315397135505/ 

3 Tbsp. butter, 1 (10 oz.) bag of mini-marshmallows, 1/3 cup yellow cake mix (the dry cake mix, not prepared into a batter!) 6 cups crispy rice cereal 1 (1.75 oz.) container of sprinkles Method: Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat and add marshmallows. Stir until they begin to melt, adding in (dry) cake mix one spoonful at a time so its combined. Stir in cereal and let set.

James, Carter and I ate the whole pan. In one night. Yikes!

So in celebration of our new house we had an at home date night this weekend.

Apple Cider

Watched Batman

And ate banana cream pie!

my cute james

Awwww. I love us!

As I get the placve looking cute I will post more pictures!

Seriously, so cold.

I have the winter blues. Look at the temperature. Negative 5. Yikes. James and I went to Logan for the weekend. We don't have much money but we put together our date night money for the month and pawned some stuff so that we could have some special time together. Oh and it was a year ago today that we met. Awwwww. I even took Saturday off work, and let me tell you, it was a much needed break.

We stayed up all night and played pool. I won a couple times but only because of the 8 ball. :)

 

We played a little pinball too

 

We watched Honeymoon in Vegas and ate a lot of snacks. And Cuddled.

 

 

Breakfast in bed

Thanks for the fun weekend baby. I loves you!

Date Night @ Winder Dairy

I love this tradition of getting scones and hot chocolate at Winder Dairy. Soooo yummy. And being with my James is the BEST!

Temple Square Date

James and I went to temple square to check out the lights, we went to dinner, looked at the Macy's candy windows, and had so much fun! I love hanging out with that guy :)

Too bad I got sick later. I think I have the flu. Here's to hoping I feel better soon since we have lots of fun planned for the weekend.

SeReNdIpItY

I just love this movie. I borrowed this movie from the library (which is my new best friend these days) I had seen this frozen hot chocolate recipe on pinterest (my other best friend) so I decided to make a date of it.

here is the recipe. It was delish.

Ingredients

Frrrozen Hot Chocolate

• 6 pieces of 1/2-ounce chocolate (i just used Hershey's  next time I might try a mix of white chocolate and milk chocolate)
• 2 teaspoons store-bought hot chocolate mix
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 3 cups ice
• Whipped cream
• Chocolate shavings

Directions

Chop the chocolate into small pieces. Place it in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir occasionally until melted. Add the hot chocolate mix and sugar. Stir until completely melted. Remove from heat and slowly add ½ cup of milk until smooth. Cool to room temperature.
In a blender, place the remaining cup of milk, the room-temperature chocolate mixture and the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth and the consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Pour into a giant goblet and top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

Here is my result:

I am sure James and I were this adorable....

Watching "chick flicks" isn't James' favorite past time, I appreciate that he will still do that with me anyways, just to spend time together. :)



surprise for my James

I have been planning a little surprise for my Darling James. Saturday i gave him an invitation and tickets to go see Lincoln.It is funny we have never been to a movie together and now we have gone to 2 in 2 weeks.

I tried a new recipe, a slow cooker Lasagna, we liked it, here is the recipe:

Slow Cooker Lasagna Recipe:
Ingredients:
1 lb. lean ground beef (you could also use Italian sausage)
1 (24 oz) jar spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
1 (15 oz) container of ricotta cheese (can use skim ricotta or even cottage cheese)
1 pkg. shredded Italian Cheese (approx. 2 cups)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
2 tablespoons dried parsley
6 regular lasagna noodles, uncooked
Directions:
Brown meat in large skillet; drain.  Stir in spaghetti sauce and water.  Mix ricotta (or cottage cheese), 1-1/2 cups Italian cheese, 2 tablespoons Parmesan, egg and parsley.
Spoon 1 cup meat sauce into slow cooker; top with 3 lasagna noodles, broken to fit; and half of cheese mixture.  Cover with 2 cups meat sauce.  Top with remaining noodles, broken to fit; cheese mixture and meat sauce.  Cover with lid.

So after dinner we went to the movie, which was excellent. I love spending time with my sweetheart. :)

XOXO I love you baby.

twillght! cupcakes!

we celebrated my birthday on sat. i got home from work and took a detox bath, sipped on hot chocolate and read magazines while james made me dinner. (bath, epsom salt, baking soda, and lavender oil) it was heavenly.

james made me orange chicken, fried rice and won tons  and it was delicious. we ate dinner and watched tv and cuddled before the movie. twillight was awesome. james wasn't impressed, but i thought it was sweet just to go with me :-)

on sunday night i made a cupcakes for 2 recipe i found on pinterest. they were so good.