What I'm Baking

On Sundays after church our family eats lunch together. Me, Mom, Christopher, Dad (if he's not working), Jessica, Matt, Charlotte, and Danny. Sometimes we go to a restaurant, sometimes we go to our house or Jessica's, with either pizza or chinese or having a meal from the crockpot or such; whatever Jessica and Mom have decided the night before.


Whenever someone's birthday is coming up, we have Birthday Sunday. That means the Sunday before their birthday we all go out to eat where they want to go, and give them their presents. My dad's birthday is coming up next, July 4th (special, eh?).


Now, my dad is a firefighter. That means somedays he is gone the whole day. So, on his b-day Sunday, he was at the fire station. He is also at the fire station the next two Sunday's after that AND he is there on his actual birthday. Wonderful.


Mom decided we would have the Sunday Group over on Thursday night (plus Uncle Reb and Aunt Carolyn), the day before his b-day. Which means I have some baking to do!

For Thursday night we are getting a chocolate cake from Costco (very delicious) and I am making Red, White and Blueberry Squares. On Friday, when we go up to the fire station, we have to bring a lot of dessert. You see, at the fire station, it's all men (maybe one girl, MAYBE). Because it's all men, there are lots of big bellies to feed. So for Friday I am baking chocolate chip cookies, banana pudding squares, and we are getting cupcakes from Costco (oh, how we love Costco).


Well, that's what's going on. I am glad I get to bake some goodness. Firefighters love my goodness.

Flowers

Here are some pictures of the flowers that we have in our yards (front and back).

I love it when are lilies start blooming.

This is actually a $5 bouqet from Kroger. So far it has stayed "fresh" for nine days.

hehehe. . .

Whoa, it's been over a week.

Well, here I am again, miss me?

I haven't actually been busy, I've just been a deadbeat. I helped in Jessica and Matt's garage sale, made some coin. It's a good thing I made money considering I had to wake up at 5 a.m. There were things we thought would sell well that didn't, and vice versa. We had A LOT of clothes and books. Overall, the sale went well and everything that was left went to Goodwill.

Tagged, again

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been helping with a garage sale but, I'll post about that soon. :)


I've been tagged by Caroline!

The rules:

1) Answer all the questions honestly

2) Tag at least three people.

When was the most recent time you were burned?
About 3 years ago I stuck my hand under an instant hot faucet. My hand hurt SOOO bad.

Can you cook? Yes

If yes, name your specialties (three max.)
Poppyseed Chicken, Scrambled Eggs, Mac 'n' Cheese

If yes, do you like to cook? Yes, a lot

If no, do you want to be able to cook?
N/A

What color is your kitchen?
Mostly white and blue, with splashes of red.

Do you bake?
Yes

If yes, specialties (max 3)
Chocolate Chip Cookies, Brownies, Icebox Cookies

If yes, do you like to bake?
Yes

If no, do you want to bake?

What color is your apron?
Well, I have a yellow one (Williams Sonoma), and the apple apron I made.

I tag:

Jessica
Mom
Elana

Chick-fil-A

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  Last week was VBS (vacation bible school).  I was a youth worker and a clown so it was pretty hectic.  I had a lot of fun helping though.

Since I helped in VBS, I got a coupon for a free Chick-fil-A sandwich.  I also got a gift card to Bath and Body Works from the director of the VBS class.  I have no idea what I'm going to buy; there is so much good stuff to choose from.

Saturday, Mom and I went to Chick-fil-A and I used my coupon.  Now what I am going to tell is the reason for this post:

It was my first chicken sandwich ever!!

I had always gotten the kid's meal with nuggets but because I had the coupon I tried the sandwich.  I liked it. . . a lot.  It is definitely what I am going to order from now on.