Kimberlight

Three for Three

2011-10-30T19:11:00.000-07:00

So have I mentioned how obsessed I am with pintrest? well, I am. Today for dinner I had all recipes I found from pinterest! I am actually really proud of myself! I had a crockpot chicken tortilla soup. I changed it a little, but it was still amazing! (I added cream cheese to make it creamer!) You just add it all in and put on high for 6 hours!

I actually made it last night, so I just had to try a little of it before bed (even if it was 11pm). It was delicious!

Today I made these really easy and good 7up biscuits. Again I adjusted to my supplies. Instead of sour cream I used half mayo and half milk, and instead of 7up I used my ginger ale. It turned out so flaky and yummy!

For dessert I made these really good Chocolate Chip Cookies. The secret ingredient is cornstarch, which intrigued me, so I had to try them. They were way good. When you taken them out of the oven they don't look done, but they continue to cook after they come out.

All together a great meal!!!

Old To New

2011-10-29T20:07:00.000-07:00

I've fallen in love with peacocks again. I think I have always had a fascination with them, but it has gone unnoticed until I unearthed it again. I think Pinterest, has a lot to blame for that, but who knows. Anyways, I have an IPhone 3GS and finding a cute case for it has been a struggle ever since I got it because all the cases are in the shape of the IPhone 4. My original case that I got for it broke and I hadn't gotten around to fixing it until recently because my parents had bought me another case that I had been using. But when I got a really good idea from pinterest I had to repair the old case. So here is the old case..

Not the best picture of me, but it is the only picture I have of my old case. So I did so gluing and fixed the broken part and started my reinventing my IPhone case. Here is the middle phase...

I was doing this all from my nail polishes, but then I realized that I did not have gold nail polish. So I went to the store and got some for this reason. It was worth it, cause I love my new case! Here it is! My old-new peacock phone case!

St Augustine, The Oldest Town In The U.S.

2011-10-29T19:43:00.000-07:00

My friend Emily and I have become adventure buddies! So last Saturday she asked me if I wanted to go to the cost with her. So we headed to St. Augustine, the oldest surviving town in the United States! It was awesome! Here are a few of the things we saw.

This is the parking garage we parked in. I love it, because it has all the info on it!

The original gates of the city.

Oldest drug store

They had all these shelves of the old medicines and contraptions of the old day.

They even had sarsaperilla!

The oldest school house

We tried to go in the see, but we had to pay for tuition, and I had already been trough school, but the shop right next door was handing out diplomas, so we grabbed on.

there was a chocolate store that I had to go in and I found this sign. It was to cute to not take a picture of!

The oldest house, you also had to pay to go in, so we just looked around.

I'm holding the fort down. ;)

We could never get it just right, either I was to far up or to far down. oh well, it was fun trying to do it. And Emily was a good sport!

Next we went to the original Ripley's Believe It Or Not. It was awesome!

This was made from a man that worked at the Chicago airport and found all these locks there and made this big lock.

This was made from ivory!

We tried walking to the fountain of Youth, but it was closed when we got there! Youth is so hard to come by now a days... But I got this cool picture as we were walking there!

We went to go see this lighthouse that was just across the river. we were not totally sure which street to turn on so we picked one. Good thing we picked the one we did or else we would not have found this sign! Best directions ever!

All together it was an amazing day! Thanks Emily for a wonderful adventure!

Obsessed With My Hobby

2011-10-29T18:49:00.000-07:00

About a month ago my sister Brittney and I were talking and she was telling me about this website. I was really confused at how it worked, but I told her that I would look at it when I got home. So, I did just that. About an hour playing around on the website I was hooked! I fell in love. You ask what IS this addictive website? PINTEREST!! You have to be invited to do it, but it is easy to be invited. I have become irritated with social networks, like facebook, but pinterest has given me something more to do with my time. I have become crafty! I love the recipes that I get off there, the random crafts and cleaning techniques. So here is to my new obsession, the truth is finally out. Now you will soon see some of the awesome stuff I have made from this website. I hope you enjoy! (P.S. thank you Brittney!)

Wakeing Up To a Hot Meal

2011-10-29T18:39:00.000-07:00

Everyone dreams of having breakfast in bed. Or at least waking up to a hot meal that is waiting for you that you didn't have to wake up and make for yourself. Well, given the fact that I live alone, this is less impossible...or is it? I found my solution. The crockpot! Yes, I have fallen in love with my crockpot. I put ingredients in it and set it on low and then went to sleep, only to wake up to a hot meal! well here it is! I got the recipe from this website.

First you saute the onions and bell peppers (I did lunch turkey instead of bacon because that is what I had so I sauteed them in this step)

In the crockpot you layer the hash browns and cheese and the onion mixture.

On the top you add the egg mixture

Close the lid and set it on low and go to bed.

10 hours later....

You have a hot meal to wake up to!

Dish it out and enjoy.

I forgot to add the milk so I think it could have had a little more flavor to it, but I ended up putting salsa on it and it taste fine. Next time I will add all the ingredients.

Crazy Candace, The Canadian Time

2011-09-15T19:52:00.000-07:00

Candace and I met a little over a year ago now on the College program from Disney, and since then she has come back to visit a few times. Each time she stays a little longer. This time was two weeks! We had a blast!

When Candace first got here we where trying to get set up, but the pump for the air mattress was gone, so we had to get creative. Here I am with my hair plow dryer plowing up the mattress. It worked actually very well!

We did a lot of cooking too. Here I am making carrot cake.

And homemade pizza. It was so good, that we made it again later in the trip! (we have a secret sauce. Shush, don't tell)

It was cloudy and rainy a lot. There was a number of times that Candace got stuck places hiding under something or other from the rain.

One night we went to Coranado Springs to eat dinner and then hang out afterwards on the hammocks. We enjoyed a beautiful sunset!

The lake made it even more beautiful!

You can't see our faces all that well, but here we are with the awesome sunset.

Another night, after I got off of work, we went to Boma's at Animal Kingdom Lodge. It was amazing! Our waiter was awesome! He was funny! It was a buffet style, and he told us we had to have 6 courses. If you counted my drink that I finished, then I succeed! I did a arms-up-touch-down-kind-of-victory dance when I finished. He got a kick out of that.

Here we are on the monorail going to Magic Kingdom for the first time on this trip, almost a week after she got here. And on the way out of Magic Kingdom Candace dropped the remainder of her popcorn all over the monorail right before the doors opened. So as soon as they did, we booked it out of there! We still laugh about that today!

We meet the princesses...Auroa

Belle, Notice my cupcake earrings. They all loved them. I wore them in honor of my sister Christina's birthday.

And Cinderella

Candace and I had just been talking about Jake Sparrow a few minutes before we walked by here and then we saw him preforming! It was so awesome! Small world.

We rode the carousel, but as we were waiting in line I noticed that we were both wearing skirts, so we had to go lady-like side saddle.

I think Candace pulled off the lady-like part better then me.

I finally went on the Mad Hatter Tea Cups!!! No one ever wants to go on with me, but Candace did! I couldn't really walk straight after that.... :/

After we went on the Peoplemover. We practically had it to ourselves!

when we came out of one of the tunnels we saw that it was poring down rain, so we asked if we could go around one more time. By the time we got off the second time the rain had cleared (as did a lot of people).

Buzz Lightyear became one of our obsessions. We looked up the secrets of the game, so we tried our best to get them....I am not sure if we improved after the secrets or not.

While at work, Candace made a few new friends!

One morning we couldn't decide which cereal to eat, so we just mixed them. It turned out to be pretty good anyways.

The one night we had planned to watch Wishes was kind of foiled by a few cockroaches, and also the fact that we had to pick up Toni and her dad at the airport. But the next time we decided to go watch it on top of the Contemporary Hotel. This is the picture of us waiting inside before they started.

And here is Wishes! The little reddish/orange thing is Cinderella's castle and the big white building is Space Mountain.

On one of my day's off we went to Cocoa Beach and Chris was our tour guide. He has lived there most of his life, so he knew all the cool places.

We went to the famous Ron Jon Surf Shop, and I found this huge coffee cup! It was awesome!

We had a few attempt of a group picture, and this is the best one. :)

On Candace's last night we stayed at one of the Resorts.The All Star's Sports Resort to be exact. We got on the dinning plan and got to enjoy Extra Magic Hours at Hollywood! One of our other favorite rides was Toy Story Mania. We looked up the secrets of that ride too. We were much better on this ride then Buzz Lightyear at un-cracking the secrets! I am so proud of us!!

We also went to Magic Kingdom to play. Here is Candace and Minnie becoming friends.

Donald Duck and I got close too,but he still fancies Daisy, as you can see by the fact that she is on his pumpkin.

After playing at Magic Kingdom for a few hours we rode the water taxi over to Disney's Wilderness Lodge for our dinner reservations.

We got the all you can eat meat platter. It was so much food! I was stuffed halfway through the meal. Candace kept going ten minutes after I through up the white flag of surrender.

I even got the manager to agree to wheel me out of there because I had eaten to much. But it was still so good!!

Back at Hollywood, during the Extra Magic Hours, we saw Minnie doing the Cuban Shuffle. It was cute!

The thing that I am most addicted to here at Disney World, is this drawing class. I got Candace hooked too! So we ended up doing it a lot (more then I will admit actually). Here is one of the ones that I did, and one of my favorites I have done so far. Jiminy Cricket.

They have two full body characters that they do, and I had done Pascel before so we were wondering who the other character was. It turned out that it was Ray, from Princess and the Frog. We requested him with the artist. It was so much fun drawing him. When we went around one last time, the artist ended up giving us her drawing of Ray! I let Candace take him home. But it was such a cool magical moment!

All in all we had an amazing two weeks! We are totall goofballs, but had fun none the less! Thank you Candace for an awesome time! I can't wait for next time!

(Still one of the highlights of the trip for us was when we through pennies into the toll booth. Candace included from the passenger side!great times!)

A Split Second of Energy

2011-07-25T21:32:00.000-07:00

Tonight I was driving home from FHE and I saw a beautiful lightening storm in front of me. The brilliant strikes of light lit up the sky. I was so amazing. I finally had to stop and try and take some pictures. I pulled into a random parking lot and got out of my car and sat on my car. Luckily I keep my camera with me at all times. I think I sat there for an hour and took over five hundred pictures. Most of them turned out black, but this one picture turned out perfect! I got a few other good ones, but this one tells the whole story. ...The palm tree says I am in Florida, a tropical place. The lamp post you can barely see at the base of the palm tree says it is night, but it is not totally distracting from the picture. The big black cloud on the left of the picture tells how dark the night really was. The bright right side of the picture says how the lightening lit up the sky. And last, but defiantly not the least, the little line of light that is a bolt of lightening shows how a split second of energy can be captured and shared by many. I hope you love this picture just as much as I do!

A Little Change

2011-07-24T19:20:00.000-07:00

It has been really hot and humid here in Florida this summer and I have been outside more, so I have been hot and sweaty myself. There hasn't been really anything I could do about it besides coming home and taking a nice cool shower. Two weeks ago I was playing with my hair and noticed how long it was and that I needed a haircut. So last week on my day off I went to the hair salon. But, instead of my normal trim, I told them I needed a change and to cut a lot off. When she cut the first piece she asked me if that was okay. To scare her a little I told her no, and to put an inch back on. Her eyes got really big and then I told her it was okay, and that I was just playing. Anyways, now my hair is the shortest it has been in almost seven years! But I love it! I love wearing it in two pig tails. I love running my fingers through it. I love not really having to brush my hair, because it is so short. This was just the change I needed!

Sorry, the picture is a little dark, but hopefully you can see how short and cute it is. :D

Short Story Long

2011-07-21T20:16:00.000-07:00

At work I am a stocker. I have been for about 6 months now. It has been the best of times and the worst of times. Anyways, every once in a while I have to stock to bar. In doing this I have to do 'liquor exchanges'. This entails me getting the empty bottles from the bar and bringing them back to the liquor cage and calling a manager to unlock the liquor and change out the empties for the full bottles. I love talking to my managers as I do this. It gives me time to get to know them more and become friends with them. One of my managers loves to drink Ginger Ale as we are doing this. They are right beside the cage, so it makes for an easy access. One day when I was questioning him about his love for the stuff he gave me one. It was good, but I was like whatever. A few days later I was drinking a sprite and decided that I liked the taste of ginger ale better. Who knew?! Well, long story, short, I like the stuff. No, I am currently addicted to the stuff. I even went out and got a case. (not the best thing I have done this month, but I am hoping it will last me a while) Also there is a song out now that has a line in it that say: "I think I need a Ginger Ale, that was suck an epic fail." This makes me happy, because I love ginger ale now and I always say epic fail. Total win-win!

I know, you know...

2011-07-15T20:39:00.000-07:00

For the past two months I haven't had reliable transportation, so I have been stuck at home for a few more hours then I am used to. BUT no worries, I found my cure to boredom! Yep, you probably guessed it, Psych! I love this show! It is so funny and witty! Shawn and Gus have entertained me for many, many hours. If you get the chance watch an episode! You will love it, hopefully just as much as I do.

You Light Up The Sky

2011-07-09T17:08:00.000-07:00

Disney is very good at fireworks, they play Wishes at Magic Kingdom every night, and Illuminations at EPCOT and Fantasmic once or twice a week at Hollywood Studios, but on the major holidays they go above and beyond their normal awesomeness!

Here are a few pictures I captured from my phone of the Magic Kingdom Fourth of July Fireworks watched from the Polynesian Resort.

You can kinda see Cinderella's Castle in the picture above. It's the little purple thing in the middle.

They had this boat parade come out on the Seven Sea's Lagoon that had Flags and Stars on them. It was very cool!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!

Lost and Trying to Find

2011-07-09T11:15:00.000-07:00

About three years ago one of my FHE brothers in college had this picture out and I feel in love with it! By the end of the semester he had found a postcard with it on it and gave it to me. I have it hanging up in my room always. Lately it has been falling down (I don't know how it does, but it does). I then pick it up and put it back on the wall, only to find in a day or two it is back on the ground. Today I find it slightly tilted, making another jump to it's seemingly favorite spot. I have been setting starring at it, wondering why it always ends up on the ground. Then I took a little better look at it and remembered how much I love the picture. How the boy looks so lost and ready to quite with his bags packed and his dark clothes. How Christ is just sitting there talking to him trying to help him find his way again. How the background is so beautiful with its trees and the little winding path. I just love the whole picture.

I have been going through a lot in the past month and a half, that I feel like this boy sitting on the bench with my bags pack not sure where I belong and ready to run. But, I am certain that the Lord is on that bench with me trying to tell me that everything will be okay, and the things will work out in the end. All I have to do is have patience and trust in Him. I am just waiting for the thing He is preparing me for with all these trail I have been through this year alone.

RIP Betty

2011-05-29T16:50:00.000-07:00

For those of you that don't know, I got in an accident the other day. I was on my way home from work and some guy rear ended me when I was stopped for a light. I am fine, a little whip lash, but fine. But Betty, my car, is not.

So here is the story,

It was Friday 27th at about 4:44pm and I was almost home from work. I was on my hands free talking to my sister about how great of a day I was having and she was telling me about her birthday a few days previous. I was stopped at a light, when I looked in my rear view mirror and saw the car behind me. It was going kinda fast and I was thinking that he is going to hit me. Thats when I heard the screeching tires and felt the jolt of the actual hit. He rammed me into the car in front of me. I don't remember that last part of the conversation with my sister (sorry), but I told her that I would have to call her back. She asked if I was okay and if I had gotten into an accident. I said yes and I would call her back. Come to find out later she got off the phone with me and called our mom to tell her and told her not to worry, that I was okay, and to give me ten minutes before she call me. Anyways, back to the accident, I was shaken and shocked. I finally pulled myself together to get out of the car and talk to the two cars. We pulled into a parking lot right by the scene to get out of the way while we waited for the cops. It was a little difficult to drive my car given the fact that the rear bumper was rubbing against the tire. Finally the cop came and asked what happened and took our information. We had to wait a little more for her to get it all together and enter it into the computer. The guy that hit me was found at fault and my car was towed away. The next day was when the adrenalin was gone and I could feel the pain. My neck hurt the most. That night I went to the ER to go get checked out. The took x-rays of my neck and lower back. They came back with no fractures. They said that I will just be sore for a few days and gave me muscle relaxers. Now I am just trying to figure out things with the insurance agencies. I've talked to mine, but I have not talked to the guy that hit me insurance.

After it happened I was already being taken care of by the Lord. I had to walk home from the accident, which was close but still far, but as I was walking home a lady that had seen me by my car stopped and offered me a ride home. Later that night I talked to my roommate and found out that next week was have similar starting times for work, so I can still make it to work. Also a few amazing people from work said they could pick me up for work too. I have had people around when I need them and I am not badly hurt. The Lord truly looks out for His children! Thank you everyone that has helped me, and will help me in this trial.

'Room' of Requirements

2011-05-09T15:17:00.000-07:00

All you Harry Potter fans out there will understand this. I have a room of requirements. The saddest part of this is I have never used it! I am psycho, I know! Here is the story...

I live about a half an hour drive from work. Also, my friends live slightly farther past my work, so I take a specific route to and from those two destination quite a lot. Doing that once, sometimes twice a day, adds up. Something else that has been going up is gas prices. I kinda sucks, but it is one thing I have to live with. I pass A LOT of gas stations during this drive of mine. I have to admit that I don't take a second glance at some of them because they are usually a lot higher prices, but for the most part I notice a lot of them. In doing this I notice the changes in pricing fairly quickly. Every once in a while I notice this one gas station that is significantly lower then the other gas stations, but for one reason or the other I do not stop there. I only notice is every once in a while though. It seams to disappear on me quite a bit. The other day I saw that it was TEN CENTS CHEAPER then the rest!! But at last, it was Sunday so I decided to be a good girl and obey the Sabbath. Well, today is Monday (for those who didn't know this) and I decided that I was finally going to walk into my room of requirements! (yipee for me!) On my way to work this morning I kept my eye open for this mystery gas station. I must admit that my mind did wander some, so it was only expected that I did not find the gas station in question. Oh well, I still had my drive home. Did I find this gas station do you ask? Well...no. I have no clue where it disappeared to! It only pops out at random moments! Do you see my frustration? Some day I will find my 'room' of requirements, until then I will have to settle for the next best thing, five cents less gas.

My New Splurge

2011-05-02T12:10:00.000-07:00

So I went grocery shopping today (which was a long time coming, I need to make more time to go so I don't run out of food again.) As I was getting all my food I decided that I had enough money to get some ice cream. I was parusing through the many selections of yumminess, I saw this Talenti Gelato! It was a little more then I had planned on spending, but it was in one of my favorite (and a little difficult to find) flavor! So I splurged and got it! and OH MY GOODNESS! It is so good! This might be my down fall this summer, but I think this is my new favorite 'ice cream'!

Five Hundred, Twenty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Minutes, Give or Take a Few

2011-04-10T15:10:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it, it has been a year. A year from what you ask? A YEAR from graduating from college!! Yes, I have made it five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes (give or take a few) out in "the real world"! What a year it has been too!

A road trip across country with my mom

Starting my Internship with Disney

Meeting some of the best people in the world

So many hello's and goodbye's

Adventures galore!

Lots of phone calls home in tears

Debates of "what do I do next?!"

Good roommates and bad roommates

Alone for the holidays

More rain, thunder, and lightning I have EVER seen in my life!!

My period of homelessness

Getting my very first real apartment

Having no furniture

Being thrust into a new Ward/Branch

Fighting for my job

Waiting

Coming closer to God

That is just a highlighted list of what this first year outside of college has had for me. It was one of the biggest years of my life so far, and also one of the hardest. All that said, I would not have changed one minute of it!

HELLO WORLD!

beep, beep, beep, beep and blah b-blah blah.

2011-04-06T18:45:00.000-07:00

The two most annoying sounds in my life right now are:

Sound One: beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep,

AND

Sound Two: Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah, Blah b-blah blah,

Sound One comes from my car. My automatic seatbelt stopped working about two months again so my car reminds me continually that my seatbelt is not working. If my car is one Sound One is going. The only way that I am still sane is that I blast my music as loud at it can go, which one of the speakers has a loss wire and goes out on me a lot. (yes, I know my car is old and falling apart, but I love her still so much!)

Sound Two is the sound my radio makes at work that means one of my locations I stock for needs something. It goes off on a busy day a million and a half times. Most of the time I want to drop my radio in the fryer or throw it into the lake that is behind Typhoon. It doesn't help that I seem to be the go-to girl when something is going wrong or there is a lack of communication between people. I guess I can only blame myself for that one.

Needless to say those are the two sounds that run and ruin my life right now. What are the sounds that you hear most frequent in your life?

MY BOOTS!!

2011-03-27T18:10:00.000-07:00

I finally broke down and bought me some boots. I got them at Sheplers.com There was a big single adult activity in Florida that is the biggest thing of the year and it was Rodeo themed, so I took that chance to buy my some boots! The past few days I have taken any excuse to wear them. I even dressed up to go to Walmart for an hour so I could put them on. But the best was I wore them to church! I got a lot of compliments! I will now be doing that more often. Well, as often as I can without making it weird. As a friend's blog goes, "I heart my boots!"

What do you see?

2011-03-25T18:48:00.000-07:00

The end of this movie clip is how I felt today

(I love Cool Runnings!)

Feeling A Little Left Out?

2011-03-24T15:50:00.000-07:00

The other day I was driving home, pretty late at night, from hanging out with friends thinking how very tired I was and hoping I would make it home without falling asleep. As I was getting closer to my apartment my phone vibrates. As I was at a light I looked at my phone thinking it was a text from my friend seeing if I got home safe. What did I see? A very friendly 'text' from my scriptures (not the exact friend I was thinking about, but good all the same). They were just reminding me to read them. They were feeling a little left out so they 'texted' me. Needless to say when I got home I read my scriptures before I zonked out. Thank you kind scriptures for being there for me. I will try not to forget you anymore.

Getting To Know Me

2011-03-24T15:45:00.000-07:00

Getting to know me, getting to know all about me...

Watching the sun set in my rear view mirror on long trips is one of my favorite things to do. This was taken on my way home from work, so not so much a long trip, but it gives you an idea. The best part of the photo is the top of the rear view mirror. Enjoy!

I have a cross with my stitch!

2011-03-07T20:43:00.000-08:00

A few months back I go a cross stitch pattern packet. I started working on it in the beginning of January. About a week into the project I noticed a flaw or miscount in it. I threw it in the corner for a week (as I normally do when things go wrong, I take a break form it). Well, needless to say I had a choice on my hands. I either had to go on with it and make up the difference, or I had to unpick HOURS of work. What did I decide?...You guessed it, I choose the hard way out...I went on intending to make up the difference. Blah, stupid me! (okay I finally said it!) As I have continued on with this endeavor I have found more and more things that are messed up. Every time I pick it up to work on it I get frustrated. If any of you have ever done a cross stitch you know how important the count of it is. Well, mine no longer has a count. Okay, so with that said, I am going to be the only on that will notice any of this. Yes, I said it and I meant it. I have been able, so far, to reconstruct this so called masterpiece to look reasonable. I once heard of a lady that did quilts that she put in one flaw on every quilt that she ever did to remind her that she is not perfect. With that said, I have noticed that I have a lot more flaws then I thought I had. But, with Heavenly Father's help I have been able to fill in the gaps and reconstruct the broken parts to make it seam as nothing had happened. I am still a masterpiece, no matter how much my count is off.

Here is the very beginning of the project, before the mistakes came in. Stay tuned for the finally! (but give me a few months)

Beauty At It's Finest

2011-03-01T18:06:00.000-08:00

This is Typhoon Lagoon!

It never ceases to amaze me how beautiful my park is!! I have been a stocker for the last month and a half so this allows me to walk around the park a lot and so I get to see day to day the beauty of the landscape! I am truly in love with my park. There is no other way to describe it. This picture was taken in the wee hours of the morning one day when I was opening the park. No one was in the park yet and I was enjoying the sunrise and my beautiful park by myself! I am a very lucky woman to be able to work in just an amazing place with amazing people! Thank you Heavenly Father for this blessing!

Your The One!

2011-02-23T19:06:00.000-08:00

I recently have fallen in love (again) with the website MyLifeIsAverage.com. It is made up of random stories of what goes on in different people's lives. They have an ongoing theme of Yahoo vs Google, ninjas, strange state laws (like it is illegal in the state of Florida to shower naked, and yes this makes me a criminal),strange things that happen on your birthday and many more. So naturally I have to look up my birthday the other night,and low and behold what did I find? Yes, Rubber Ducky from Sesame Street and I share the same birthday!!! So this one is for you birthday buddy!

Rubber Duckie, you're the one,
You make bathtime lots of fun,
Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you;

Woo woo be doo

Rubber Duckie, joy of joys,
When I squeeze you, you make noise!
Rubber Duckie, you're my very best friend, it's true!

Doo doo doo doo, doo doo

Every day when I
Make my way to the tubby
I find a little fella who's
Cute and yellow and chubby

Rub-a-dub-a-dubby!

Rubber Duckie, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you.

Every day when I
Make my way to the tubby
I find a little fella who's
Cute and yellow and chubby

Rubber Duckie, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of -
Rubber Duckie, I'd like a whole pond of -
Rubber Duckie I'm awfully fond of you!

Doo doo, be doo

REWIND: Three weddings, Two cakes, Two bridesmaid dresses, on One road trip!

2011-02-11T19:39:00.000-08:00

I had three friends get married between the time I graduated and the time I had to report to Disney World. I made the cake for two of them and I was a bridesmaid for two of them. I took two weeks to get from Rexburg ID to Manteca CA, Manteca to Simi Valley CA, California to Seabrook TX, Texas to Orlando FL, and accomplish all of this. My mom and I drove the whole way. It was an amazing experience to share with my mother and I loved every minute of it. So here is the timeline for you in pictures and little descriptions to go with it.

Here was the first cake. Anton and Breanna Keller's cake. They told me to have fun with it, so it was a square, circle, and heart. (only the heart was actual cake. The rest was rice crispies)

side view

Anton Alder and I at the wedding

This is me on the way back to California. (I no longer live in Idaho at this point. Sad day)

I left Idaho to beautiful, sunny days only to get stuck in California in a blizzard, irony, I think so.

My nephew Porter trying on my hat. He was so cute!

My sister Brittney (and Porter's mother) then tried on the hat. Porter wanted it back.

Brittney and I baked. Here are our scones. We cute them into shapes. it was fun!

The whole clan at dinner! Yum! that was a great meal!!!

Cake Two! Jillian and Andrew Carter's cake.

The Bride-to-be!

I was a bridesmaid for this one. Here I am with my mom waiting outside the temple.

Two of the groomsmen, and two hot men! They are great guys!

The couple! they were so happy and so cute!

Jill's parents (and my adopted parents)

Bridesmaids! Amber, Brianna, and I

SHOES! This was after the temple and we went to this little ice cream store. it was a good little get away.

The final cake! (I must say I did an amazing job!)

Decorating the car! (hey, Amber where did those oreos go?)

After the wedding my mom and I went to my sister Brittney's house in Riverside. We did a lot of baking there too. This was our Banana stuffed french toast.

Then we made Orange Chicken for dinner

This was my favorite part, Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream. Porter went from person to person trying to mooch off some ice cream. He liked it too.

Porter and I!!

Mommy and Porter

On the way to Florida mom and I stopped at some National Parks. Came to find out that it was national park week so we got into all of them free! sweet deal! This was Joshua Tree. We just drove through this one really.

Mom and I

Next was Guadalupe Mountain.

Right next to Guadalupe Mountain was Carlsbad Caverns. I think this one was my favorite.

We went 750 feet down into the earth to these caverns. they were so pretty and cold (which was a nice break from my hot, non-air conditioning car)

This is me in the caverns. it was dark down there! We took a self guided 2 1/2 hour tour.

This is a little glimpse into the caves. We took a ton of pictures! Both my mom's and my camera batteries died, so towards the end we didn't get any pictures.

We got this little tour thing where they had numbered features that they had a corresponding story or fact about on this thing that you listened to. We only got one, so it slowed us down, but here is mom on it.

My turn!

When we got into Seabrook TX we stopped at Fuddruckers to eat. We sat in the Beatles booth.

This is me waiting at the temple at Kassie and Joe Hale's wedding

The beautiful couple!

Bridesmaid number two. (I think my favorite bridesmaid dress yet. Grandma made them all in about a weeks time! Go Grandma!)

Us girls at the temple (Kellie was at home with baby Camren)

At the reception, all the bridesmaids and flower girls with the Bride!

How do we smile? Kellie could not learn so Kaydee had to jump in and show her how! this is one of the better ones.

Mom and I at the reception

After we left Texas we stopped in New Orleans to get Beignets on Bourbon Street. (a lot of the pictures that we took were lost, so this is the best one we got.) We even got to listen to a live blues band play as we ate.

We also decided to make another side trip to the Gulf of Mexico.

It was a beautiful day!

The first time I set foot in the Gulf of Mexico!

The sand was so white! So much different then the west coast. And nothing I was used to.

This was one of the best road trips that I have been on! By far the longest and most eventful! Love it!

My Favorites

2011-02-09T18:40:00.000-08:00

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

Welcome to some of my favorite things. So I decided that I am going to do a favorite section every month.

Session one....Disney Characters! (big surprise, I know)

STITCH

My roommate and I went out playing and we came to a huge wall of stuffed animals, I told her that we had to pick out our favorite one and we would take a picture with it. I picked the biggest, softest Stitch!

Here I am meeting Lilo and Stitch for the first time!

There is a drawing class in Hollywood Studios that I love to go to and this is on the wall so I had to take a picture with it.

At Typhoon Lagoon we have a temporary tattoo stand. A while back I went up to the girl and said I wanted all the tattoos on my left arm and I was just telling her so she could get ready and I would be back to do it later. Well today was later, but I only got one. Maybe I will work my way up to the full arm thing...

Here is one of my favorite pins that I bought! It fits my mood a lot recently. "It's one of those days!"

PRINCESS TIANA

There was a flower festival when I first got to Walt Disney World. My roommates and I went exploring and found this! I loved it! You can't tell very well but they had all the characters.

This was there too. They had papers that you stick to these and use a crayon to trace the hearts that are on the side of the picture.

I haven't had the chance to meet Princess Tiana personally, but I got to see her on the flouts in the parade! Some day we shall meet!

I found this one day wondering around this art store, I wanted to get it, but it was out of my budget. I settled for a picture of the picture.

My roommate did pin trading and she gave me this! I love it so much! This is what started me collecting pins.

FLYNN RIDER

My sister Christina and I are in love Flynn Rider from Tangled. I told her that once I saw him in backstage and gave him directions, and she told me that I had to go meet him for real. So for her Christmas present I stood in line for 2 1/2 hours to meet him (and Rapunzel). I told him that I was in love him so he told me that the smolder would not make it worse if he tried it on me. The first picture is me challenging him to bring it on.

Here he is bringing out the smolder (for all those that have no clue what this means needs to get off your computer and go watch Tangled right now!)

It worked! It was powerful! Here Flynn is fanning me off with his satchel.

The whole gang got down to business to take a real picture.

I got to take an alone picture with Flynn Rider!

I'm in love, I'm in love and I don't care who knows it!

Tune in next month to get to know me a little better and the things I love.

Time

2011-02-02T21:10:00.000-08:00

I am finally in my new apartment! It is beautiful! (pictures will come soon) My roommate Kaarina and I now live in our very own place. YIPEE!!! We are a little lacking in furniture, but we have the most important furniture, beds! Well, a lot has happened to me in the last month. (this is part of the reason I haven't posted) I finished my college internship with Disney World, got kicked out of my apartment, started working seasonal at Disney, moved to my friend's couch to live for a month, got trained by fire at being a stocker, applied to go full time, turned 23, moved into my own apartment, got in an car accident, was chauffeured around town, fixed my car, made new friends, got humbled...and I think that is about it. So, I have had an interesting month. Anyways, tonight I got to cleaning out some of my stuff and organizing it and trying to make it look good with out any furniture.(a little harder then you may think) I was looking through old letters for family and friends, journal entries and a note that I wrote to myself last year. The only feeling that I got was the one of love and how truly blessed I have been in my life! I have been through a lot, sure, but I have been blessed so much along the way that I really have no room to complain. I have not posted because I have lost the true meaning of this blog, the little treasures in my life. They are EVERYWHERE!!! The song "God Bless The Broken Road" has been popping in my head the last week so much, and it is true. This life is suppose to be about trials and how we get through them. The Lord will never leave us alone when we most need him, and he has been in my life a lot recently. I must admit that I did not notice at some points that he was there, but I testify to you today that he is there! I am so thankful for the adventures that I have had the opportunities the take. They all have not been the best, but they are mine and give me character. So, stay tuned for more from me, I hope I will get better at this.

Miss Independent....

2011-01-04T20:04:00.000-08:00

"Miss independent, miss self-sufficient, miss keep your distance. Miss unafraid, miss out of my way, miss don't let a man interfere. No, miss on her own, miss almost grown, miss never let a man help her off her throne."

Well, for those that read this blog (when I even post) and want to know what I am doing with my life right now, well....I have no clue. Yes, I am lost and am roaming this land with the need of a LOT of help from those around me. I am staying in Florida and working as a seasonal cast member while I wait for my real life to begin. I am homeless and I sleeping on my friend's couch for a month before I get an apartment with a random girl that can't move out till February. I have discovered that I am a really independent person and I foresee that this next month will be oh so hard for me to coop with. I am going to need a lot of help through this month from people, and I am not used to asking for so much. I will be learning a lot about myself through this process. This self-discovery thing is a lot harder then I wanted. I know the things that I want, but they are so far out of my reach that I am no where close to getting them then I was when I was ten. So, as the song I quoted at the beginning states, I am Miss Independent.

Life is Like a....

2010-12-11T23:22:00.000-08:00

So as most of you know I am now a college graduate and living in Florida (for those who have not figured this out, please refer to previous posts). I have been now living "in the real world" for about 9 months now. And I now know that college does not prepare you for life. I have been thinking, and I want to compare life to a roller-coaster. Yes, a roller-coaster. We wait in line to get on this wonderful roller-coaster. Sometimes that line is long, sometimes it is short. Once we are on the ride we go through a series of ups and downs, twists an turns, times when you are shouting for joy and times you are screaming to get off the ride. But all to soon the ride ends. What happens then? Did you really just get off the best ride ever? what did you make of it? Did you make friends with the people that were screaming next to you or where you to busy screaming to notice those around you?
Life is funny that way. Sometimes I love life. I am screaming with pure enjoyment! and then other times I am wishing we were on the last big turn I was just on and not the one that I am on right now. I want to get off the ride and maybe even start the ride over. But who would I miss the next time around? will they even let me on the next one? No, I think I will just wait it out. Maybe, just maybe I will like the next turn after this one. Maybe I will notice someone new to enjoy the ride with. Or maybe it will be worst then the loop I am in right now. That is the risk that I have to take, no, the risk I NEED to take. I need to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.

Nerd-tastic Halloween!

2010-11-02T22:24:00.000-07:00

So this Halloween I had to work, but luckily a friend was having a party the night before Halloween. I didn't know what to go as, so I went as myself, A Nerd!

I was decked out with the taped glasses, pens in the pocked, jumper, backpack, high socks that one is higher then the other, tennis shoes and to top it all off a sideways ponytail! It was awesome!

Here I am with a few friends at the party. This picture you can see my outfit the best.

During the night I took of my backpack and we came up with this idea...

Of course some one had to fallow the sign :(

Michelle and I in our costume. Both of our costumes we based of our glasses! She saw her's at Wal-Mart and I had old sunglasses with pop out lens. We think alike. So, we had to take a picture together with our glasses!

Kate was Jack Sparrow with all the eyes! it was so creepy to look at her sometimes!

Dance party!

funking group picture!

Great party! Best costume I've done yet!

Love the Life I Have

2010-10-29T18:37:00.000-07:00

Can I just say how much I am loving life right now?! Well I am! I work at an amazing job! Work with awesome people! Make friends with even more awesome people! Have the best ward in the church! and I am having a blast in Florida!! ...but after saying that, I have to admit that I miss my family so much it hurts!!! They are the world to me! So, this is for them!

Mom,
You are one of my best friends! I love you so much! I can talk to you about anything, and I love that I can do that. I am not afraid to tell you any of my problems or what I am doing. I know you wont judge me. You give me advice and call me for my advice (mostly about cooking, but that is okay by me!).

Dad,
You are the best dad that I could ask for! You are one of the smartest people I know and I love how hard you work. I have to admit, we have are arguments, but I know you love me still. I just want to tell you that I love you so so much!

Christina,
You are my other half! I know I can call and talk to you at any time and about anything. You understand me best out of everyone. We have so much fun when we are together. And most recently on our iphones helping each other with our games that we are both addicted to! I love you!

Richard,
You are my big brother! I know that you are always there for me. Although we have never been as close to each other as we have others, I know that you love me! I love hearing about you and seeing you! I wish we lived closer so I can see you more!

Amy,
You are an amazing sister-in-law! You are an awesome mother and a great friend! I am so glad you are in our family now! Thank you for all the picture text messages. (send one of yourself sometime too. I miss your face!)

Isabelle,
You are so cute and so smart! I love getting to talk to you on the phone and play with you at Christmas. You are such a big girl. You are an awesome big sister!

Wendell,
You are just a cute little boy! You are so cute how much you love your sister! I loved seeing you at Christmas. I love you!

Brittney,
I miss seeing you. I loved being so close to you this last summer and driving to visit! You are always so creative. Also, I love cooking with you! I remember this last time when we had a cooking fest weekend when mom and I were there for the weekend! that ice cream was amazing! Keep smiling and being your amazing self!

Job,
You are an awesome brother-in-law! You do so well for your family! You are always there for my sister and you are so generous to others! Thank you for all you do! I am glad you are in the family!

Porter,
You are so cute and are learning so fast! I can't believe how big you are! Keep helping mommy around the house and preparing to be a great big brother.

Lori,
You are so beautiful and amazing! I miss our Friday morning dates! those were my favorite days of the week! You are always so happy and willing to do everything for people! I love talking to you and seeing all your crafts you do around your new house!

Kurt,
Thank you for being so great to my sister! You are a great father and husband! You take care of your family so well! Keep doing what your doing! I am glad you are in our family!

Brooklyn,
You are my little Brooklyn. I love how you just stare at me when we webcam like you know me but you are not sure how. I miss holding you while you sleep. You are getting so big and smart! You are your mother's daughter! I love you!

Dear Family,
YOU ARE THE BEST!!! Thank you so much for all that you do! You make life worth living! I love you!!!!!!!

BEST FAMILY EVER!

How Do You Eat A Canadian Moose?

2010-10-18T19:42:00.000-07:00

So I went out to dinner with a few friends today, and we went to the Le Cellier Steakhouse in Epcot. It was so good. The pretzel bread sticks were the best part! But for dessert I got the Canadian Chocolate Moose. When they brought it out this is what it looked like...

The waiter then asked if I had ever eaten a Canadian Moose before. I of course said no. So he precedes to tell me how I am suppose to eat one...

First you eat it's tongue, so it can't call out to all it's moose friends.

Then you eat it's eyes so it can't see you coming.

After that you have to eat it's ears so it can't hear you.

And last you eat the rest of it.

So now for future reference, that is how you eat a Canadian Moose.

A Walk on the Wild Side

2010-09-21T20:36:00.000-07:00

So being in Florida is all grand and everything, but I was beginning to miss my family so I broke down and requested time off and bought a ticket to California!

I flew out on Saturday September 11th. And let me tell you I had an amazing experience. I had just got to the airport around 8:30am and was almost to the security bag check when a security person went through and ordered everyone to stop what they were doing. Most of the guest waiting to get through were puzzled, and I was one of them. We asked one of the security people what was going on, and they replied that they were having a moment of silence. It was amazing! It was so profound and reverent in that busy airport. It was a privilege to be there for that. There was so much respect for the people that gave their lives on those airplanes and on the ground on September 11, 2001.

(The view from the airplane. This is Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.)

When I got to California I wanted to go to Yosemite, so one Monday my mom, dad, and sister Christina all went to Yosemite.

(mom, me, and dad below Bridalveil Falls)

(There was not very much water coming off the falls. I was a little disappointed about that.)

(My dad and I at the top of the trail for Bridalveil with the little water that was coming down in the background)

(Christina eating Subway for lunch at Yosemite)

(My parents with their lunch. Dad wanted to eat by the river, but the fence was blocking us from it so this is the closest we could get.)

(Christina looking crazy)

(Sisters!!)

Of course dad has to fish while we are up here. We left him for a few hours but when we went to go get him he was not done fishing. So we hung around and I took a few pictures

(dad fishing when we first got back to him)

(Mom got comfortable, she know this might take a while)

(Me just goofing around. You can see my dad still fishing over my shoulder.)

(I love this picture of my dad fishing)

So I was sitting on a rock reading my book when my dad yells my name. He had caught a fish and wanted me to take a picture of it. I tried but I was to far way. This was the best one I could get. So I tried to run as fast as I could over the rocks without falling or cutting myself. Just as I got to him and looked up the fish swam away. It was so sad.

(you can see the little splashes from the fish in the water)

So I stayed closer to him after that. He finally did catch another fish!

(catching the fish with the net)

The man with his kill (well sort of, he let it go after)

(I was so proud of him!)

Here are a few of the pretty pictures that I took while on our trip

(Half Dome)

(A random tree and the river)

(The river by Happy Isles)

Ultimate Chicken Fingers

2010-09-07T18:34:00.000-07:00

I love trying out new recipes. Some turn out disgusting, while most turn out great. Tonight I was looking around for an idea for dinner and I happened upon this recipe in the most peculiar place, my Bisquick box. I made it, and they were AMAZING and so easy (with easy clean up also).

Ultimate Chicken Fingers

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 lb), cut crosswise into 1/2-inch strips

2/3 cup Original Bisquick mix

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 tsp salt or garlic salt

1/2 tsp paprika

1 egg, slightly beaten

3 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted

Heat oven to 450. Line cookie sheet with foil; spray with cooking spray. In 1-gallon resealable food storage bag, mix Bisquick mix, cheese, salt, and paprika.

Dip half the chicken strips into egg; place in bag. Seal bag; shake to coat. Place chicken on cookie sheet. Repeat to use up remaining chicken. Drizzle butter over chicken.

Bake 12-14 mins, turn halfway through bake time with pancake turner, until no longer pink in center.

I cut up a red potato and put some of the butter and salt and pepper on it and baked it with the chicken. It turned out very good. I hope you have a great time with this recipe and also others that you find like I found this one.

You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!!

2010-09-03T17:22:00.000-07:00

The first two months I work at Typhoon Lagoon I worked at Happy Landings, which is our ice cream shop. We sale sundaes, cones, and the infamous Garbage Pail. It has Vanilla and Chocolate ice cream, hot fudge, carmel, strawberry sauce, waffle cones pieces, walnuts, oreo pieces, whipped cream, sprinkles and cherries all served in a sand pail to be eaten with a shovel.

Of course I had to get a picture with me and my first Garbage Pail!!!

This one I actually came with Ashley to Typhoon Lagoon before I had to go to work. She hung around until I went on break and I met up with her and we came and got a Garbage Pail. Half way through she tells me that she is not a sweets person...yicks! I was determined to finish the thing by myself. Needless to say I had to go back to work before I could get the whole thing done. I was so sick from eating to fast and I had to go back to Happy Landings to work. It was pain to look at that ice cream after that.

Typhoon Lagoon is not the only place that has a big bowl stuffed with ice cream...we have the Kitchen Sink!

One evening my roommates and I got a few people together and we went to try to devour this monstrosity. Here is a few pictures of the night and our conquest.

It starts by going to the Yacht and Beach Club resorts and finding the restaurant Beaches and Cream.It's small so you may have to wait to get in. We found a lounge right by to wait in the air-conditioning.

Then you look for the Kitchen Sink on the menu and order it!! YUMMY!!

After all you need to do is take some random pictures while you wait. Like these...

I took a lot of really random pictures and Christian was the only one paying attention and smiling in ALL of them. Way to be the star Christian

Jenna and her BIG green eyes! I love you!

Now when it arrives you must hold off for a few minutes while you get a group picture with it

and then you have to be selfish and take a picture by yourself with it. (he he he you could fool people with it saying you ate it by yourself later)

But everyone knows you shared :)

And NOW you can dig it!

Then the question comes...."Did you finish it?"...Well did we?...

HECK YES WE DID!!!!

Soooo Knocked Ooovveeerrrr!!

Book Worm

2010-08-31T20:34:00.000-07:00

I love to read!!! It is my little way of getting out of my normal world and into a world with adventure and excitement. My favorite is Fiction.

I just finished "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins. It is the 3rd and last book of the series. They are all amazing!!!! The first book is called "Hunger Games". Look them up!

Another book that I recently fell in love with is "The Goose Girl" by Shannon Hale. It was very good.

Now I am off to find another book to fill my time with! If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

One Last Adventure Together

2010-08-20T20:32:00.000-07:00

So the last Thursday my old (and amazing) roommate were going to be in town before they left me to go back to school we all had the day off. We then planned to go to the BEACH!!!

Unfortunately we had to drop Dani off at the airport right before we headed off. Then we headed to the Atlantic Ocean! That was the first time I put my feet in the Atlantic Ocean. I was so cool. We had planned to go to Cocoa Beach, but when driving there I was not sure were it was. I thought we were close so I drove down this street and luckily found an other beach. It was not even crowded!!

Here we are all together with the ocean in the background

We got there so early that you could kinda still tell that the sun was rising. it was so pretty!

All set up to play in the water and then take a nap.

After we played in the water, then napped, and then played some more we packed up and went in search of the real Cocoa Beach. We found it and toured the shops for a while. This is Jenna and Alyssa looking a flip-flops.

On the escalator in one of the shops we went in.

We were so hot and thirsty so we stopped by Starbucks and I got a Vanilla Bean Frapachino. It was so good! (you can see Merri in the background)

All of us together, chillin at Starbucks in the air conditioning

Trying on funcky hats. I love these girls!

We found these tiki men so we wanted to take pictures of us popping out of them. Here are Jenna and Alyssa

Then it was my turn

Look at this sweet car! I had to get a picture with it. (oh and that dress I'm wearing I bought there too. It is so cute, and silky!)

There were all these statues outside the shops so we took pictures of them. This one was my favorite so I made them take a picture of me with it! I am such a dork.

I saw this sign for a surf museum so we had to check it out...

It wasn't much. A little room at most, but it was kinda cool.

There was this cool wall with foot prints on it, so we pretended to put our footprint on there. (it is only for awesome surfers...yea, I can't surf...)

I had to get my picture with the surfboards! they were so cool!

So we finially found the actual Cocoa Beach. It was so much more crowed! I am so glad I chose to drive down that random street!!!! We are so cute! I am going to miss these girls!

P.S. We all got FRIED that day, but the best part is, we went to Magic Kingdom that night to ride Space Mountain and watch the fireworks one last time together! Here we are on the Monorail. You can totally tell we got burned!

One last time on Space Mountain with these girls!

I am going to miss these girls like crazy! Thank you so much for a fabulous summer! We will always be friends!

College Program 2010!!!

Worth Every Penny

2010-08-08T14:55:00.000-07:00

Every once in a while you get to do something totally out of the normal and experience something rare. This last week I was able to do that with my roommate. Sometimes those things cost some $$$. Well, this time is did, but it was worth every cent that I payed.

Dani Ashcroft, who happens to be my roommate, works for Victoria and Albert at Walt Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. It is one of Disney's most expensive restaurants on property. It is a Five Diamond Restaurant. Which means that not only the food is amazing, but the atmosphere and also the serves too. And if you ask me, and you are since you are reading my blog, it lives up to it's reputation!

With out farther ado, here is my night where I step into a fairy tale.

Dani and I started off our pampering with Jenna, our other roommate, curling our hair. Here is a picture with our lovely hairstylist after she was finished.

Next we had to get a picture of me all dressed up, and of course I could not do just any face I had to do a "Kimmy Face" but I still managed to look cute

We got there a little early so we sat down in the lobby and listen to the pianist, who Dani actually knows.

And he dedicated a song to Dani. It was the Hawaiian Wedding song...hehehehe. Here she is with him while he played her song.

We finally went to our reservations. It was truly amazing, we got the best table in the dinning room.

It was right next to the harpist

Here is a picture of the dinning room from where I was sitting. It is small and quaint. Excellent atmosphere!

They even gave us purse hooks so our purses where not in the way. I have to say I love them so much. I want to get one for myself.

Here we are just enjoying ourselves before the food begins

We were so pampered that we had our very own menus with our names and the date we went printed on them. Here is mine.

Now is where the good part comes in...the food!

For our first course the chef gave us a little pallet teaser.

"Amuse-Bouche"

For the second course Dani had the "Gulf Shrimp with Breakfast Radish, Kohlrabi, and Tamarind"

and I had the "Minnesota Elk Carpaccio with Olives, Artichoke and Chirizo Vinaigrette"

The third course was the same for Dani and I

"Citrus-poached Halibut with Warm Verjus Vinaigrette"

On the top they had a baby cucumber with the flower still on it (don't worry, the flower was edible)

After the third course we had to use the Ladies room. It was so amazing. They had washcloths to dry your hands with instead of paper towels. Also, each bathroom stall had its own sink and such.

The fourth course went something like this...

Dani had the "Brentwood Corn Soup with a Petite Crab Cake"

And I had the "Duck Breast, Duck Sausage and Confit with Strawberry and Rhubarb"

Finally we got the the fifth course, or the main entrée. (by this time we had already been there for over three hours)

Dani got the "Filet Mignon with Marble Potatoes and Sauce Soubise"

Also the chef was so nice and added an extra entrée for us, which is the one on the right in this picture, and that was the "Kurobuta Pork Tenderloin and Belly with Baby Beet and Sherry-Bacon Vinaigrette"

I had the "Niman Ranch Lamb with Spring Asparagus and Minted Jus"

(I have to say that the Pork belly, from the extra entrée, was probably my favorite part of the meal)

After eating all that food plus an extra entrée we had to get up and walk around to settle our stomachs. We walked around the Grand Floridian. While on the walk I found a hidden mickey on the floor!

Also, there were other characters in the floor too...

When we returned from our stroll we were able to go back into the kitchen and meet the chef (who Dani already knew) and thank him for our meal. Here we are with Chef Scott.

The sixth course was the cheese course. We both got the same thing, which was "Colston Bassett Stilton, Coach Farm Goat, Gouda Reypenaer V.S.O.P and Comte"

And last but not least was the seventh and final course, the dessert!

Dani had the "Grand Marnier Souffle"

I had the "Hawaiian Kona Chocolate Souffle"

And again the chef delighted us with an extra dessert of "Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee"

And if that was not enough they gave us "Friandises" which were little bit size candies. We ate them so fast that I forgot to take a picture of all of them, so here are the lemon custard on butter cookies

At the end of it all we received each a long steamed thorn-less red rose

In total we were at the Grand Floridian for five hours, with eating for four hours and fifteen minutes. We finished just in time to go outside and watch the fireworks that Magic Kingdom does every night at ten o'clock. Here we are enjoying them.

and here was our view of them.

All-in-all it was an amazing night! Worth Every Penny I spent!!

Muggles Are Welcome

2010-07-27T19:26:00.000-07:00

I broke down and bought a season pass to Universal Studios, but it meant that I got to visit the land of Harry Potter! It is truly amazing! I really felt like I was in the world of Wizards in Hogsmead! Here is a few pictures that I can share with you of my ventures into the magical world as a Muggle (non-magical folk)....

This is the entrance to Harry Potter Land

Can you see how some of the chimneys are crocked. It looks so cool!!!

The Hogworts Express, awaits you when you enter

We were able to get onto platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross

This is me with the conductor. (I work with his wife and she told me he was here. So it was funny to see him and tell him this. we have never met before this)

These notices from the Department of Magical Games and Sports. They are all over Hogsmead.

I went to the Hog's Head to get some Butterbeer

Here is my hand full of yummy Butterbeer!!!!!!!!

These are all the Muggles that went with me to hang out at Hogsmead.

From left to right they are Merri, Catherine, Candace, Me, Dani, and Carolyn.

Next we went to Honeyduke's to get some candy and Pumpkin Juice

Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans!

My Chocolate Frog

Me and the Weasley's car. It is not looking so good...

I next visited Hagrid's hut

Ollivander's Wand shop

My friend Candace and I waiting in line for Ollivander's

A few of the wands that they have. The 3rd one would be my birthday month one

This wand that the girl got was NOT right for her. it made a mess of these shelves!

While waiting for Ollivander's I saw this snowman all dressed up in Hogwarts gear, with snow owl and all!

The Sorting Hat (if you look closely you can see the face of the hat)

The Dragon Challenge. They had two different dragons you could ride. the red one was our favorite, so here is the picture with me and the sign.

And FINALLY the Castle!!!!! It is so awesome!!!!!!!

Young and Vivacious

2010-07-09T21:23:00.000-07:00

So the other day at work a guest came up to our window and bought something. I was my usual "Disney" self. We had a trainee with us and as soon as the guest walked away he gave a suggestion of what we should have also said to the guest. I asked he why he did not say that when the guest was here. He relied that we were the "old-timers" and knew what we were doing. I told him that we were leaving that up to him because he was young and vivacious. He, in return, said that I was probably younger than him. I asked how old he was, and he said 20. I then asked him how old I looked. He guessed 18. I told him I was 22, needless to say he was shocked and didn't say much else on the topic. The moral of the story is that I look young and beautiful still!

EPCOT

2010-07-04T11:39:00.000-07:00

What does EPCOT stand for? ... does anyone know? ...well if you are a cast member at Walt Disney World then it stands for Every Paycheck Comes On Thursday!!! (or the real one is Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow). I Just happen to get Thursdays off! So here are a few of the things that I have done on MY EPCOT...

Here is one of my first days off. I went to Typhoon Lagoon to get the full experience and know how it feels to go there as a guest. I went by myself so this is the only picture of me there. and it is a water park so it is difficult to get pictures there. All in all I loved this day!!!

These next photos are when my roommate Jenna and I got Thursday together! We went to Animal Kingdom.

Everest!!! It is maybe my favorite ride at Disney World!

This is after the rapid ride and you can not tell all that much but we are SOAKED! I was still soaked 2 1/2 hours later and that only changed because I got home and changed. but it was so much fun!

Jenna and I at the parade

on of my next days off I actually went to EPCOT! and of course I had to visit the World Showcase while I was at it! I took a tour of France then ate in Japan, visited China, had a history lesson in America and many more things. It was awesome!

my food from Japan

China

This is what my name looks like written in Chinese

These little boys were so cute and so good. they balanced plates on sticks and spun plates on the table. it was fun to watch

Another day off Jenna, Robin and I all had it off together. We went to Hollywood Studios.

We got learn to draw Disney characters!! It was so much fun!

Hidden Mickey

Tower Of Terror! They changed to drop sequence and it was amazing!

Rockin' Roller Coaster! in front of the guitar

waiting in line for Toystory Mania. we waited for 2 hours!

Robin is a life guard so it was funny when we say this. We had to take a picture

Jenna is Player 1 and I am Player 2!!! I did so good!

So those are a few of my days off! Lots of fun with awesome people!

Knowing Walt Disney World

2010-06-23T21:49:00.000-07:00

Disney has been so great! I love it here! If you are not familiar with Walt Disney World, then here is the load down of what we are all about and how you know each park....

We have the 4 major parks,

Magic Kingdom (the Castle)

Animal Kingdom (the Tree of Life)

Hollywood Studios (The Sorcerers Hat)

EPCOT (the Epcot Ball)

2 water park,

Typhoon Lagoon (Typhoon Tilly)

Blizzard Beach (Summit Plummit)

(I don't have a picture of this one, sorry)

Downtown Disney (The Hot Air Balloon)

(this picture is actually of the Store "World of Disney" because I do not have a picture of the balloon)

and Disney Boardwalk.

(I don't have a picture of just the boardwalk, so you get me in it too.)

So that is a little of what I get to see all the time. There will be more to come! Love you all!

A Lot More Proof of Play Then Work

2010-06-08T21:33:00.000-07:00

So I have given up trying to post about my road trip, I will probably do a "flashback" at some point so you can see all the fun my mom and I had while driving across country. Right now I am in Florida, Walt Disney World of all places! I love it so much! My days have flown by while I have been here. Its been just over 6 weeks since I got here. I LOVE my job, LOVE my fellow cast members, LOVE my roommates, and LOVE the fact that I can go to the parks whenever I am bored. So here a few moments of me at the parks and having fun! There will be plenty more to come!

The End of Something Great and The Beginning of Something Better!

2010-05-27T15:33:00.000-07:00

I have officially graduated from college!!! Wow, I can't believe that four years has already gone by. For those who don't know, or are unsure, I graduated from Brigham Young University Idaho with a Bachelors of Science in University Studies. That includes a Minor in Culinary Arts, a minor in Home and Family Studies, and also a cluster (it's like a minor, but less credits) in Organizational Communications.

I graduated April 10, 2010! Most of my family was able to come up to share in this awesome experience! Thanks everyone! here are a few pictures of the event...

This is how all these pictures came about. Mom and Dad gave me a new camera for graduation!!! I love it! Thank you so much!

We through a party to celebrate and we had TONS and TONS of food! It was so good and so many people came...but we still ended up having lots of leftovers.

Krystal Sudweeks, Crystal Johnson, and I all graduated!

The graduation cap! 2010 baby!

We got a little tired waiting to go out to commencement, so we sat down when everyone was standing up.

Me and my University! I did it! All 4 years.

Everyone watching my convocation.

being slightly bored waiting to be called up to walk

I was the last person to walk, I know how to pick it

The whole gang that came to support me! Thank you all!

Sisters!

Mom, Dad, and I

Me and my Grandmas!!

What If...?

2010-05-18T21:45:00.000-07:00

"What" and "If" are two harmless words, but when you but them together the create a thought provoking question.

There is a wall in Vienna that girls from all over the world go to and write Juliet letters about questions in their lives. Juliet's secretaries write back to them. Sophie happens upon a letter that was lost for 50 years. She replies to the letter and a marvelous story and adventure sprouts from it.

Tonight I went to see this movie and it was AMAZING!!! It was so cute! I recommend everyone to go see it. It is a romance movie, so if you have a special someone in your life this would be a great one to bring them to. If you are like me, without someone to call their own, you can wish that someday soon they will show up and brighten your world!

Enjoy the movie!

Alive?

2010-05-18T17:20:00.000-07:00

YES!!!

Okay, so it has been FOREVER since I have updated my blog! Trust me I have attempted to several times but always I get distracted or pulled way from my computer. So much has happened to me since I last wrote. I have graduated from college, decorated two wedding cakes, attended three weddings and been a bridesmaid for two of those, traveled across country, and started working for Disney World! lots and lots of stuff!!! So I will be posting about all of the above as soon as I can, in the mean time here is a picture to prove that I am still alive! love you all!

(Of course I am always making a mess)

A Little Taste of Graduation

2010-04-06T22:01:00.000-07:00

In my confectionery class I have been taking this semester we were informed about a month ago that for our final we would have to come up with a design for a final project involving four candies and two garnishes. The project would have to have some sort of unifying factor, whether it was a flavor or an idea. For the life of me I could not think of any idea to work with. All I could think of was that I was graduating in a month!! So, it finally hit me, that should be my theme. The next step was to design it and implement the different candies. It did not go as well as I would have hoped (one of my favorite ideas did not end up working) but it was still really cool looking!

All of it is sitting on marshmallow (it was suppose to be a book with brittle as the book cover). Then the graduation cap is made out of chocolate filigree as the cap, a coconut tuile cookie as the top of the cap, and a gummy worm as the tassel. The rolled up diploma leaning against the cap is made from marzipan. Next to those is a tuxedo strawberry. The 2010 is made from Chocolate Hazelnut Nougat and Orange Marmalade Pecan Squares.

Who wants a piece of America?

2010-03-31T11:08:00.000-07:00

For my Art and Propaganda class final I had to analyze a piece of propaganda art and turn it into another piece of art. Of course I had to do something with food, so I choose to do a cake.

The Object: A car

The Subject: America (notice the licence plate)

The Resource: A billboard

The Reason: To show that looks are not everything. So how did I go about doing this? Look at the cake! It is beautiful, but what is it made of?

The Materials: CAKE! but...

for the cake it used...

Cake mix, Chicken Broth. Cream of Chicken soup, Cheese, Olive Juice and Tuna

for the the frosting:

Shortening, Powdered Sugar, lots of SALT, Olives (to look like chocolate chips), and Olive Juice.

The batter for the cake looked disgusting and smelt pretty bad too.

You could smell the salt in the frosting!

It was so nasty! When I went to present this to my class it was so funny. My teacher was so excited for it. I asked everyone if they wanted a piece of America and then distributed the cake out. I told everyone to wait till everyone had a piece before they would eat it. It smelt so bad that I am not sure how many people actually did take a bit. I liked the reactions that I did get from the class to.

The Moral: Don't let looks deceive you. Always look into things before taking a bit.

Elegant Eating

2010-03-31T10:37:00.000-07:00

Last semester for one of my culinary arts classes we put on a 6 course dinner. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun! This semester I found out that the class was going to do it again, so this time I was able to be a guest rather than the hostess. Christina, Lori and Kurt came with me!

They even had an ice sculpture of the Eiffel Tower at the dinner!

Here we are waiting for our food to come:

Kurt did not want to take a picture with Christina...

We had to choose between two different menus with set courses.

Here was my menu:

Appetizer: Savory Shrimp Cheesecake

Salad: Walnut Pear Salad

Soup: Butternut Squash Soup (it was so good I forgot to take a picture of it)

Sorbet: Cranberry Pomegranate Sorbet

Main Course: Steak with Horseradish Mash Potatoes and Asparagus

and last, but not least Dessert: Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Mouse

We all went away satisfied and full. We decided that if we were rich we would eat like this all the time. I had so much fun with you guys. Thank you Christina, Lori and Kurt for coming with me!

The next day Christina and I were walking on campus and look what we found...

Christina wanted to kick it, but we didn't want to mess it up. But to satisfy our urge I got a picture of Christina pretending to kick it.

The weekend went out with a Bang!!

Upside-Down Cake

2010-03-13T12:53:00.000-08:00

A few months ago I was googled crazy cakes and I ran into one that I really liked! I saved the picture in hopes that one day I would be able to create it. Well, in my cake decorating class we were suppose to make a cake to go in an event show. When they were going through the different rooms I thought of the picture!! I was so excited, I would actually be able to make the cake. Time came to start. I made the cakes, and they turned out so yummy! Next step, cut the angles on the cake, went better then expected! "Wow, this is going better then I thought!" ...Next step, stack the cakes...luck has run out and from now on it was down hill. I have a few choose words that I wanted to say, but am to much of a lady to do so. Needless to say I have wanted to chuck the cake out the tallest window since that day. The cake cracked, bulged, decorations have fallen off, and the structure has threatened to fall apart!! All in all the WORST cake I have ever created! Well, I could not do much about it, the cake still had to go into the even show. So I bucked up and put it together and let it be on display in a very well decorated room for the show. Worst of all another girl in my class had a cake in the room too and her's was awesome! I do have to say the pictures do more justice to the cake then the actual cake. So here she is...

How do YOU host a murder...with STYLE!

2010-03-08T17:55:00.000-08:00

Friday, March 5th, 2010 a train left for Paris from Riviera #21, the apartment of Kimberly Brooksby. The occupants of said train where:

Amber a.k.a. "Barbra" and Curtis a.k.a. "Khover",

Steve a.k.a. "Wey" and Lindsay a.k.a. "Mary"

Andrew a.k.a. "The Duke" and Jill a.k.a "Idelle"

Cory a.k.a. "Mal", and Kimberly a.k.a. "Belinda".

As the train went on it's way they discovered that there has been a murder and one of above people was the culprit! If they got the person to confess, the rest would be able to walk free. All had motives, but who was the actual murder? We all assumed our rolls and went to the work to finding out the killer...

Discussion was hot as we went through the night!

All in all we had a fun night!!! There was great company, great food, and great fun! And the hostess even received a flower for the night!

Birthday Ring

2010-02-14T20:28:00.000-08:00

My sister Christina has been telling me for a few weeks now that she was designing a ring for me for my birthday and it finally arrived the other day!!! It is so pretty!!! It is my birthstone, Garnet.

About a week before this ring came my friend found a ring in a locker she uses and she gave it to me. It is so cool and I wear it all the time!! I now combine the two together and now love them both all the more!

Thank you Christina so much! I love the ring!!! I get so many compliments. I love you!

Orange Chicken

2010-02-09T17:41:00.000-08:00

I was craving orange chicken the other night so I got online and looked up a recipe.I finally found one and started making it.I also was lacking in a few ingredients but it turned out really good!! I added a little to much red pepper so it was a little spicy but I liked it that way....I love Orange Chicken!!!!

Bliss

2010-02-08T15:49:00.000-08:00

Last semester I found this picture online that I wanted to put onto a shirt. I got all the stuff to do it but never got around to doing it. This weekend I was home alone and had nothing to do so I got all the stuff out and actually made it!! It looks so cool! I wore it today and I have fallen in love with it. Here I am in it...

When my roommates came home someone told me about a website that does t-shirts, so my roommate Amber and I looked at it. We were so tired, but we laughed so hard at a few of them. I have fallen in love with some of them. It is called Threadless Tees .

2D to 3D!!

2010-02-04T18:39:00.000-08:00

I am doing my friends wedding cake in April and I am in a cake decorating class this semester so I convinced my professor to let me do a trial run of the cake for my midterm. My friend found a cake online that would work and I had to recreate it. Here is the picture from the internet and the picture of my cake.

Trials...you gotta love them!

2010-02-04T11:33:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I know this is not the point of this blog but I am going to complain for just a minute, but there is a happy ending to this story. So my roommates have been driving me up the wall! I know I have a lot to do with it, but it just makes me sad that we are not getting along at this moment. I love them all so much!! I have had a crazy semester so far. I am majorly busy with my last semester up here and I have been secretly dreading leaving and at the same time I can't wait to get out of here! So my attitude has been a little up and down these past few weeks. It seems that Satan is working extra hard on me right now. There has been some boys in my classes that seem to be making my life ruff by there feel to make up for lost testosterone, and my roommates seem to be expecting things from me that I don't know about till they blow up at me. But with all this coming at me all at once I can feel Heavenly Fathers presence more then ever! It has made me a little extra emotional (which I do not like) but I will take it. We had two Apostles at BYUI this last week and I was able to go to both of them. It was such a pleasure to be here and hear from them! Also I went to devotional this week, which I hardly ever do, and it made so much a difference in my out look on bad days. If you think you are having a bad day just think of a dog named Chollo who was ran over, had his eye popped out, taken away from home, shot 5 times in the head and neck, and buried alive. Looking at that I think I will never have a bad day ever again! I know this church is true and I love how it has blessed my life! I just want everyone that I love to know that. I consider myself so blessed. Trails come and I like to look at it that Satan is trying extra hard to bring me down because I am being so Christ-like. I will take each one with a smile and say "I am having a great day!" Thank you for everything you have EVER done for me Heavenly Father! I will forever be in your debt.

Damsel in Distress

2010-01-31T20:56:00.000-08:00

We got about 6 inches of snow last night/today. I was coming home from a friends house tonight and I went to park in my parking lot, but there were no spots open. I went to take the ally to get to the other parking lot when I was about half way up the ally and I got stuck. I tried to back up and I got stuck again. I got out and attempted to push myself out but it did not work out so well. I decided that I needed some help, so I call my old FHE brother, Korbin. I told him that I was stuck in the ally and needed some help. I asked him to bring some other guys to help. So a few minutes later him and my other two old FHE brothers showed up. It took us 45 mins trying to push my car out. We finally got Cory's truck to pull me out. After a few failed attempts we finally got my car out of the ally!!! It was so funny, we were laughing the whole time! These men are amazing! I love that I am here at BYUI and have lots of men that are willing to come help a damsel in distress. I have learned some much in the last few months how to admit that I need help and accept it. God is funny at times.

Who Said You Can't Have Fun At Walmart?

2010-01-23T21:55:00.000-08:00

On Friday Amber and I were going to watch "The Princess and the Frog" but it was coming out to the cheap theaters the next weekend so we decided to wait. We still wanted to do a "date" so we just got in my car and made things up as we went. There was a new frozen yogurt place that opened up so we went to check it out. It was cute, but it was defiantly a couple's place.

After we were done sharing our frozen yogurt we headed over to Walmart to go "window shopping" It was so much fun to walk around Walmart with no intent to buy anything. We were just being crazy! We took a few pictures with my phone. Here they are....

We went to the nail polish section and choose a color for each other and ONE finger to paint! here we are with our crazy nails! (I got some "bling" on a certain finger ;) )

Next we tried on funky sunglasses, and then acted like models with them.

Then we choose both beret and necklace for the other and sported them for the camera.

Here we are in front of some mirrors. just so we can get the full picture of us.

After all our fun we went home and watched Marry Poppins. I got to lay down with my feet on Amber. If was fun, I feel asleep not even half way through. It was an all together fun night!

Party Food

2010-01-17T11:25:00.000-08:00

So my birthday was the other day so I decided that I wanted to throw myself a party that weekend. Of course my mind goes straight to what food I want to make for it. Before I left home I took some small tart trays from my mom, so I wanted to use those. I decided on PECAN PIE!!! So here is a little picture time line of my amazing small pecan pies...

Here they are in the oven.

When they came out of the oven

Close Ups!

Here they are on a plate ready for everyone to eat them

Here is the table with all the food!!!

I make homemade S'mores along with the pecan pies. Homemade marshmallows (here is the website I took the recipe from: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-marshmallows-recipe/index.html) are the best! it makes S'mores so much more yummy!!!!!

EVERYTHING was so good!!! I love my cooking!

A Little Bit Warmer...

2010-01-08T13:27:00.000-08:00

So lately it has been so cold here in Rexburg. Over the break I was trying to find out what to wear and my sister said that I should wear one of her tights. She had some teal ones and some purple ones. So when I get to Rexburg and it is so cold I actually get some for myself. I am in love with them! They make a lot of difference from the cold. I got some regular black ones and some brown ones, but my favorite ones are a little...you can say non-traditional...take a look!

WICKED!

2010-01-02T19:03:00.000-08:00

For Christmas my sister Christina got my mom, her and I tickets to go see WICKED in San Fransisco!

We made it a girls night out. We went to Red Robbin for dinner and took BART into the city. It was Mom's first time on BART. it was fun! Here is Mom and I on BART.

Here all of us are with our tickets and the poster.

Now here is all three of us in our seats. We were so close! it was amazing to watch!

During Intermision Christina and I went up to the stage to see the details on the set. We took a few pictures with our phones. Christina got caught and yelled at. it was funny. here is the curtian for Wicked! and a very blurry Christina and I because we couldn't get a good one in before we were yelled at.

Mom bought me a t-shirt while we were there. I absolutly love it! I wear it all the time!

Flower Week

2009-12-13T17:46:00.000-08:00

To start off I apologize for the poor quality of the photos, they were taken from my camera phone.

A week ago I was at my sisters and I saw this flower on a hair clip so I put it into my hair. I took it and got so many compliments for it that I wanted to wear it the next day too. I thought that it would be fun to wear it for a week in a different way. so here they are, my week of flowers.

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday (on this day I was running to class and when I got there I noticed that the flower was gone! I was so sad. On the way home I looked everywhere for it! I couldn't find it. My next class was canceled so I went to the store and got the things to make and exact duplicate of it so my sister would never find out that I lost it. I succeeded in making a great copy of it. you can hardly tell. Later that day I get a text from my friend that she had something to show me. So after all my classes she came over and made me close my eyes. When I opened them she had my lost flower in he hair! I was so surprised! I showed her the one I made and she said I was impatient. well in the end I gave her the flower that she found since I had a new one to give to my sister.

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Finial Project: GAME CAKE!!!

2009-12-13T17:22:00.000-08:00

By popular request here is some pictures of my final project for my cake decorating class. I have a digital rendition of it that I created before I started that I wanted put up but it is one my computer that hates me. The game is dedicated to games. The top layer is operation, the middle is twister, the bottom is LIFE. With out further ado, here we are,

Here I am with my cake, it was REALLY heavy!

My roommates love it! They couldn't stop trying to eat it. I took the cake to my Bishop's house where my FHE group and my another FHE group meet. Needless to say, but everyone loved it! it turned out great!

Smore Cake

2009-12-07T20:42:00.000-08:00

Ok, so my computer is not working and I have not been able to post in a long time even though I have some really great ideas! I am just doing a quick post for now. I am doing great and school is awesome!

In the beginning of the semester I went on a date with my guy friend (who is now going to marry my roommate) and we made smores and had TONS of fun! After that I told him I would make a cake in the shape of a smore, so his birthday is tomorrow but we through a party for him on Saturday and I made the cake! It turned out so good. Very fattening, but so yummy! I used yellow cake for the gram crackers, brownies for the chocolate and 7 Minute Frosting (that tastes like marshmallows) for the marshmallow. And here it is!!! doesn't it look great!?

Here is Andrew with his cake! He loved it so much!

Disney World!!!

2009-11-05T20:12:00.000-08:00

So a few weeks ago I applied to work at Disney World. I was not sure I would get the job but I got an e-mail the other day saying I GOT IT!!! I am so excited!!! So after I graduate in April 2010 I will be moving to Florida to work for a mouse at the happiest place on earth. I will be working as a Quick Service Food and Beverage worker. The Lord has been so generous to me lately! sometimes I feel like I don't deserve it. I am so glad that I have for this opportunity though! So Florida here I come!

Fondant

2009-11-03T17:40:00.000-08:00

I have been thinking of starting a blog for a while now, but I am just now getting to it. I choose the name Kimberlight because Kimberlite is a type or diamond and also a rock that has diamonds in it and I want to focus on the "light" in my life. So this blog is going to be dedicated to the little "diamonds" found in my life.

I am in a cake decorating class this semester and I have loved it. Our most recent project was working with fondant. I used to hate fondant, but now I LOVE it. I have been doing little projects at home with it and they have turned out just like I imagined. The first one was for a friend's roommate's birthday. She likes Disney so I make the cake into Minnie Mouse. It was also her 21st birthday so I wanted to do something cool.

The next project that I did with fondant was for FHE. I had some fondant leftover from my project that I had to use and I was in charge of dessert so I got this idea and was so excited that it turned out!!! I have chosen the right major because I get so excited when my projects turn out! Well here is the cake...

Each letter was assigned to one of the 3 apartments that make up our Family Home Evening group. Also on the letters I wrote a word that corresponds with the letter it is and the apartment it was. Our FHE sister's were the Hot Mammas, and the guys were Elders (I couldn't think of anything better for them that started with 'E') and here is our apartment's. We were the Foxy Ladies!

So I love fondant now and I love cake decorating. I love how my food makes people happy and it makes me happy too!