{Ali}

{Mother’s Day 2012}

Happy Monday y'all! I can't believe how fast May is flying by! I swear, we were just celebrating the New Year, right?

I had a FABULOUS Mother's Day yesterday. The whole weekend was just plain great!

The weather in Utah was just gorgeous! Loved it!

My brother and his finance hosted our family and her family for dinner and a Mother's Day Celebration yesterday.

We grilled Whole Foods burgers, which were so good. I'm going to have to pick some up soon!

I was in charge of bringing dessert. I'm on a cupcake kick right now, so I whipped up some Brownie Cupcakes

Quick, easy and delicious!

I was treated like a queen by Carl (and Chloe!) all day long, and I got a super nice text messages from Tyson and Madison as well!

Madison totally surprised me with these BEAUTIFUL tropical flowers and the sweetest card ever. Made my cry!

Sorry, for the crappy cell phone pics! Too lazy to break out the digital camera!

Carl and I finished off the night watching the Season Finale of Survivor. Do you watch? If so, what did you think?

All in all, it was a really a nice weekend!

Hope you had a FABULOUS weekend as well!

{Dessert in a Jar}

Happy Monday!

Did you have a great Easter?

I hope so! It was a beautiful day in Salt Lake City yesterday.

GORGEOUS!

Sometimes we have snow on Easter.

Like last year, when we were camping.

Not fun.

Anyway…..

I was assigned dessert this year for Easter.

I'm not a huge dessert eater, but I do LOVE to make dessert.

Weird, huh?

Typical of me.

You might remember I made THESE for St. Patrick's Day, last month.

Since I already had the jars, it seemed obvious.

Make more dessert in a jar.

Duh.

So I did!

First up, Strawberry Shortcake in a Jar.

Angel food cake, topped with Strawberries & Sugar

Cool Whip mixed with Vanilla Frosting

And a dusting a graham cracker crumbs

Easy

And, because my Dad loves Carrot Cake

I did Carrot Cake in a Jar

I made Carrot Cake Cup Cakes

Sliced them, added a slice to the jar

Topped with Cool Whip mixed with Cream Cheese Frosting

A dusting of graham cracker crumbs

And repeat!

I added THESE CUTE printables to the lids

And called it GOOD!

We spent the afternoon at my parents' house

Easter egg hunt for the kids (minus Tyson who is in California at school still)

Dinner outside on the deck

And a last photo of Grandpa with Erin and Madison

I hope you all had a very blessed day!

And if you haven't tried making dessert in a jar

Go for it!

So fun!

You will love it!

{Fun Easter Centerpiece}

Do you love PEEPS?

I'm not really a fan. At all. I don't like cotton candy either.

Something about the texture or something.

My kids however, LOVE THEM!

And they love them frozen!

What?!?!?

True story.

I've seen some centerpieces using Peeps around blogland and pinterst the past few months, for Halloween, Christmas and Easter.

I decided to give it a try.

I used yellow bunny Peeps, along with some jellybeans.

Cute, easy and fun!

What do you think?

The best news?

I am NOT temped to eat it…..since I'm not a fan of Peeps!

Happy Wednesday!

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{Mint Fudge Brownie Parfaits)

Did y'all have a great weekend? Did you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

We had a pretty low key Saturday. I spent the morning at a St. Patrick's Day Zumba Party, which was awesome!

Great workout!

We were invited to dinner with some friends for Corned Beef & Cabbage (soooo good!), my assignment was to bring dessert.

I wanted to do something fun and creative, but didn't know what to do. I had some jelly jars in my party, left over from a strawberry shortcake dessert I did last fall for a tailgating party.

Why not use those?

I surfed the net and came up with THESE Mint Fudge Brownie Parfaits, from Kristan @ Confessions of a Cook Book Queen.

So easy, and so yummy!

The super cute labels came from How Does She

I think they add the perfect finishing touch!

Happy Monday!

I hope you have a great week! Thanks for stopping by!

{Happy St. Patrick’s Day}

Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

For years, my kids participated in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Salt Lake City, usually with their schools.

Last year was Madi's last year to participate in the Parade with the high school

Now she has moved out (older brother is away at college) and won't be home for me to make Green Pancakes, Green Eggs and Ham, or even Green Milk.

I have no little ones at home anymore, to celebrate the holiday with!

Sadness!

But, today is your lucky day! I've been browsing Pinterest and blogs all month, and boy are there some FANTABULOUS ideas out there!

CRAFTS:

Licorice Rainbows

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Leprechaun Trap

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Love this banner

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EATS:

Corned Beef & Cabbage

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Hot Reuben Dip

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Fruity Rainbow

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SWEETS:

Chocolate Stout Cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream

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Leprechaun Hat Cookies

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Mint Chocolate Cookies-n-Cream Fudge

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Pretzel Hugs

I made the Pretzel Hugs last weekend, you can find my post HERE

Hopefully, this will get you in the mood to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!

Enjoy!

{Kiss Me I’m Irish}

It's almost St. Patrick's Day, and over the weekend I was craving a little treat. I decided to make some Pretzel Hugs/Kisses! So yummy and easy!

Cast of characters: Pretzels, M & M's and Hershey's Hugs

Start by placing pretzels on a baking sheet, and then topping each pretzel with a Hershey Hug. Place in a 200 degree oven for 8 minutes, just until the Hugs start to melt

Here they are straight out of the oven. Then place an M&M on each Hug. I used the green coconut M&M's.

What do you think? Have you ever made these? So easy, and so good! Salty and sweet!

Enjoy!

Happy Valentines Day!

A few things catching my eye, on the day of  LOVE!

To Eat:

 

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To Drink:

 

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To Give:

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To Decorate:

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I plan on hanging out at home, cooking my VALENTINEa yummy dinner, and maybe watching a movie on netflix. 

Whatever you decide to do, I hope it's a most FABULOUS day!  Leave me a comment telling me what you did on this day of love!  I would love to hear!

 

Valentines Decor

I finally got out my Valentines Day decorations. I had been meaning to bring the bin up from the basement last week, but life got in the way. I always seem to switch things around from year to year, never keeping things the same as the year before......oh well! Keeps it interesting, right?!?!

First up, my cupcake liner wreath. Super easy, but super cute! I have it hanging in our entry way.

The mantle this year - similar to last year's mantle, but a little bit more simple.

And the big shelf in our breakfast nook. Nothing too spectacular, but it makes me happy to see some red/pink and hearts!

Do you decorate for Valentines Day? If so, I would love to see what you've done!

Easter Vinyl

So, I broke out the Silhouette tonight an printed out some vinyl for Easter!

 

Just a simple pink bunny and "Happy Easter" on a white plate!  Simple, but cute!

 

And the second, a little more Religious! 

Quick and Easy Easter Decorations!  Just the way I like them!

Happy Friday!

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PEEPS!

 

 

I picked these up for my son Tyson, who is away at college in California.  BOTH of my kids LOVE Peeps!  They like to put them in the freezer before eating them.  Ewwwww.

My opinion of peeps....can't stand 'em.  But both my kids love them.  What is up with that?

I never bought Peeps for their Easter basket's when they were little, because of my aversion to them.  But, somewhere along the way...they found out about them.

And it was love at first sight.

I don't get it.

The texture is weird.

They are kind of crunchy (stale?) on the outside...but soft on the inside.

Ew.

Me no likey.

What about you?

Love 'em?  Hate 'em?

Indifferent?

Would love to know!