....InspiRed.. **

I have been Inspired by a few people lately, well my whole life mostly.

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              My Mommy. As inspiration to most, but for me it was her baking/cooking/homemaking skills... I remember when i was a little girl, my mom would always have snacks on the table, and we would make cute little crafts.  we would paint, and cook, use sparkles and sprinkles... I always wanted to be just like her, have cute crafty things for my kiddos to do, bake fun delicious cupcakes with them.  I wanted to be the perfect housewife.

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            Rachel Ray-- So i may envy her for her amazing talents & abilities.  Watching her show and learning how to make fun easy summer meals, to making fun trendy & ridiculously cute decorations for the home.  I have her pots and pans and cookie sheets in hope that i'll be a cook with style & trend.

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             Martha Stewart~  I'll admit when i'm bored, you may find me reading Martha Stewarts magazine, catching up on the latest home decor & party foods.  I enjoy learning simple tricks to cooking & easy inexpensive ways to decorate for seasons.


I would love to be one who people go to for decorating advice, or simple, fun treats to make for a party.  I would love to own a little cupcake shop with adorable aprons & a big counter top.  I enjoy making messes as a i cook or do crafts, it's all part of the fun & creativity for me. ha ha

Maybe someday down the road i'll own my little dream bakery shop & if not. . .

 i'll be happy being the dream mom by decorating cookies, and mod podge-ing paper.

CUPCAKE WARS

Linda (Chase's grandmas sister) needed to make almost 200 cupcakes for a ward outing at the temple... We thought it would be fun to do a mini cupcake wars!
LeNan, Me, and Kathy against Karen and Linda... the two sisters.

It was such a blast!
My team decided to go with a lemon raspberry creme cupcake, peanut butter chocolate, & chocolate caramel crumbly.... ALL were so so SOOO delicious!

We cooked all day and they turned out so so wonderful!

 LeNan & Kathy making the crumbly ones

just finished frosting the raspberry 

 Raspberry Lemon Creme

Chocolate Peanut Butter 

All the men got to judge and taste ALL of them.

Such a great idea for a family party, or ward party!

cupcake wars... love it!

c.a.l.i.f.o.r.n.i.a

california.... where to even start?
maybe the fact that i came with some of my favorite people, or the fact that we are always laughing?

hmmm let's seeeeeee..... well let us start off by leaving at 4:30 AM. ha ha

Me & Chase

Bret & LeNan (chase's dad & mom)

Benny & Karen (chase's grandparents)

the 6 of us make a pretty funny traveling team.

we stayed a night in Virgina City... at what Karen referred to as the "Bate's Motel"

... now let me explain this wonderful motel.  I don't know if it was the random tissue stuck in the wall, the pink butterflys engraved in the tub or the doiley lace curtains up over the windows that made this so antique-ish. I was REALLY woken up when i got in the shower around 6.  I had it turned ALL the way to hot and let it "warm up" for a few mintues.  I then proceded to jump in and turn the shower head on... i wasn't aware that i had jumped under a power washer that was made for 7 year olds.  I managed to do a nice back bend while trying to get the pressure just right.  and to top it all of the hot water was more a luke warm temperature.  It was just delightful!

LeNan than managed to wake up the rest of the place by setting the car alarm off at 7 am.  ha ha classic!

i thought it was so much fun to enjoy the experience of staying in a old time motel the way people used to back in the day. 

we went on a train ride through the old town, and walked the beautiful old town.

Next stop... LAKE TAHOE!!!!

on the drive over we got on the subject of sneezing... it is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Trogdor (Bret) wanted to prove this fact wrong and tried to sneeze with his eyes open.. haha this video was taken RIGHT AFTER he sneezed, and it is all of us laughing due to the fact that we were all so entertained over this matter. ha ha ha

 

LAKE TAHOE-

i love lake tahoe, i hadn't been back since i was a little girl.  i forgot how clear and STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS this lake was.  completely clear and huge!

We all then went out SAILING... yes i know what you are thinking... (wow i wish i could sail.)

it was absolutely incredilbe!  i could sail my whole life, it was pure bliss... the slight breeze blowing and the sun shining in your face as you sit and look out at the clearest bluest water ever.  i honestly thought i had died and gone to paradise. 

IT WAS INCREDIBLE!!!

this trip has been the cherry on top of a wonderful summer and we are only 3 days into it.

i'll write more about it when we get back to the grand ole... OREM utah! wooo hooo!

Later Gaters... i'm going to go have me some more fun!