I made cupcakes

I love cupcakes.

They are perfectly proportioned cakes of goodness.

For my brothers wedding I volunteered to make over two hundred cupcakes..and the wedding cake. I spent two weeks covered in cake batter and frosting, but it was worth it!

The following pictures are from the wedding and they are taken by my sister and John Courtright.

Blueberry

Oreo

Nutella

Orange white chocoalte

The wind almost knocked this baby over...I would have died.

Cakesies

I've been gearing up for the past four weeks to make a rose cake. The second I saw it on pinterest my soul formed an unbreakable attachment and I knew I had to try it myself.

Once again, I don't have any cake decorating stands. Rather then letting it sit ugaly (ug-ah-ly) on the table I grabbed two bowls and a plate.

This is the cake I was trying to model. One day I hope to perfect it.

Quick Thinking

What do you get when you mix a poor college student with excess lemon cookies?

A cup/plate display!

It's rather quite simple. Just place the cups on top of the plates until all the cookies have a home.

If you are like me, you won't need the display very long anyway...seeing as I can eat five of these little wonders without even taking time to exhale.

Three weeks in...

Nothing significant about this picture--I just love the houses here in the district

It has been three weeks since I started my marathon training. I've run a total of 55 Miles since I began. I would never be able to make it through my running if it wasn't for:

• A lot of positive self-encouragement I give myself on the mornings I have to wake up at 5:40 to run
• The scenery is gorgeous! Jogging right along side the potomac river in the morning is a beautiful sight. One day I'm going to bring my camera and take pictures
• The fact that I can eat what ever I want...kind of
• feeling healthy
• My running partner, Jacob! Even though he is on the other side of the country (hint hint brother...keep training..)
• discovering Virginia through my runs

There are some days I am exhausted all day because of the run and there are also some runs I have feared for my life (early morning, all alone, lots of trees and lots of homeless people- don't worry, I'll never run down that trail again...) I'm still not sure if I'm actually going to do this race, but so far so good!

Also...shout out to my homeboys-the pioneers! I had the oppurtunity to go to winter quarters in May and my gratitude for them grew immensely. Today is pioneer day in Utah. so of course there was catered cafe rio--in Virginia--to celebrate the holiday at a nearby park for all Utahns.

Again, my appreciation for the pioneers grew immensely.

"Freeeee Meaaaaallll" literally.

In other news. I spent all day cooking. I made...

oreo cheesecupcakes! Incredibly addicting and surprisingly easy to make.

I also made...

Carrot Cake cupcakes..okay tasting, but not as good as the cheesecake.

And remember my Quinoa obsession? I made some Quinoa patties for dinner..

They were SOOO good! Every one should make them right now!

Overall, I have a baking addiction. And I blame it on pinterest.

Happy Birthday!

Today is my blog's first birthday! The first post I wrote was on June 7, 2010. I can't believe I've had this blog for a whole year. To celebrate I made black bean salad...really heathy, but really addicting. You can get the recipe here

I also made cheesecake for the Senator's birthday

Red Velvet cake cheesecake

I spent all of Sunday baking for the cheesecake competition I was in (note to self: never bake on a fast sunday...especially when church is at three) . When I got to work me and my competitor found out we had both made the same kind of cheesecake. whoops.

I considered it a success when I found out eight different senators ate a piece!

(I've kind of got this cooking-bug goin' on. As I type this I've got banana bread in the oven)