Engagement, Party, & Last day of school!

I am SO excited! I got engaged! I never thought I would see this day honestly. I have always wanted to get married, but then changed my mind and just thought I would probably die alone as the crazy cat lady or something. Lol. I am really just at a loss for words and I think I am still in shock. I can not wait to start planning all the details and look forward to the day I can marry my love! 

Joe let me pick out my own ring and couldn't be more happier :)

Now on to the party! My son turned 7 (yes seven, I can't believe it either!) years old on May 26th, which Memorial Day happened to fall on this year. So we had his party on June 1st, because everybody is usually busy Memorial Day weekend. Anyway we went with a carnival theme and to my surprise the party came together so well and everything turned out great! Minus all the decorations I forgot to bring..

We also rented a waterslide bounce house. The kids had a blast! We played "carnival games" like bobbing for apples, ring toss, throw the ball in the cup, and a sack race, not sure if they have those at the carnival but it was still fun and funny! 

For food we had again "carnival food" hotdogs, nachos, cotton candy, popcorn, candy (of course), and other goodies. 

I also made these cupcakes that looked like little popcorn containers, I just covered the paper part of the cupcake with popcorn tape, since I couldn't find the red and white stripped paper/tape, then I covered the top of the cupcakes with frosting, put marshmallows on top and sprayed it with gold, yes gold, since the store didn't have yellow ( just my luck) food coloring spray. They turned out really cute! (Not sure if you can see them in the pic)

 

My melted snow cone with a fork lol

I got a lot of compliments on the party, I am so glad it turned out good everybody had fun, even if I forgot to decorate. Lol. 

Zariah dancing to "Fancy"

Well the kids last day of school was June 4th, it's bittersweet, I feel my kids are growing soo fast these days! It seems it was just the beginning of the school year not to long ago. Well now I have a 2nd grader and with a little struggle this year I have a 5th grader! 

With their friends :)

Tasty Tuesday 1-28-14 Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

I made these on Thanksgiving and they came out soo good, and I don't even like pumpkin pie! 

Ingredients:

(1)15oz pumpkin purée

1/2 cup of sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar 

(2) large eggs  

(1) teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cup evaporated milk

2/3 cup all purpose flour

(2) teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

Directions: 

*Preheat oven to 350 degrees 

*Line muffin tin with silicone or foil liners, or you can spray it with cooking spray. Don't use the paper liners because they stick pretty bad and are hard to get off the pumpkin pie. (Trust me I did and it sucked!)

*Mix the pumpkin, sugar, brown sugar, eggs and evaporated milk.

*Add the flour,pumpkin spice, salt, baking soda and baking powder to the mixture

*Fill each muffin cup with 1/3 cup of the mixture 

*Bake for 20 minutes 

*Let them cool 

*Remove cupcakes and chill in the fridge for about 30 mins 

*top with whip cream and more pumpkin spice 

(I did the last part right before I served them or wanted to eat one)

 

See how it stuck to the paper and took almost half off with it :( 

Tuesday with Monday madness

What a busy start to the week! I started school Monday and it's a big change for me from staying home! It's going to take a little bit of getting used to, but well worth it in the end! 

Today was the 100th day at the kids school so we worked on his 100 day poster and they had a little celebration in class..

We used colored noodles for his 100 of something that had to be decorated with.

Tasty Tuesday

(I don't know why this didn't post yesterday)

For this Tasty Tuesday I have Pizza balls!

Super easy and really tasty.

All you need is any Grands biscuits around 3 cans is good, pepperoni, cheese, and your favorite dipping sauce (ex: marinara, ranch), one egg beaten, Italian herb seasoning, and garlic powder.

What you do is flatten out the biscuits stack pepperoni and cheese in them and fold them up, Put them in a baking dish, brush with egg, sprinkle Italian Herb Seasoning and garlic powder on the top, and bake at 425 for 18-20 mins.

Yummo, my kids loved them!

This is how mine turned out