"Will You Butter My Cake Balls Please?"

Cody, Me, Kalee, and the CakeBall maker Laura!!!!

Laura recently got married to her love, JB and has been trying out the domestic newly wife life!

Laura's Butter Pecan Balls

- 1 (18.25 oz) boxed butter pecan cake mix (plus the ingredients it calls for)

- 1 (16 oz) can prepared frosting - buttercream

- 1 package of almond bark coating or vanilla candy coating (the exact same thing) 

- Wax paper

- Any fun candy decorations

Bake the cake according to package instructions. While warm, crumble the cake into a bowl with a hand mixer (I used a fork and my hands haha). Mix in frosting to make a paste. Chill mixture in bowl for 2 hours.

You can use a melon baller or your hands, form mixture into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place balls on wax paper; freeze for 6 hours.

When 6 hours have passed, heat your candy coating according to directions. Be super careful not to scorch it. 

Working in small batches (about 5 at a time), remove balls from freezer and dip into warm, melted candy coating (or almond bark). The pros use toothpicks or special forks to do it - I just used a spoon to push it around and picked up with my fingers and was just careful haha. Remove balls and place on wax paper to harden. It hardens really fast. And don't refrigerate, they will sweat. Room temp is perfect!

If your adding sprinkles, do it immediately after each ball is dipped because the candy coating hardens pretty fast.

Also, if you want to thin your candy coating a little bit, stir in 1 teaspoon vegetable oil after it has been heated. Also, if desired, stir in oil-based coloring drops to achieve a fun color of your choice!

You can basically do any flavor you want. Pick your cake mix and pick your frosting - it will be the exact same recipe.

Love,  Laura!

My Best Friend Kalee and my going away dinner at Nick and Sams Grill!

Friends Since 3rd Grade

From Bagel Bites, Hot Pockets and Mountain Dew, to Nobu, Whose Who Burgers and a Breadwinners brunch, we have come a long way, but still remain closer than ever! I love you Asha! You are going to kill them in med school!  So when can I set up my botox consultation? 

>Favorite memory: Well remember that one time the hamster peed down my arm.....? oh and that one time in your backyard when I.......? and when we would both sleep in your twin bed at the dorms in Smith Hall, with your feet at my head, and mine yours....? (it's true love we have, because I know you hate feet in general)  

>Favorite saying: INNNNN DAAAALLLAAAASSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>Favorite jewelry item: I still want that Michael Kors watch you have with the Turquoise face!!!!! (Oh Bryan....)

>Favorite song: South Side, we listened to it on the way to the first day of 10th grade in your black solara!

>Favorite character trait: your caring heart, you always stayed up late to help me on homework, no matter how tired and busy we were! Thank you so much, I would have never walked across that stage in our pink pumps we both wore if it wasn't for you! (Oh, and our swimsuits too, that we snuck under our gowns) ;) 

I could go on and on of favorite things about you and our special friendship, but I just want to thank you for being a dear friend! I love you Asha bo basha!!!!!!

Fall Fashion Head Start

I love asking my sister for advice about everything and sometimes she will give it to you with out evening being asked! 
So I texted her tonight and asked what's in for the fall, and she replied,
"Wide legs, high waists (for some ppl)...emerald, rust, and gold! Camel color with hot fuchsia!! Cat eye eyeliner...feathers are OUT!!"
So, I think to myself, good thing my feathers fell out of my hair the first week I got them, (which was a few months ago) and I have wide legged jeans, and an emerald colored free people top in my closet, I think I am on track so far!!! So here's a few pieces to inspire you! 

Wide leg pants

As it is with flares, so it is for the overall cut of women’s pants in fall 2011: there’s a lean away from the dominance of the slim cut. And that means not just a flared hem but that wide leg pants and jeans emerge as fashionable in autumn / winter 2011. 

And as for emerald green top...

I like to wear mine with some high wasted black shorts I got from Free People, not the undies you see in the pic hehe!


Meowwww!!!! Cougar or not, make the boys prrrrrr with this sexy eye look! 

Thank you sweet sister of mine! You are my "go to" girl for  everything in life and fashion is most def one of them! Mwah!! 

My sister's "80 Themed" Birthday party for her turning 40 and Flippin' Fabulous!

Mom, me, sis, broseph, Bonz, bubs!

Sweetside of Seaside

2 mile bike ride in to the town 

Happy camper

Airstreams of food....

In line for some snow cones!

Piggly Wiggle style (frozen custard on the bottom and cream on top)

Seriously the best melts ever!

left: tomato, basil, & mozzarella melt and to the right: brie and bacon melt on cranberry bread, topped with a orange cream soda! Fantastico! 

Biking to grab a coffee and a morning of shopping with these lovely gals!

Hot or cold, but make it bold

Amavida Coffee Shop, a nice sip before some shopping

V & Liv shopping around

We couldn't pass this and not take a pic!

Back to the beach house....

Look Ma' no hands!

I'm a little tea pot....

it's not smart to take a pic while biking, but managed to do so!

Honey & Bear

Seaside 2011 hope to see you soon!

Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.  ~Albert Einstein

Italian Vogue Shoot

Intelligentsia!

It's always fun to stumble into a good coffee shop, (or should I say "wheel" into on) which is what Abigail, my brother Bart, and I did in Venice, CA one bike-ridding adventure day! Intelligentsia is the spot, so make sure you try this place out, and it won't be forgotten!

Brewed with Love!

It's always fun to have options so I had a cappuccino and a latte 

SYPHON POT BREWING 

It's most important to share a good blend with a friend~<3

Try This Fab Concoction For A Sweet Treat!

Find a place that has espresso shots and ice-cream, maybe your favorite restaurant, or if you're lucky your cozy little coffee shop might serve ice-cream.
Then order a scoop of vanilla ice-cream with a double shot of espresso, and top it with whipped cream and drizzled caramel! It's so wonderful you won't stop thinking about your next one!!!

"Scarl" and me enjoying a ice-cream espresso shot at Zocca in Ruidoso, NM, we had such a wonderful day going around being gastronomers! 

Parmesan Taco's

To set the mood, turn pandora "salsa" on and start to cookin'

Fry white corn tortillas just long enough to shape them in to a taco...

immediately cover each side in parmesan cheese and add taco meat... 

add salsa, crema mexicana, avocado...

cheese, fresh tomatoes, lettuce

buen provecho!

Rocco & Susannah

Carter

Canyon

Will Will and Rocco!

This was all prepared and cooked with love from my wonderful sister!!