cranberry bliss bars

Brandon's favorite Starbucks pastry is the cranberry bliss bar so this year when Christmas was over and they no longer carried them he was pretty sad. So he found a recipe for them and let me tell you they taste exactly the same and are ssoooo good!

i got the reciepe at:
http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/

christmas cards...

Brandon decided that for some of his relatives we could do cards and pictures for christmas, and of course i couldn't pass up the fun of making them! so here's how they turned out...
*notice the cute snowman one, Brandon decided he would let his creativity come out and make one...i love it!

6 months...

...some of the best months of my life.

: )

here are a few things that have been adding happiness to my life...

- house. i kept watching them out of order but Britt just bought me season 1 so me and Brandon have been watching it all the time. what can i say its a great show!

-a trip to la including rain, little toyko, farmers market, disneyland, and my momma! makes for one wonderful birthday trip.

-My birthday! i mean who wouldn't be happy on there bday! especially when it consisted of pizza for dinner and my favorite pumpkin cheese cake for dessert! (i guess britt thought i liked math and made my cake 9+8+3=20 :))

- dinner with the girls at my favorite Italian place...so yummy!

- Brandon is officially the best gift buyer i've ever met! he got me a white pea-coat, a pizza stone, a yellow hankie, an antique heart locket, and the best loose leaf tea i've ever had!

- and then the best discovery of the month! this amazing ice cream! its like heaven...its sweet cream ice cream with swirls of hawaiian lehua honey. its so delicious.

- my morning ritual has been combined with my obsession of playing hearts on the computer. and this morning billy joined in on the relaxing morning : )
needless to say my life has been busy and amazing. and i'm loving it : )

its true. i wanna be taylor swifts friend...

playing house...

i love bookstores! especially the kids section... : )

so my parents are in alaska on a cruise and i'm playing mom for the week...its not the easiest thing going from no children to 5 but its fun and exciting. : )
we've gone to olive garden, gone shopping, made pizza, bought lots of food, watched the hannah montana movie, made milkshakes, gone to the pool, went to farmers market, ate and drank lots of starbucks, went to mcdonalds, done a lot of cleaning, stayed up late, woken up early, laughed, cried, and now been sick. yup Jo decided to get a fever and Lydia decided to follow suit and do the same as well...
needless to say its been an exciting week!

handon.

yeah this has pretty much been my life lately...

and i find it quite amazing.