So Much to Blog About!!

So going back about two weeks ago...I must blog about Valentine's Day because it was a very unique one:) Zach came home at about 5 p.m. that day. I was upstairs changing Andrew's diaper and he comes upstairs, hands me an envelope, and with a smirk tells me that it was left on my car. I open the envelope and it says: YOU ARE NOW PART OF A VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE SCAVENGER HUNT. BE AT ZUPA'S AT 5:45 SHARP! USE THIS MONEY TO BUY A SALAD ONLY! So I just start laughing. Then I call Jenna to find out that she is also supposed to be at Zupa's at 5:45. Then I find out from Jenna that our friend Megan Niccoli is also supposed to be there along with her mother-in-law. So, our three husband's had planned this all together. So we all three go to Zupa's together. The whole time we are wondering what they have up their sleeves and what else we are going to do...but mostly WHAT ARE OUR HUSBANDS DOING RIGHT NOW??

Megan had a folder with the rest of our clues in it. So we eat our salads and then open the next envelope which we are not allowed to open until 6:45. The next clue says to go to Albertson's and buy ourselves each a posterboard. We are starting to get scared at this point what we are going to have to do with the posterboard. So we go and buy the posterboard.

Next clue: Go to Megan's house and cut out large hearts with our posterboard, string them so we can tie them around our neck and write one of the following four sentences on each of our hearts. Well, I can't remember what all the sentences were but they were like mean valentine rhymes basically. They were funny, but not too nice. So as we are making these we are laughing hysterically...and still SO SCARED about what we are going to do with them.

Next clue: Go to University Mall and wear your hearts around your neck. Get 50 signatures on each of our hearts. If people ask what we are doing, just say "It's for the love of the holiday". Ok, we are dying now. The whole way there we are scheming to see how we can get out of this. We decide to go to the food court because we will for sure not know anyone there.

I will admit, it was actually fun. I felt like I was in high school again. We were laughing so hard the whole time. After that we were sent over to the UVSC baseball fields to find another clue which led us home to a delicious dinner made by our husbands. It was so fun. I will say it was much better than just going out to dinner!







This is my cute husband and my cute baby. I love this pic so I just had to post it:)

I am obsessed!

So, this is posted on a lot of people's blogs right now...but incase you have not seen it, I am obsessed with this video. It is hilarious! Enjoy!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

I will admit that I have never really liked this holiday...maybe it is because I NEVER had a boyfriend on Valentine's Day before Zach. I always thought it was so hyped up, and was really just a reminder to those who did not have anyone. But I will say that once you do have someone it is a pretty special holiday. Of course, we should always show our love to our spouse or significant other year round...but I like that there is one specific day where it is reinforced I guess. Plus, aren't all the hearts and colors fun? Yesterday I was watching the Martha Stewart show and the owner of Sprinkles (the cute cupcake store in CA) was on and she gave out her recipe for the Valentine's cupcake...I think I am going to try and make them today. Here's the recipe for those who are interested:

Makes 1 dozen
2/3 cup whole fresh or frozen strawberries, thawed
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 cup whole milk, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
2 large egg whites, room temperature

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners; set aside.
Place strawberries in a small food processor; process until pureed. You should have about 1/3 cup of puree, add a few more strawberries if necessary or save any extra puree for frosting; set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a small bowl, mix together milk, vanilla, and strawberry puree; set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter on medium-high speed, until light and fluffy. Gradually add sugar and continue to beat until well combined and fluffy. Reduce the mixer speed to medium and slowly add egg and egg whites until just blended.
With the mixer on low, slowly add half the flour mixture; mix until just blended. Add the milk mixture; mix until just blended. Slowly add remaining flour mixture, scraping down sides of the bowl with a spatula, as necessary, until just blended.
Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups. Transfer muffin tin to oven and bake until tops are just dry to the touch, 22 to 25 minutes. Transfer muffin tin to a wire rack and let cupcakes cool completely in tin before icing.

Ingredients
Makes enough for 1 dozen cupcakes
1/2 cup whole frozen strawberries, thawed
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, firm and slightly cold
Pinch of coarse salt
3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
Place strawberries in the bowl of a small food processor; process untilpureed. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter and salt on medium speed until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed and slowly add confectioners' sugar; beat until well combined. Add vanilla and 3 tablespoons strawberry puree (save any remaining strawberry puree for another use); mix until just blended. Do not overmix or frosting will incorporate too much air. Frosting consistency should be dense and creamy, like ice cream.

Dr. Laura: Harsh but True

Has anyone read this book? I am sure you all have heard of it. The wives of the owners of the company Zach works for gave us this book as a gift last year. I kept saying to myself that I was going to read it, but I have finally just started it today. Don't worry only a year later:) Anyways, I am not very far into it yet, but I LOVE this book! I feel like I already have learned so much about marriage and being a better wife and I have only read about thirty pages. I am for sure guilty of being one of those people who try to do too many things, get overwhelmed, and as a result sometimes don't take as good of care of the most important things/people as I should. Reading this book has just reminded me of how much I appreciate my husband and what a great person he is. I hope that I will always treat him as well as he deserves...I honestly don't know how I snagged him:)

Little Bear

So before Drew was even born I saw this bear suit at Baby Gap and was obsessed with it. Jenna, my nice sister, bought it for me for my baby shower. I dressed him up in it today and had a little photo shoot with him before we went on a little shopping outting together. I was cracking up laughing by myself while I took these pictures. He had been crying and then the second I put him in the bear suit and he felt the soft fur on his face he literally went into like a trance or something. It was so funny. I love him!

Night Skiing

Last night Zach and I took Andrew up to stay with his Nana while we went night skiing. We went with Jake and Jenna, my brother-in-law Brett and his son Carter, and Todd and Natalie. It was SO MUCH FUN. Freezing, I will admit, but nonetheless so fun. I seriously love to ski. It had snowed that day and the day before and the snow was great.

Thank you Nana for watching Andrew!! He loves you!

Jenna and I getting ready to ski.

Drew's First Toy!

So incase you are confused....we find ourselves calling him Drew more than Andrew these days...still the same baby:) I decided to go buy him a "gym" this week. I feel like his is alert enough now that when I lay him on a blanket on the floor he looks seriously bored, and I feel bad! So I thought I would get him a gym and he could at least be a little bit stimulated while laying there! The second I laid him down under it for the first time he looked right at the monkey hanging in his face and smiled really big. It was so cute, and I was so excited that he liked it! I have a whole new sense of freedom around the house now:)