St. Patrick's Day

Happy, Happy St. Patrick's day!! Today is the day to dress in green (and pinch anyone who is not), eat green snacks and speak with an Irish accent! In the spirit of this "holiday" I accessorized with the biggest green jewelery I could find in my closet (I don't seem to own any cute green clothing).



Here's a little close up of the "green-ness"...



Not only is today St. Patty's day, it was also my day to bring food to work for the appetizer club I am in. So, again, sticking with the green theme I made rice krispie treats in the shapes of shamrocks and green funfetti cupcakes. The tops of the cupcakes were decorated with piped butter cream frosting to resemble a cloud. The I took a Rolo and put yellow frosting and gold sprinkles on top, to resemble a pot o' gold. I cut multi-colored sour ropes from Sweet Factory into short strips and attempted to arc them on the top of the cupcake.



These did not quite turn out the way I had hoped. I think i was supposed to cut the sour ropes a few days ago and lay them over something round to get hard and mold into an arch, because when i put them on the cupcakes, they fell flat. After i took them into the office and dropped some off at daycare, I had a thought... "i should have stuck a tooth pick in the cupcake and under the candy to prop it up into the arch." Oh well, live and learn!



I also made green shamrock shaped rice krispie treats. Can you really go wrong with rice krispies treats? I think not. These were a HUGE pain in the butt to make, however. The cookie cutter i used kept getting really sticky, so after every one i cut, i had to clean it under hot water. It was a long process!



The end results!



Again, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

Lots of Love and Bunches of Hugs
XOXO Brogan Lee

Florida in February

FINALLY!!!! In mid February I was able to see my hubby again!! AND... for 4 1/2 whole days! I few to Florida to see him on a Thursday night and was able to stay all the way until Tuesday. This may not seem like much time together but in comparison to the 40 hours i spent there on my last trip out, this was a DREAM! And i love our kids, but it was really nice to just have some husband/wife time. <3 Price really hates when i take a million pictures so i don't have a lot of documentation of our long weekend together, but i was able to snag a few shots when he wasn't looking. HA HA HA!!

We stayed in a town called Niceville, which basically had only a Taco Bell, a pizza joint and a few gas stations. So when we were itching to get out and do something, we had to go for a little drive... (see below, Price driving his "new" very old truck...aka his current piece of work)



The nearest town was called Destin and required a drive over a long toll bridge (approx a 25 minute drive away). The view below the bridge was pretty cool...



We were feeling a little adventurous and decided to try seafood for lunch. I have not been known to be a big seafood fan, but i thought I'd give it a try. We found what seemed to be a little "tourist" spot near the bridge that goes to Fort Walton Beach. It was called 'Crazy Lobster'. And like the few places I've been in Florida, the outdoor dining view was B-E-A-utiful!



Our sodas and lobster bibs (which Price refused to put on, but i proudly wore with my hair pulled back and my sleeves rolled up)...



UUMMM salad and seafood. Our meal could not have been more colorful!



This is the single serving bucket ,which we didn't even come close to finishing. And for anyone who knows Price's eating abilities, that's really saying something! It had one blackened lobster, two king crab, one corn on the cob, two potatoes, one pound of the biggest shrimp i have ever seen, one pound of clams (yuck) and one pound of oysters (again , yuck!). It was kind of fun to crack those bad boys open and eat with our hands! AND, I have to admit, I couldn't help but play with the lobster and crabs claws while making silly voices... ah to always be young at heart!



So back to San Diego I flew on Tuesday morning not to see my wonderful husband again until the end of March when we fly out to Washing DC with all of my siblings to visit my EXPECTING :) sister Ashlee and her family and to celebrate my other sister Karlene's DIRTY THIRTY!!! The weeks just can't pass quick enough!

Lots of Love and Bunches of Hugs!!
XOXO Brogan Lee

Valentines Day

AAHHHH Valentines Day! Im not so much a fan of this day other than it is a great excuse to eat a lot of chocolate and make some yummy treats...AND that is EXACTLY what i did!

Preston got a BIG OL' KISS from him mama and a special cupcake with his initials on it...


I tried using silicone cupcake molds for the 1st time and was not too impressed with the results, AND i was way too tired to care about decorating them too well.

These were cherry chip flavored cupcakes filled with buttercream frosting, then dipped in a glaze and decorated with regular vanilla frosting.


These are lemon cupcakes filled with lemon frosting and dipped in an almond glaze.


With the extra batter i made regular cupcakes. I was a "over" the cupcake molds, ha ha ha.


... a close up...


Even though they were not the best looking snacks, they sure tasted good! Preston actually ate the entire thing, not just the frosting like usual!


Hope u all had a great Valentines day.

Lots of Love and Bunches of Hugs,
XOXO Brogan Lee