Baby Showers and a Christmas Playlist

I am a big fan of parties, small, big, it doesn't matter.

This last Saturday I had the opportunity to host a friend's Baby Shower. I decided to to give it a winter picnic theme...

The invites had a splash of plaid

 (as did the party favors) and for the most part I just threw pinecones and candles around the room.

The Pinecone Banner

Chocolate Cake!

The Sign-In table with the Mom and Dad to-be

The Baked Potato Bar

The Guests pt.1

The Guests pt.2

The Playlist I had going on during the Shower (and have had since in my head):

A Request

Can we just pretend that I didn't just abandon the blog, and start over?

Okay. 

Well, we'll start over next week. Today I'll just share some pics from the last... couple of months (ouch) so I don't feel so guilty about being so neglectful...

Visiting my stud of a brother after his football game.

Some of the best photos my sisters took of themselves. (I'll have to share some of the silly ones later!)

Camping up by Bryce Canyon with the Boys

Some panoramics of Bryce Canyon.

Artwork from the Russian Exhibit at the Woodbury Art Museum

My friends, Rebekah and Brianna, and I with the Russian Folk Dancers who performed at the Woodbury Art Museum's Opening Night. 

Learning to juice...

and can apples!

Halloween!

 Fall Temple Trips, Walks around Town and Voting!

A Christmas Treat

I love coming up with unique, fun presents for my friends and family! 

If I know you pretty well, or we have inside jokes, than you can be pretty sure that your Christmas present is going to be a lot of fun!

This year there is one present in particular that I am really proud of!

But, on the off chance that the individual receiving that gift reads this blog, I'm going to wait to share my genius with you til after the holiday.

However, I would like to share with you a treat I've been sharing with my friends that makes me cry with joy! 

Chocolate Covered Gummy Bears!


They are sooo easy and are delicious to the taste!

Here are the Directions:

1. Buy a bag of gummy bears and a couple bars of Hershey's Milk Chocolate.

2. Start a pot of boiling water then place a glass bowl on top (make sure the water doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl)

3. Break up the Hershey bar and place the pieces in the bowl (the glass bowl will distribute the heat of the boiling water evenly so that all of the chocolate will melt at once!)

4. Set some wax paper to the side

5. Dip/roll your Gummy Bears into the chocolate and then place them on the wax paper

6. Place the wax paper (with the Gummy Bears on top) into the freezer to set

7. Take the Gummy Bears out, thaw and enjoy!

A small tip

Melt the Hershey Chocolate a couple pieces at a time, that way you use up all the chocolate before it starts to burn