Phantom Ship Island, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Death Mask of Napoleon Bonaparte

What a bathroom

Glass House Kitchen

Peacock Blues

Jolly Old England

Hey Pahty, does this take you back or what? (Unless of course you are Rachel who actually IS back!)

*le sigh*  I miss England.

Cake Batter Bites

How delicious do these look? Just looking at them makes me want to throw a party!

Cake Batter Truffle Bites

½ cup unsalted butter, softened
½ cup white sugar
1 ½ cups flour
1 cup yellow cake mix
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
3-4 Tablespoons milk
2 Tablespoons sprinkles

Truffle Coating:
16 ounces (8 squares) almond bark (or white candy melts)
4 Tablespoons yellow cake mix
sprinkles

1. Beat together butter and sugar using an electric mixer until combined. Blend in vanilla.  Add cake mix, flour, salt, and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Add 3 Tablespoons of milk or more if needed to make a dough consistency. Mix in sprinkles by hand. Roll dough into one inch balls and place on a parchment or wax paper lined cookie sheet. Chill balls in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to firm up.

2. While dough balls are chilling, melt almond bark in the microwave in 30 second intervals until melted. Stir between intervals. Once melted, quickly stir in cake mix until incorporated completely. Using a fork, dip truffles into almond bark and shake of excess bark by tapping the bottom of the fork on the side of your bowl. Place truffle back on the cookie sheet and top with sprinkles. Repeat with remaining balls until finished. {Note: for smoother looking truffles, don't add cake mix to melted chocolate, just leave it by itself}

Chill cake batter truffles in the refrigerator until serving. Makes around 24-30 truffles.

Enjoy!

Day Glow

Love

For Ian

Husband, how excited does this make you?

Get lost

General Conference April 2012

General Conference happens twice a year in April and October. As it draws closer, I find myself anxiously awaiting conference weekend. I always come away feeling inspired, encouraged, loved and blessed. The profound truths that are taught resonate with something deep inside of me. I hope that I become better for it.

This year, Husband and I will be watching from home, sometimes with friends and sometimes with family. Thank goodness for gc.lds.org that makes it so easy to watch conference no matter where we are! Sessions are at 10 am and 2 pm (MST) on Saturday and Sunday March 31st and April 1st.

nothing good gets built when everything's easy

"I believe that suffering is part of the narrative, and that nothing really good gets built when everything’s easy. I believe that loss and emptiness and confusion often give way to new fullness and wisdom."

- Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet

Beard and Glasses

Elegant

Roof Gardens

Feather Light

In my future: Goat Milking

The Hunger Games

Saw it and loved it. I thought the casting was spot on and the film stayed true to the feel of the book. Brilliantly done, if you ask me.

Girl on Fire

HOT pink

Lately, I've been switching up my red lipstick for hot pink. It feels Spring-y. Yay for Spring.

Bieszczady Mountains, Poland

I'd love to be some place like this right now.

Lego Cubist Cartoon Art

Can you tell what they are?!? I got most of them...

Love & Skateboards

Monday Giraffe

Yeah, me too.

Bronco

There is just something about cowboys...

Recipes

I find just the cover of this notebook inspiring. What wonders could I come up with to put inside of it?!

Harry Potter Workout

Just what I needed! An excuse to watch Harry Potter....

Lunch today

I am in love with beets right now! The color, the health benefits, the sweet earthy taste, and how brilliantly they pair with goat cheese.

Lunch today: six beets that I roasted and quartered last night, one ounce of goat cheese and a half handful of raw pecans. With about an ounce of midnight moon gouda on the side.

Dollar Shave Club

Husband and I can't get enough of this video. We've watched it a dozen times and its still funny. Let's try thirteen times.... Yep, still funny.

Et to Brute?

Happy Ides!

Happy Pi Day!

Blue Plate Special

Ramble On

Summer Peaches

Peaches have become one of my favorite things about summer. You hear that summer?! Let's do this.

Little Man

A rad little dude...

Reserved

 RIGHT?!

Bad @$$

There is this little tiny piece of me that wants to wear black leather biker jackets and ride Harley's and shoot guns out of the back of an El Camino.

Dude

Have I mentioned that summer CANNOT get here fast enough?

Melting Disco Balls

SO rad.

Peacock

The greens, blues and bronze of peacock feathers are so fascinating! For some reason they feel bright and flirty and mysterious to me.

Instrumental Interiors

Brilliant and stunning print campaign for the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra by photographer Bjoern Ewers.

I think I actually gasped when I saw these the first time.