story of my life . . . in 250 words more or less
Posted: May 2, 2013 Filed under: Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Post a day in May, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Am I up for the challenge? Well . . . maybe, but to be honest I am not starting off great. One of the many bloggers I follow, Story of My Life, posted an extreme challenge to blog everyday in May. I haven’t started off great, but I am going to give it a go. The first day, tell the story of your life in 250 words. Here goes nothing . . .
I am the youngest of four girls and a Colorado native. When I say native, it is for sure, grew up in the house that my parents owned for 42 years. My mom was a stay at home mom, so we got the best experience possible with involvement in soccer, cross-country, Girl Scouts, and baking. Summers were spent playing X-men with our neighbors, running through the sprinklers, soccer practices and days at the YMCA.
Yearly, family vacations took place. Sometimes all 6 of us and other times four of us. My favorite vacations – Hawaii for the first time, cruise down the Panama Canal and Disney World (we wore Mickey clothes always and still have a love for Disney).
Middle school was one of those times, like for most people, awkward, coming into your own and finding your place in the world. High school definitely one of my favorite times of my life. I was involved in everything! I look back now and have no idea how I did it all. From school to cross-country practice followed by soccer practice, often back to school for yearbook or Girl Scout meetings and home to do homework. College moved to Nebraska and away from my sister and best friend Molly. However, the best part was my study abroad in Spain with Molly. Six months with your best friend traveling around, not much is better.
Now I am 26 and still figuring life out, but loving the journey most of the time. I am a wedding planner and love my job and am on the way to starting a new adventure in San Francisco (moving next week, yikes!!)
Whew I am out of breath . . . definitely on the more side then the less!
~Jill
Minnie Cake, Minnie Cake
Posted: January 3, 2012 Filed under: Baking, Desserts, Food, Holidays, Inspiration 6 Comments »Lucy ended the year with a bang and a lot of presents and cake! From Christmas until the 29th, Lucy was going crazy opening up presents and was so excited. Lucky me, I got to make her birthday cake! She was super excited for her Minnie cake. I have been practicing drawing Minnie for the last few months to perfect Minnie for her cake. I think it turned out pretty well for free-handing with frosting. Not to toot my own horn, but I think it all came out pretty spectacular. Lucy loved it and maybe she didn’t eat much cake, but the frosting and chocolate on the cupcakes was sure good! No worries, I’ll let you all be the judge!
Gingerbread House Decorating Party!
Posted: December 20, 2011 Filed under: Baking, Food, Holidays, Parties | Tags: holiday weekend, martha stewart 3 Comments »Every year, well for the last 4 years now, I have had an annual Gingerbread house decorating Party! It is so much fun; however, a lot of work! Using the wonderful Martha Stewart homemade kit, I make all the houses myself and then everyone comes over to decorate and brings with them 2 bags of candy. This year, I went a little more laid back and only invited about 7 people and 3 came. Just the perfect amount. Last year, I slaved away making 15 house, which is a lot and a lot of molasses to buy! All of our houses were beautiful and none of them look the same at all. We all definitely have our own style! Best tradition ever and a great way to spend the holiday weekend!
And Captain Christmas came to join us! Mak’s new favorite nutcracker, I mean a pirate nutcracker what could me better?! More about him later though!
