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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Family Time!


A little late in this post, but a few weeks back we had a fun filled family weekend! Ryan’s grandparents were in town and it was also my grandmother’s birthday, so we got to spend a lot of quality time with our loved ones. I have to admit I really tried to take a lot of pictures but of course I wasn’t as successful as I had hoped, although I did have a cute little helper (I’ll explain further).
 
Mimi and Papa flew in Thursday and they were staying with us that night so we had everyone over for dinner. Side note: Not to brag but dinner was delish. I made a pasta dish and Sara made homemade garlic bread which was ooohh so good! Anyway, while Sara was preparing the bread Paige and I took some pictures. I have to give her full credit for the following two pictures, they made me smile! She might need some practice taking pictures :)


 
The next day we were all off from work and the boys went golfing while Mimi, Sara, the girls and I went to the mall. I love these sweet pictures of Charlotte and Paige playing.



 
That night we went to Koby and Sara’s house and again had an amazing dinner! I probably gained 10 pounds this weekend ; ) Paige and I took more pictures and I also snapped a picture of Ryan with his grandparents (not the best picture, but I do love how Paige photo bombed it, ha ha!).


 
Saturday, Ryan was off to College Station for the game and my family came over to celebrate my grandmother’s birthday. We ordered pizza and had some homemade strawberry cake (Pinterest recipe) that was absolutely amazing!




Of course Sunday came and we had to say goodbye to Mimi and Papa, but first we met everyone at our favorite breakfast spot. I got Sara to snap a picture as we were saying goodbye. What a fun weekend, so glad we got to spend so much time with everyone!
 

 

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Bunt Cake Happiness


A friend shared this recipe and it was too easy and too delicious not to pass it along.
Let me start by saying that I LOVE to bake, but sadly I never do since eating a dozen homemade chocolate chip cookies etc. isn’t the healthiest thing. So instead I bake when I know there will be a large group around to eat it! This week my boyfriend hosted a fantasy football draft so it was the perfect excuse to try a new recipe.

This one calls for 5 ingredients total:
German chocolate cake mix
Eggs
Oil
Water (quantities for the eggs, oil & water on cakebox)
Coconut pecan frosting
 
 
 


Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350
Mix all ingredients together  *I used my amazing kitchen aid mixer to do this, (thank you Kathy & D!!), but you could just use a bowl and spatula
Grease bunt pan
Place mixture in pan

Bake for 25 – 30 minutes (I checked mine at 25 minutes and it needed a little more time so it baked for 30 minutes total)

 
And that’s it! Enjoy!
Pam

Thursday, August 28, 2014

The Real World


After 8 years of college (yes 8 years and no I’m not a doctor), I finally graduated with my BS degree in May 2013. Since then I’ve been looking for new ways to fill my all-of-a-sudden pretty normal and not so hectic schedule. Let me tell ya working 40 + hours a week while being a student was not an easy thing, but thankfully that chapter of my life is over, although there was a moment there when I considered grad school, clearly I enjoy the torture! So now finally at 27, I find myself in what I call “The Real World.” Work, work-out, cook dinner (or watch my boyfriend cook dinner, I’m a lucky gal), a little junk TV, sleep and repeat. This schedule may bore some but I’ve actually looked forward to it! I enjoy the lazy nights at home, the grocery shopping, the cooking, the eating (especially the eating), the junk TV that makes me feel great about my life (ha ha), the time spent working on my career, the going to bed early, the waking up early, the work-outs, the time I get to hang out with family and friends, but most importantly I enjoy the drama-free, homework-free life!  
And in conclusion, here's to the new chapter filled with future posts about food, family, friends, my Aggie boyfriend and best friend, and any other of my many blessings I might have forgotten to mention. Life is good and god is great! Oh and because like I mentioned I'm in love with an Aggie, in honor of their first game of the season I must sign off like this...
Gigem!
A new blogger, Pam Pam