Mary's Bachelorette Party!

When you lived in a house of 9 girls every once in a while the weddings a bachelorette parties will gang up on you! At the end of this semester we had a party for Alyssa, Erin, and Mary all in one week! These pictures are from Mary's party, the last one we had. I didn't mind, if I must party again again and again I'll make the sacrifice!
Our favorite part is the DANCING!!!!!! This me, Haylee (blonde curly), Hysen (singing along) and Mary, the Bachelorette, in front.

I don't think Alyssa (back left) was drunk, but this picture suggests otherwise. Hysen and I are wedding planners for bride Alyssa whose getting married in September. Also pictured is the fabulous Joy!

With so many of us getting married, moving out, or moving away we took the time to take pictures as one big group! Vogue baby, Vogue. Back left - right: Brittany, Hysen, Mary, Erin, Joy and Alyssa. Front: Haylee and ME!

I love these girls SOOO much! They were some of my favorite roommates I've ever had. They all have such cheerful and loving spirits. There were dance parties, late night cookies, well prepared dinners, and just sheer bliss in the house we shared. I wish them all the best life has to offer! Love you Club Hemming Sister!

A Smokey Day in Rexburg!

Ever wondered what 2500 acres on fire looked like? It looks like a cloudy purple day! The fields outside of Rexburg burst into flame and then because of blazing winds it spread like, well, wild fire!
My niece Kianna and I were packing up and I noticed the sky looked extra dark, but figured it was just an incoming storm. Then Ben texted me and said that there was a huge fire outside of town! We grabbed the camera, high tailed it up to temple point (the highest part of Rexburg), and started documenting. Remember it was a crystal clear day so the only clouds in the sky is just the smoke!
I love this picture of the lone camera man and the incoming smoke.

Here's what things looked like up on temple point.

All the purple smoke covering Rexburg down below.

And finally how everything looked right outside my apartment. It got to be so thick that it blocked out the sun! What a good day to keep my inhaler close! :P

Ok family and friends! I have found my new FAVORITE dessert to make and they were an absolute HIT at the party I took them too. They're called 'Cupcake-Pops' and they're super easy to make!
I've been obsessed with the idea of making these since I tried them at my sis-in-law's Martha's wedding reception.

Prep: I bought a box cake (you can use ANY box cake you would like) White cake is my fav so thats what I made. You cook the cake as the instructions say. After its baked and cooled you mix in one can of cream cheese frosting until its an all over gooey consistency. Take the mixture and wrap them around lollypop sticks that you can pick up at any cooking store. Then pop them in the fridge for a couple hours OR overnight like I did. Here are the my 'naked' pops the next morning.

Make sure you have all your ingredients on hand. You'll need melting CANDY chocolate. You can't use anything soft for the outer coating or else they'll just end up tasting mooshy, yuck.

The best way to melt chocolate down for candy is called double boiling. Since I don't have another pot or bowl so I just used a small frying pan that actually worked out great! Melt down the chocolate. Then roll each pop into the chocolate and try to get it as even as possible

It was HOT in our Idaho kitchen so I brought in the fan to help cool them off. Also it helped to keep the pops I hadn't dipped in chocolate yet in the freezer. This way they stayed firm while being dipped.

Half way done!!

This is what happens when you let the un-covered pops get room temp. They get weighed down and fall off the stick! I only had on die on me. It was delicious death :)

AND FINISHED!!!! Originally I planned to melt down the mint chips to decorate the other pops with BUT I ran out of time before the party. I decided to just scatter them onto the cookie sheet to spice up the presentation.

This weekend I plan to make a carrot cake with a white chocolate coating. Hope you all enjoy!!! Love you!!!