Going to the Chapel!

My wonderful friend, Sheena, is getting married this weekend!

My mom and I were so lucky to be part of her bridal brunch yesterday morning. 

The proceeds from these cookies will be donated to The Mission Continues,

a non-profit organization started by her fiance, Eric.

Happy Birthday, Judge!

This summer, I've been interning with Judge Plese in the Spokane Superior Court.
It's been a fantastic experience, mostly because Judge Plese is so fantastic!
We celebrated her birthday this week with a quick party between trials.
Happy birthday, Judge Plese!

50 years old! YIKES!

This weekend, we celebrated my Uncle Marco's 50 birthday! 

Yes, I did say 50!

He's the youngest of my madre's four siblings.

So, needless to say, they're all feeling a bit old right now, hehe.

Even though he's 50, I'm fairly certain he's the youngest 50 year-old you'll ever meet.

In fact, my Uncle Dave bought him a fancy-pants skateboard for his birthday.

He's working on his first trick:

DOING A HANDSTAND ON THE SKATEBOARD!

How many 50 year-olds do you know who can do that?!

It was really wonderful to get to celebrate his big 5-0 with the whole family.

Happy birthday, Uncle Marco!

Happy Father's Day!

Oh, hello there!

Happy Father's Day!

Did you know I have one of the best fathers in the world?

Well, I really do!

These cookies are supposed to look like pieces of wood, 

but I'm not sure how well that worked out!

I also made some cookies for my grandpa because, well, he's the best too!

Congratulations Aaron and Timmers!

These are my friends Aaron Bear and Timmers.

Okay, their real names are Aaron and Timothy, 

but they prefer to be called Aaron Bear and Timmers.

Okay, it's just me

...and their mom too...

who prefers to call them Aaron Bear and Timmers.

Anyway, these two lovely brothers both received their backelor's degrees this last weekend!

Congratulations, boys!

Timmers graduated from San Francisco State University and

Aaron graduated from the University of Idaho.

I made cookies for them both in their school colors.

Purple and gold (okay, it's really just yellow...but I tried to put some sparklies in to make more goldy)

for Timmers and black and gold for Aaron.

Hope you had a lovely Memorial Day weekend!  

Lemons and Limes

Here Comes the Bride!

My friend, Amy, is getting married!

We had a work bridal shower for her today at work.

I attempted to make these cookies and cupcakes to match her wedding colors.  

The cupcakes looked pretty good...the yellow on the cookies, not so much.

It kind of looked like a sugar cookie with a piece of American cheese on top.

Perhaps that's why I didn't take a picture of 'em :)

But I can assure you it didn't take like American cheese....just yummy sugar cookies!

I love mint cookies!

These Double Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies are the best midnight snack!  

So yummy! 

They're the most delicious right out of the oven!  

Poppin' 'em in the microwave for a few seconds also does the trick!

Did you notice that these pictures were taken outside?!  

Yes, it's finally sunny enough to take pictures outside!

Yes, this was the first week that the weather in Spokane got over 60 degrees!

Yes, I'm very excited about it!

More Scones!

I couldn't stop myself from making more 

scones in my mini-scone pan!

This time I threw in a little dark chocolate and some raspberries...yum, yum!

Did I mention I'm in the middle of law school finals and would much rather bake than study?  :)

Oh, I almost forgot...please pardon the 

terrible picture quality!

I've been lazy lately and have taken most of my 

baking pictures with my iPhone.  

Sometimes they turn out pretty good, 

sometimes they don't...this time they didn't! 

Oh well!

The Himalayas

Just came across this picture and thought I'd share a silly story.

Do you know where my baking career started?

Well, it started in the Himalayas.

In the summer of 2008, I found myself in the middle of India

with a mean craving for cinnamon rolls.

So, what did I do?

I made some cinnamon rolls, of course!
At the time, I really didn't think it was going to work.

Let me tell you, rolling cinnamon rolls out with the side of a 

dirty Nalgene bottle is less than ideal.

But they still tasted pretty beyond yummy, 

especially compared to everything else I'd been cookin' up over the last month.

Hope you're having a wonderful Spring day!

P.S. Can you believe how tan I am in that picture?!
I guess that's what happens when you don't really go inside for an entire month.
Okay, maybe a little of it's caked on dirt...but let's just pretend it's all tan.