Dulce turns two

Here is one of my three adorable neices. This is Dulce. She is such a doll. She turned two on Feb 19. She lives in Michigan so I don't see her too much. But she is a cutie. My sister has super cute kids.

Horchatas

Please tell me that you have ordered a Horchata when you went to a Mexican Restaurant? I order a Horchata basically every time I go to a Mexican restaurant. Well I got online and found a recipe and made this Horchata.


It was pretty easy, but took a long time. You put 1 cup of uncooked long grain rice in a blender with 5 cups of water, and blend it for 1-2 minutes. You then let it soak for 3-6 hours. I prefer 6 hours. It turns the water really white. Then you strain the rice out, and add milk, vanilla, almond extract, cinnamon and sugar to the rice-soaked water and blend. It was delicious. And I made enchiladas on the side.

Oh, and don't forget about Valentines. Tyler brought me some roses, and Chocolate covered strawberries. Yum.

Happy Happy Birthday Dad!

So Feb 7 was my awesome Dad's Birthday. He turned 72. Ok, not really. Just 58. Look how awesome he is? We had a birthday party for him at my brother Fred's house.



Here are the cupcakes I made for my Dad's birthday. They are Fudge Chocolate cupcakes, with Cream Cheese frosting and vanilla cream filling. They were delicious. I literally ate 5 on Sunday.

Stop the Rain. We are going to flood.

So we almost had a little flooding problem. It was on Jan 24. Tyler and I came home from Dinner, and with the snow melting and all the rain, we were having a little problem. It was at around 11:30pm and our rug in our entry way was wet. The water was leaking in. So we went outside, and found a broken snow shovel, and a garbage can. Yes, the white one in the picture. I scooped up the water in the garbage can, walked across the lawn and dumped it where the lawn slanted downward while Tyler flung it with a snow shovel. It took an hour and a half but we got it off the cement. Here are all my footprints. Luckily that night it snowed, and froze all the water. And I guess it just slowly disappeared because it's not there anymore.

When we woke up, It was back the way it was the night before. but luckily, this time we got a pump to pump the water out so we didn't have to do it by hand. We have sand bags lined up on our porch now. You know, similar to a bomb shelter. We are keeping them there just in case.

Oh, why hello Awesome Hawaii shoes and awesome Tyler.

Besides our flooding, Tyler does work in the flower business for a wholesale flower dealer, so I haven't really seen him too much being almost Valentines. And Valentines = Flowers. Do you know they double the price of roses for Valentines Day? No thanks on the roses. Maybe just some new shoes or a coat would be fine.

Oh, and I have been watching some great shoes lately. Oh, and I have caught up on all my favorite TV Shows lately. I love Ugly Betty! It is so funny. I love Amanda and Mark, not just because she has the same name as me, but because she plays her part so well. I love it.

Oh, and then there is Flight of the Conchords. So Funny.

Happy Happy Birthday Rusty, Jake and Becky!

Happy Birthday Rusty!
Oh how I miss my awesome brother Rusty.
He turned 22 on Jan 23.
Don't you just love this picture?
He parted his hair to the side and is wearing my dad's reading glasses.
When Rusty did this Tyler yelled, "Wayne, Wayne."
Obviously Rusty looks like a "Wayne."
It makes me laugh every time I look at it. I love it.
Rusty is on his mission. he has been out for 7 months. It's
going by so slow.

Happy Birthday Jacob.
Jacob turned maybe like 24 or something on Feb 4.
We love Jacob.
No cupcakes for him, We didn't see him for his birthday.
Maybe next time.

And last but not least,
Happy Birthday Becky Lee!
Becky Lee turned 22.
It was pretty intense.
All I have is her engagement picture, or just a picture of her profile view.
This one is better.

Here are Becky's Birthday Cupcakes. They're Vanilla, with Vanila Frosting,
and Chocolate Ganache.