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Marzipan

It is getting near halloween and I need to start early to insure that I am entirely prepared for the Halloween season. I have been on a hunt for cute Halloween Recipes. I was looking in the Country Living magazine when I came across this picture.
The stems are made out of Marzipan which is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and Almond meal.

I also found a recipe for marzipan on Pickypalate:

Marzipan

8 ounces almond paste
2 cups icing sugar
3 to 5 tablespoons light corn syrup

1.To make the marzipan combine the almond paste and 1 cup of the icing sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat with the paddle attachment on low speed until sugar is almost absorbed.

2.Add the remaining 1 cup of sugar and mix until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.

3.Add half the corn syrup, then continue mixing until a bit of the marzipan holds together when squeezed, adding additional corn syrup a little at a time, as necessary: the marzipan in the bowl will still appear crumbly.

4.Transfer the marzipan to a work surface and knead until smooth.



Soo.... I went on a hunt for Marzipan, or Almond Paste. I went the Bosch store, they didn't have it. They told me it would be at a grocery store. Well... I couldn't find it at Maceys that night either.

The next day Hailie and I went to Maceys, Unfortunately I forgot my wallet at home friday. So Hailie got some marzipan and almond paste.

Andrew: What are you going to use this for?

Hailie:" I don't know, Mandy pressured me into buying it, I told her I would come back later but she said, "no just get it now".

Well, little did I know, Marzipan is awesome.

We have, a Marzipan Monster

Marzipan Pigs

Even, this Marzipan Baby.

Honestly, I don't think I would want to eat the Marzipan baby after hours of molding and shaping it. Plus, it has hair. So, I don't think that I am going to make something that advanced. But, I am going to make the awesome pumpkins cakes with marzipan stems. That's more on my level.

Hawaii shoes...

I went to Hawaii when I was in the first grade... So I was like 7 right? I got this exact pair of shoes probably in a size 2 or something. Well being 7, little did I know that I would need a size 8 for later in life. Probably about 5 pairs of them to last me for a few years. By that time, I would have someone I knew going to Hawaii so I could have them get me a pair. They were my favorite shoes then, but I grew out of them and who knows where they went??? Well sometimes I will see these shoes at random stores. For example, The Quilted Bear. But there is always something wrong with them that persuade me not to buy them. The Quilted Bear ones had the melted seam right down the middle of the straps. That's not going to work. And they can't be black either. They have to be the weird brown colored ones. Hawaii makes the best ones. My sister-in-law Laura has a pair, which made me remember how much I like them. Then I borrowed her shoes for a day. And now I NEED a pair.
Well, I HAVE BEEN SAVED. Jessie, Tyler's little sister moved out to Hawaii to go to school. So... I guess you can say I reminded her around 10 times to not forget to get me some Hawaii shoes while she is out there. So basically, my wish has been fulfilled.

I need to cut my hair

So... I think I should probably cut my hair.
Anyways. My Hair is getting too long and drab. I need to spice it up. So I am thinking I should cut my hair like this Rihanna's to the right. It is super cute. I've always had long hair. We'll see if I dare cut it this short.

Moving

Tyler and I are moving... Again.
Tyler found us the apartment we are living in now two days before our wedding. You won't
believe how hard it is to get an apartment, untill you are searching close to the first of the semester. Something will be posted on Craigslist for 20 minutes and when you call it is already taken. So... How Tyler got us this apartment is he sat on the computer for 3 hours hitting refresh every two minutes watching for new apartment listings to pop up on Craigslist and KSL. He got in the shower, and when he go out a listing had popped up for an apartment that had been posted for 7 minutes. He called on it, and went to meet the guy right then, and got the apartment.

We moved in on Monday, Aug 11. We went to R.C. Willey and got a steal of a deal on a couch and a chair. Unfortunately, living in a basement apartment, The couch couldn't fit through the door because of it's length and I was so mad.

Well, Thursday Aug 14, Tyler's sister Amber called us to tell us an apartment was available that we had been waiting for. We had been waiting for it since around February. So, we went and looked at it and decided to move again. Luckily, we didn't return our awesome couch that we bought because we can now use it in our new apartment. I'm pretty excited.

We are moving again on Sept 1. It took long enough to move last time. It sucks that we are moving so soon again. And lately, I haven't found anything I hate much more than Cardboard. I hate the texture, I hate the little fuzzy texure, and I hate the way it makes my hands feel. I wish I could get huge plastic gloves that go up to my shoulder when I come in contact with cardboard. It's ok... I guess it's only one more move to a bigger a-p-t.

So... Tyler and I finally got married on August 8. We were so ready for it to be over the night before our wedding. It ended up being an amazing day. The rain was perfect timing. It started just as we were driving from Manti to Fairview for our luncheon. Luckily, the rain waited for us to finish our pictures before it poured. I don't have any pictures from our wedding yet. I got this one from Amber's blog. I'll post some more later.
Our reception turned out awesome. It was like a big party for me and Tyler. My Mom made it all happen. she did such an amazing job on the reception. She workerd her butt off for it. We got an awesome turn out. Tons of people came. We got some awesome presents too. I got this BOMB rice cooker from Jordie Omer and Janessa Christensen. Seriously. I think everyone should seriously consider buying one. It cooks the rice all by its lonesome. All you have to do is put rice and water in the bowl, close the lid and press, "white rice". It's that simple. Then in 20 minutes you have delicious white fluffy rice. We also got this sweet toaster that has an egg cooker on the side. I love it. I can make breakfast sandwiches with it. Oh and Tyler's aunt Kelly made us the most amazing quilt. I can't wait to use it on our bed after we move.

For our Honeymoon we went to Las Vegas because I really wanted to go there. Luckily Tyler's Dad lent us his air-conditioned car because neither mine nor Tyler's car has working air conditioning. We stayed in the Hilton Hotel on the south strip. It was pretty sweet. We had this amazing king bed that we could sprawl and not even hit each other. Then we came home from the honeymoon to a full sized bed. Not so roomy. Seriously though, who would have thought that the only reason Paris Hilton is famous is because her Grandfather was the founder of Hilton Hotels???

Anyways... Some highlights of our trip.

We went to M&M World which was Awesome Possum. They had such awesome stuff. They had everything you can imagine with M&Ms on it. I didn't get anything because Tyler told me I should save my money for something I actually really wanted. I never really found anything I really wanted, so I should have bought those green M&M earrings. Maybe next time.
Tyler and I heard that
Vegas Hotels have these huge amazing buffets with tons of food. We heard The Belagio was the best. So... We went to the Belagio to eat. There was a humongous line for the Buffet. We stood there for probably about an hour and a half to eat. Everyone was right about Las Vegas buffets being really elaborate. It wasn't as good as we thought it would be. They did have everything though. They had any kind of sea food you could think of, and this huge dessert bar which was the most alluring to me since I am a sugar Junkie. I ended up disappointed. It wasn't that great for looking so delectable. Tyler and I did hit up Planet Hollywood and we went to the Miracle Mile shops. It has excellent Shopping I might add. It was sweet. Tyler didn't have as much fun at the shopping times. I didn't get to shop as much as I wanted to. Tyler isn't much of a clothes shopper. He prefers electronics and media. Tyler did gamble for his first time. He lost $9.00 and won 35 cents. It was pretty cool. We kept the voucher instead of cashing it in for the whopping 35 cents. Being married is sweet. It's like we're little girls slumbering everynight.

Breaking Dawn

So... The Twilight's forth and final book, Breaking Dawn, was released yesterday. There is a lot dissension on who Bella will end up with, Jacob or Edward.

My opinion... I highly doubt she will end of with Jacob Black... My reasoning for this:

- Bella has to be turned into a vampire. They had made a promise to the Volturi. If Bella doesn't turn into a vampire, she will be killed as will Edward.

-Jacob Black can't protect her. The Volturi are the most powerful vampires in the world. There is no way Jacob Black would stand a chance as a little warewolf.

- In New Moon when Edward left Bella and moved away, Bella was miserable for months beyond months. Yes Jacob was there to help her, and comfot her, but he didn't take the pain away, he just occupied her brain a little bit. She would still do dangerous things to hear Edward's voice even though her and Jacob had a very strong friendship.

- Bella can't live without Edward... That's all there is to it, Edward makes her melt because he

is so perfect; his affection, how he talks to her, how he treats her. Jacob is just a stupid jerk. Bella said She loved Jacob, but Bella never had described how strong she loves Jacob like she does about Edward. Edward always makes her body do weird things. Jocob does nothing like that to her.

- Bella said herself, she can't live without Edward and she never wants him to ever leave her again. She wishes she didn't have to choose between Edward and Jacob, but she already has, and she can live without Jacob. Maybe she loves Jacob but maybe in a different way.

Of course Jacob is going to try to sabotage the forth book. But in the end, Bella and Edward will end up together.

It's going to be awesome.