Love Summer Love Sweets

So I want to talk about how much I love the summers in Utah. The weather is so great. We just got back from an evening walk, where both my kids fell asleep. (That was the plan) That avoids hours of storybook reading, prayers, teeth brushing, singing, laying and checking in on the chillens till they are out. After our Family Home Evening lessons tonight we decided a walk outside (with the kids locked in the stroller) was our activity. Quick jamies and teeth and we were out. Now, I want to talk about how much I love sweets (mostly chocolate), I think I have an addiction.

I went shopping with my sister and went a little crazy with the stuff I bought. But the best thing was this ginormous bucket of cookie cutters. Baking is Collins new hobby and my new best skill. I had Collin lay out all the cookie cutters he wanted to us on the counter. Finally I had to stop him.

So, as you can see, cutting out the cookies didn't even work. I handed Collin a cup of water to drink... and he poured it in the dough we were making together when I turned my back. I saw him try to sneak it all fast. So I kept trying to add more flour, then more sugar, then more flour, then another egg, then a little butter, and eventually I thought it MAY work. I thought my skills took care of the problem. But I was wrong.

The Silitila family came over and we had so much fun playing with dough and frosting our BLOBS of cooked dough. Then we ate dinner at the park and went for a late night swim together! We love you guys thanks for visiting from AZ!

Yeah, as I was saying at the beginning, lately I have been AWESOME at BAKING!! Look at how professional these cakes below look. I baked them from scatch. I didn't dare show anyone when I made them a week ago, but now I feel is the time to share. I am considering starting Pampered Chef.

*Thought I must confess- the chocolate frosting was really good. I mean really good. But since the cake looked so... so , well you can see, so pretty... I couldn't take it to any neighbors. So unfortunately I just took on a few extra pounds on my gut! I tried to give it to the Whalens and the Rameys when we had FHE together and they REFUSED it!


Swimming at Lisa's House, always lots of fun! Love you Lisa! Collin is always trying to steal Conlis toys, and she is never happy about it. I don't blame her.

Ice Cream eating... couldn't be anything better than eating a real big chocolate ice cream cone on your back porch after a day at the pool. Mine was double stacked, and I downed it much faster than a girl should be allowed to.

I was about to press "Publish Post" and I just thought of this....My birthday is coming up in a little and I think I am going to make a goal, no treats until my birthday. Now, since I wrote this on my blog, I will have to stick to it, or I will feel dumb. Wish me luck. hAPpY sUMmEr TImEs to all!