Catching up

Hello everyone! I am very sorry for not posting in over a week! (GASP!) I have been really been busy with school, and to put it bluntly, I haven't had anything to write about! ;)

Catching Up:

The Super Bowl

I went to a super bowl party that my church had for my youth group. I was very pleased that the Saints won! Whoo hooo!! (In all honesty I don't really understand football, but I play along and cheer for the team who has the best colors, mascot, and symbol. Leave it to me to do something like that. Shhhhhh! Its our little secret!)

Abby's birthday!!!

Tomorrow is my sisters birthday! YAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBY!!! I got her an AMAZING present but I can't share until after she gets it. (It still hasn't arrived in the mail, so I am thinking she will have to wait until her party. Oh well!) I think tomorrow we well have my Gigi over and eat dinner. Abby's request was shrimp and okra gumbo- Yum!

Valentines Day (Or Single Awareness Day, which ever you prefer)

We still haven't exactly decided what we will do, but every Valentines Day my dad gets us a little something, like chocolate or jewelry. I am really excited! Yesterday at school, I made all of the people in my class, and my teachers, some chocolate covered pretzel sticks. They turned out looking lovely! They were dipped in milk chocolate, and then I took white chocolate, dyed it pink and did a zig zag pattern on the top of each pretzel. On the very top I added some clear sugar crystals, for a more valen-tiny effect. (HA!) I attached each of the peoples names to them. Everyone was thrilled! And plus they were easy to make, and really fun. Hey, I should start a business! ;) I wish I had taken pictures, but its a little to late. ;( But maybe I will be able to take pictures, I just remembered, I think me and my friends are going to have a Valentines Day party, and I was considering bringing some of those! If I do, I will try to remember to take pictures!

I hope you all have a lovely Valentines Day!

XOXO
CCR

On Sunday we went to my grandmas house. She was sick on my birthday and could not make it for my birthday lunch. ;( She made us a wonderful lunch of....

chicken and brie croissants

butter beans, & corn

brownies with raspberries and ice cream

She gave me my very first pair of tiny diamond stud earrings. I am thrilled! I didn't expect it. She also gave me some Dove dark chocolate! YUM!!

My coffee travel mug also came Sunday! My two best friends gave it to me at church.

I know- my monogram is backwards but I took the picture on my computer, and if I had flipped it, the 'R' would have been upside down. IT also came with a really cute pink and green background as well! I love them both so much! THANKS EVERYONE!!

xoxo

CCR

Happy Birthday 2 ME!!

YIPPIE! My birthday is in 2 days! Actually 1 day, 8 hours, 36 minutes and 20 seconds. (HA HA! Thanks IGoogle birthday countdown! HA;)

Any ways, I looked up birthday cakes and petit fours in honor of my birthday, and there are some gorgeous things out there!! WOW!!

I love all of the monograms! So preppy!

Petit fours are so cute and dainty!!

I just don't know how people work with fondant

GORGEOUS!!

Sincerely,

CCR

P.s. I did two post in one day, so scroll down and give your opinion on the previous post!

Farmers Market, rambling, birthday parties, rambling, zip lines, rambling.

AHHH!!! HOME AGAIN!! I am so tired and if this post contains a lot of rambling- You have my permission not to read the whole thing. ;)

The day started early. VERY EARLY! how about thinking about 4 something. Yikes! AS Lauren says "Any time beginning with 4 and ending with A.M is bound to be a disaster." SO true, so true. I believe that was the only time in my life I have gotten up that early. (Should I be ashamed?;)

My alarm clock went off and I got out of bed, and turned it off. Then all of the sudden I decided to lay in bed a couple minutes to wake up. I hate jumping out of bed to quickly. I need to wake up fully. Anyways I fell asleep after several minutes of 'waking up,' and did not wake up until 5:30 when I heard the door bell. (5:30 is when Miriam was coming to pick me up.) I jumped out of bed and felt really dizzy, and then the sickening realization came. (It felt like missing the last step on a staircase- my stomach dropped) I was not AT ALL ready and I was supposed to be walking out the door. AT that time. My mom and I got the door, and asked if they could wait several minutes. Several minutes it was. 6 to be exact. 6 MINUTES!!! THAT is ridiculous! I have never gotten ready for anything at all in 6 minutes!! WHHOOOOTT WHOOT- for new world records!!!

We left around 5:36, and when we got there, we set up our table. By 8:30 I had made- $2. Yes two dolla's. After all that work and time!!! but by the end I had made some money for my time and for supplies. Not to mention some extra spending money. I am glad I was not stuck with 2 dollars.

We had a great time, and it was a good experience.

Yesterday was a friends birthday party. She invited several people to play in their pond (let met tell you- if fish are not in a nice glass jar on your dresser- they really scare me. I have had creepy dreams about them.) They have 5 sip lines- the crows nest, the beast, the wet, and the wild. They have another small one but it does not have a name. The wet and the wild are over their pond, so it was really fun to drop off on rafts as you were going. We played in the pond a little, and that was fun all though kind of scary because this creepy bug eyed minnow kept swimming beside my leg.

Out of 5 people at the party only me and one other girl did the crows nest. (I have no clue why I did it because I am not a dare devil.) They had a good reason for not wanting to. It was VERY HIGH! Plus you had to climb up the tree near to the top branches. My mom said she guessed it was about 70 feet up in the air, but I do not know if it was that high. I think she was exaggerating, because it was shocking to her, to see her kid up in a tree about to fly over a pond. (Not to say it was not high, it was, just maybe not that high.) One of the worst parts was jumping off of a tree. There was no platform, you were just standing in between two big branches.

Lets just be clear. I did it twice. IT WAS WONDERFUL!!! You felt like you were flying, especially when you did not hold on, and stretched your arms out. (I had a harness.) Me and Miriam went on a smaller zip line over the pond at the same time Bethany went from the Crows nest. She flew right over us, and we were under her. It was crazy!!

We made snow cones and had some snacks which were really good. The whole time we did zip lines.

Tonight I am going to another birthday party. I hope it will be fun. Its for a really sporty girl from my class, and we will be playing things like basketball and volley ball. I am VERY BAD at sports. Terrible. Like running from the ball bad. oh well, I can be a cheerleader. JUST KIDDING!

Pray for me and that I do not get knocked out from a volley ball.
-Caroline

Parties and planning

Today has been a really fun day.

My mom and I dropped off my sisters and then headed over to my grandmas house to take her to breakfast for her 80th birthday. We went to Panera and got bagels, that were really good, after that we went by Walmart and got my memaw some flowers.

We decided we needed a gallon of strawberries so we went to this cute little strawberry farm. My mom said I could pick some. (My first time picking them this year!!;) I would love to go back soon. There were lots of strawberries and they taste great!

We planted my grandmas Vinca's and then left for home. At 1:00 I had my cake decorating class. We made daffodils, and pansy icing flowers. I love cake decorating although it does take a latte of muscle and makes your arms feel sore after squeezing that little tube of icing. Its like painting on a cake. I find that really neat!

When I got home, I read a book and just hung out!! Tonight is our churches picnic, it looks like nice weather, but I hope it doesn't rain. I thought it might earlier today, but it didn't. (Thank heavens)

On Sunday my mom and her sisters are putting together an 80th birthday party for my grandma. Since my grandma used to garden so much when she was younger, we thought we would do a garden theme. If we can find a croquet set, we will have that set up in the yard. My grandma gave us some gorgeous Peonies (my favorite!) and rhododendrons. Hopefully they will keep until Sunday! I can't wait until SUNDAY!!! My cake decorating teacher is going to be making the cake. The food is all planned out- cucumber sandwiches, tea, crab tip, fruit, veggies, cake and many other things, only I can not remember them at this moment. So it should be a good party, and I hope she is blessed by it.

I will try and take a lot of pictures of the party!

-xoxox

Caroline

Kiddy Cook Book

Some time last year, I was helping my grandma clean out her pantry and get rid of cook books she never used. She gave me a cook book, for little kids, called "Cooking For Little Chefs."

It has such ADORABLE illustrations and is different from other cook books. Here is one page out of it.

Chocolate Nut Drop Cookies

I wish ALL cook books showed pictures of the measurements!

Sorry about the pages being blurry.

March 12th was my sister, Lauren's, 17th BIRTHDAY!!! HAPPY BIRTDHAY LAUREN!!! My sister, Abby, and I ordered her some 'Ralph Lauren Rocks' Perfume. Hopefully it will come soon. Heres an Acrostic for your name Lauren!

L- Lovable

A- AWESOME oldest sister

U- Unique

R- Really friendly

E- Enjoys Style

N- Narnin- My nickname for her when I was really little!! ;)

♥O♥O♥O♥O♥O HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOLLY!!! WE LOVE YOU!!! ♥X♥X♥X♥X♥X

Gargoyles- Completely different topic but I love em! (well some of them at least, not the creepy faced naked things! ;0)

But our friends have this lion on either side of their door.

Isn't it neat?!? I have heard before that they are supposed to keep bad 'spirits' from entering the house, BUT I do not believe in that stuff I just think that are unique.

CAROLINE

Funky Picture

We got this picture from my great grandma, and I really think it looks like something off of 'Pride and Prejudice' (the old amazing 6 hour version!) or 'Jane Eyre.' (I love that one as well.)
sorry about the glare!
It was definitely my favorite picture in her house.


On to Abby's birthday. Yep, its today!! we are having our grandparents over, and her friend Miriam. (http://miriamelise.blogspot.com/)
Miriam is doing the sweetest thing- taking Abby out for lunch, to Panera!! isn't that nice? It will most likely be the high light of her day since she still had to go to school. For dinner we are having

• Vinegar chicken


• Green beans


• scalloped potato's

• foolish pie (Its an old family TOP SECRET recipe, served with fresh strawberries and whipped cream. Did I make you hungry?)

Does your family have any TOP SECRET recipes? (You don't have to share the recipe, just comment on what it is like!;)
I went and got her present yesterday, but I can't tell you because Abby will most likely read this!

At 1:30 I am going to my cake decorating class!! HURRAY! I haven't been since before Christmas so that ought to be fun!