Lake Powell

Well hello, friends! I just returned from Lake Powell, so sorry about the blog pause. So I'm back and kind of sad. I realized I really enjoyed not wearing make up, even if my eyelashes and eyebrows were basically non existent. I also realized how much I love my family. Queue the heartfelt music. I also realized I would be completely content living in a trailer with my  future husband and travelling through National Parks. We'll both grow beards and eat jerky. Now that's hot.

So here are some amazing pictures, if you're into looking at pictures of me and my family, and a lake:

First off: A lovely picture of my first day sunburn. It was horrendously painful. And now I'm peeling. But the good news is that I am a tad tanner now that I'm back. Take notice of my sister's butt. She would hate me for this.

 This is my favoritest dog in the world, Coda, on one of my favoritist cousins, Karly. This was just 2 PrEsH

 Here is Rachel writing in her journal, most likely about me...or her boyfriend...but probably me.

 We found this sweet little cove, no one came in and bothered us. It was bliss.

 This is our house boat. I loved it. The whole lot of us slept on top. We were all squished. I probably ate at least 20 bugs a night. Tops, 40.

 I think my little brother took this, but I thought it was cool. Oh,and great news! I learned how to Slalom! I most likely didn't spell that right. Well I kind of learned, I got up, but could only stand up for a few seconds.  But if you see me talking to someone about this, keep it on the DL. Because I totally believe in exaggeration when it comes to skill. So What?

 This is my beautiful aunt, Kellee. I love her oh so much. Her and her husband are so cool. Maybe I'll hang a poster of them in my room. Oh, and here is yet another photo my sister would not be happy about. We love her though. Because she is beautiful. Even Beyonce has bad photos. Right? I'm sure. Maybe.

 This is me and Eli's futuristic castle. It was way cool. The chamber on the left is my home. So quaint, but not too showy, but big enough that the kingdom can see it. And the princes. They can see it too.

 Here's my daddy, doing laundry. A bar of soap and lake water was the closest we got to laundering and showering.

 Now for all of you animal activists and animal lovers, please don't look at these next pictures. And if you do, realize that I love Coda, he's one of my pals, and he is in a life jacket. This is safe. We thought. But we know now.


Here we are, strapping him in...so that he can....

 SKI!! look at my little Coda, skiing! This is such a precious moment for all of us. The houseboat closest to us were all looking at us, as they probably should. I got a video of it. I'll probably put it on Youtube. Anyways, so sweet yet probably so wrong. That's our family.

 And here is my parting picture: Me, with my eyes closed, the cutest little cousin ever, Jude, and Rachel, but a good photo of her.

I loved Powell, and I love you.

Nicole

When Life gives you Lemons...

My mumsie, Caitlin and me decided to make some lemon cupcakes for a baby shower. 3 hours later, covered in lemon zest and flour, we had made some most Delicious little cakes in cups.

We had also made the mistake of deciding to make fondant baby shower decorations for cupcake toppers. They turned out cute, but it took us another 2 hours. Now I watch Cake Boss with a whole new level of appreciation.

So after all of this work, what else could I do but post pictures of these decadents? Nothing. That's what. So sit here and look at multiple pictures of cupcakes, because what else would you do on the Internet? Check FB? Nah.

Golden aren't they?

My Mumsie frosted these. With love. And lemon cream cheese frosting.

And here's yet another picture of food, just in case you wanted to see more.

Here she is, frosting some more.

These are all the little fondants we made.

Close up.

The recipe said it made 8 cupcakes, so we tripled it. But little did we know they meant 8 super large cupcakes. We had leftovers so we made Jay, my little bro, a birfday cake.

Birthday wishes go to my little bro. He's turning tween! He is getting oh so big. My big Teddy bear of a brother.

Love, Nicole

Food Fest

Alrighty. What shall I blog about today? Why, none other than Bountiful's Food Fest. I'm pretty sure that wasn't the official name, but it was beautiful. You bought tickets and then tried different food with your tickets. Like a food fair of fun. I went with family. I'm pretty sure it was the milk custard I had there that made me sick. The company shall go un-named, it was yummy. Just poisonous.
Picture Time? YES:

This first picture is of my adorable cousin Hazel and her scold. She doesn't always look like that. Only when she's looking at me.Or maybe it's the sun.. And my aunt Kellee, they just got back from London, and I now have something to do this summer!

 Below is Jude.My other adorable cousin. He watched this commercial for diapers and now all he can say is "I poo in Blue" That was my fault. I showed it to him. But look at his pout. aww.

 This is the best action photo ever. Totally caught Cait in the act of licking this yummy cupcake. Perfection...And Confections! HA!

 This is just a photo of me. Smiling all dorky. Yes, I have a bottom lip.I don't quite know what my mouth is doing in this.
 This is my lovely grandma. She would hate to know this is on the Internet, but I just wanted a picture of her enjoying her food. My grandma is so hip. I borrow from her closet when I want to look cool.

And now, the finale. This is the Hot New Zealand Didgeridoo Tribal Dancer I creepily took a picture of. I circled him, just in case you couldn't find him. Notice how he was totally looking at me taking this picture of him while he was refreshing his body with some tribal water? probably normal water. Either way, he's hot as.

PS. I totally made a funny noise out loud while he was tribal dancing. It was a mix of an "OW OW" and an "MMM". One can only imagine. My aunt made fun of me all night.

Love,
Nicole