just kari

This past weekend, the city of Edmond, Oklahoma held their 2nd Annual Hound Hunt.  We don't have kids (yet), so we HAD to take our fur-baby to this!  Waiting so patiently to start. 1, 2, 3, GO!! She really didn't know what the heck was going on, but it was still fun. There were treats inside all of the eggs, so she kept sniffing them. So proud of all of her eggs :) All the yummies!!

I'm just a little late at posting these beautful, photo-worthy cupcakes.  (If you could hear me, you would sense my sarcasm!)  They may not look as pretty as the original recipe pictures, but they were a disaster a lot of fun to make!  My mom found the cute little sheep cupcake recipe and I found the others.  We spent the ENTIRE day before Easter slaving away in the kitchen.  We never could have imagined the hard work that we put into these damn cupcakes!!  After the first dozen, we decided to just ice them and throw some sprinkles on top.  Most of the recipes called for a batter made from scratch...ummm...we cheated and used box cake mix!  Lamb Cupcakes adapted from the  Imperial Sugar Website  (told you the orignal ones were cuter!) Easter Egg Basket Cupcake adapted from here . Bunny Rabbit Cupcake adapted from here . Easter Bark adapted from here . After we had all the fun we could ...

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone!!  I had so much fun preparing this post...I got to drink booze and eat cake!   Now, that's what I call lucky!  The hubs and I decided to stay home since we have been under allergy attack all week.  I'm ok with having seasonal allergies...but not EVERY season!!  I'm so excited to share all the goodies we made for our St. Patrick's Night In so let's just dive right in! ♣  Grasshopper Cake  ♣ Ingredients 1 Box White Cake Mix  Ingredients called for on the Back of the Box: egg whites, oil and water 2 1/2 tsp. Mint Extract Green Food Color 1 16 oz. Jar Hot Fudge Topping 1 8 oz. Container Whipped Topping, thawed Creme de Menthe Chocolate Candies, chopped into pieces Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.  Spray 9x13 cake pan (you also make cupcakes with this) with nonstick cooking spray. 2. Mix cake mix according to the directions on the back of the box. ...