There is nothing better after a few exhausting weeks at work (followed by a super exhausting vacation) then spending the weekend doing absolutely nothing! Nothing you don't want to do that is!

Lily and I spent lots of time in the sun yesterday









Because I bake so much at work, I dont really have a lot of desire to bake at home. But this weekend I felt like baking something tasty for Hy.


A little trick I've learned is to never throw away those almost too far gone bananas, but instead freeze them. I take them out of the freezer a few hours before I want to use them and let them hang out on the counter. Its a great way to always have bananas on hand for some tasty bread.


The recipe that I use for banana bread usually calls for 1 1/2 cup of sour cream. But instead of that I use plain Greek yogurt. It gives you the tartness with not nearly as much fat.




Killer right? *Yes I added chocolate chips, I am a bad woman!






Speaking of work, this week we had a birthday party for Robin. Angel and Beth made the most gorgeous cake and suprised the crap out of her! I stole one of her photos, because all of the ones I took were on my phone and really crappy quality!






Have a magical week!

A much needed break

My family got together this weekend in Southern California for a little ruenion.It was loads of fun! AND SUPER WARM.

I had to work on Saturday but immediately after we headed to PDX and flew to LA! My parents picked us up and we headed off to Anaheim, where one of the locations of our time share is located. It was a pretty nice condo and we were super comfy.





My brothers and their wives, my nephew, and one of my grandmothers was there waiting for us!

We spent most of our time at DisneyLand and it was so much fun seeing Hyrum and Jaxten experience it for the first time. We were at the park from 7 am until midnight EVERY DAY. How crazy can we be right?!

Get ready for a picture overload!We went on every ride a million times!


A garden mousse!



Us on It's a Small World




Us looking hideous on Splash Mountain!



Experiencing Disney













We went to dinner for father's day with everyone!I had the pecan encrusted catfish with succotash. Tasty.



I was able to spend oodles of time with my favorite little boy.



This is probably my most favorite picture of the whole vacation!He was so tired but absolutely hilarious!



Jon bought a sweet Yoda backpack



Best of all I was able to spend lots of time with my best friend



*Dont judge this picture too harshly!

1. I am totally sunburnt
2. It was 1 am
3. We had been at disneyland for 14 hours straight at that point

Bad blogger McKenzi!

I have been a very bad blogger lately! We have been pretty busy, but mostly we have been just working and trying to spend as much time together as possible!


This weekend was lots of fun at work and was all about graduation! Next weekend is all about Father's day!



These are a few quick cakes that I did this weekend...










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Speaking of next weeekend, Hy and I are meeting our my family in Disney Land for a few days. Hopefuly it will be very fun and relaxing considering it is my only break until this wedding season is over!

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My garden is blooming away right now. My yellow and orange lilies are HUGE and my violet lilies are just about to get there!



My spinach is getting big and I can't wait to just dive right in!



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This Tuesday, Hy and I are celebrating our 4th anniversary since we moved in together! He is getting more and more handsome, and I am still totally nutter butters about him!



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In closing, here are some of my favorite things right now!


Favorite saying:



My latest desire:




And I am totally loving this cake right now:



I'm not normally into such delicate cakes, but this one is lovely!


And I am loving this picture right now!

Memorial Day camping trip!

Saturday night after, like we had been planning, we left on a camping trip with lots of our friends! We camped up the mountain, near Yale lake. We were on the side of the mountain in the middle of the woods with a beautiful view of the lake!





Our tents were right behind us, hidden in the brush!




These are a few of the friends that went, I ended up not really taking pictures of anyone!!

* The part that you don't see is that Austin (the young one in the back ground ) is holding an ax in his hands.




My favorite two Johnsons were there with me...







We went on a few riding trips and had a beautiful view! It is really random the things that you find in the woods.






Saturday we spent the day down at the lake fishing with a few other people.

And also exploring the woods!













We took a ton of great pictures, but we are both exhausted. Lily has been passed out from the second we took off on the drive home until now, with only a quick wake to walk in the house.

And also can I just say that I have the sweetest husband ever!

Things that I love!

Hyrum and I have been working our butts off lately and tomorrow we are heading into the middle of the woods for two nights of camping with a group of our good friends! I have to work all day tomorrow but Hy and all the men folk will have it set up for us by then! Hyrum is actually checking our air mattress for leaks while I sit in the middle of it!

Lots of pictures when we get back into town!

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I am in love with these things right now!

I am totally in love with the Vegan Spelt Chocolate chip cookies that we make at the Dessert Tray! They aren't something we bake off every day so when we have some they are almost every one's favorite! Especially my favorite vegan, the only vegan I know, Beth. They are undeniably good!




I am loving these cupcakes, and when I invite everyone over for movie night I am going to make them!




And I am so in love with this cake! Go Robin!





Tomorrow is Saturday, which is my most favorite day at work! The orders are bigger and everything is a lot more busy! It is such a blast!


I have to say that I am absolutely loving this room design! And if I didn't already love the way I decorated my living room then I would totally do it! Maybe when we buy a house!





Now I am off to go help Hy get camping gear ready!