I WANT ONE.

Yorkshire Terrier. My Birthday is Oct. 19th.

I said I wouldn't, but then I did.

Well, today I tried out a new recipe. It was SO GOOD. So good in fact, that I had to blog about it. I said to my friends that I wouldn't as I took the picture....but, I couldn't resist. So, here it is.

MINI BLUEBERRY TURNOVERS
(I used blackberries too, I just cut them into halves)

INGREDIENTS
4 oz. cream cheese-softened (half a brick)
1 egg
1/4 C White sugar
1 sheet puff pastry (I used a roll of Pillsbury croissant roll outs)
1/2 pint of blueberries (4-8 berries per roll)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 400F and coat baking sheet lightly with cooking spray.
2. Place cream cheese in a bowl and stir until completely smooth. Separate the egg white and yolk, putting the yolk in the bowl with the cream cheese, and setting the white aside. Add sugar to bowl and stir until completely combined.
3. Lay the puff pastry sheet out and cut into squares. Now, I made 8 squares and ignored the pre-scored lines by pinching them together.
4. Spoon a tablespoon into the middle of each square and put some blueberries into the middle. Fold the two opposite corners together, one on top of the other and using a finger of water to help them stick.
4. Place turnovers on the baking sheet, brush egg whites over them and sprinkle with white sugar.
5. Bake for 15 minutes-ish, or until they look done. Mine only took about 10 because my oven is HOT. You can also wrap them and refrigerate for up to 4 hours prior to cooking.
6. Serve warm, and try your darnest not have two. I dare you.

So there I was.....

A beautiful Saturday afternoon...and what do I do? Go to the ward activity at Egin Lake. Turns out that the weather is perfect (warm sun with just a slight breeze) and the water is a perfect temperature.

So, all us gals and our FHE brothers piled into Travis' truck and made the 20 minute drive out of town to the 'lake'. It's basically a glorified pond because it never gets deeper than your knees (or mid thigh for you shortys).

Here is us in the truck.



There's Scott, sitting on the inter-tube in the back... we hit a few bumps on the way out... so he got a bit of a ride.

Myself and Jahnin... ready to get our bronze on...Then there is Rex, always ready for his glamour shot...
Then Jahnin and Kayla. Jahnin looking especially Mexican and Kayla looking especially white.
Then, we were at the beach.

Kayla and I...

Kevin got reallllly dirty.
So we took some glamour shots. He was walking away from me, and I yelled after him to turn back but I forgot his name so I called out "Dirty boy, turn around". I guess it sounded a little wicked because I got a few awkward looks from the people around me.

He looked great though. Look at that form.

So, it was a great day at the beach. We splashed, played in the sand, ate some 'burgs and sipped lemonade.


Perfect.


Until I fell asleep for 3 hours....


and woke up like this.



Thanks summer... sometimes you sure know how to cramp my style.

So...

Remember that one time when I was so happy that I realized I had literally been smiling for 3 hours straight? Yeah, I do. I remember. :)

The Mustache Express

Hey. So... we all know it was Cinco de Mayo last week as well as Mother's Day! So, what do you do when your mom's aren't around? You throw a party. Yes, a party. Here are the pictures of the night.....the night we like to call, The Mustache Express. Enjoy.



So, Jahnin, my 1/4 Mexican roommate cooked us an authentic meal from scratch.

This, is my FHE family. Minus Travis... he was in Utah.









Kevin is really good at card magic...this was us all supppper amazed.

My FHE brother Rex is apparently flexible, the next few pictures clearly prove this.

Hop on the Mustache Express....


FHE Brother, Rex ^
Best friend, Kayla ^
FHE Brother, Scott ^

FHE Brother, Kevin ^
Missing: FHE Brother, Travis.


FHE Sister, Lauren^


FHE Sister, Kelsey ^


FHE Sister, Heidi ^
Missing: FHE Sister, Jaya.

Roommate, Jahnin ^

Roommate, Kristin ^

There is something about an Eagan in a mustache... it's just a good thing.