Gingerbread Pancakes

I love this recipe so I wanted to share it with everyone else.

I love the lemon sauce on top of the pancakes in place of Maple Syrup. YUM!

Gingerbread Pancakes

Heat griddle to 350 Degree's

1 1/3 Cup Flour

1 Tsp Baking Powder

1/4 Tsp Baking Soda

1/4 Tsp Salt

1/2 Tsp Ginger

1 Tsp Cinnamon

1 Egg

1 1/4 Cup Milk

1/4 Cup Mollasses

3 Tbsp Vegetable Oil

Whisk until well blended.

Lemon Sauce

1/2 Cup Sugar

1 Tbsp Corn Starch

Pinch of Nutmeg

1 Cup Hot Water

2 Tbsp butter

1/2 Tsp Lemon Rind

2 Tbsp Lemon Juice

In pan mix Sugar, cornstarch, and nutmeg. Gradually Stir in hot water. Stir over medium heat until it turn thick and clear.

Add butter, Lemon Rind, and Lemon Juice. Stir until butter melts. Serve hot.

Love 'Em

The birdies had some good play time yesterday.

We put a peanut in the treasure chest and it was hilarious watching them fight over it to get it out.

Tico got it out first

Working hard to get another out

Kiwi loves her ball. It has a rattle in it so she loves to throw it around. It was pretty cute.

She's getting big :)

My Last Day

Friday March 19th 2010 was the last day of my 15 month journey at Eufora International. It was a hard day! I was excited to go, but sad to leave, bittersweet was definately the word of my week. My training with Joanna (my replacement) went very well, she became a good friend in only a week. I crammed her poor brain full of information and I am confident that she will fill my shoes the best she possibly can. I wish her the best of luck. The Eufora family has definately become a family for me. I spent more time with them over the last time 15 months than my own husband so they are all very special to me. I am going to truly miss them. But I promised that I would be back and a part of the family still but as a stylist. My day went a little like this...I got to work and was greeted with some wonderful but sad faces.

 Taryn was so sweet and brought me this.

Breakfast Bagels and Beautiful Roses!

Aren't they the georgeous?! The hot pink matches my hair even lol. Make the picture bigger and read her cute note to me. Thanks Taryn..Love you girly!

After a bagel I started into work with Joanna. Char greeted us at my desk with a balloon that said "Best Wishes" and a caramel macchiato from Starbucks. It was so sweet. I really appreciated the thought, poor Charlene had surgury on her mouth the day before so she wasn't thrilled about being at work but she came so she wouldn't miss my last day. Thank so much for being there for me always. We did some envelope stuffing until lunch was served. They brought Submarina sandwiches like I wanted and we all sat down to enjoy our lunch like we usually do. It was really fun to sit as a group and just relax for a minute. Don always tells stories and we just talked about random things. It was really great until Jim brought the attention to me leaving and I burst into tears lol. They asked why I was crying and of course all I could say was "I am just really going to miss you guys."  Ugh why is goodbye so dang hard ;)

our lunch was happy to see us :)

DIG IN!

Happily eating together

Remember the Eufora photo we took over a year ago? Check it out here

Not only my friends...but my new family..Love them all!

When the end of the day came to a close, I did what I have been wanting to do for almost 6 months. I did "court" wheels down the long hallway haha. Here is only a few photos of me doing that.

 
TADA!

Goodbye Eufora corporate. I will miss you!

Happy St. Patricks Day.

There was no Irish dinner, green beer, or celebration this St. Patricks Day for me.

Instead a wonderful friend came to my lonely aid and helped me pack my house a little bit.

While Jared was in Arizona celebrating a wedding and drinking green beer from a Keg, Kate and I ordered in some Domino's and bubble wrapped until we ran out of tape, boxes, and bubbles. After we had no more supplies and filled our tummies, I colored her hair. I LOVE to color hair...I can't wait until I do it for a living. I hope you all had a great St. Patricks day no matter what you did. Although I had no party celebration it felt really nice to have some help packing finally. I am feeling more acomplished with this move every day. :)

Then end of a chapter.

This week is my last with Eufora International. How bittersweet it feels that I won't be coming back next week. For the last 15 months I have been with this company..many good times..many bad. But still I feel overwhelmingly sad and alone. (Maybe because I am alone right now lol Jared left me for a week to go to a wedding in Arizona) My trainee will be here soon and I start the training process of what I do on a day to day basis, 40 hours a week. I have to tell myself that no matter what I would be leaving. Whether it be right now or in a couple of months when Jared is allowed to leave the Marine Corps. But it still doesn't make goodbye any easier. It's completely lame but we rather enjoy the Disney Channel and almost all of the shows it has. Well last night I was packing and the show Hannah Montana was on, it was about her deciding to to move home to Tennesse. She said exactly how I was feeling...Why is it the right decision for me if it makes all the people I love so sad. But it also makes the people that I miss so happy all at the same time.  I will be back with Eufora though, just in a different sense. Ugh..just get through the next couple of weeks and I hope things will start to get a lot less stressful and easier. New beginnings are great but it's closing the chapters that are difficult. But again like I have been saying, this is all temporary.  I just need to let the journey take me :)

To new beginnings and the end of this chapter.

Home.

Home...a place where you reside right? Lately I don't know where I belong or where to call "home". I have lived in California for the past 4 years, but I never felt like it was my home. That is until now.

With the stresses of waiting to get out of the Marines, and every day to day things, Jared and I have been feeling like we are falling apart mentally and physically, because we are just so exhausted with everything. So for the past two months I have been deciding if it would be better for us if I moved home early. I was going back and forth with this because there would be so many factors into play. When I first entertained the idea I had mixed reactions from people back home and that made it hard for me. But after careful consideration Jared and I felt that it would be for the best. Things started to become harder..in the middle of all this I thought of being back in an area with snow and the type of vehicle I drive. Without wanted to ruin such an imaculant car, with a heavy heart I decided to put it up for sale. That was the first test of reality. After that we officially put our notice into the apartment complex and that really set things in, shortly thereafter..we gave our last rent check after living there for 2 years. It was becoming very hard because I still hadn't told my job that I was leaving. Still, I would go home after work and try to pack what I could into boxes so I could be prepared. My plan is to travel home with my parents at the end of this month when they come to California for a family vacation. This week has been especially hard for me. Monday I put in my two week notice and wrote everyone a note to tell them that I was leaving. I did really well up until I started to get responses from everyone. That made it really really set in that there was no turning back. I spend more of my life with my co-workers than I do with my husband so it was really hard to hear them have to tell me goodbye. The hardest of all was the president of the company, he wrote me a sweet letter and gave me a big hug. That was when I broke down. Although I never felt like California was my home and I am so ready to move on with life, I am so saddened! I came to the conclusion that although I have only been here for 4 years, The hardest years of my life were here and I have grown up so much. So I have a deeper attachment that I thought, I think the hardest will be to leave my best friend Jamie. She is such a wonderful person and I feel so blessed to have her in my life. But we all have to do what is best for us and move along with life.

We don't know how long Jared will have to stay in California without me. We still don't know how our fight against the Marine Corps is going. We just know that it's on going and it's not easy. I am excited to be back in my "Home" state and see people that I haven't seen in years, but change is difficult. Plus I have to start into a life transition without Jared AGAIN and that is extremely difficult! But I keep telling Jared and myself that this is all temporary and in the long run of things, it really is for the best.

So to everyone who has touched my life and has been here for me in California. I can not tell you how much I appreciate everything and it wont be goodbye forever, it's a see you soon! (I plan on having a beach house soon lol)
To everyone in Wyoming..I'm coming "home" for a while and I can't wait to see you!
And last but not least..to Montana...I am anxious to see what kind of "home" you are about to become.

Love always!

Almost Alice

Jared and I went to see Alice in Wonderland last night for its opening night. What a incredible movie..we saw it in 3D which made it that much better. Before we went to the movie we watched Disney's original version a few days before..If you think that is what this one will be like..You are so wrong! lol. Tim Burton made it absolutely dark in all the most wonderfully perfect ways! I highly reccomend it, GO WATCH. Also the soundtrack to this movie was equally as great.

Crazy Hair

First off I want to thank everyone for voting on the hair poll! You guys are so awesome I really appreciate it!

Although purple was the winner...I just wasn't feeling purple right now.

I loved the last hair option that I posted so I went with pink and green. The pictures of it just don't do it justice.  I took the photo in to Natalie at Hair Drezzers on Fire and she loved the idea I was going for. We did a spin off of it, so I have a A-Symetrical bob with the color in an almost peek-a-boo panel on the left side. Then I have smaller other panels on the right. The dark color lays over the flair so its kind of hidden until I turn my head and then BLAM! It's so fun haha. ENJOY!

Before Pictures. My hair didn't look to bad after 6 months extentions

After.

Love it!

Promised Concert Photos!

Justin Moore

Miranda Lambert

Brad Paisley's Stage



OMG! Brad Praisley is RIGHT THERE!!

See how close we were?!

This is the view of people behind us

People to our right

To our left

A good like 13,000 people there. Crazy!

Welcome to the future!

My kicks

Had a good time at the concert!