First Photo Session

Here are a handful of pictures that I did for my friends. Obviously I'm no pro, but it was nice to get a few nice shots out of it. I still can't figure out how to make them crisp and full color like a lot of professional pictures I see, but they appreciated having some basic shots to keep. Hopefully I'll be able to figure things out a little better and just improve from here.

Valentine's Day

Quinn and I aren't really into Valentine's Day, but we always do just a little something. Yesterday I made homemade pot pie and cupcakes. The cupcakes were dry because I used shredded zucchini in place of butter. You can do that, but they still turned out pretty dry. Quinn got me a funny card and a box of chocolate...well actually he said "look, I got us a box of chocolate". :) It was a nice night. I'm sure I'll overdo the pictures of the same cupcakes, but I was having fun with the colors!!

Finished Cinnamon Bun

They turned out ok. Could probably stand to have a little more sugar inside, but they're still good.

Keeping Busy

So I have a ton of things on my to do list before we leave next weekend for the wedding, but I keep finding myself doing other stuff to stay busy. I'm tired of cutting programs and packing bags so instead I go online and find things to bake/cook. The lighting in our apartment is terrible so the pictures aren't that good, but you still get the point of what I've been doing. I decided to make healthy Alfredo sauce the other day. I guess for Alfredo sauce it was healthy so it made me feel better about eating it. I added broccoli to strengthen the argument in my head that it was good for me.

Today I decided to make homemade cinnamon rolls. Again, I felt like it was healthier than buying cinnamon rolls from the store. I guess the best thing would to be not eating them at all, but we have very little discipline these days so a healthy version is better than not. I used whole wheat flour instead of regular and applesauce instead of butter. It only called for a little bit of sugar and then a sprinkle of brown sugar inside the roll itself. My cinnamon roll log didn't look ANYTHING like the picture, but here's to hoping they taste good anyway. We'll find out later on tonight.

So that's it for now. I should have all the wedding programs done this weekend and then it's just a matter of packing, cleaning up, and heading out. Maybe I'll stop baking random things to stay busy :)