Whoopie Pies.

I'm obviously in some type of cooking/baking mood this morning and it's only 10a.m. So far, I have made pancakes for the hubs, before he left for work and now I'm currently working on Whoopie Pies! Like most of the recipes on here, I've never tried anything like this. We're going on a little road trip this afternoon and I wanted to take something special for the trip. So this past week I ran across the recipe Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Whoopie Pies and if you follow me on Pinterest you saw I had pinned the recipe from Cookies and Cups. I've been dying to make it since I pinned. If it's not any good, then I'll delete the pin and move on with my life. I know, sounds weird but I've been known to do it in the past... 

Anyway, on with the recipe.... I haven't made the filling yet, but the actual pie is to die for! So yummy. A little  richer than I expected but none the less, delicious. 

For the Whoopie Pie: 

I made my recipe a little different than the original. 

It's Official.

WE'VE BOOKED IT AND WE'RE LEAVING IN 18 DAYS!!!!!!

The Monster.

Many of you know already, husband and I have a precious 4 legged child... TERK! 

Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Bread

A couple of weeks ago I got on a homemade bread kick... I was bound and determined to make a delicious, sweet, desert-type bread. My first recipe was Cinnamon Sweet Bread - it was eh. My sweet husband said it was good and ate most of it along with his brother, who complained that it continued to rise in his mouth! I obviously didn't let it rise long enough... 

Then I came across another recipe called Cinnamon and Sugar Pull Apart Bread, also known as Elephant Ear Bread. It was awesome!!! And it only took me two recipes for the bread to turn out right!! (I was slightly proud of myself!)

Anyway, here's the recipe for the pull apart bread... 

per http://www.foodsnots.com/2012/03/cinnamon-and-sugar-pull-apart-bread.html

Trip 1: Gulf Shores.

We went to Gulf Shores last weekend and got FRIED! It was a blast though. We drove down Saturday night after a wedding Jordan sang in. Which was so beautiful and J did such a great job! I wanted so badly to nudge the girl next to me and say, "hey... pssst... that's MY husband!" But I didn't. 

According to the Jeep GPS, we were supposed to get there at 11:30p.m and beat it by an hour! It's only about 3 hours to get there for if you want to visit us, we go to the beach one day or for a weekend! 

Here are some pics from our weekend trip. There will be more later to show our exciting adventure!! 

Be looking for it! 

Family Reunion.

Last weekend, my husband, his brother, parents and I drove to Butler, AL for a family reunion. It was so fun to meet new family, see old family, eat some good food and relax on an old farm.We kept thinking it would be a perfect get away for all of our college friends to come and hang!

There were three cabins: a girls, a boys and a main lounging area. The girl's lodge was decked out with AC, 4 bedrooms and a mini kitchen. The boy's lodge didn't have the AC, however it had several bunk beds throughout the cabin. And by several, I mean around 10! They were just so cozy! The main lounging area had a kitchen, living space and a bedroom. The walls were covered in old pictures of the family. It was really neat to hear the family talking about their heritage and laughing over their old memories.

Weekend in Indiana.

This past weekend, Husband and I were able to travel to Indiana for our dear friends Kelsy and Jonathon's wedding! We spent a total of 3.5 days with our family and friends from college! It was a perfect weekend to get away, relax and reunite with some very special people. My heart is so full of love and happiness.

Husband I hadn't seen some of our friends since last October and my family since Christmas. It was a long time coming but the reunion was so sweet! 

Here are a few pictures from the weekend (pictures taken by me, husband and other friends). 

Enjoy!

Husband and I