As for the cookies, we started with a quarter of a graham cracker, three Hershey's chocolate squares, and one marshmallow cut in half
The next weekend we had the Andersons, the Fillmores, and the Woods over to watch the documentary "Waiting for Superman" and we attempted the Smores cookies. The cookies turned out great again (and I really recommend trying them because they are delicious!) and the documentary was really good as well. We're now waiting on our next documentary ("Inside Job") to come in the mail so we can watch that soon too.
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The next Friday we all knew we wanted to hang out, but didn't know what to do. We started off the night getting dinner at Shoots and then Jamie came up with an awesome idea for what to do next: Egg Drop Contest. We gathered up some materials and met back at our place to make our contraptions. We separated into two teams -- boys vs. girls -- and spent about 45 minutes working on our protective coverings for our eggs (each team had two eggs). After we were done we walked down the street to some parking garage and dropped our eggs off the tallest level. We started dropping them one at a time, and then each time an egg would drop without breaking, we would have to take off a layer of the protection. It came down to one egg of the boys and one egg of the girls and who ended up winning? The girls of course! :)
The beginning stages of assembling our contraption, which was made up of four long balloons tied together to protect the egg in the middle, and then added to some layers of protective coverings
Then on Sunday, Daniel, Natalie & Finn, and Jamie & Nicole came over for a lesson on finances by Grant. It was pretty great -- Grant prepared about 25 powerpoint slides and then hooked up his computer to the television so it really felt like a class. He helped the Andersons and the Woods set up their budgets both on Mint.com and through using an excel spreadsheet so it's easier to track everything week to week. He taught them about what forms and document to save and what to do with them and how to file them and a bunch of other stuff. While this was going on, I was in the kitchen experimenting with how to make a Rainbow Cake.
Okay a little preface for this: Miranda and I are throwing Jessie a bridal shower this Saturday (March 26th) and I want it to be PERFECT! We decided the theme would be 50's Housewives and much of the party is going to be about the costumes and playing the part. We're having all the girls come in costume with old dresses, pearls, lipstick, hair in up-dos, and flirty 50's aprons. Miranda and I have been working hard to think about what food we should have, what games we should play, and how we're going to decorate and we've got an awesome party planned! As far as the food goes, I knew I wanted to make Jessie a Rainbow Cake as the primary dessert because it's fancy on the outside and fun on the inside! But I didn't want my first time making the cake to be for the bridal shower, so I decided to buy the ingredients a couple of weeks ago and experiment.
Nicole and Natalie were so awesome and helped me the entire time. We first started by making the batter and then separating it into 6 different bowls and adding food coloring to each to make the 6 different colors. (This picture was taken after I emptied the batter into each cake pan)
The next weekend was the best one of the month -- we went to St. George will all our friends and it was so much fun! Grant and I rode down with Justin and Holly and we left on Thursday around 6:30 and made it down to Holly's condo by 10:00, which was just a few minutes too late to jump in the hot tub. So instead we got settled in and then played the wii for a while until Daniel & Natalie arrived (with Finn too of course). Once they got their, we all just hung out until around 3 am, and then finally went to bed.
The next morning (Friday) we got up around 10 and spent the day swimming and hanging out by the pool, playing Bocce Ball in the backyard, playing Ping Pong in the clubhouse, and watching Deal or No Deal. For lunch we went into town and then came back and hung out together for the rest of the day until Jamie and Nicole arrived around 6:00pm. They were really hungry so we immediately ordered pizza and ate while playing an extreme game of "Around the World" Ping Pong. After dinner we all watched the movie She's the Man and played games.
The next day (Saturday) we woke up and went to a nearby park and played Tennis for a couple of hours, then went to another park to play Volleyball and play on the amazing outer-space playground. We had a lot of fun spinning each other until we threw up, haha.
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We went home for lunch and to watch the BYU game. While the boys watched the game on the huge TV in the clubhouse, the girls stayed in the condo and finished Shes the Man. Afterward we all went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse, which everyone was really satisfied with, and then finished our night by playing Spades.
On the following morning, Grant and I woke up earlier than everyone else and went to church with my Grandma to hear my cousin Tanner's friend's farewell talk before he leaves for his mission to Germany/Austria/Switzerland. It was really great to see her and be able to spend some time with her (even if it was for a short while). After church we had a cookout and Justin grilled up some hamburgers and hotdogs for us while we stuffed our faces on all the treats we had brought for the weekend. And then after lunch we packed up and made the drive back to Provo.
The weekend was awesome and it went by way too quickly! Coming back to school was a harsh reality check because of the five papers I have to write and present on and the two portfolios I have to make, plus all the other homework for the rest of the semester, ahhhhhh. I just want this semester to be over so I can graduate and never have to worry about homework again! I had so much fun in St. George and I can't wait for our Florida trip with Holly and Justin -- it's going to a week long, much needed, congratulatory trip for us and we're really going to enjoy it!
Anyways, that's the update for now! Next time I post I'll write all about Jessie's Bridal Shower and how it turned out!
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Callie, your life is so exciting! Brad and I are aspiring to be more fun like you and Grant haha.
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