Casper the friendly ghost...I mean town

So, I have decided to move to Casper, Wyoming. My parents are moving there and I feel that I need to move there with them. This should be interesting.

Tropical Temple

I took this over Thanksgiving weekend. I am quite proud of it. If truth be told, this picture was an accident. I was on the back side of the temple and was trying to get a picture of the hibiscus, I had already taken and deleted 3 pictures because they were fuzzy. People were coming and I was leaning over the bush so I snapped this picture, saved it, and then left for home. I didn't realize it looked so cool (in my opinion) until I was at my grandparent's house showing the pictures to my mom.

A note to self...

Use a large bowl when allowing your dough to rise.

So a few weeks ago, I made cinnamon rolls. It was probably closer to a month or more ago, but I digress. This is what happened. Oh wait for it, it gets better...

My Christmas Present

My brother and sister-in-law came up last night to stay with us before the funeral. They brought our Christmas presents with them. Whatever I am getting involves a basket. I love the basket. I want the basket, but alas, I must wait like everyone else till Christmas morning to play with my basket.

Caramels and Family

I have made three batches of caramels today. I have to make one more tomorrow so I will have all of them made for my Grandma Burrell. I will be seeing her at Aunt Louise's funeral and thought I would save some gas and money by binging them with me. I had to reheat one of my batches because I didn't cook it long enough. I really home it turns out all right. If not I will feel really bad and probably won't give them to her. I am a firm believer that you shouldn't give out things that are not quality. My Grandma asked me to make the caramels so the quality is really important because it reflects on her more than me.

My Aunt's funeral is tomorrow. I am sad, but I am happy that I will get to see my cousins. I have't seen some of them in ages. I am even more excited that I get to see my nephew later today. My brother and sister-in-law are coming up here and then heading over to Benson. Jeffrey is so adorable. I love the little tike. The sad thing is a funeral is bringing my family together. We got together for my Grandma's birthday, but I think more people are going to be coming for the funeral than for the birthday party. What is even more sad is I am willing to bet that this isn't going to be the only funeral that I have to go to for the next year.

Aunt Louise

So, I found out today that my aunt is very close to passing away. It makes me sad. She has had cancer for a while now, so her passing would bring her suffering and pain to an end, but that doesn't make it any easier for her family. I wish I could see her one more time before she dies, but I don't think that that is going to happen and my cousins should be there.

Yellow -livered-sap-sucker

So, aside from being incredibly cold right now, I suddenly became too chicken to call one of my guy friends. All I want to do is invite him to an activity to night, and I find myself tongue-tied at the thought.