Made With Love

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I love Casey.

We have a great relationship. We have a strong relationship of me dreaming up a project and him building it for me. I swear that man can read my mind and build ANYTHING I am imagining.

For family pictures this year I envisioned a lovely porch swing as our main prop. How I dream these ideas up I don't know... but that's what we HAD to have! Trying to find a cute, cheap, one of a kind porch swing is not easy. What do you do when you cant find one that will make the family picture cut? Casey, he can whip one up, no problem!

My knight in shinning armor came to the rescue. He slaved and worked so many hours to make this AMAZING swing. I almost have tears in my eyes just thinking about how he would do anything for me if he knows it will make me happy. Words cannot describe the love I have for Casey...and my new porch swing!

A few bumps along the way. Lane got mistaken for the swing and got a nice coat of ivory.

 As well as the chair and floor.

Testing it out in a pre photo shoot. I nice before picture of us I would have to say:)
We might get lucky if this turns out to be the best one!

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I can't wait to share the after pics!
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Casey wants to put the swing up on Craigslist.

The heck with that. This baby is in the family forever!

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Toro Boy / Peaches R Us

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Casey had his 10 year high school reunion Saturday night.

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Where are the pictures? Let me rephrase.

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Casey had his 10 year high school reunion Saturday night but refused to go! I can't say I'm not surprised by that. I don't blame him either because I will refuse to go to my own next year as well. I guess we are two peas in a pod.

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I like to hear stories about Casey when he was in high school since I didn't know he even existed back then. He was a great baseball player (from what I've heard:) and super smart. He drove a single cab, forest green chevy truck which totally fits him to a T! I can imagine him trying to slip between the crowds due to his shyness but know a lot of people knew who he was due to his great personality and ahem... good looks:)

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Even though we didn't attend the reunion night, I did however send in a bio sheet for the alumni book, which I just received in the mail. It was fun to look through and to see how many different things could go on in ones life in 10 years! I would have to say our bio hit about right around the norm but some really took those 10 years at full speed ahead!

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These next ones gave me a little chuckle

Hmm, I wonder what the next 10 years will bring us?

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Switching gears...

I promise I am not trying to turn this blog into a baking one.

I like (sometimes love if kids aren't crawling up my leg) to cook, so when I find a good recipe I share because I appreciate those who share there lovelies.

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I found this off a blog. It's a little teaser before Fall really hits but since Utah peaches are in, might as well make good use of them!

Behold, the BEST Peach-Pecan Swirl Cobbler... EVER!

Recipe found here.

*I doubled the peach filling ingredients and tripled the pecan rolls to make a 9x13 size. I also peeled my peaches.

Definitely not as pretty as hers but for sure the only way I'll ever make peach cobbler for now on!

Carny's In The Making

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It was fast Sunday.

We had taco salad for dinner, which b.t.w. is my FAVORITE Sunday dinner.

I try to bring over dessert whenever we eat over at my parents or in-laws.

I was thinking of what to make this time.

I like to switch it up in the dessert category.

My mind kept wondering over to funnel cakes.

I have never made funnel cakes before. I eat them only at the State Fair or Sea World.

What the hey, let's switch it up. Right?!

Funnel cakes are the best fresh, hot right out of the oil.

So instead of making them ahead of time I will make them on site.

It turned into one of the funnest (that is a word in my vocab) nights ever!

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Instantly we had batter professionals shouting out the correct

executions of pouring a perfect funnel cake. We of course had to turn it into a

little contest. I think we might be getting calls this October from the funnel cake trailer

asking us to come work for them this fair season:)

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http://www.momswhothink.com/cake-recipes/funnel-cake-recipe.html

If you really aren't counting your calories, drizzle with strawberry puree (defrost unsweetened strawberries, add desired amount of sugar and blend) AND ice cream!

This might just be a fast Sunday tradition!!

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