12 October 2015

Country Concerts, Babies, and Cracking Bones Oh my.

I really didn't do much this weekend. I was very lazy. Stayed in bed and watched Netflix. I'm starting to realize that's how pretty much all my weekends are. Some of you might think, wow she is so boring, but I think, wow life is awesome lol. I did bake a cake. A S'mores cake at that. Ouu did I finally get your attention? You can check out that post here! But before you go and head on over to the S'mores-gasbored of delicious cakes (see what I did there), continue reading below. My week was more entertaining than my weekend.

Wednesday
I hung out with my best friend. My best friend Stephanie and I have girlfriend dates once a week. Which means we either go over each others house and play Sims or go out for dinner & drinks once a week. We've been doing this once a week every week for the last 3 months or so. It's heaven sent. Now that she's married, I don't get to see her as often and sleepovers are out of the question. So date nights with her are always treasured




Thursday
Cale Dodds and Canaan Smith were at round up on Thursday. Yes, I was front row at a Canaan Smith Concert. He is the really cute scruffy looking country singer that sings "Love you like that".


Yes, him. He is so much cuter in person. I went with friends and I had a blast. I also got to see my favorite up and coming Country Singer. Cale Dodds. If you don't know who he is, ya'll need to check him out. He is great to look at, has such an awesome singing voice and did I mention he was really great to look at?



I wish I could remember what this group was called. I searched everywhere and I still can't remember their name. They were so good. I'll keep you updated once it comes to me because I know they will make it big. They were that talented.



I met Cale Dodds for the first time last year. He is a really great performer and his music is really good too. He took my go pro on stage last year, and this year he took my friends. She was so excited. He also gave her his guitar pick. She was in love at first sight!

(left) Last year / (right) This year




 
 
Canaan Smith was the headliner. He came up next! We were front row and it was awesome!
 

 
Saturday
I didn't do anything Friday. Chaz worked late. I went over his house and we knocked out by 11pm. Saturday morning we woke up really early. We had a chiropractic appointment. Chaz gets adjusted all the time but it was my first time. I was freaking out because one wrong crack of the neck and I am caput. Dead. To my surprise it was very relaxing and kind of like a massage but not really. I would go again just because I felt so at ease after. It was a great feeling.
 
Remember the baby shower I went to a few weeks ago? Matt and Ally? Well Baby D came a little early. Born at 10lbs, he was a big baby preemie. But he is adorable. He was in the NNICU so I wasn't able to see him but we hung out at the hospital to keep the new mommy and daddy company. It ended up turning into a little get together because everyone came over. It was fun! Chaz as usual being his silly self started playing with the hospital bed, and snapchat.
 




 
 
At night we were craving slushies so we went to Sonics at like 12 am and drove around Boyton Beach. It was pretty romantic. Slushies, driving my the beach, seeing all the stars. It was pretty sweet.
 


and on Sunday I watched Netflix & I baked my delicious S'mores cake. See a pretty laid back weekend. Next weekend Chaz and I are going to October Fest. I am super excited for that!! I linked up with Biana
 
Happy Monday (:




11 October 2015

That time I attempted to make a S'mores Cake.

In my head I believe I am the best baker of life. I have all these cool ideas and awesome tricks that I believe I can do and I'll be great at. Then I actually bake and the truth comes out. What I bake is delicious but it always looks like crap and I made a huge mess. Delicious, but a crappy mess.

I have been in a mood to bake or cook something and post it up on here forever now. I finally got my big girl panties and decided to try it out. I was on pinkwhen.com and saw this amazing S'mores cake recipe so I decided to take my crappy messy baking chances and get my bake on. Let me say, I didn't do half bad if I say so myself.



Ingredients:
  • 1 or 2 (I used 2 for an overly large cake) Yellow cake mixes.
  • Graham Crackers
  • Marshmallows
  • Chocolate Frosting
  • Chocolate Chips (Pinkwhen used Hershey Chocolate bars)
 



Bake your yellow cake mix or mixes with ingredients listed on the box. Follow box instructions as well. Once cakes are fully baked, allow to completely cool down. While cakes are cooling down, you can crush the graham crackers. I placed them in a Zip Lock back and started hammering away with my hands. It's a great stress reliever lol.

 

Once cakes are fully cooled, take them out of the baking pans, Place chocolate frosting on the first cake and sprinkle a layer of the crumbled up graham cracker on top of frosting.

 
Take the second cake and spread some chocolate frosting. Place a small amount of the graham cracker crumbs on top of the frosting. Leaving some chocolate cracker free will allow the marshmallows to stick to the cake properly.

 Place the marshmallows on top of cake. I added some chocolate chips just for fun. You can never have too much chocolate. Place in the oven with the broiler on to toast the marshmallows and melt the chocolate.



Make sure to keep a really close eye on it. The marshmallows will toast quickly and you do not want them to burn. You want them to get a nice light brown bronze color.


Once marshmallows are toasty and taken out of the oven. Allow it to cool down. Once cooled, place the marshmallow cake on top of the cake with the graham crackers and frosting. Take the remaining chocolate frosting and spread around layered cake to cover up the sides.

Once that is complete, start placing the chocolate chips all around the cake. You can always use and place the graham cracker crumbs around the cake as well.


Doesn't it look so yummy? When ready to serve just slice it up and mm. mmm. gooood. You can always heat it up in the microwave and have a warm s'mores-gaborge. 

It did not come out anywhere near as nice as pinkwhen.com but it sure was delicious. It went out pretty fast even if it was a ginormous cake. What are some of your favorite s'mores delights? I think I'm going to try that fantastic s'mores dip that I have been seeing all over the internet! Hope you enjoy. If you make this cake let me know how yummy it went (:





Happy Baking <3

09 October 2015

#PlannerAddict; Friday Freebie: Autumn/Fall planner Printable.

I am a huge sticker fanatic. I love decorating and designing my own stickers. I recently designed a sticker sheet for Autumn & Fall and I thought I would share it with you for another Friday Freebie.
 
This Sticker sheet is designed specifically for Erin Condren Life Planners but you can print them out and use them on any style planner, scrapbook, or journal you want. The functional planner stickers, especially the box stickers, are sized to fit within the vertical columns and boxes specifically for the Erin Condren Planner.

These freebies are free for personal use, only. Not commercial use. Please respect that.
 

Some things you should know before downloading:

** PlanwithYesii printables are for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
** You MAY NOT RESELL, redistribute, or claim the original designs as your own.
** Please do not remove the watermark or modify the design in any way other than for your own Personal use.
**If you post this on the internet, please give credit to PlanwithYesii or Yesi & Life & link back to my blog (www.yesiandlife.blogspot.com), so others can obtain the resources. Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook are great social media sharing platforms, it’s the  sharing without a link back that can be a problem. If you use this printable on Instagram, tag me with #planwithyesii or @planwithyesii. Thank you!


Autumn / Fall Sticker Sheet
You can download sticker sheet HERE!


Hope you enjoy this sheet as much as I did. Don't forget to tag me so I can see how you used them!!

Happy Planning ♥