Blessing

I'm so proud of Kennedy and Kyle.  They are so amazing to me.  They are so brave and full of faith.  They are moving up the wedding to April 29th and will be sealed for time and all eternity at 1:40 p.m. in the beautiful Salt Lake Temple.  We are so excited for them and can hardly wait to  celebrate their marriage!  If you would like to learn more about a Latter-day saint wedding and what it means to be sealed please click here.  

Trial

These past three days have changed my life forever.  I never imagined how it would feel when someone you loved would come to me and say, "Leslie, I have cancer."  I never imagined seeing the people I love so deeply sad, scared, but brave.  In these past two days, I've felt more pain, more love, more peace, more gratitude, and more faith than I think I ever have.  My sister and bosom friend Kennedy is engaged to another wonderful friend of mine, Kyle.  Monday, they found out that he has cancer.  We are waiting to find out more information and see what we will be doing to fight it.  I'm so proud of them and love them so dearly.  We will pull through this and I know that as we rely on the Lord, He will support us and give us strength. 

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

Tonight, Katie and I are throwing Kennedy a bridal shower.  We are really excited and think that it will be a blast!  I tried out a recipe and am blown away by the results. :)

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

For the cupcakes

1 lemon cake mix and the ingredients that it calls for
1 lemon, juiced and zested. (both divided)

For the Frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup pureed strawberries
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar (adjust to achieve desired consistency)

for the cupcakes
Prepare the cupcakes as directed, only add half of the lemon juice and zest.  Bake and let cook.

for the frosting

Cream butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy.  Then add in the strawberries, vanilla and lemon juice and remaining zest.  Mix on low speed until combined.  *  Gradually add in the powdered sugar and mix until combined.  Then beat on medium speed until light and fluffy for an additional 3-5 minutes.  Add more powdered sugar if necessary. :)

If you want to pipe the frosting on (like is shown in the picture), you may want to double the recipe, and add more powdered sugar.

Goodbye till tomorrow

With finals looming around the corner and me being not the most organized person I'm temporarily getting rid of things that take up time.  Like facebook and my blog.  After finals, there should be a lot more posts coming soon.  Mostly due to the fact the my beautiful sister, Kennedy  is marrying Kyle!  She is in the process of putting together  a gorgeous DIY wedding, so I should have projects galore to share.
Wish me luck!

Day 3: a picture of you and your craziest friend

Kennedy

Katie

Although we maybe slightly insane, we always look great!

Day 2: A good Memory

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Premiere: Part one

This was such a fun night!  We all dressed up and went to Jordan Common's for the midnight premiere.  Jesse was Harry Potter, I was the Golden Snitch, Kenn was Belatrix, Stacey was Trelawny, and there were many other great costumes.  I think a highlight was when Jess hoped on his firebolt and chased me around the theatre.  Or when we ran into Voldemort.  Or when Jesse/Harry drug Mathew/Edward up the stairs saying, "He told me to bring his body back."  Or when Ken got scared within the first 5 minutes and came and sat by me and Publish Postjess and had us squish our 3 bums into 2 theatre seats.  Poor Jess.  Both Ken and I are fairly jumpy and happen to scream frequently...