A Day in Gisneyi

Sometimes you choose to drive a whole hour to get a good sandwich, salad, and smoothie, and just sit and relax by the lake for the afternoon. I love you, Gisenyi.

Sugar Cookie Cutouts

 We really like holidays over here. We probably have cookie cutters for all of the different holidays/seasons that there are. Seriously. We even make St. Patrick’s Day cookies most years. Anyways, we just made all of these adorable sugar cookies for Spring, and I thought that I would share our recipe. Also, I found a new icing recipe a few weeks ago, and it is honestly the best icing that I have ever tasted. You have to try it.

-Cookie Cutout Recipe-

2 1/2 c. Flour

 3/4 c. Butter

1 c. Sugar

1 Egg

1 tsp. Baking Powder

1 tsp. Almond Extract

(you can also add a little bit of milk if it’s too dry)

*Bake at 350º for 8-11 minutes,*


-Icing Recipe- (via Twist Me Pretty)

1/4 c. Cutter

3-4 c. Powdered Sugar

Pour in milk until it’s the consistency that you want, then add:

1/2 tsp. Almond Extract

1/2 tsp. Vanilla Extract

Senior Portraits Take 2

I debated for a while about whether or not I should post more of my senior pictures. Then I thought, why not? I want to remember these pictures and this year, and that’s exactly what my little ol’ blog is for: remembering. So here’s to posting too many pictures and not caring at all. And here’s to remembering all of the little moments in life.

Always Say Yes to Italian Food

When you’re planning a big graduation dinner for your class (even though there’s only two of you) you get to do cool things like go to an authentic Italian restaurant and try lots of scrumptious dishes. Did I mention that one of the deserts was homemade gelato? Yeah. It was pretty wonderful.