Monday, October 3, 2016

Cinnamon Rolls

We made cinnamon rolls for General Conference!! *First try successful*
Oh my goodness, they were SO yummy! And, we still have half a pan full, so we will be enjoying these yummies for days :)
We found a recipe from Pinterest here.

But, for convenience, I will write it here as well. I changed the original a little bit, according to our preference (ex. we like more frosting). Enjoy!!

Cinnamon Rolls

Dough:
1 package yeast (2 1/4 tsp)
1 cup warm milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup maragarine
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
4 cups flour

Filling:
1 cup brown sugar
3 tbsp cinnamon
1/3 cup margarine

Icing:  (this is all "ish", I added more as needed) 
1/2 cup margarine
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup cream cheese
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp salt

1. Dissolve yeast in warm milk.
2. Add sugar, butter, salt, eggs, and flour to mixer. Mix well.
3. Add milk/yeast mixture, use dough hook and mix well.
4. Remove dough from mixer, place into greased bowl, cover, let rise in warm area about an hour or until dough doubles in size.
5. Roll dough out on lightly floured surface (approx. 16x12 inch), about 1/4 inch thick.
6. Make filling: combine brown sugar and cinnamon in bowl.
7. Spread softened (not melted...my mistake) butter on dough. Sprinkle all of mixture over melted butter. This could be messy (the messier the better?) :)
8. Roll carefully, from long edge down. Cut the roll into 1 1/2 inch slices.
9. Place in a greased pan. Cover with a damp towel, let rise about 30 minutes, or until double in size again.
10. Preheat oven to 350 F.
11. Bake for 20 minutes or until light golden brown.
12. Make frosting! Mix all ingredients for frosting and mix well with an electric mixer.
13. When rolls are done, cover generously with icing.

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Home Buyers!

We put an offer on a home, and it was accepted!! :) Done with the inspection, everything is great! Closing should be at the end of October!!! Ahh! We are super excited to have a place of our own, some place to call ours!! It's close to work, family, etc so it's a great place for us :)

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Master Chefs!

Since being married, Tim and I have become master chefs! ;) We love experimenting and trying new things. We have made homemade pizza, mini chicken pot pies, crockpot chicken, ice cream, meatloaf, etc! It's so fun. I've received the imaginary award of Queen of the Coolest Leftover Lunches at school. But seriously, I always get compliments on how yummy my lunches look, and I bring leftovers more often than not.
In the future, I will post some recipes we have tried and loved. :) So fun!

Monday, June 6, 2016

Costco Shoppers

This may sound pretty silly... but we were excited.

We got our very own Costco Membership!!

haha :) But for real, we were pretty stoked. We walked around, seeing how much MORE stuff we could get, for such a LOWER price! It's like newlywed heaven! :)

Anyways. If you also shop at Costco, chances are, you might see us there....

:)

Thursday, June 2, 2016

You Mean Like The Friendly Ghost?

Yes. But with a "K."

I have heard that question SO many times the past few weeks as I've been in the process of changing my name. ha!

But finally, it's official! I'm a Kasper! Finally got my name legally changed through Social Security and the DMV. Now, just to call the million other places that have my old name in their system that needs updated :)

We'll see how many more times I get this question!

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Gift Opening

After the long anticipation... we were finally able to find a time that worked for us, my parents, and Tim's parents and open the wonderful gifts we were given for our wedding! We received so many great and thoughtful things, so thanks everyone! We greatly appreciate your love and support and help as we start off this journey together! :) ❤


Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Honeymoon!

So right after the reception, we went to our houses and changed, and went to In-n-Out for dinner! Yum! haha Then we drove to the Double Tree hotel for our first night as husband and wife. ❤ We had a nice room and a wonderful night :)

We woke up Sunday to drive to California! Getting there a little later, we mostly just relaxed and went to bed again.
Monday, we spend the day relaxing again and went to the pool at the resort we were staying at (Grand Palisades in Carlsbad). The Kasper's have a timeshare they were nice enough to let us use that week! :) We went to dinner and walked around the strip mall a little bit.
Tuesday, we spend most the day at the San Diego Temple were we did proxy sealings and enjoyed the Celestial Room. After, we went to La Jolla beach where again we walked around, and got close to some seals and sea lions! :D
Wednesday, we spend the morning at SeaWorld, because I got some free tickets because I'm a teacher! We saw a cool dolphin show, went on an Atlantis ride, and saw some other cool penguins, turtles, stingrays, etc. It was my first time at SeaWorld, and it was cool! We drove home that afternoon/evening.

Bryndee got married on Thursday, so we had to make sure we were home to make it to her sealing and reception! Again, another beautiful sealing and reception. So fun to have my best friend for so long get married less than a week after me :) ❤ Congrats Bryndiana Jones! :)