i heart my canon 50d

Here are some pictures I've taken over the last few days... Have I mentioned how much I love my new camera?!!?!!!? Holy cow. I heart it!

The pictures are a bit out of order and they are all from different events, but you will just have to deal with them being all mixed up... hahahaha ;o so sue me!!!! ;)

This is cute baby Mason! He is the child of Avery and Kristen from my small group.

What a cute kid! He was just a little sleepy!

One of my co-workers, Brandon. I like his PURPLE tie! :)

Brandon and Donny at our work happy hour! They are being SERIOUS!

Brandon and Mika - co-workers

Me'n'Hayley! Happy Birthday! Happy Happy Hour!

Um... why does Cosi do smores? Please don't ask what got into me! hahaha ;)

Hayley at her birthday party!

Chris Joyner (worship leader at my church) jammin out!

The stage at our church... usually i'm on the left hand side where the girl is in white...
that would be me! hahaha ;)

Brandon rockin'!

Supah cute Fridah!

Fridah and Kristen

Stage again at church

Mason unhappy to be back in his winter coat.

Dirv came to the work HH too! Yay! We had so much fun! :)

Canon 50D - the love of my life

So I finally bought my new camera, the Canon 50D. It is the most MONEY thing EVER!  

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

to everyone who donated to help me buy her!!!!  You all are AMAZING! 

Here are a few pics that I've taken so far... more to come later today (I hope) from the work HH last night!  :)


Leftover Halloween Candy


Tissue Paper from a birthday present


The pens on my desk


Our corkscrew at home


Baby's Speedometer


Co-worker Mika's engagement ring.  Holy HOtness!

Ok, like I said... more to come soon!!!!!!!!!!!!  :)

Future mother's day

i got these for 'future mother's day.'
they are currently gracing my desk at work! : )

DBC - Cheesecake Pops :)

OK, so here are a few of the pics I took of my DBC this month. Yes, I know I'm a late poster.

So sue me! hahaha :)

Here is a picture of my coworkers. We are all enjoying YUMMY cheesecake! :)
Back Row: (From left to right) Lauren, JR, Warren, Richard, Donny, Richard.
Front row: Sharon, Mika, Wendy

So pretty you could almost eat it... wait... almost??? ;)

I had to drizzle choco, because the cheesecake didn't really stick to the lolipop stick as tightly as I expected. The chocolate (once it hardened) really helped keep the cheesecake attached though.

I had to package the pops for transport to work.

My "cheesy" cheesecake transport system. haha... a styrofoam star from the craft store. It actually worked surprisingly well!!! :)

The girls, hoggin the cheesecake! :)

Not every cheesecake pop made the cut for the coworkers.... :(

Not every cheesecake pop even turned into a pop at all!!!! Some were SUPER sad.

Unwrapped.

I had a LOT of ideas for yummy flavors. Banana and peanutbutter, heath bar, caramel, coconut, slivered almonds, cinamon chip... because I had sooo much trouble getting the cheesecake to stick to the pops, I just kept it simple. There were a few heath bar pops and this one banana pop, other than that, plain choco all the way... maybe next time...

DBC - cheesecake pops

Ok, so i know the rules of the daring bakers, but i have had NO time lately I completed the challenge but i have yet to post. Im sooo sorry.

I made the pops one sunday evening and brought them to work for my peeps to enjoy there. : ) it was really fun, and my co-workers really seemed to enjoy the pops.

He cheeecake pops were super yummy, but that they werent as easy to handle as i expected. My pops never really adhered to the sticks and i spent a lot of time trying to gingerly hold em and add the chocolate/toppings. I ended up putting the choco topping in a pastry bag and piping it on. That seemed to be my only option if i wanted actual pops instead of a bowl of cheesecake flavored chocolate.

Anyhow... As usual, it was another splendid challenge. I heart the daring bakrs! : )

Ill post more lata once i get the pictures resized for the blog! : )