s'more popcorn, please

i made s'more popcorn for our LOST party tonight.  i think josh and i died a little inside when we tasted it.  delish.

tastes just like the s'more popcorn i had at the gold star cinemas in chicago a few months ago!

recipe found via disney's family fun website.

recipe:

1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
10 cups freshly popped popcorn, cooled
1 package mini marshmallows
2 cups crushed up graham crackers
1 cup chocolate chips (or more if your hubby is anything like mine)

instructions:

combine the brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup in a medium saucepan and cook over high heat for 5 minutes (this mixture gets very hot).  remove from heat and stir in the baking soda.

combine popcorn and the mallows in a large metal or heat-resistent glass bowl (don't use a plastic bowl!).  drizzle the sugar mixture over the popcorn, then stir in the graham crackers and chocolate chips.

let the mixture set until cool enough to handle and form them into golf-ball-sized balls.  we just poured them into a greased pan to cool and then cut them into bars.  to each their own!

try this recipe.  it is fantastic.

a little of this, a little of that

here's a little wrap up of what we've been up to the past month or so...

being the die-hard jazz fans we are, we jumped at the opportunity to see game 3 of the jazz vs. nuggets with josh's co-worker trent and his wife kirste.  the game was awesome... sooo loud.... and we had a great time.  too bad the jazz had to get swept by the lakers in the 2nd round.  whelp, maybe next year.

josh and i celebrated our 2nd year anniversary on april 30th.  we did dinner that night at tepanyaki in layton and it was delicious.

we agreed that we would not do anniversary presents this year due to lack of sufficient funds.  however, both of us are terrible at pulling our end of the deal.  josh surprised me with a wii, wii fit, and games.

i surprised josh with his very own macbook pro.  he was shocked (to say the least) and a very happy boy!

laura has come up to logan a few times and decided to help me become more domestic in the kitchen.  so, we made these delightful oreo truffles...

and these yummy cake pops!

the farmer's market started on the 8th.  i didn't know what to expect, but it was fun!  i decided i will probably only do it every other week or so- it's a lot of work to get everything made, get set up, sell all morning, and take everything down.  i have no pictures from my booth (maybe this week i'll take some), but here is a cute onesie i made for a little boy...

i was able to attend the wedding reception of one of my alaska girls, lexi (aka samoa).  her wedding was complete with a roasted pig, hawaiian music, hula dancers, money dances, and more.  it was fabulous and she looked amazing!

a few of my alaska gals.  i can't believe it has already been 3 years since we were living the crazy life in juneau.  i seriously love my alaskan family and love that we've all stayed so close after so many years.

my first trip to moab.  it was for my school's humanitarian trip and we had such a great time.  i'll post more on this later.

my 25th birthday.  the day was spent with my little sisters shopping for our upcoming mexican vacation, lunch with my family at the cheesecake factory, and ended with the wedding reception of one of my younger cousins. minus the fact that josh was stuck in logan working and i was in murray with family, i had a great day!

lemon raspberry cream cheesecake.  my favorite ever.

in other news...

i registered for the st. george marathon.  it was a decision i made on a whim but i thought it would be fun.  sadly, my team didn't make the cut in the lottery.  now i'm debating on running the top of utah marathon or if i'll just stick with the 1/2 marathon again this year.

josh and i finished up another school year.  he did well in his classes (yay!) and i can add another 4.0 to the books.  we are sooo happy to have the summer school-free!

3 1/2 weeks till the girls and i head to houston to visit miss stacy and see her neck of the woods.

4 1/2 weeks till our vacation at an all-inclusive resort in the maya riviera!

half full

as of today i am officially 1/2 way through my graduate program!

i choose to look at it in a positive way and say the glass is half full...

i am confident that these next 2 years are going to fly by

much faster than these past 2 years have gone.

they just have to!

i'm seriously thrilled... ooo-de-la-ly!!!!