Do the Puyallup

This year we took my little brothers Stian and Kjellden to the Puyallup fair with us and we had a blast!

Ok I’m horrible at this!

I really really need to update my blog... OBVIOUSLY!!! But does anyone even read it????

2nd Wedding Anniversary

Its crazy to think that Tyler and I have been married for two years now. Some days seem like we've been together for so much longer and other days it seems like it was just yesterday. I'm so thankful to be married to such a wonderful,caring, loving man. I love him so much and cant wait to keep spending the rest of my life with him!

Across the years-
I'll walk with you in deep green forests on shores of sand, and when our time on earth is through, in heaven too, you will have my hand.

4th Of July

4th of July is huge at my parents house we always BBQ, play at the lake and light a ton of fireworks. This year Tyler had to work 2-10pm but it still worked out. He was able to come get fireworks at Muckleshoot that morning, our yearly tradition and he was home in time to light off fireworks.
This year was espescially fun because we had extra family in town not to mention the weather was great for playing at the lake.

We tried to watch the lake show from the deck/roof but they moved the barge this year and a tree was blocking the best parts so we had to run down to the private beach.

I was so worried about the dogs being stressed out about the fireworks. Especially Piper since this is her first year. You can see how much she cared! She was passed out on my lap pretty much the whole time.

Lola on the other hand wanted to eat the fireworks and almost did so my cousin Cullen helped me hold her back from them!

Always hose your fireworks off when your done! A couple years ago we had a garbage can catch on fire a week later from smothering fireworks. Good thing the boys were outside playing when it happened or it could of been bad. It was already so high when we ran outside.

Alexa and Piper...So cute!

French Toast Casserole

Prep: 20 minutes
Chill: 4 hours
Bake: 40 minutes
Stand: 15 minutes

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 Tablespoon light-colored corn syrup
1 1-pound loaf unsliced cinnamom bread, sliced 1 inch think
8 eggs, lightly beaten
3 cups half-and-half or light cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt

1. In a medium saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup; cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Boil for 1 mintue. Pour into a 3-quart rectangular baking dish.
2. Arrange bread slices on top of brown sugar mixture. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, half-and-half, vanilla, and salt; pour over bread slices. Cover and chill for 4 to 24 hours.
3. Preheat oven to 350 F. Let baking dish stand at room temerature while overn preheats. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until top is brown and puffed and a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand for 15 mintues before serving.

Makes 8 servings

NOTE: We couldn't find unsliced cinnamon bread so we got presliced and doubled layer it. It worked great!

Tyler made S.W.A.T

Today Tyler found out that he made the DCT (SWAT) Team and the Basic Prisoner Transportation. He is so excited to start training in a couple of weeks.

Cake Decorating

As you all probably know Tyler and I watch a lot of TV and our newest show is Cake Boss on TLC. http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/cake-boss/cake-boss.html
Tyler is so into it that he has decided that he wants to take up cake decorating. Here are two projects he's done so far and I'll be the first to admit that I"m surprise on good he actually is. His goal is to make a wedding cake by the end of the summer. The cup cakes he made for Emily's graduation.

The cake he made for Stian's Birthday.