Best Hot Chocolate Ever!!!!!

I will NEVER drink hot chocolate out of the packet again! Feeling the need for some homeade hot chocolate (thanks to catherine!) I ventured on to allrecipes.com and searched for hot chocolate recipes. I found one and tried it out--so yummy! I thought I would share:

Creamy Hot Cocoa:

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup white sugar
1 pinch salt
1/3 cup boiling water
3 1/2 cups milk
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup half-and-half cream

Combine the cocoa, sugar, and pinch of salt in a saucepan. Blend in the boiling water. Bring this mixture to an easy boil while you stir. Simmer and stir for about 2 minutes. Watch that it doesn't scorch. Stir in 3 1/2 cups of milk, vanilla, cream, and heat until very hot, but do not boil! Serves 4.

My whole family enjoyed it too =) I will try to get some Thanksgiving pics loaded soon, need to download them on the computer! We went to Olive Garden after church today and my mom and I split our two dishes--we usually do that =) Eggplant parmigiana and Shrimp caprise. Very good!! We did go see that new movie, "Dan In Real Life" yesterday. I thought it was pretty funny. It was weird b/c it was also kinda depressing....but good movie in general. I laughed a lot! Anyways..I'm off! =)

Video

Here is the video that I attempted to load last post:

~Carter Bug~

We watched this little guy last week:

He was so much fun! Him and Moses played most of the night:

After they wore themselves out, they took a snooze:

They were so cute! It is good to know that Moses is good with little kids. He just followed Carter around all night and they would both play with his soccer ball. In the video, Carter decided to be a dog too and crawled around the house. They really cracked me up. At one point, Carter would run from the living room to the office and back and Moses would follow him. They did that for like 20 minutes straight. No wonder they both crashed!!! We always have fun with Carter =)

Sleeping Puppy

Just a cute pic of my sleepy puppy:

DATE NIGHT

A bunch of the couples from church went out on Saturday night. We had dinner at Chili's and then we went ice skating at the Jones Center. It was a lot of fun! We laughed a lot and just had a plain ol' good time hanging out! Ice skating was hilarious--it was so funny to see people fall down, we even cracked up at people that fell that weren't part of our group--too bad! I took my camera with me:

Razorback Basketball is Officially Here!!!

We went to a basketball game on Friday night--I was so pumped! We played the first season game and we won considerably! Here are just some fun pics from the game:






I like the picture of everyone calling the hogs--only in Arkansas!!!

Trip to Baton Rouge

I went to a women's conference a few weeks ago with Stacy, Lauren, Genessa, and Mariale. We drove to Baton Rouge and go to stay in a hotel for 3 nights and 4 days. The conference was AWESOME and we had a blast hanging out and shopping! I got to try lebanese/greek food and I was very impressed. That is some good stuff! Here are some pics from the trip:

My Birthday Adventure....=)

I always joked with Brian that it would be hard to top my 21st birthday b/c he did such a good job that year...but he suceeded this year =) He sent me on a little scavenger hunt when I woke up. I had 10 envelopes to open at certain times during the day. FUN! My first envelope was opened at 8:14 am: Go into the kitchen like you are...(which is scary..haha!)....he made me breakfast:



My next envelope said to go get ready. Then I opened the next envelope at 9:30, and it said to drive to the Pleasant Grove Walmart and buy my favorite magazine (random, I thought!). Once I got there, I opened the next one at 9:55 and it said to go get a manicure and pedicure at Cindy's Nails across the street =) SWEET! I was secretly hoping for that!!!!!!!!!!





After I got my wonderful mani & pedi, the next envelope was to be opened at 11:00 am, it said to go to Chic-Fil-A and meet a friend for lunch and it had a Chic-Fil-A gift card in it. At this point I am having so much fun b/c I love suprises and there is a new one like every hour!!!!! My friend at Chic-Fil-A???









Lauren!!!!! So, just when I am feeling all special and stuff, I get to open the next envelope......are you curious now???








Yes, my friends, it was a glorious HOUR massage!!!!! =) I haven't had a massage in like a year! It was AWESOME! That place is really good!!!! I defnitely recommend it!!! Very peaceful and they WORK IT OUT! =)

Then, my next adventurous stop was:


Because, you know after you are all relaxed you need some caffeine to prepare you for the GRAND FINALE---Shopping Money!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can we say BEST BIRTHDAY (or just best day) EVER????? I am truly spoiled =)

Thanks Hunny!!! Your the best hubby ever!!! =) He truly blew me away...=)

Ok, stop gagging, I'm done! ha!

I KNOW, I KNOW

I know that I have totally sucked on the updating the last 2 weeks!!!! Just haven't felt motivated I guess. BUT, I do have LOTS to share, so I will get on it tonight or tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all the birthday wishes, my birthday ROCKED!!!! And thanks to my WONDERFUL Hubby--he's such a sweetheart =) I will write soon--I promise! XOXOXOXO ~chelle~