A Birthday and a Graduation

August has been a busy month for us and at the beginning of the month we celebrated my birthday and the hubbs' graduation.

This year I was dreading my birthday. It meant that I'm that much closer to my 30's. I don't want my 20's to end. They have been an absolute blast! No one was going to let the day slip by no matter how much I tried. Jayla was the main one not letting me forget that it was approaching.

The hubbs took Jayla shopping for my birthday and my little girlie girl took Daddy down the make-up isle. While they were shopping in the make-up isle Jayla got quite the kick out of it because Daddy doesn't know anything about make-up. Surprisingly, they bought me BB cream in the correct shade.

My mom got me a new stand mixer seeing how I blew the motor in mine at Christmas time. I was pretty excited about that, I have been missing my mixer.

She also surprised me with a cake and she just had to put the infamous clown on it. Let me tell you about these clowns, they are old, older then me. I don't like clowns and I despise those clowns that they put on every cake that they can for me. They think they are hilarious when they do that. I'm not amused. I'm actually surprised that they didn't find their way to my wedding cake.

My wonderful bestie, Sarah from With Dirt On Our Face sent me a birthday surprise! She wasn't going to let by birthday slip on by either. What are friends are! I was seriously surprised when the package arrived! I also decorated my own cup with out realizing it. She is a sneaky one!

Overall I had a nice relaxing birthday and I'm excited to see what 28 brings my way.

Now onto the graduation. A few days after my birthday my husband graduation with an AA in Applied Science with a concentration on Welding. He graduated with a 4.0 GPA. I couldn't be more proud of him. After he graduated he landed a postition teaching welding at our local College. He is quite excited about that. While he was in school he discovered that is something that he really wanted to do and now he can. Between his normal job in the day and teaching 3 evenings a week I hardly ever see him.

 (ins't my grandma the cutest?)

Sunday Social

Good Morning! I don't know about you but I am exhausted! I ended up spending 6 hours at the emergency room last night with the hubbs. He is ok now after a shot in the hip and some pain meds. I swear that man needs to be bubbled wrapped.


Now, on to the questions. This week's questions are all about your childhood.

1. What was your first car? A 99 Mitsubishi Mirage. It had quite the paint job on it. It was a blueish purple with sparkles all through it and the wing( I think that is what it's called:/) of the car had the flip flop paint on it. I called the car a bass boat because that is exactly what it reminded me of. It was a fun little car and it did me good. I only paid $1,000 for it.

2. Who was your favorite childhood teacher? Her name was Mrs.Hammett in the Third grade. I don't remember much about her except she was really nice and we had a lot of fun in her class. She LOVED Tim McGraw with a passion and she gave me a silver dollar when I learned my times tables.

3. Were you involved in any sports/extracurricular activities? Not really. I did gymnastics once and I took dance long enough to learn how to twirl a baton.

4. What was your favorite birthday party? I really don't have a particular one that stands out in my mind. I didn't have the parties where you invited all of your friends or had a 'theme." It was always just family but you always looked forward to Grandma's homemade birthday cake.

5. Who was your teen celebrity crush? Curt Cobain.

6. What show or movie did your parents not allow you to watch? Porn. Not that I wanted to watch it or anything. My mom was just never strict with what I was allowed or not allowed to watch but I'm sure porn would have crossed the line. Lol. 

Happies and Crappies

I'm fashionably late on this one but I've joined my first link up! Happies and Crappies with Stephanie and Sarah. Love the idea! The button is pretty cute too. Can never go wrong with glitter.

Happies:

• Nut-nut had a few extra days off from preschool so we got more cuddle time.
• Celebrated my husbands 32nd birthday
• Got to spend time with my Grandma. I just adore her.
• Made my first ice cream cake ever and it was amazing!
• Jayla has been extra loving.
• I got to sleep in one day this week. That rarely ever happens. 
• Had lunch with some great friends

Crappies:

• It rained for 2 weeks straight and was really cold
• The weather teased me with a chance of snow. I really want snow.
• The medicine I'm having to take has my hormones out of whack.
• My husband started back to school so I'm without him 3 nights a week
• I spent way to much grocery shopping this week. I hate spending money

Twix Ice Cream Cake

On Tuesday, my hubbs turned the big 32!! We had a quiet little birthday dinner and dessert at home with a couple of family members.

Normally I will make a cake with butter cream icing, but my mixer decided to blow it's motor last month. So that was out.I figured the next best thing would be an ice cream cake and my little hand-held mixer should be able to handle this task. 

The Twix Ice Cream Cake turned out really good and I knew I had to share this deliciousness with you. My only suggestion would be to use less chocolate or use some of that Magic Shell because the chocolate was a little hard to cut and eat around.

Here is what you need:
1.5 quart Vanilla Ice Cream, slightly soften ed
16oz jar of caramel sauce
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1/2 cup butter,softened
2 Tbsp sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Spread the softened ice cream into a 13x9 baking dish.Cover place into the freezer for 2 hours to set.

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugars together in a bowl. Stir in flour and vanilla until well mixed.

 

Spread dough into a foil-lined 8x8 baking dish and bake for 15 minutes or until slightly golden brown. I found that it spread better using a butter knife versus my spatula.

 Once it is slightly golden brown remove from oven and let cool completely. Once cool break the cookie into chunks.

  

Pour the jar of caramel on top of the ice cream after it has set.

 

Now take your cookie crumbles and sprinkle them all over the top of the caramel.

Melt down your chocolate chips until smooth and drizzle on top of the cookie chunks. Recover and place it back into the freezer for at least 6 hours or overnight to completely refreeze. Slice into squares and serve.

I always use a double boiler to melt down my chocolate but you could use the microwave.