Last week my fantastic parents decided to take us to the D-backs game! Woo hoo! Lots of fun and delicious treats .. even though I missed out on the large cookie. We were in the nose bleeds and had a good time! For some reason we ended up going on the same night that a conservative 'support AZ' group went. I am mad I didn't take a picture- they had this sign that was supposed to say ...WE 'HEART' AZ but you couldn't see the heart sign so it just looked like they were holding a sign that said WEAZ, which made me laugh out loud the entire night, after just typing that out I am now realizing that it isn't that funny. hmmm..All of the pics of me and Cody turned out blurry.
These two lovebirds are my amazing parents who took us! Thanks again guys! Don't I have the cutest parents in the world, look at them with their matching Diamond Backs shirts. Ha ha
Well hello sister Dee and Bro in law Michael! .. I apologize for this semi strange photo of you now being posted on my blog.
This was an entirely different day but I couldn't help posting it. Mack LOVES dogs so I thought I would take him to the pet store in the mall. He loved it. He tried to get every dogs attention by banging on the glass, laughing at them, yelling at them, and dancing for them! Um hi, does anyone even buy dogs at the mall? They are like a billion dollars, not that we are in the market for a dog, but I'm pretty sure we wont pay anywhere near what they are asking. ...now half a billion, .. . . .

I had to call Mack's name like 50 times before he would tear his eyes away from the dog for my picture and this was the face that I got. Classic Mack .. I don't know why that line turned blue.

Secret Treasures Divulged

Bountiful Basket is my recent find that I am obsessing over!!! Seriously! You pay 15 dollars and they give you a ginormous amount of fresh produce! Half is fruit and half is vegetables. Whoever thought of this is genius. Ever single week the produce changes according to what farmers have a surplus of. - I love being surprised with new items each week and I love trying new things. This week I got:

2 coconuts

large bag of grapes

10 crunchy and very delicious apples

large bunch of bananas

huge cantaloupe

Stalk of celery

Bunch of lettuce

Tons of green beans

8 tomatoes

8 red potatoes

head of broccoli

I have never eaten more fresh fruits and vegis in my life! Go check this out at bountifulbasket.org!

Summer Corn Fettuccine

The last month of school was rough. I didn't see a lot of Cody and so our cooking nights were put on hold. Summer has brought the return of those nights! I love any excuse to cook delicious fatty food! Last week we created this little gem - Summer corn fettuccine! I don't even need to say how good it was because the picture says it all. We cooked fresh corn, cut it off the cob, and then blended it to create a delicious creamy corn sauce. The highlight of this dish is the fresh dill, bacon, and fresh parmigiana. My mouth is watering.

I think I might be the only person who actually tries recipes off of other people's blogs, so I wont include it. If you do want it though, just leave a comment.

4 years.. andacoupleweeks

On May 16th me and Cody celebrated our 4 year anniversary! Crazy. I love this man more today than I did 4 years ago. He is amazing and I am the luckiest girl in the world. We spent our anniversary going out to dinner and seeing a movie. It was so nice to relax. 4 years is such a long time. I am old.

Overdue

A couple weeks ago me, Cody, and Mack headed over to San Diego for a few days. It was so nice to relax after this past semester!! We stayed at Brerrin's house (my Uncle Brian and Aunt Errin) and lived it up for a few days. Mikallela sp? Errin's friend was nice enough to watch Mack for a day so me and Code could party by ourselves in... you guessed it, Disneyland. It was absolutely beautiful! Hardly any lines at all and it stayed around 60ish all day with a very light drizzle once during the day!

While we were there we dinned at the Blue Bayou and split the Monte Cristo sandwich that I have heard so much about, but never tried. We both fell in love and will be recreating it soon... Ham, Turkey, and Swiss sandwich, deep fried to crispy perfection and served with a tart red jelly of sorts. mmmm....

These pictures are all so bad because like a fool I forgot batteries for our little camera.. so these are cell phone pics.

Of course Mack loved the beach, it had all of his favorite things: Birds. Sand. Water. Space to run.

He kept us on our toes because he loved to walk straight into the waves (no fear) and then got mad and screamed when they knocked him over.

A miracle/tragedy

There I was minding my own business and doing great on my diet. No carbs? No sugar?... yeah, okay, I think I can handle that for a little while. And then this happened....

Krispy Kreme was having an anniversary promotion where if you got there before 5:30 last Thursday you were given a card for a free doughnut and coffee everyday for a year! Thats right my friends!!! FREE DOUGHNUTS FOR A YEAR!!! and Mack counted as a person too, giving us three free doughnuts every day! How could I let this golden opportunity pass me by? Exactly, I didn't. This is the line we stood in, from this angle we are looking at the line behind us and we were about in the middle of the line. Nothing quite like mingling with other KK fanatics!!! This is the 1st fatal flaw in my diet...

I dragged my men with me. Thanks Cody and Mack, you will thank me later when you are enjoying deliciously free bits of heaven.

Fatal flaw #2 happened when I won a Krispy Kreme party!!! Thats right... KRISPY KREME PARTY!!! who does that happen to? I am a little ashamed to admit that I entered the contest by writing a essay as to why I should win a party. It was during finals and I was procrastinating. Anywho, I won 9 dozen doughnuts!!

that means I won 108 doughnuts.

This is me after I ate 13 doughnuts in one day!!! 13! ha ha Oh well diet, we will try again next year after my KK card expires.

On a side note that is entirely unrelated, isn't my little boy amazing! GO SUNS!!! I am so happy that they beat the Lakers!!

I really suck at Title names

I know I haven't updated in a long time but finals absolutely kicked my trash this time around. Oh well, they are just about over and I can finally breath again.

Over the past few weeks a lot has happened, but I wanted to share the kindness of my father after revealing his grossly twisted humor that was demonstrated on my non Krispy Kremes post. My dad, Kev-dawg as we like to call him, is an amazing handy man, and he is also my landlord, so he fixes things over at my place all the time! - A few days ago he was working on my sliding glass door. He went to Home Depot for a part he needed and when he cam back he said, "Hey Rae (what my family calls me), I got you a special treat." Me being on a SUPER lame, strict diet was secretly pleased as punch to have a reason to cheat my diet, so I held out my hand expecting to feel the weight of a delicious snickers, twix, or other candy bar, but instead received this....

Ummm... thanks Dad, I can't wait to listen to my new 'Young Ones' CD. Who doesn't love a little 'Young Cradle' and 'Grievance'?

I was going to sink one of their songs to this blog, but I thought I would spare you all. Kev-Dawg insisted that we listen to it while he fixed the rest of my door. Ha ha. Oh, and then when they started swearing, my Dad also insisted that the dudes who sold it to him convinced him it was nice Christian rap with no swearing!!! Ha ha. Oh Dad.

On a different note. Isn't my little Mack so cute? I think he gets cuter every day!

Continuing to Cook

Me and Codes have made some delicious things in these past couple weeks. Those things include homemade rolls and fajittas. I wish I would have taken pictures to post. But I didn't.

In celebration of Easter and super cheap hams we chose Emril's Sugarcane Baked Ham with spiced Apples and Pears. The ham is extra sugary with the sugarcane swizzles stuck throughout the ham and the glaze that is made out of sugarcane syrup. It was SO good, despite the fact that I couldn't find the stupid kitchen twine that I needed to wrap the ham up with. - My friends in the Safeway meat department hooked me up though:) Anyway It was delicious and easy.

Me and Cody had originally planned to make this one together but then he needed to stay at school late to finish a paper. So I made my family come over and eat with me. Thanks guys.

Follow up Story

Oh what a beautiful mooorning,

Oh what a beautiful day.

I've got a wonderful feeeliiiing,

12 doughnuts are coming my waaaay.

(from the musical Oklahoma of course.. minus a few words)

I have the best friends EVER!

Mrs. Lissa Walker supplied my Krispy Kremes needs.

And also gifted me with these fantastic suckers ... that I gave her like a month ago trying to get rid of.

Hey Dad, maybe next time you should pretend to give me a car!? Lissa?
AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY DOUGHNUTS INSIDE!!!!

What. The. Heck.

What a horrible thing Monday morning is. Pure torture. Knowing I have piles of work to do and no Cody to help me. - Yesterday morning was just like any other. After changing a particularly shnasty diaper that Mack granted me with I opened my door to throw it away.. AND BEHOLD!! Krispy Kremes!!!! It is no secret that me and Mr. K Kreme have had a long standing love affair. But who would be kind enough to produce such a magnificent surprise!?!?

W.T.H Dad, .... W.T.H.

I stared at the box for much longer than I should have, clearly in shock and utter disbelief. Then my sorrow and agony turned to rage. An Alicia Silverstone's 'As If' truly left my lips..

This. Means. War. .