I have never been more ready for the weekend. Ok, that's not true. I can think of a few other crazy weeks that made me thankful for weekends. It just seems that when you leave for vacation, you are that much more ready.
School is now out, for the elementary that is! I can officially call it Summer break now. We now have a 4th and 6th grader, and after this afternoon a 9th grader. Oh my word!!!! I have a high schooler! That seriously can't be possible. Where did that chubby cheeked little boy who carried around the dinosaur and the dragon by the neck go?????? I may need sugar to comfort me! Good thing I have a mountain of butter cream in my kitchen!
Ok, I told you I was changing up how I do my Behind BruCrew posts. Basically I am just adding some fun finds to my instagram posts. I noticed that last time I shared 10 things. And when I put together my list for today, I had about 10 things...so it seemed like the right thing to do by calling it the Top Ten. Now to get a cute logo for each post. Some weeks may be more fun finds, some weeks maybe more family stuff. I guess you will have to just keep coming back to see what I post.
1. This week I celebrated 15 years of wedded bliss with this hot guy! I still can't get over how little we look here. He is my best friend and totally puts up with all my crazies, and yet he still loves me more each day. We are blessed to have such a devoted husband and father.
2. Every time I get on instagram, I see pictures edited with the app A Beautiful Mess. It is the newest and most popular photo editing app out there. And they have the cutest blog too 🙂 I decided that I needed to jump on that band wagon and get it. The only problem...I need to clean up my phone and upgrade to the newest phone iOS. Guess who will be doing that while we drive on vacation? Yup, that would be me!!!
3. This Cheesy Chicken Doritos Casserole from Kitchen Meets Girl is so happening in our kitchen and soon. Very soon! I just want to dig into all that cheese!!!!
4. There is a candy store about an hour from us that sells the defective gummies for really cheap. Gummy centipede anyone? 🙂
5. I seriously still love owls, so this Caffeinated Owl Chart made me giggle. After a few nights of not sleeping much, I need some double espresso to keep my eyes open.
6. Yesterday we stopped with the kids for shakes to celebrate the last day of school. Did you know that Sonic is calling this summer the Summer of Shakes? Check out all those fun flavors! I'm pretty sure you are going to be seeing copycats of quite of few of those on the blog.
7. We are working on our backyard this summer. There is this big tree that gives great shade, but for some reason the grass on one side just doesn't grow. So my husband built this deck to cover the mud. Now we need to work on making the yard fun and pretty. Did I mention our church wall is also the backdrop of our yard? That brick wall is pretty boring. I think these Herb Gardens from Ginger Snap Crafts would be so cute painted yellow and filled with bright colored flowers. Now to see if we can get them built before summer is over...
8. I found these new S'more Mallows at Walmart. They are huge!!! Of course I bought one for "research". I am now trying to decide whether to make S'mores or make some ooey gooey dessert. Thoughts or ideas???
9. I am seriously drooling over these Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies from Bakeaholic Mama. I mean seriously...they are filled with peanut butter and caramel!!! I need a whole batch of these stat!!!!
10. If you follow me on Instagram, you probably already saw this picture. This is what I have been up to for the past 2 days. Baking 12 cakes and making 6 batches of frosting. Ask me right now, and I promise I will tell you that I HATE CAKE!!! #notreally #yesido
Ok, guys, that's it for me! I hear the cake calling out to me from the kitchen. It's going to be another long day. I promise some updates on it from Instagram, so stay tuned. Two days left and we will be on the road to the beach. I can do this, right? This is going to be a much needed vacation after all this craaaaazzzzyyy baking!
Have a wonderful weekend 🙂
mary.
Thankx! And Enjoy the convention!
mary.
I saw the picture of the bag of s'mores marshmellows that reminded me. I went to the local walmart and got some chocolate browine flavored marshmellows I just got the bigger meatball presser, soon I'll be making those cocoa krisies® " basketballs" trteats! (Even though 2 of my favorite teams lost) I will be experimenting, then, once they're done, I will submit it to the Kellogg's. Website.
Jocelyn Brubaker
That's awesome!! Good luck girl! 🙂
Nancy @ gottagetbaked
Happy belated anniversary, Jocelyn! What a beautiful photo of you and the Hubs - you're a hot lookin' couple! That defective centipede made me laugh and you're a total trooper for baking all those cakes! It takes me forever to make just ONE layer cake.
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thanks so much Nancy!! 😉 The centipede gave us all a good laugh too! Ha, all those cakes were my nemesis that week, that's for sure.
Hilary
I can't believe your babies are that old now! I feel like yesterday your youngest was 5! Then again, it's probably been that long that I've been reading your blog. And I'm still jealous of his curls. 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
I can't believe they are that old too...I feel old! LOL! You don't know how happy it makes me to know that you have been reading for that long 🙂 How are you???
Kristi
I love reading people's top ten finds. It's often where I find a lot of new things that I might not have heard of. I definitely just downloaded the A Beautiful Mess app.
Jocelyn Brubaker
I agree!! 😉 And don't you just love that app?!
Yasemin
Hi Jocelyn,
Loved your Top ten article. A Beautiful Mess app looks great, thanks for sharing.
Many greetings from Germany,
Yasemin from breadpassion.com
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you so much Yasemin!! 😉
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl
You two are seriously so cute in that wedding pic! Love it! And a high schooler?!?!? My kiddo just finished kindergarten; I can't imagine how I'll feel when he goes to high school--I'll probably be over in the corner sobbing. 🙂
Thanks so much for featuring my casserole - that totally made my day!
Have a great vacation!!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you so much Ashley!! Haha, I do my sobbing at home, where no one can see me! 😉 And you are totally welcome!!
Sandi
Hey sis,
I was going to call you on your anniversary, but forgot. Sorry...so happy Anniversary you two love birds! Also, we've tried the flat marshmallows for smores. Well...they are fun, and the girls think they are cool, but they honestly are hard to roast in the fire. Because they are thinner, it seems as if you have to do it quickly or they will fall off right away.
And girl...have a great vacation! Can't wait to hear about it!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Hey there! That's ok, and thanks!! Ok, good to know about the marshmallows. I will probably just create something else with them 😉 Talk to you sometime when we get back!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
Have a great vacation Jocelyn! And I need to get myself to sonic! (And the HS'er.. OMG)
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Dorothy! And seriously, time needs to quit moving so fast, right?!
Jenn
I seriously love that you shared your wedding pic with the whole world. I am always trying to get my co-workers to bring theirs in and they won't! You guys are as cute as it gets!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you so much Jenn!! 🙂
Carrie @ Bakeaholic Mama
I seriously <3 you. Thank you so much for sharing my cookies! And oh my goodness.... you guys are the cutest couple ever.
Jocelyn Brubaker
Aww, thank you so much!! And you're totally welcome! 😉
Happy Valley Chow
Love that herb garden idea and, well, all of these ideas! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
Jocelyn Brubaker
You're welcome!! 😉
Annie @ Annie's Noms
Aww love your wedding pic, hope you have a great vacation! 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Annie!!
Aimee @ ShugarySweets
I can't wait to see the finished cake decorating!!
Those cookies...that caramel...OMG!!!
You two look so cute in your wedding photo. I should have put one up of me and my hubby (18yrs ago, we were babies)!!!
Have a fun vacay, get some sun for me 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
I know right?! Caramel to die for! And thank you 😉 I'm sure you and your hubs look super cute in your wedding pics too! I will soak up as much sun as I can, for you and for me 😉
Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen
I am catering a wedding this weekend and have an order for two sheet cakes. So I feel ya- I am also off to San Diego for 14 hours! Can't wait for monday! 🙂 LOL have a good weekend
Jocelyn Brubaker
Good luck with your catering! It sounds like you need a vacay too! Thank goodness for the holiday weekend 😉
Tieghan
Yay to summer!! I hope you weekend is awesome and you get to maybe sit down for five minutes!!
Have a great Vacay!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thanks!! I am SO ready to relax it's not even funny! 😉 Beach, here I come!
Nancy P.@thebittersideofsweet
I can not imagine having to do a cake that enormous! Can't wait to see the Instagram pics! Have a great vacation! We are 13 days away from me having a high schooler! I just want to cry!!!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Yes, it was not the most fun thing to do while also getting ready for vacation!! And , yeah, I seriously don't know where the time has gone!
Meghan @ The Tasty Fork
OMG!! You and your hubby look adorable!! Have a wonderful vacation!!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you so much!!