Springing

Yes I am obsessed with taking pictures of our garden - sorry.

San Tan

We went hiking in the San Tan mountains last week with my parents and my niece and nephews.

All this rain has made Arizona pretty, pretty pretty.

Highlights of the Week

Here's a few of my shining moments this week:

- Going to dinner at Ling & Louie's for a double date with my parents. (you should try this place - it's awesome!)

- Getting this adorable headband from my momma


- Watching our garden grow!






- Going to the Temple and seeing lots of old friends (including my most favorite Seminary teacher from high school)

- Enjoying Benson deciding late last night we needed an ice cream run and getting my favorite flavor



- Eating almost all of said ice cream in one sitting

- Celebrating Friday and Spring Break next week, no school for Benson = more time for us to hang out!!



This weekends looking good already!

Love Day With the Garner's

We celebrated on the 13th - it was the first Saturday we've had fully off together in months with nothing we had to do so it was pretty much awesome. (other than waking up at 6am to go to Cub Scout training)

I played with my food...



...we went to Schnepf Farms to see the peach blossoms...





...and walk around the farm, except it looked more like a carnival.






I took some pictures of Benson...




...and he took some of me. Only he kept making me laugh so they all look like this.



I was just sitting there smiling nicely and he just kept making me laugh...I wasn't being weird at all.



Oh look! There's the farm!



It was almost like we traveled back in time. I hadn't been there in years so it was really fun to see all the neat stuff they have!



Not sure why, but I fell in love with this bench. Am I weird?



I also fell in love with this Piano and wanted to take it home.



I got some roses - my favorite part was the babies breath. (I'm starting to think I AM weird)



We ate dinner at joes BBQ then went to blockbuster to rent a movie. We ended up at his parents picking movies instead - they have a much better selection.



Also, the men in our ward made cookies had cookies made for their wives and made us all Valentine's cards. It was cute. The cookies were YUMMY!



Wonderful Weekend!!

The Magic of My Childhood

This is where I spent most of my childhood summers, eating no drip PB&J sandwiches and having picnics in the grass - It's just as magical as it looks.

















I am pretty darn lucky.

Mesa in January

Just Lovely.

Tips for Baking Cake

I like to bake.
A lot.
I wish I had time to do it more often.
What I like more than baking - is making what I bake look pretty - but that's another story.

This post is about the greatest tip I have learned when baking a cake - seriously, if you follow this one tip - you will be taking a HUGE step in the right direction toward making flawless, delicious, mouthwatering cake every time.

You ready for this? Grab your pencil and a paper......

Here it is.


Sarah's super secret cake baking tip:

Don't use salt instead of sugar.

Especially when someone is paying you to bake it for their loved one's birthday party.
I hope you took notes.