Filled Cupcakes--Baby Shower (Melanie)

So I've seen these on Pinterest, of course, and I wanted to try to make them as practice for later showers. I didn't have my pastry syringe to put the pudding in the middle. (I'm not a big fan of frosting everywhere, so I put pudding in the center)

I haven't learned how to make puffy cupcakes yet...

This is vanilla pudding with blue food coloring. A little too

much food coloring though!

Cut the center out with a steak knife concentrically, like you 

would cut a pumpkin. 

Put a spoonful of pudding in the middle.

Cut the cake piece in half.

Put the top half back on and squish it a little bit. 

This is the tip I used for the frosting.

Beautiful cupcake! You can't see any blue! So when 

everyone bites into it it's a surprise! 

Good luck!

Active Adventures: Monday's Moments (Melanie)

This week is a special week! Yesterday was my husband Chad's birthday, and we had his sister and brother-in-law over for dinner and dessert! Sadly, I forgot to take pictures!!! :(

Chad is also interning in LA at an accounting firm there and they needed a business picture for his profile there, so I spent a while trying to get the camera to work, we were both getting frustrated by the end when I got this darling picture of him:

This week is also the ten-year anniversary of my baby brother Joshua Ronald Boss's passing. 

I can't believe it's been so long! At his funeral we had these beautiful flowers, Star-Gazer Lilies. I took a picture of these lilies at the flower-mart in down-town LA in December, thinking exactly of this week. 

I'm so excited that Chad and I get to spend this upcoming week and 

the actual anniversary with my family in Oregon!