Advanced 1 Final!!

I am finally finished with my third quarter.. I'm quite excited that this class is done. I have loved every class but really this one just wasn't very stimulating. For our final project we had to make 10 items.. One of them being the bread showpiece we made last week. We had a lot of fun and made lots of yummy stuff. For my group..

We made eclairs with honey pastry cream..

For our plated dessert we made pineapple sorbet, fried pineapple rings with a mango sauce..
Our cake is a vanilla chiffon, chocolate mousse and a raspberry italian buttercream

Challah bread

My group.. Melissa, Brittany and Me

Focaccia with parmesan, thyme, basil and oregano

Ham and Cheese Croissants

Mango bread

Lemon Meringue Pie

Orange Hazelnut Biscotti

Bread Showpiece

For part of our final we had to make bread showpieces and this is my groups showpiece. Since it is almost the 4th of July that was our theme. It actually turned out better than we expected.. I thought it was going to be a complete disaster when we started assembling the pieces because some of the parts baked funny and they didn't quite go together very good. As you can see it is kind of leaning well that was unavoidable because our base is a little lopsided but all and all it turned out ok.. It was lots of fun and I thought we were quite creative and everything on there is made of bread.

Abby and Logan's Wedding and MY FIRST WEDDING CAKE!!

My friends Abby and Logan got married on Saturday and I got to make their wedding cake. It was so much fun and quite a bit of work. Actually I had no idea it was going to be that much work, mostly because I made from scratch every element myself and well since I got to school full time and work full time I had to find little moments everywhere to work on it but it was so much fun and it turned out not to bad considering it was my first time and they were happy with it so what more can you ask for right. They got married in the DC temple that morning and then their reception was that evening at Logan's family's house. It was a beautiful day and I am so happy for them.

All the PFF's(pretty funky friends)

Ok so the cake is not perfect and I'm the first to admit it, mostly because we are all our own worst critics but I'm glad I did it and it was a blast. Plus it tasted fantastic and everyone loved.

Fishing out on the bay..

On Wednesday a bunch of us chartered a boat and went out on the Chesepeake Bay to go fishing. It was such an amazing experience I had so much fun. It was calling for rain all day and while we headed to Maryland it started to rain and we were a little bummed but once we got there it stopped raining and didn't start up again until we were in the car heading home. It turned out to be pretty nice, somewhat chilly but no rain so yay! The water was a little choppy and one might think you(well at least me) were drunk the way I was walking around the boat but it was so much fun. We each could only keep one fish but we got to catch tons and just throw them back. Sylvia got really quite seasick and ended up throwing up most of the trip so that wasn't fun for her but everyone else seemed to be fine.

Linda and I before we got on the boat..


Mike Warner with one of the fish he caught.. I think he was the best part of the trip, everyone was having a good time but the look on his face whenever there was a fish on a line or anything was priceless he was so ecstatic about it all and it was great..

That's my fish, it was so heavy and so long. It was 42 in long and weighed 30 lbs. It was definitely a fighter as well, one of the guys we were with had to hold onto my pants while I was reeling him in because he kept pulling me forward and a couple times I came very close to the back of the boat. It was so much fun though and now my left arm is so sore.

This is my friend CJ reeling in his fish..

This was me catching my first fish it wasn't as big as my second but still a nice size I think it was 38 in.

Brother Peterson is such a nut and he made it so enjoyable because he is just so silly.

Linda catching her fish.

This is the captain. He was such a nice guy and very helpful with everything and well not to bad to look at either..

The only girls that went. It's cool though its more fun with the guys and well were pretty cool chicks so we had a blast other than Sylvia being sick the whole time.

All the fish we got to take home with us..

New Knife..

So this starts out as sort of a sad story that is yet to be solved and I very highly doubt it will ever be solved. Last week I lost my knife kit at school. Basically what happened is that I'm pretty sure I forgot to put it in my locker after class and some nice preson decided to steal it rather than turn it in to the lost and found. It amazes me the type of inconsiderate people that are out there. So now I am out a knife kit which I kind of need for school, considering I am at a culinary school. So now I am replenishing a new kit on my own because the price of a new kit from school is just outrageous. So this leads me to my new knife. It is my favorite knife ever. I found it at Target, now its not the most durable knife and it was cheap so I'm sure it won't last long but it'll do for now. It's pink though and how could I pass up a pink knife.

Girls Night Out..

So on Saturday while the men went to priesthood we had a little bonfire.. It was lots of fun.. We played chubby bunny with marshmallows and made ourselves so very sick..

We danced and danced and danced alot..

And just played around and had fun..

My Poor Car..

So on Saturday between the two sessions of conference my friend Sylvia and I decided we needed to run to the store and pick up a few things because we decided to have a bonfire that night while the guys were at priesthood. Well we were stopped at a red light and I was waiting very patiently just ya know gazing around and my eyes crossed the front and I saw the light turn green and I was probably three cars back well I then just turned to the left and I saw the cars starting to move and not even thinking I took my foot off the brake and barely touched the gas when I noticed the car in front of me hadn't moved yet and bang I hit them.. Surprisingly though there wasn't a whole lot of damage. My car got the worst of it. Her car only has two little divits where the screws from my license plate indented her car. All and all not to bad but still it sucks.. The most important thing though is that no one was hurt and both of our cars still run just fine.