Happy 4th of July

Martha Stewart always has the best ideas. Have a fantastic 4th!!

Week 15 of 20/20 Challenge

Besides the 500,000 cupcakes I ate yesterday at the awesome cupcake tasting {{pics to come soon}} ... I did good last week! :)

Weigh in Friday AM: 151.6 lbs
LBs lost this week: -2.6 lbs
Total LBs lost: -21.4 lbs


In the spirit of 5 more weeks... I thought I would post quick before and now pics...

The before pic was taken at our ING 1/2 marathon during the first week of the 20/20. {{End of March}}



And at the party yesterday...

Cupcake Party!!

Tomorrow is the BIG Cupcake Party!! I am so pumped...

Invitations...






More info to come tomorrow!!

"Barbi Cups" yum.yum.

Is it just me... or do most people have a couple of things they are really good at making... so when you say to the host of a party... "What can I bring?" they know exactly what to ask you for. Usually I do cupcakes, or pigs in a blanket, or barbi cups.

I whipped up some of these for my Godsons 1st birthday party this weekend...

Here is what you'll need and I'll show some pics at the bottom

This is for about 50 barbi cups (since I only make it for party's... you could 1/2 it for smaller gatherings)
3 lbs of ground beef (or turkey if you are me)
2 bottles of your favorite BBQ sauce
50 raw refrigerated biscuits (the pop-a-can kind. Usually these come in 8 packs... but I found some 10 packs the other day)
Cheese

1. Brown your meat



2. Press your uncooked biscuits into muffin pans (I've also done mini muffin pans with 1/2 a biscuit)



3. Add BBQ sauce



4. Scoop on top of biscuits



5. Cook biscuits and meat (follow the directions on the biscuit can) and when they are almost done... add cheese and let it melt. I like the pre sliced but you can use shredded too... just messier.



6. and enjoy!!

Beach Recaps (better late than never!!)

We spent a fantastic 4 days in the OuterBanks of North Carolina. (If you're cool... you say OBX). My dads two brothers and their families joined us and we stayed together in a huge beach house. This is the last vacation FH and I will go on before we are "Husband & Wife"!!!

Drinks at the airport... necessary when you miss your flight because someone {{me}} left their wallet at home. boo.





Our sweet beach house front and back...





My Brother, dad, and FH chillin by the pool...



Helping... er... watching my sister in law make dinner for us!



I made cupcakes for Father's Day!



Yea for family dinners every night!



Flying the practice kite...





Lots of pool and air hockey



Game night!



Washers on the beach... this was our best shot!



Our sweet beach set up!



Gets me thinking about how vacations will be different after we are married! Sigh!