CONFETTI COOKIES

These confetti cookies are fun and delicious and perfect for every occasion, and best of all, they're super easy to make! 

What you'll need:

• 1 box Funfetti cake mix
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 stick butter (room temperature) 
• 1 package cream cheese (room temperature)
• Sprinkles! (I went kind of crazy with sprinkles, you use how much your little heart desires!)

Mix the room temperature butter and cream cheese together until it's a creamy blend.

Add egg and vanilla and mix together.

Add Funfetti cake mix and mix together.

After adding the cake mix, I added additional sprinkles but you can leave it as is. I just liked how colorful it looked with more sprinkles. 

Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet. Again, I added more sprinkles on the top by dipping the tops in sprinkles, but this is optional. 

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 box Funfetti cake mix
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 stick butter (room temperature) 
• 1 package cream cheese (room temperature)
• Sprinkles! (I went kind of crazy with sprinkles, you use how much your little heart desires!)

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix the room temperature cream cheese and room temperature butter until smooth. Mix in the egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix in the cake mix. (I find it easier to mix half the cake mix in and then the other half.) You can choose to mix in more sprinkles like I did at this point. After everything is mixed thoroughly, roll batter into 1 inch sized balls and dip the top in extra sprinkles. Place cookie dough balls on cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes or until you see fit. I always like my cookies much more on the softer side.

Happy baking, friends! :)

SNOW DAY

Today I woke up and it was instantly December again! It hardly snowed at all this winter in SLC but for some reason, mother nature wanted us to have a nice snow day on April 15th. Just yesterday it was 75 degrees and I was running errands around the city in a sundress and sandals.

It's fun to have such a random snow day but I'm scared for my flower garden. I put a lot of work into my little tulips and daffodils and they were all just starting to bloom and be beautiful. I don't know enough about tulips to know if they'll be able to survive through this snow. I sure hope so though! I was really enjoying my colorful yard this spring.

This is not a lovely photo by any means but it's just reference for how pretty all my flowers were. I took this photo yesterday.

Well I'm definitely taking advantage of this cold, snow day. Today calls for layers of comfy clothes, blankets, a Taco Bell run, eating leftover Cheesecake Factory cheesecake, and watching Interstellar special features with my brother all day.

MY NEW FAVORITE PLACE IN SALT LAKE CITY

Yesterday I went to the most magical nursery garden/greenhouse I've ever been to!

Granted, I haven't been to a whole bunch of nurseries but out of the ones I have been to, this one takes the cake! It's in south Salt Lake City and it's called Cactus and Tropicals and it will make you instantly happy as soon as you walk in! At least it did for me.

CACTUS & TROPICALS  | SALT LAKE CITY, UT

There's something about the smell of plants and flowers that instantly makes me happy, so this place was exactly what I needed yesterday without even realizing I needed it.

These photos are just iPhone photos so please excuse the quality, but you get the idea of just how great this place is.

There is such a fun selection of beautiful flowers (I especially loved all the hydrangeas!), hanging plants, trees, succulents, and a bunch of different pots all organized by color in different sections of the greenhouse. 

I seriously loved this place! Maybe it's strange to love a nursery so much but it was just so lovely inside and they had so many pretty flowers and plants to look at. If you live in Salt Lake City and like plants, I highly suggest going to this place! It's currently my new favorite place in Salt Lake City. 

2014: A YEAR IN REVIEW

2014 was a good year.
Honestly, it was my best year yet! Each year of my life seems to only get better and I hope it just continues on this way until I'm 88. So far, being 22 has been my favorite age! I've never felt more comfortable and happy with myself than I do now. Here's to 2014 and all the fun memories it brought!

THE HIGHLIGHTS:

JULY: I graduated Brigham Young University-Idaho! I graduated with my Bachelors Degree in Communication with an emphasis in Video Production, and boy was it a bittersweet experience! The day of the ceremony, I laughed, I cried, I smiled a whole bunch, I was ecstatic to never have to do homework again, and I reminisced about all the fun moments and friends I had collected from my years in Rexburg. I will forever be grateful for my college experience and all the opportunities it gave me.

AUGUST: A week long trip to Oahu, Hawaii to celebrate graduating from college! One of my favorite trips I've been on.

SEPTEMBER: A fun trip to Yellowstone National Park with my dear friend.

SEPTEMBER: I met, pet, and bottle fed 6 baby bear cubs at Bear World in Idaho. A dream come true!

AUGUST: I packed up all my things from living in Rexburg for 2 years and moved to Salt Lake City, UT!

Turning 22!

DECEMBER: A fun trip to Capitola, Monterey, Seaside, Carmel, Pebble Beach, and Big Sur! I love California, the coast, and all the cute little beach towns. California will forever have my heart.

2014 was incredible and I'm so grateful for all the fun trips and adventures I was able to go on! If I can just keep this up every year of my life I'll be one happy camper!

Happy New Year's Eve!