About Me

About Me
My name is Jill and I live with my husband Dan and our daughter along with our cat, MacGyver in Northern Virginia. I'm very quirky, silly, all about rainbows and unicorns, child at heart and simply just me.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Springing into Summer

Sorry to all my 3 followers that I haven't been around to bring you exciting, fun and tasty entries as of late. But alas, I have returned!

I got a new job two months ago and I absolutely love it!! Morale and kindness go along way in a business setting.

I've been baking and trying out new recipes found on Pinterest which I love experimenting and receiving feedback from others. Here are my latest creations:


 
Small, healthy and light Watermelon Cake with whipped cream

 

(Sorry for bad iPhone picture..)
Cupcake Cones
 
My only tip with the cupcake cones is that they will be inhaled eaten once decorated as the cones tend do become soft and not crunchy.
 
 
Also, every year our group of friends try to make it to Smith Mountain Lake for a mini-vacation by renting a lake house, pontoon and speedboats. This year we had a large group of 16, so it was a great time. However, I went to the ER in Bedford to get my wedding band cut off as I had an accident on the boat causing my ring finger to swell. Good times, good times.
 
 

 
June is also a busy month of birthdays and anniversaries. Dan's friend's birthday is two days before his and his friend celebrated at a winery in Clifton. Dan is not a wine drinker so this was his first winery experience and looks like a pro, can't you tell? Dan's parent's also took us out to a very nice restaurant called Old Angler's Inn to celebrate Dan and his brother's birthdays plus their anniversary. The food was so delicious but I only remembered to take a picture of the dessert.
 
 
For Dan's birthday I got him two tickets to see Redskins vs. Eagles in December being the awesome wife I am :) We also went to a hibachi restaurant to celebrate his birthday with our group of friends. I'm really happy so many of his friends made it and had a good time! Here is a memento we received at the end of the night.
 


Sorry for this post being so picture heavy - maybe I need to update more frequently :)