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My 21st Birthday!

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Blogmas 2015: Day 20

I am posting day 20 on the 22nd because this is about my birthday!

I turned 21 on December 20th!

I had a cookout type get together on Sunday. It was a ton of fun!

I had family and friends go.

I got so many things. It was completely unexpected!

My family friend/Second Mom made me this alcohol bouquet

Thank goodness we had a bit of chill over the weekend so we were able to have a fire without burning up inside and out! It was perfect, we even had s'mores.

Cheyne and I then took two of my cousins with us back to our

apartment and we played games.

I got cards against humanity for my birthday from Cheyne. So we went through it and took out all of the bad cards (Which was A LOT!) and played a censored version with my cousins!

My awesome Dad and amazing Grandma got me the EOS Rebel T5i camera, I have been asking for one for ages; I still can't believe I own this! That is why there are so many photos. I was playing with my camera ALL night.

My lovely husband also got me two coloring books! I love coloring in coloring books.

I love me some Yankee Candle!

I got the Magical Frosted Forest and Christmas Cookie.

My Lala and Abuelo got me an adorable canvas with Mickey and Minnie on it.

Thenf my Tia and Tio got me some wine and an awesome wine glass.

Of course I got a lot of Alcohol.

Happy 21st birthday to me!

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Homemade Whipped Cream

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Blogmas 2015: Day 9

During this time of year we always want yummy sweets and cozy coffee or hot chocolate. When I get cold I start wanting hot drinks, with tons of whipped cream on top!

I thought it would be nice to share my recipe for Homemade Whipped Cream.

I always love this over whipped cream from the store, ever since I started making my own whipped cream I feel that the store brands have a chemically taste to them.

I do use 'Organic Valley' organic whole milk, I prefer organic milk over regular.

They also make Heavy whipping cream which is what use in this recipe.

My "Piping bag" is made out of the Wilton tip #21,a standard sized coupler and a Ziploc bag.

Add Sugar.

Add Milk.

Thicken and add Vanilla Extract.

whisk!

Teeny Tiny Whipped Cream Poof.

Ingredients:

- 2 Tablespoons of Sugar

- 1 Cup of Heavy Whipping Cream

- 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract

1. About 15 minutes before you are about to start put a metal mixing bowl in the freezer and make sure you keep the heavy whipping cream very cold.

2. If you are going to use a "Piping bag" like I did then you should start preparing your bag.

3. When you are ready to start, add the sugar and whipping cream into the mixing bowl that you were freezing. Whisk until the mixture starts to get thick.

4. Once the mixture is thickened add the Vanilla Extract and start whisking until very thickened (This can take a while and does tend to make your arm hurt,make sure you do proper stretches unless you use an electric beater!); If you like your whipped cream light and fluffy then whisk until it forms stiff peaks.

5. You can use withing 8 hours and Re-whisk if it becomes flattened or runny.

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Ornaments and Christmas Trees!

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Blogmas 2015: Day 8

I personally love seeing other peoples Christmas trees and all their decorations. There are so many pretty ornaments you can collect and so many different styles that people like to decorate their trees.

This is my Tia and Tio's tree and ornaments:

They have a blue and silver theme.

My Tia made these they are just some silver polka-dot ribbon and a clear bulb.

They also added Batman, Spiderman and Darth Vader.

Sunday night we went over to my dads house and we made cookies and got the decorations down from the attic and decorated the house (The other decorations will be in another post.)

I love the colorful lights and all the different ornaments that we have accumulated over time.

My First Christmas!

I bought this last year from the Florida Aquarium for JJ as a Christmas gift, she loves dolphins.

It's Cheyne and I's first Christmas in our own apartment, we couldn't wait to get a tree, we opted for a fake tree this year (Never again) because of the cats and how Nala loves to eat everything. She has tried chewing on a few of the fake branches then I squirted her with

the water bottle and after a few times she stopped it.

I really liked the 'C' there was no 'H' and technically my name isn't Hammond yet anyways! We thought 'C' would work find because My name is Cheyenne and his is Cheyne (Shane).