Mary Poppins

Saturday was finally the day my mother and I have been waiting for. We got to see Mary Poppins at the wonderful Fox. We went with my dad, aunt, uncle, cousin, and her boyfriend. Our tickets were on the floor and in the center! My mom got these tickets about a year ago and has been very excited to see it since then. The performance was really good. The lady that played Mary did an amazing job. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious was my favorite! I am a huge fan of musicals so I was very excited to see one of the most classic movies at the fox. It was a really great night too. The weather reminded me of fall :) I had to wear a jacket. We usually try to go to the fox once a year and I can't wait till the next time we go, I hope something good will come soon!


oh and a little side note. When I did spell check supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is actually a word....crazy.

Summer's Gone

School has started, so summer is officially over in my book. So far my classes have been ok. I really enjoy my anatomy class but that is about it. My other classes are sort of boring. Hopefully it will get better! Yesterday I had my first soccer game against Fontbonne University. We tied 1-1. It was fun to finally play a game rather than just practicing every day. Tomorrow Anthony leaves :( It really hasn't hit me yet but I know it will soon. Hopefully this semester will fly by and then second semester will fly by and next thing you know it will be summer again. Better keep dreaming right?

Sleeping beauty

This is how I find Zara sleeping every morning. It just cracks me up. The other morning her tongue was hanging out of her mouth.

Play day

Yesterday was play day at my house! Anthony brought Lincoln over to play and man did him and Zara have a ball. They were running and jumping and wrestling all over the place. Coco wasn't that excited about Lincoln though. She just kept to herself and stayed up high so Lincoln couldn't reach her. I think Zara really likes Lincoln because he will play with her. At one point Lincoln had every toy out and was laying in the middle of them all. He is so silly! I think we will have to have play dates more often because once Lincoln left Zara passed out.

COCO

LINCOLN

ZARA

They were going crazy over that stick!

Allergies

Fall is approaching and well allergies are here! I am miserable. My eyes itch like crazy and my nose is all runny :( I take a prescription but it just doesn't seen to be doing the job. I blame it on soccer...practicing outside for 3 hours makes everything go crazy! Looks like I will be staying inside and not enjoying this beautiful weather.

Cards game

Last night Anthony took Eleni, Gina and I to the Cards game! I haven't been to a lot of games so it was exciting. The tickets were great. We were on the first level in row ten on the first base line. Anthony's dad got them from a friend and he couldn't make it so he gave them to Anthony and since Ant is such a nice guy he took the girls! (I think he had fun though) We all had a really good time and the weather was beautiful so we got super lucky. It was a really good game and we got to see a home run! No one warned me about the fireworks and I screamed really loud. Scared me to death. We enjoyed some peanuts, nachos and a pretzel. Even though everything is so expensive you just can't help but get something. I am glad we got the chance to go, it was lots of fun!

Hell Week

The first week of soccer practice is always known as hell week. It is usually the hardest week of the whole season. Well this past week was hell week for me. I still have 2 more days to go till we get our one day off, Sunday. So far we have been having 2 and a half hour practices, each starting with some sort of run. It usually is around 2 miles. My body has started to adjust, but is still a little sore. I am more tired than anything. I am really not a long distance runner. I rather do sprints. Most coaches focus on distance, when they should really be focusing on speed. The team is looking a little better than if first did. I was a little nervous that we weren't going to have descent skill on the team, I was thinking that practices would be a little more intense and people would know how to back people up, or even pass the ball. Some of these girls just shock me. When I played for Lindbergh's soccer team, our team could easily beat this Meramec team. I guess I am just going to have to adjust and take this opportunity to get back into the shape I need to be in and enjoy playing while I can. I have met some pretty cool girls though. So they make practice a little more exciting. Hopefully next week my body will be feeling better. My shins are killing me!

Chocolate Cherry Cake

This is for everyone in Anthony's family...I know how much you guys like chocolate and cherries!

Prep: 40 min.
Bake: 22 min.

Cool: 10

Oven: 350

Cake

3/4 cup plus 1 tsp. all-purpose flour

1/3 cup plus 1 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup sour cream

1 tbs. of Hersey chocolate sauce

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 2 6x2-inch round cake pans. Mix 1 tsp of each flour and cocoa; dust pans. Set aside.
2. In a bowl combine 3/4 cup flour, 1/3 cup cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl with electric mixer beat butter on med. to high for 30 sec. Add sugar, beat until fluffy and smooth. Beat in eggs, vanilla, and Hersey chocolate sauce until smooth. Beat in sour cream and flour mixture. Pour batter in pans; spread evenly.
4. Bake 22 to 26 mins or until edges begin to pull away from sides. Cool in pans on wire rack 10 mins. Remove from pans; cool on rack.



Frosting
8 oz sour cream
1 cup whipping cream
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs. marashino cherry juice


1. Mix all ingredients together in bowl. Beat on med-high until fluffy.
2. Use serrated knife to horizontally cut cakes in half to make four layers total. Spread frosting inbetween layers. Heap remaining frosting, swirling in peaks. Refrigerate.




I only did 2 layers because I didn't have the right size pans and I put chocolate covered cherries on top :) You could always just buy chocolate cake mix and just make the icing too! Hope you guys enjoy.

He makes me smile

Yesterday I got a little present in the mail....

Isn't my man just wonderful! His parents raised him so well :)

Weekend update

The weekend flew by. Frank and Brittany were in town and we all headed to the Zoo Friday day. It was gorgeous outside and the Zoo has changed so much since the last time I have been there it was neat to see everything. It was packed and there were little kids everywhere! Mrs. C took lots and lots of pictures so you will have to check out her blog (hopefully she will put the pictures up), but I took some pictures before my camera died :( It was a lot of fun and it was good to see Frank and Brittany. After the Zoo Anthony, Mrs. C and I went to Imos to get some yummy pizza. Thanks Mrs. C!

Saturday I had to work all day :( I did get a break though, so I took Zara to the vet to get her stitches out!!! She is all good now. I got off a little early too so I was able to go out to eat at Hacienda with Anthony's family. We ate outside since it was so nice out. They have the neatest set up there. It is just a fun atmosphere. It was good to hang out and relax with everyone. School starts in 3 weeks so I need to get a whole lot of fun in to make sure my summer is complete!