we went down to baltimore to attend my friend's wedding. this was the first official meeting of lily, samara, and micah. it was great getting to see kristen, chandler, and erica. i hate that i have such great friends in texas that i never get to see anymore. i realize that we will eventually get on a regular schedule of visiting my in-laws, but since that hasn't happened yet, i feel like we are never going back to texas. :( and it was great seeing kat and dan as well. there isn't an excuse for us not to see each other on a regular basis since we live within two hours of each other. i totally didn't believe it when i googled it, since i have only driven to baltimore from south jersey (having to drive north to get south adds quite a bit of time to the trip). luckily they like sonic (i miss sonic and still don't understand how i haven't been to the one in millville yet.) and have made trips to lancaster just to go there.

i realize there was a bit of rambling in there, so to wrap things up...
lily has really girly mannerisms.
both girls are absolutely adorable.
micah isn't the only flirt in the bunch.
micah is only 5 weeks older than lily(center) and 7(11 adjusted) weeks older than samara(right).
my son is huge.
and he hates the grass.

today i went to north jersey with my parents, jess, and micah. we arrived shortly before rodney presented his senior thesis. his was by far the most interesting and well supported presentation and i do not say that with bias. his was the only presentation that micah clapped for. after the presentations were over, we went out to eat at stuff yer face. i got a stromboli that tasted just like eggplant parmesean. we then went and got bubble tea (i miss tempest tea in dallas) across the street from there. we took rodney and john back to their apartment in rahway and left shortly after. rodney's graduation is in less than two weeks. i'm so proud of him. matt and lauren are coming down the weekend of his graduation and we get to be reunited for the first time since christmas. i love my siblings a ton.

and this is what micah does now...

today i would like to give my review on sunshine burgers. these burgers are made from sunflower seeds, but don't have too much of a nutty flavor. i recommend dressing this burger up with whatever toppings you wish as they won't take away from the taste of it. (i can't seem to put too many toppings on morningstar's mushroom lovers or tomato basil burgers.) i cooked mine on the stove in a frying pan. it seemed to take a little long to get an even crisp on the outside of the burger, but the directions accounted for that. i am eager to try this on the grill this summer.

for breakfast i made french toast from easter bread. i didn't really need to add syrup to it because it already has a sweet taste.
for dinner, i made quorn with a pesto glaze over sauteed spinach and artichokes with pasta and salad. putting the cutlet under the broiler really made this meal. stephen enjoyed this healthy vegetarian dinner.

computer has been on the fritz.

i'll hopefully have new entries in the next couple days.

i made two kinds of vegan cupcakes from scratch without a recipe. the kind pictured above is chocolate raspberry. i also made chocolate orange because of my love for chocolate oranges. i did not make a smores cupcake because i couldn't find vegan fluff at whole foods.