New Favorite Cupcakes

I have found my new favorite cupcakes. The great thing about them are 1. they are super easy and 2. they are also somewhat healthy! I was given a Betty Crocker dessert book from Target from a girl from church and I immediately found a cute recipe that I couldn't wait to try. They are Adorable Applesauce Cupcakes!! My class theme this year is apples and I decided to make them for our 100 day of school celebration. 

They don't look like the picture but they were still cute and my class loved them!! I gave my class an option of what cupcakes they wanted for Valentines Day and they chose these!! I'm glad that I can make my class a healthy cupcakes that they love that can please every kid! Now I have said they are easy, and they are! I left my recipe at school but I remembered everything and was able to make them twice this weekend! Here it is:

1 box of moist yellow cake mix
1 cup of apple juice
1/3 cup applesauce
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
3 eggs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with cute liners. Mix all ingredients with a whisk until mixture is combined with few lumps. Scoop about 2 1/2 tablespoons of mixture into each cup making sure all cups are about even. Bake for about 15 minutes or until cupcakes "spring back" when touched. Let them cool on cooling racks. Then ice with with vanilla icing and decorate with sprinkles! Or you can skip the icing! They still taste delicious with out it!

 Go make them now! I guarantee that they will become your new favorite cupcakes too!! :0)

Mundane Life

I haven't updated this lately because I really don't want to bore people with the details of my mundane life. Almost every day is the same: wake up at the last possible second. get ready trying to not wake the dogs or Josh. drive 20 miles to work...most of the time behind horribly slow drivers on a 2 lane road with no chance of passing them. arrive at work. turn on the music. talk to Terri before our kids show up. get my class' seatwork written. finish getting organized for the day. pledges. prayer. Bible. phonics. bathroom. math. writing. spelling. seatwork. Lunch. recess. activity. seatwork and reading groups. science. pack up. get rid of the kids. either practice or games.go home. eat dinner. relax. tv/movie/game. Project 365. shower. go to bed. repeat. 
 See mundane life, not much excitement to blog daily about. But I do have some recipes that I have made to put up someday...plus little crafty projects. There are a few things that make the days enjoyable to me. Josh. Pandora. Angry Birds. My ipod. Funny things my kids say or do. My cheerleaders. {most days} My hyper/loving pups. Netflix. Facebook. {of course} reading blogs. Which brings me to this. As I was doing my nightly routine of checking the wonderful blogs I like to read my dear friend Katie nominated me for the Stylish Blogger Award. I am new to the blogging world as a blogger but I have seen awards like this floating around so that is why I actually am posting tonight. 

The Rules: Write 7 random things about yourself then tag 15 blogs that you have enjoyed reading.

1. I have to be a mood to do something. Laundry, baking, cooking, hardcore cleaning, crafting, decorating, video games...if I'm not in the right mood its not done completely. I'm not lazy just strange haha

2. I have a hard time finishing projects. I get bored easily so if I can't finish something right away I'll pick it back up in a few months or so. The same goes for games. I will play a game for a long time then I just stop and won't play it again for a while.

3. I used to swear that I would never be a teacher...but here I am. I used to want to be an astronaut or physical therapist for athletes and dad wanted me to be a forensic scientist but I hate math and science so there went those options.

4. I hated school. Thats kinda ironic that I became a teacher but I hated it. I loved the social aspect and very few of my classes {all my special education classes} but i hated all the work. I really don't want to get my Masters but I know it'll be the best for me.

5. I love taking pictures, that's probably the one thing I don't get bored of. Basic photography was one of the classes I actually enjoyed taking and loved being in the dark room. I need to take a digital photography class to help me learn my nice camera.

6. Josh and I collect movies. I'm not lying when I say we have over 500 or so DVDs including tv shows. We both had our own growing collection in college and then we got together and it kept growing! We have run out of shelving for all of them so its time to build one to go on the one wall {think The Holiday!}

7. I drive my dream car. No its nothing fast or furious or way out there. I drive a Volkswagon Beetle!! :0) I have always wanted an old one but I got lucky enough to get a newer version when I was a junior. I even got to have a personal plate which brought on a nickname because you can't have a bug without have a personalized plate!! My dad told me it had to last 6 years. {2 years of high school, 4 years of college} 8 years later Abbey is still going strong!! We've have definitely had some rough times but have made lots of memories!!! 


So there you have it! 7 random things about me! So now onto the 15 blogs that I love to read. Some are people I know others are the ones that I have stumbled upon but fell in love with what they do or their stories. I am the type of person that will find a blog then take the time to read every entry from the beginning which makes me feel like I know them! If you haven't checked them out I highly recommend doing so!!


1. Katie - Little Things Bring Smiles 
2. Allison - The Maginnis Life
3. Rachael - All Kinds of Yum
4. Kirsten - In A New York State of Mind
5. Rachel - Keeping Up With The Jones'
6. Nathan - Don't Hate Me 2
7. Kelly & Ryan - Kellan Studios
8. Ruby - Cakies
9. Kelle - Enjoying the Small Things
10. Sarah - G.I. Joe's Wife
11. Mrs. P - A Little Pink in a World of Camo
12. Ree - The Pioneer Woman
13. Angie - Bakerella
14. Dana - Made
15. Kathlyn - Remember Me? I'm in the Army Too




Whewwwwww!! There we go! I love all of y'alls blogs!!! Even if I don't personally write everyday I definitely check and read when y'all do! Keep it up!! I hope you enjoyed this random post! :0)