can i have s'more?

this week started off right with a new engagement and a birthday! all to this one special lady!

[my new-ish sister-in-law Jessica]

as seen in this picture, she is blowing out some sweet cupcakes! this brings me to my baking adventure of this week!

Jessica mentioned this past weekend that she liked s'mores....

so what better thing then to mesh my favorite 1 handed specialty and an all-american classic treat!

so, I give you S'more cupcakes!



first I made a graham cracker crust with ground up graham crackers, melted butter and some sugar!



then I put the crust into cupcake pans and put chocolate chips over the crust to bake for a few minutes.
[not pictured, but the next layer was a Ganache!]



[then I made a chocolate cake batter and baked it, then topped it with some homemade marshmellow frosting!]




[then we torched them! to give them that fire baked taste!]




[happy birthday jessica!]



[this is the apron that Robert and I made for Jessica's birthday gift! paired with some homemade blue earrings, and she was a happy camper!]



[so was my hubby, with these decadent cupcakes!]



side project this week: painting the outside of the bus! looks great!

the bus. bonnaroo. and more

so this past weekend, we did our year #8 at bonnaroo. a very successful year. lots of great music, wonderful people, a smooth running bus, heat strokes, and of course lots of drugs.

2 days before bonnaroo, robert got home from work and we attempted to paint the bus, we got about 85% of it painted! pretty proud, and grateful for all the people who came and helped us out, and to the anchor for letting us use their parking lot!




before:





during/after:






[these amazing pictures were taken by Mary nell Powell!]


some bonnaroo highlights:

mumford and sons, steve martin, middle east, jay-z, stevie wonder, dr. dog, ozomalti, stephen franti, dead weather, she & him, and so many more!








and, as if we didn't go to enough shows this past week, last night robert and I went to see the Nashville symphony in the park! The theme was "space!" it was so beautiful, then today we worked in the garden :)




first habanero!







these pictures, Tina Nord took of us having fun heading to bonnaroo, and at the festival! our bus has to have the avacado green and brown added to it!

the bus + raw food

we are so excited to see the bus start coming together! it's looking wonderful! we ordered a toilet and got it 2 days later, just bought some tanks today for the plumbing/water, etc. we are so excited! we even started framing the bus out this week!





we had to move the bus out into the country, but we are so thankful for our friends Jonathan and Jennifer at the Green Wagon!



also, this week we were able to get our garden completely finished. Robert finished our flat beds, we got tomatoes, peppers, jalepenos, cilantro, mint, basil, strawberries! we even fashioned some beautiful window's to make a greenhouse!





we have 1 baby strawberry!!!


also, this week i'm on a raw foods detox, so the baking has been to a minimum. except robert was craving come cake, so he decided to make a cake [WHILE I CAN'T EAT IT!] he is a great husband, i promise!

update: the bus + wizard.

the past few weeks the bus has changed alot! we've been very successful!
we've acquired a stove, kitchen and bathroom sink, a fridge, toilet [brand new, in the mail!], hardwood floors, insulation, and much more! we are starting to ponder up what color to paint the bus! oh the excitement makes me so happy!

every day there is new progress, it's so exciting! we are happy to show some pictures off!













[new fridge!]







[new gas stove!]


[some of these, the more awesome pictures were taken by: Mary Nell! what a great photographer!