Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

And the winner is...

Sherry from Blessings From Our Nest!!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to enter
AND for all of the birthday wishes.
Hope you'll come again real soon!

Grins & giggles,
Julie xoxo

BiRtHdAy GiVeAwAy!

In celebration of the Twice Remembered Cottage's blogwide, 4th Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway AND my soon approaching 39th birthday May 21st), I'm giving away this

Birthday Cupcake Kit!

Contents:

1 small polka-dot mixing bowl

1 mini-wooden rolling pin

50 pink polka-dot cupcake liners

6 vintage inspired clown cupcake picks

6 vintage "Happy Birthday" cupcake picks

1 bag of jewel-tone jimmies/sprinkles

Pink tissue streamers
BONUS:

1 Raspberry scented Cupcake Sleep Mask

for sweet birthday dreams!

There are a few ways to enter:

#1. Simply leave a comment. Make sure to leave your blog address or email address.

#2. Follow my blog.

#3. Visit my other blog, Hey Cupcake!, then come back here and let me know your favorite cupcake flavor I've listed so far.

#4. Become a follower of Hey Cupcake!.

* Please make sure to make a separate post for each entry.*
**Due to shipping costs, this giveaway is only open to those living within the continental United States.**

Giveaway ends May 29th!
Don't forget to stop by and check out all of the other fantastic giveaways !

xoxo,
Julie

GIVEAWAY!!

In celebration of the Twice Remembered Cottage's blogwide, 4th Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway ANDmy soon approaching 39th birthday... I will be posting mygiveaway later next week. Come back by and check it out!

xoxo,
Julie

Coo Coo for Coconut

I've been baking cupcakes like crazy!!

Happily, the orders keep coming in!

I call these cupcakes, "Coo Coo for Coconut".

They're chocolate almond cupcakes with a mini Mounds bar inside, topped with coconut buttercream and toasted coconut.

Mmmmmmm.....

Wanna see more? Go to: Hey Cupcake!

xoxo,

Julie

Our DC Trip

Heights Christian Junior High 8th grade at the White House

It's hard to believe that a month ago today, we were on the last leg of our AMAZING 12-day Washington DC/East Coast trip! We started in Virginia and went to places like Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg. Then, we went to Washington DC and if you've never been there, I suggest you go! Pictures just don't do justice to the majesty of the place!

Me and Matthew @ the World War II Memorial in DC

We saw pretty much everything we could see in DC (even went over to Annapolis in Maryland). After that, we stopped at Gettysburg and then Philadelphia. You can really appreciate this country and all that was done to make it what it is today when you visit all of these places.

Me, Matthew & the boys atop the Empire State Building.

We ended the trip in New York City - Lion King, Ground Zero, pizza, shopping @ Times Square, the Empire State Building, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Awesome!

Thanks to everyone for their prayers and support. I will cherish EVERY memory of the trip - especially because I got to share it with Matthew and some other really special kids!

xoxo,
Julie

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter Everyone!

May you be blessed and all of your

chocolately bunny dreams come true!

xoxo,

Julie

Our BIG Trip

Matthew and I are getting ready for the

BIG 8th grade Washington DC Trip.

We leave on March 9th and will be gone until March 21st.

We will be going to places like Jamestown, Williamsburg and Monticello, Arlington Cemetery, Washington Monument, the Pentagon, Gettysburg, Amish Country, and NYC! It's a LONG, FULL trip, but we are all looking forward to it!

While we are preparing (and while we're gone), there are a few things that we could use prayer/happy thoughts for:

• safe/smooth travel (especially in the air)
• good health for us AND our entire group (151 people)
• perfect weather (NO rain)
• that we are chosen to tour the White House
• perfect-little 8th grade angles
• happy parents
• wisdom for our leaders/directors
• I would be a great chaperone for Matthew and the other two boys in our room
• everything would go smoothly back home while we're gone
• strong friendships and bonds would be formed
• God would richly bless the students on this trip

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!
Can't wait to share stories and pictures from our trip!

xoxo,
Julie

Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Cupcakes!!

I've been bakin' up a storm in my little

Valentine-Cupcake kitchen!!!

This one is a chocolate-cherry cupcake with

cherry-almond buttercream covered in

chocolate and a cherry on top!

Check out my other cupcakes on my new blog:

Hey Cupcake

Happy Valentine's Day!!

xoxo,

Julie