I want this.

It's just so pretty. :-) and not bright yellow, which is what I've got now.

Just thought I'd share, haha!

Carrot

That's PA for ya.

As you may have heard, Pennsylvania is filled with fields. And fields and fields and fields and... so on. There happens to be one right across from our house, and it happens to make for great pictures when the sun is shining so insanely brightly. I took these the other evening, it was SOOOOOO beautiful out!

On my way back inside, I found this.

What a goof. :-)

Til' Later,

Carrot

Nerdy Princess :-) For Julianne

My friend, Julianne and I decided we should be nerdy princesses, and so here I am, in nerdy princess form! haha!

Carrot (Chelsea)

A week in pictures: Monday :-)

So, I had this idea. I was kind of wondering what exactly it is that I do from day to day. So I thought I would make an effort to document this week and find out! I just thought it'd be fun.
So here's some pictures from today!

I found some water balloons a couple of days ago and was having fun with them today.

poor fellow :-(

Then later I was bored so I started taking self portraits.. which is usually what it comes down to in the end, lol.

I did some other stuff today, too, I just didn't document everything :-) I'm not even sure that I'm done yet today but I felt like posting something sooooo POST!

:)

Til' Later,

Chelsea Carrot



Crazy!

That's what it's been around here! What shall I start with telling you about? Hmm..
Jamaica sounds like a good place to start. Or end, it's pretty nice for anything, but I'm going to use it for the beginning of my post :o) So, My Grandma's, brother, and I, got to go on a cruise to Jamaica! We had such a good time! And it was sort of a missions trip-like thing, so it was REALLY cool! We started out by flying to Miami, where we stayed the night and boarded the ship the next day. We then set sail for Jamiaca! When we got there, a couple of days later, we spent our first day on a beach excursion. It was so pretty! They do not lie, the water is BLUE! The day after that was our turn to do the missions part of the trip. We went to a special home for kids with disorders like Down Syndrom and things like that. I think that was my favorite part of the trip, those kids were amazing. So sweet and innocent, it's hard to really explain how cool it was.
(I'm sorry I don't have pictures to share... my computer tends to be... um... silly..)
A week and a half after we returned from that trip, My parents, brother, and I headed to Kentucky for a music festival that I'd been wanting to go to for a LONG time! It was such a blast! Every morning we went to Starbucks for breakfast and wifi :) then our parents would take Mikey and I to the festival, and they would spend the day doing something less, shall we say, exciting? Mikey and I got to see pretty much all of our favorite bands, there were some missing, but there were so many good ones there! we had an awesome time.

Those are some pictures from Kentucky.

Moving on, just yesterday, I turned 16! I had my friends Emma and Lindsay over for a sleepover the night before and in the morning we made, in the words of Emma "Lemon Pancakes with Blueberry junk on top" :-) Then we headed out! We had to drop Lindsay off at home so that she could give a riding lesson, and Emma stuck with us for a while. We went to the drivers center and I took my permit test (My mom and Emma patiently waited first in line with me, then while I read every question 2-3 times) But I passed! So it's all good! Now I can drive my car, which I named Vincent :)

Then we went to lunch at Olive Garden!! Yumm! After that, I had a consultation about me hair, (I'm going to have it colored or something soon..) then we went to Starbucks! After that we had to take Emma home. :( So we went home too, because a while after that we'd be leaving again for my birthday dinner with the family :-)

So that's pretty much the big stuff that's been going on!! (There's no shortage..)

Til' Later,

Carrot (Chelsea)

Strawberry Vanilla Mousse Parfaits

For a long time I wanted to make pretty parfaits. I make trifles all the time, but they're bigger. I wanted to make parfaits! So when we recently picked strawberries, it was perfect! So! First I made Strawberry Cinnamon Bread. Here's the recipe for that, which came from allrecipes.com (Woo!)

2 cups fresh strawberries

3 1/8 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups white sugar

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/4 cups vegetable oil

4 eggs, beaten

1 1/4 cups chopped pecans

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
2. Slice strawberries, and place in medium-sized bowl. Sprinkle lightly with sugar, and set aside while preparing bread mixture.
3. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda in large bowl: mix well. Blend oil and eggs into strawberries. Add strawberry mixture to flour mixture, blending until dry ingredients are just moistened. Stir in pecans. Divide batter into pans.
4. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until tester inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn loaves out, and cool completely.

Then I cut that into little cubes. (It was very easy to cut and made very nice little cubes that didn't crumble!) and I mixed up the Vanilla Mousse, which is actually just a small box of "Jello" vanilla pudding, about 3 tablespoons of "Maxwell House International cafe' French Vanilla drink mix powder" (Pictured), and about 2 cups of Cool Whip. So it's not exactly super official Mousse, but it's a little more than just pudding ;-)

Then I cut up the strawberries into little chunks and layered away! It was fun!! Then while I let them chill in the fridge for a few minutes, I made little chocolate garnishes to put on top of them with a bit of Cool Whip! Here's how they looked when I finished them :D

 That chocolate splatter was supposed to be a star, but I like it better as a splatter.

This is my customized Chelsea topper :-) (I had to make sure I got one somehow, haha) Notice the Carrot behind my name ;-)

These were sooo fun, I hope you try it sometime!

By the way: I never explained how I made the garnishes. All I did was melt some chocolate wafers in icing bags and then piped them onto wax paper, set them in the freezer for about 3 or 4 minutes, and they were ready to top with! Enjoy!

Linking up with Sweet as Sugar Cookies

Thanks for the invitation, Lisa.

Til' Later,

Chelsea (Carrot)

Just Pictures!

Sorry that each picture does not have a detailed explanation, but I'm kind of pressed for time. I just really needed to post because I haven't in a long time! Sorry I can't stay and chat!!

Chelsea