Well, Katie you inspired me with that cute little post about Matty-boy so i decided i would post something that would make you laugh and is somewhat..very cute. It is from of course the one and only isaac (who we all know is in iowa right?) and he sent it to me today. silly boys....they're so hot and cold. i dont even know what to do with the kid anymore? :)

the sky is blue
the grass is tall
i wont let you lose
i wont let you fall
the mornings are quick
the days are few
somtimes im a prick
but i know i love you
im sorry im such a wah wah
but to you i like to lingo
even though my words are "blah blah"
we should still go play some bingo
i rode some horses
i petted some CATS
i slept in a pallet
and i killed like 50 rats
only 24 more hours
for the craziness to come
bugs are climbing onto my pores
but i beat em off like a drum
i'm glad i will be away from this
i hope you will be too
i'm ready to give you a big fat kiss
the next time i see you

cute right? silly boy.
P.S. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT LAST NIGHT WAS KINDA A BIG DEAL. AND TO SARAH AND KENZ: I LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH NO MATTER WHATS GOING ON. I HOPE YOU BOTH KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO ME AND THANKS FOR OPENING UP AND IM GLAD WE HAD THAT TALK. AND TO THE REST OF YOU....I DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITH OUT YOU. IM SORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING AND I REALLY HOPE THAT OUR FRIENDSHIP CAN GET BETTER GUYS CAUSE YOU ARE THE BEST FRIENDS ANY ONE COULD EVER HAVE AND IM SO GRATEFUL FOR EACH OF YOU.

sexy6 baby.
love sarah fraz.
p.p.s. sarah please post things on the blog because i love you and i dont want you to feel left out. :)

rain rain..

go away. JOKE. i love the rain. but not as much as i love rainbows! this one was so big i had to take to pictures!

thats cute. NOT.

i was thumbing through my notebooks of randomness tonight to find some funny quotes for our little side bar thing when i ran across the cutest thing id ever read. so pretty much every girl has a boy that theyre (not so) secretly in love with. and sometimes that boy says really sweet things even though all he's really doing is trying to lure you in with his magical words of lies that you believe until he rips your heart out and stomps on it and then leaves a nice juicy luugiee right on top for ya. how thoughtful. but anyways! i thought that tonight we should appreciate the good side of boys before we bash on them. soo..this is what mr. smooth talker said to me:

i like how modest you are. i like how you dont want to get too into it when you kiss. i like how you would rather talk than kiss. i like how beautiful you are. i like how you get that huge dimple when you smile. i love your smile. i like how you are always happy. i like how you know the church is true. i like how independent and responsible you are. i like your brown eyes. i like your lips too. i like how you don't take yourself too seriously. i like how smart you are. i like you katie.
*did you notice how he pointed out looks before brains? aka shallow.

wow. isn't it weird how i used to believe him. i fell for him. hard. it came to my attention today that its been almost a year. a WHOLE year for pete's sake. thats a long time. long enough for me to realize that he says the same thing to all his girls. he's the only boy that i regret. and thats a strong word. regret. its like hate- its strong. and if he forgot about me so easily, then BAM i forgot about him...matt who?

F.M.L. please

So, when you are faced with the question "get hit by a car...or eat the ground with your face?" i chose = eat the ground with my face (as you can see)

everything in my body hurts and my nose is really swolen and they think i need stitches but i said H no please. sooo basically i just hope it doesnt look this bad for WINTER FORMAL :(

anyways HAPPY TURKEY DAY GIRLS.

i love you all soooo much.

p.s. zoom in. its SIIICK. literally

with love,

Sarah Fraz

BESTIES

just thought you should know, this picture like explains our relationship.

the obsessed photographer

As you all know, i am officially OBSESSED with photography. And with this obsession, comes a want to take pictures... all the time. So i finally suckered Sarah into letting me photograph her. And even though she was VERY bitter about it at first, her model side kicked in quickly. And the pictures turned out absolutely GORGEOUS. I have to admit being the photographer, at first sarah's  "smise" was... hmm... well awkward. But, in about 15 minutes she definately mastered the look (as you can tell). Thank you sarah sooo much. I definately appreciate it! And to all of you, if you know anyone that wants pictures taken, tell them i am happy to do it. 

Love you all,

KENZIE

Boxcar Children

i feel kinda toasty... like i should pop out of the top!

tonight kim and i (katie) got to drive sarah's perfecty precious purple scion. during our little three mile ride two things happened. one: i didn't crash! and two: i only ran one red light, blasted one song, and got one speeding ticket. hah! JOKE. i would never do that...in sarah's car.

-Tea Time-

On our wednesday off, we decided to shake things up and have a lovely little tea party! it was super duper fun. So, for this event mallory helped us out by avoiding the hassle of deciding who is bringing what by just deciding for us. Thx Mal! I (Kenzie) was assigned to bring tea cakes (AKA chicken salad sandwiches). Next Katie who's had past catastrophies with her oven, was to BAKE some scones. And dang were they good! She made both chocolate chip or cinnamon scones. Yummm. Sarah brought the amazing lemon bars, which turned into lemonADE bars towards the end. Haha. And Mallory, well she assigned herself to bring the "tea". ha. We had the choice of Lemonade, or Chai tea. Although the chai tea didn't quite work out... so we settled on lemonade. Which was just as good. And then our wonderful hostess Kim! She did a beaUtiful job setting up our little party. And she of course provided us with the gurgle pot, as seen above, or whereever. And lets not forget the adorable teacups that we used for our lemonade! haha. We had just an awesome time, and I can't wait for what off-the-beaten-path thing we do next. TaTa for now, I am off for some tea.

Thx, and luvvv you guys bunches

KENZIE.

COOKIES!

Hey guys, i just thought i'd let you know that im starting an "in home" cookie dough business called Mini Marvels by Mallory. The starting flavors are chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, pumpkin, and possibly gingersnap. They will come in cute little rolls frozen. All you have to do is dethaw them and pop them in the oven! Tell me if you or anyone might be interested in a small treat for the holidays! Thanks and love you for infinity.
-mal

Your invited!

Tea Party for six!
during my study break i decided to study up on tea parties! first let me lay out the essentials!
1. (Kenzie) obviously, tea sandwiches. perfectly delicious and perfectly bite size!
here's some great recipes for simple tea cakes:

Cucumber Tea Sandwich Recipe

Cucumber sandwiches are still the quintessential tea sandwich recipe. No tea party recipe page would be complete without them.

1 large cucumber, peeled and sliced very thinlySalt3/4 cup soft butter2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic20 slices bread1 tablespoon lemon juice1 tablespoon olive oilPepper to taste
Lightly salt the cucumber slices and place them in a colander to drain for 1 to 2 hours. Then combine the butter and garlic and apply to one side of each slice of bread. In a small bowl, stir together the lemon juice, olive oil, and pepper. Add the cucumber slices, coating them well. Arrange the cucumber on 10 of the bread slices, top with the other 10 slices, remove the crusts, and quarter. Serve immediately. Makes 40 tea sandwiches.


Almond Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Spread: Combine 3/4 cup butter, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, a pinch of salt, and 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves or 2 tablespoons dried basil.
Filling: 1 cup finely chopped cooked chicken meat1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup slivered almondsSalt and pepper to taste20 slices bread, your choice
Combine the filling ingredients. Spread each slice of bread with a thin layer of the butter mixture. Add the filling to half the bread slices and top with the other half, buttered sides in. Remove the crusts and cut the sandwiches as desired. Makes 40 tea sandwiches.

2. (Katie) Scones!! yes those delicious flavors from heaven better be at our tea party tomorrow! if we want to stick to the tradition way of doing scones, which is eating a light and flaky but not sweet scone with clotted cream and jam, use these recipes. The way to eat them however remains in question. we'll experiment tomorrow! :

Basic Scone Recipe:2 cups all-purpose flour1 tablespoon baking powder2 tablespoons sugar1/2 teaspoon salt3 tablespoons butter1 egg, beaten3/4 cup milk (approx.)
Mix the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in the egg. (If you are using one of the variations below, this is a good point to add nuts, dried fruit, chocolate chips, cheese, etc.)
Gradually add the milk until a thick dough is formed. (It may take more or less than 3/4 cup.)
Turn out the mixture onto a floured board and knead lightly. Roll out the dough to 3/4" thickness and cut into rounds with a 2" cookie cutter. Gather the trimmings and lightly knead, roll, and cut them as well.
Place the rounds about 1" apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush the tops with a little beaten egg or milk. Bake in a preheated 450° oven for about 10 to 15 minutes, until golden brown. Serve warm.
Makes 12 to 16 scones, depending on the recipe version used.

Devonshire Clotted Cream (substitute) recipes

1 cup heavy (whipping) cream 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar1 teaspoon vanilla extract
OR
1 cup heavy whipping cream1/2 cup mascarpone or 1/4 cup softened cream cheese 1 heaping tablespoon sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract
The directions are the same for both cream recipes: Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and beat with a mixer until stiff. Refrigerate until ready to use. Best when prepared and served the same day. Makes 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups.

3. (Sarah S.)Tea Cakes: Basically any type of bite size dessert suffices for this essential! Lemon bars anyone?

4. (Mallory) Tea...or punch:) by looking up recipes i learned some cool facts about it! let me educate you on the interesting history of punch:
" Today's party punch recipes are said to stem from an ancient East Indian recipe of five ingredients, the term punch being derived from panch, the Hindi word for 'five'. The notion is only mildly debated and, sure enough, arrack (mostly fermented palm sap), tea or spices, sugar, water, and lemon, the five ingredients, are found in most punch recipes. "

5. (Kim) Tea Room! Whats a tea party without a tea room? people say in england tea rooms spread like starbucks in seattle! although tea rooms have slowly diminished, the tradition of tea parties is slowly coming back. Way to keep up traditions girls!

6. (Sarah F.) Cheese, fruit, veggies, or crackers with dip are an essential to any party especially to tea parties and they can be easily made!
fruit dip: 1 package of cream cheese whipped with 1 marshmellow fluff jar...and add some lemon zest for flavor!
veggie dip: 1 bottle of ranch!
chocolate fondue: chocolate melted and mixed with oil!

Party details:
When: 11:30 am
Where: Kim's backyard
Come: with item, and what ever you can if kim doesn't have it(ie. tea cups, eating utensils etc.)

See you all there! its going to be a blast!

-Mal

boys. boys. boys.

boys may be cute.
boys may be sexy.
boys may be sweet.
boys may be caring.
boys may be trustworthy.
BUT. that's only in movies with happy endings.
i think tonight at the one and only harvest dance we all got a taste of the real boys: rude, inconsiderate, disgusting, horny.
it ended with crying, comforted by group hugs and ice cream (at least it did for me.)
i realized tonight that i can't trust boys and that i should stop hoping and wishing that that one boy will finally figure out that i would do almost anything for him to be with me. because truth be told, it won't happen. not for me at least.
just remember girls, we have eachother. and even though i would do almost anything for that boy, i will do ANYTHING for my best friends.
i love you guys,
forever and always,
katie
p.s. I HATE BOYS. end of story.

Q's and A's

THE QUESTION:

one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish...of all the fishes in the sea, will you come to winter with me?
we had a bucket full of 50 goldfish and pebbles at the bottom with the letters of mallory's name..

yes, mallory, we asked IAN SMITH to winter for you! yay! we are so excited for you, it's going to be a blast! yahoooo

THE ANSWER:

kimmy got answered last night by CHANDLER WILMAN! he left a living room set up in her drive way with a poster that said:

"Uhm...SURE! i guess i have a 'little room' in my schedule for ya!"

also, kenzie got answered by LANDON PETERSON and sarah stradling got answered by CARTER MAUGHAN!

yay for boys that are nice and answer back!

pumpkin day

Halloween came...and then left. but stayed for a fun period of about five hours. started off at frazier's house with the fam (and the most delicious 7 layer chip dip and homemade rootbeer). then into our costumes we went. Kenzie: indian. Kim: volleyball player. Sarah F: flapper. Sarah S: flapper, school girl, cowgirl (she changes her mind a lot!) and me: Pippi Longstocking. we also went to a haunted house..but didn't go inside cause the line was freaking loooonngg and we had no moola. then we went to isaacs for a bit, but left to go see kenzies lover at a party. which was uber fun--we got to see our old mesa friends which by the way i want to hang out with again..hehe! then we went to kenzies, ate icecream, watched tv and justin made fun of my costume. nbd. all in all, it was a great night with my besties and i wish we could dress up everyday!
-katie

sorry stradling for not getting a picture with you...

and MALLY! I MISS YOU TONS!