Wordless Wednesday!

**Brought to you this week by my dear friend Tyler. YAY for friends who you've known since elementary school! <3**

"Look! I'm an Asian hipster!" (yes, that is arrested development in the background.)

Cookies!

My friend Tyler came to visit and we decided to make 120 cookies to give to all of my residents..

My house still smells like cookies.

We got cake mix for $1 from Ralphs, woke up early (okay, so 9am isn't that early, but it was a Saturday, sooo), and got to baking.

Tyler still had morning hair, and I was in my pajamas, but we took pictures anyway.

Super Easy Cookie Recipe:
1 box of cake mix (can be any flavor, but funfetti, vanilla, and lemon work best)
1 egg
a little over 1/2 cup of vegetable oil

Mix ingredients together.  Form dough into approx 1inch diameter balls; cook at 360 degrees for about 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!

Ugh. I HATE this picture.

Sunset Stroll..

While Tyler is here, he wanted to go down to the beach, and we happened to catch a beautiful sunset last night!

I took lots of pictures, but I'll try to restrain myself to only posting a small portion here :P

Car Rides and Fun Times

"A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles"

--Tim Cahill

So.  I am currently at home, visiting the family for break, which means that I had the wonderful opportunity to drive across California for 12. hours.  Luckily, I had one of my friends with me, who just happens to be both insanely cheerful, and ridiculously deep.  We had some awesome conversations.

Some things we talked about? Religion.  That feeling you get when you're back home to visit.  Speeding tickets.  Life goals.  Musicals.  Harry Potter.  Favorite blogs.  Politics.  Boys.  Glee.  The war in Libya.  Schoolwork.  Little brothers.  Summer plans.... I could keep going...

It was such fun! (well, besides the driving...)  We listened to some great music, obviously had some great discussions, and generally just bonded. :)  And while I can't say that I enjoyed driving for a million years, it wasn't the worst experience of my life, and I am definitely not looking forward to the return trip without her.


Sometimes having a good friend next to you in the passenger seat is all that you need to make the trip worth it. :)