Cake Balls - Attempt 1

For game day at the Stanley's, I made cake balls for the first time. I think they turned out pretty tasty! Here were the steps involved...

Step 1: Mix cake (already baked) with icing

Step 2: Roll mixture into balls

Step 3: Dip into milk or white chocolate and eat!

These will be made again! I need a bit more practice on making them pretty on the outside!

A&M/Arkansas Day

I'm a bit late with this post... however, here we go!

Lots of friends gathered at the Stanley's last weekend for the A&M/Arkansas game. Needless to say, the Aggies lost but we had lots of fun and great food!

Group shot of the girls

Hill Country/Venue Search Weekend

My parents and I took a short trip to the hill country to visit my great aunt and uncle and look for wedding venues. My relatives live in a great house in Spicewood. Beautiful and relaxing! See pictures below of them with my parents and their hilarious Portuguese water dog, Amy.




After visiting two venues in Spicewood, we were starving. We went to eat at Backstage Steakhouse and Garden Bar. Highlight was the jalapeno corn cake with crawfish. For those who will be at the Stanley's on Saturday, I am attempting to recreate this for the bar-b-que!


Monday we were in downtown Austin. After visiting two more places and walking all over downtown, we stopped at Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill for lunch. My dad had a yummy looking burger but refused to let me take a picture! My mom and I got spicy chicken tortilla soup and "corn dog" shrimp with mustard and blueberry sauce. Great food again!




I'll post about the venue once Mike and I have made the final decision and put down the deposit!