I am a terrible blogger

Just an update on our lives, because I am not very good at keeping up with the blog.  I probably could blame it on school, but really, I am just lazy.  I would rather go browse Pinterest than write on the blog.  Or read other people's blogs, or do anything else really.  Don't get me wrong, I like blogging, but it's not as fun as some of those other things.

Anyway. I'm going to put pictures and just talk about them. :)

We got an ice cream maker for my bridal shower/wedding from Nickolai's mom.  This was our first attempt at making the ice cream.  It has a freezer bowl that is used instead of ice and salt.  We pulled the bowl out and just started dumping ingredients into it. That is a bad idea. Do not do it. The brown sugar, salt, and egg all started freezing to the sides of the bowl, and we were not able to get the paddle down into the bowl to start it mixing.  Nickolai did his best to scrape out the sides and eventually got it thin enough that we could get the machine running. Surprisingly, it mixed it well and actually made a lot more ice cream than we thought. That is what the second picture is.  It started overflowing a bit. :P Oh well. It still turned out great. 

 This is quinoa black bean salad.  It was super yummy! I found the recipe on Pinterest and since Nickolai had quinoa from Winco, I decided to use it.  I would recommend eating it cold and possibly even as more of a salsa type dish than a main dish.

I have developed a love for making sugar cookies. I love eating them too. :) I bought a big bin full of cookie cutters, so this time I decided to have some fun with them.  I made these while Nickolai was away, and then showed it to him when he got home. I think he appreciated it. :)

Well, there were a lot of events inbetween, but I don't have time to blog them now. I'm sort of updated now, at least.