I DID IT!

I did it! I got my very own website! I will miss this blog, but time for me to move on to bigger and better things. Feel free to browse around here if you are new but be sure to check out my new blogsite.

www.amycloudphotography.com

Life Is Good

I am apologizing yet again for my lack of blog posts. I'm so sorry! There, I said it! 50% of me has been hoarding them and the other 50% has been super busy! I'm not complaining about being busy though! I love it! I shot a wedding last night and someone I have never met came up to me and said, "so you must be busy because you haven't posted on your blog for a while." Yes very and so awesome having a fan who I didn't know! :) It won't be much longer and I'll be posting like crazy.

Life has been nuts but I'm loving it! Back in the Midwest currently and will be here for a couple of weeks. I am finishing up a wedding today, have a wedding from June and one from July I'll be working on next, 5 shoots from last week in Utah, and then on to the portrait sessions/weddings I have here. All 17 of them.... :) Enough yapping from me though. I have to get to work. Happy weekend ya'll and you'll be seeing more of me soon! Until then, here is some eye candy for ya!

Supreme French Toast!

This is BY FAR the BEST french toast I have ever had. My taste buds were doing a happy dance with every bite I took. Tony was equally impressed. I watched him take the first bite and I'm pretty sure he closed his eyes as he chewed up the yummy goodness! Breakfast for dinner?? YES please! Enough of me talking. Here is the recipe! Thank you thank you to the lovely lady who submitted this fabulous recipe!

French Toast Supreme

3 eggs

1/4 cup milk

1 tbsp sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 4oz carton whipped cream cheese

12 slices cinnamon bread

In bowl combine eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla. Spread 1 tbsp cream cheese on 6 slices of bread and top remaining slices to form sandwiches. Dip sandwiches in egg mixture. Fry lightly on greased skillet until golden brown. Top with Apple Cinnamon Syrup.

Apple Cinnamon Syrup

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/3 cup water

2 tbsp butter

1 tsp corn starch

1/2 tsp cinnamon

3 med apples, peeled and thinly sliced

Bring brown sugar, water, cornstarch and cinnamon to a boil. Boil for 2 min until thick while stirring rapidly. Reduce heat to medium. Add apples, cook for 10 to 12 min or until apples are tender.

Top 6 Recipes

First off, I want to remind you if you were one of the chosen, DO NOT post what specific recipe was yours on my blog or Facebook page. You can whoop and holler all you want about being picked but don't say which is yours. I don't want my hubbies choice to be swayed based on the owner of the recipe (I doubt it would be anyway but I want to stay fair). I want it to be based on flavor and pure enjoyment!

I will say that I had over 20 recipe's and I had a hard time choosing. So hard I changed it to 6 instead of 5. I chose 2 recipes that I knew he'd love, 2 that I knew I'd really like, and the last 2 are something we have never had before, not even a similar variation of. All of the recipe's I received sounded very yummy. I plan to print them off and try them all eventually. So far we have made 2 of the 6 and OH EM GEE!! Delicious! He loved them both! Stay tuned for photos and shared recipes.

In no particular order, here are the top 6 recipes I chose

1. Chicken in Basil Cream
2. Quick & Easy Smothered Burritos
3. Ham balls
4. French Toast Supreme
5. Margarita Chicken
6. Blackened Chicken Alfredo.

I know...your mouth is watering isn't it???? :)

Good luck to the top six. And thank you everyone for sharing!

Bawl Baby/New Baby

I am bawling right now. I am so happy---but I can't believe how much of a baby I am. No t.v. or music on right now. I am a sap for happy endings and beautiful love songs and lots of times they make me cry.

I am crying because of a text message. One of my oldest friends texted me two minutes ago to tell me that her little baby girl Jacelyn has finally arrived! My little Kersha is a mommy. She has a baby. Of her very own.

Kersha- I am so very proud of you and all that you have done in life. You have been an amazing friend thoughout the 13 years that I have known you. I am so excited to see your little family grow and I know you will be the best mother. I wish you, Brian, and baby J all of the love in the world. I am so happy for you!