Charlotte Rudd

Yesterday was my little sisters (Emma) 18th birthday!!!!!  Her and I had a wonderful day together yesterday.  First off, we went to get some delicious brunch at a place called Devil's Teeth Baking Company where I bought us some amazing breakfast sandwiches that consisted of: biscuit, bacon, egg and cheese and then some donut muffins. <3  Truly marvelous.  After brunch, we ended up going to the spa and getting massages and visiting the bathes (sauna, steam room, cool pool & hot pool).  Our massages were each 50 minutes, which FLEW by and made me sad because I did not want it to end.  The spa strongly suggests that when visiting the bathes, that you do it in a specific order of first going into the steam room which was at I think 120 degrees and OMG it was so intense.  We could barely stand it because it's just hot air blowing on you and you instantly sweat out of every pore the second you walk in.  After the steam room came the sauna which ...

Hey guys!! This past weekend Tyler, his brother Grady and I went on a little camping trip to Inyo county for a music festival called Millpond.  Every year some of Tyler's family will go too and it is sort of like a small reunion.  It has now become a tradition to go and it was so lovely to be out in the middle of no where with gorgeous scenery and fresh air.  ((:   These were all taken while driving through Yosemite. Saturday morning, Tyler, Grady, Tony (their dad) and myself, went into Bishop to have breakfast and go golfing.  I do not golf, but I love watching them play and riding around in the golf cart.  LOL These are photos of the festival.  And as you can see, we had some scary storm weather.   We ended up going out to eat Saturday night for some vegan burgers (although mine had bacon (: ) while watching the beautiful horsies. ...

Hi guys!!  So this is a bit of a different post for me so I want to see how you guys like it.  Tyler and I have been trying to transition into becoming slightly vegan...so this post is going to be a delicious and easy cookie recipe! DISCLAIMER:  I did not come up with this recipe,,,I got this off of pinterest (: First of all you are going to need some ingredients: For the sugar topping you will need:  ~1/3 cup sugar ~1 teaspoon cinnamon For the dough you will need:  ~1/2 cup canola oil ~1 cup sugar ~1/4 cup maple syrup (recipe calls for 100% pure maple, but you can really use any maple syrup) ~3 tablespoons almond milk (or any non-dairy milk will work) ~1 teaspoon vanilla extract ~1 teaspoon chocolate extract (or just add another vanilla if you do not have chocolate) ~1 & 2/3 cup flour ~1/2 cup cocoa powder ~1 teaspoon baking soda ~1/4 teaspoon salt ~1/2 teaspoon cinnamon ~1/2 teaspoon cayenne (optional) ...