I'm so glad we're finally on break and its only 3 days till Christmas! Its snowy and cold here and I love it! My grandma just got here and we finished up our shopping and baked cookies. The whole town has a ton of traffic and the lines at target are super long!!! I curled my hair using these foam wire things(http://goo.gl/0G0ooK) 14.99 at Target and my early present!
Have a good Christmas and a fun break.

I started at Casey in August and love it! The past week was fall break, and we went to the mountains and skied. We were up at our cabins, and went sledding and had lots of fun. Its been snowy here and really cold.
Its almost the holiday season, because once thanksgiving ends its pretty much Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanza. Get into the spirit people!  Its starting to feel like winter!

Apricot Upside Down Cake!
Recipe:

INGREDIENTS

6 Tbsp unsalted butter1 cup sugar2 lb soft, ripe apricot, halved and pitted1 cup all-purpose flour1 tsp baking powder¼ tsp salt4 egg

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

Place a skillet over medium heat and melt 5 tablespoons of the butter. As the butter melts, lift and turn the pan to coat the sides. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the sugar evenly over the bottom of the pan. Place the apricots, skin sides down, in the pan, arranging them in concentric circles. Remove the pan from the heat.

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

Separate the eggs, putting the whites into a large bowl and the yolks into a smaller one. In a small pan over a medium heat, melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Whisk it into the egg yolks. With a handheld mixer set on medium speed or with the whisk, beat the egg whites just until they form firm peaks. Do not overbeat. Fold the remaining 3/4 cup sugar into the egg whites, about 1/4 cup at a time. Then very slowly fold in the egg yolk mixture, about one-fourth at a time. Finally, fold in the flour mixture, about 1/4 cup at a time. Pour the batter over the apricots and spread to cover them evenly.

Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Let the cake stand in the pan for at least 10 minutes. Run a knife around the inside of the pan. Invert a large plate over the pan. Firmly holding both the plate and the pan, turn them over. Lift off the pan. Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, cut into wedges.

-Kitchen Daily

It may seem like a lot of apricots when you put them in the skillet, but try and use them all otherwise your cake will be dry;)

Fourth of July Jello and Cool Whip!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWbx8AsQ0Bg

There's a link to a video of part of one of my games. I scored the second goal in the video, and 6 out of 8 it total!

Homemade carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!

Today I have the Mountain Zone Championships Water Polo Tournament. It's at the VMAC pool in Thornton. We have 5 games, one today, two today and two on Sunday. My team is the U12 Girls Boulder Storm, and there are 10 of us. I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!