Spring Break....Monday

     The next day was Tuesday, we didn't have much planned that day, except for me baking up some of my Margarita Cupcakes and later meeting up with the hubby's family for dinner.   So we just hung out most of the day, it was nice not having to take Liam to school, or go grocery shopping, or take kiddos to doctor appointments, we could just relax.

We hung out with some our really good friends (the kiddo's Godparents) before heading to eat with the In-Laws.  Liam liked wearing the Storm Trooper helmut.

We decided to go to Pappasitos, one of the hubby's favorite restaurants.  We usually have great service, but that night it was terrible.  We were so disappointed.  The service was extremely slow, the messed up the order, and they were out of green chili salsa.  The dinner started off great, Kinley and Liam colored but as the night continued they were so tired and ready to go home.  We were there for about 3 hours!

Liam even fell asleep on my lap during dinner he was so tired!

With all the mishaps at dinner it was still nice to be with family and make memories.

March Crafternoon

     It's another month and you know what that means......Time for us ladies to get together and craft at our monthly Crafternoon!  This month my friend Elizabeth hosted and she found some fun for all of us to do!

Since, Margarita Day had just passed we wanted to celebrate it!

She made a yummy spread of chips & salsas, 

avocado ranch with veggies, 

some Skinny Girl Pomegranate Margaritas, 

and I brought some Margarita Cupcakes!

For this month's craft, she found these cute Origami making kits.

I have never done Origami, so I was really excited!

Here's the first one I attempted, The Horse!

It took me awhile, since it was a "medium" difficulty, which I didn't notice at the time....

guess I should have started with an easy instead. Oh well.

Here's one of the easy ones, The Pig.

Then I tried another hard one, The Owl.

This one was my favorite!

The kits came with all the papers, instructions, and these cute backgrounds for picture taking.

So here's my Origami Farm...

My friend Marisa did these undersea creatures!

Elizabeth folded up the Whale and I did the Flounder...

Here's the other two I did, The Love Bird and my Owl.

This was a simple yet very fun craft!

Looking forward to see what is in store next month at Marisa's house!

Margarita Cupcakes

Recipe from Brown Eyed Baker

What you need:

Cupcakes-

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)

1 cup sugar

2 eggs (room temperature)

zest and juice of 1 1/2 limes

2 TBsp Tequila

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup buttermilk

Glaze-

1 to 2 TBsp Tequila

Frosting-

1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)

2 3/4 cups powdered sugar (sifted)

1 TBsp lime juice

2 TBsp Tequila

Pinch of coarse salt

How to make them:

Preheat oven to 325˚F.

Line muffin tine with cupcake liners, set aside.

In a medium bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.

In a bowl of an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.

Reduce the mixer speed to medium, add the eggs in one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition.

Scrape the sides of the bowl and add the lime zest, lime juice, vanilla extract, and tequila.

Mix until combined (the mixture may start to look curdled at this point, but will come back together)

Reduce the mixer speed to low.

Add the dry ingredients in three batches, alternating with the buttermilk in two batches.

Mix only until just incorporated, using a rubber spatula to give it one last mix by hand.

Divide the batter between the muffin cups.

Bake for about 25 minutes or until slightly golden, and when toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean, rotating the pan at the halfway point.

Allow cupcakes to cool for 2 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack.

Brush the tops of the cupcakes with the 1 to 2 Tbsp of tequila.

Set the cupcakes aside to cool completely before frosting them.

To make frosting, whip the butter on medium-hight speed of an electric mixer for 5 minutes.

Reduce speed to medium-low, gradually add the powdered sugar, mixing and scraping the sides of the bowl until all is incorporated.

Give it a mix on medium speed for about 30 seconds.

Add the lime juice, tequila, and salt, mix on medium-high speed until incorporated and fluffy.

(If the frosting appears too soft, add some more powdered sugar, one spoonful at a time until desired consistency is reached.)

Frost cupcakes, garnish with lime zest, an additional sprinkling of coarse salt, and a lime wedge, then ENJOY!!