Cool Pinterest Finds.

If you send a picture of your dog, they'll make it into a toy! I want one already. 

Personalized iPhone cases. 

Plug your iPod into the egg and put the duck in your shower. The music comes out the duck! 

{Check out all these things on my Pinterest board.}

{Lauren.}

Book Review : Just Listen.

Book Title : Just Listen

Author : Sarah Dessen

Chapters & Pages : 20 chapters; 371 pages

What It's About {from back of book}: Annabel Greene is the girl who has everything. At least, that's what she portrays in her modeling shoots. But Annabel's life is far from perfect. Her friendship with Sophie ended bitterly, and her older sister's eating disorder is weighing down the entire family. Isolated and ostracized at school and at home, Annabel retreats into silent acceptance. Then she meets Owen - intense, music-obsessed, and determined to always tell the truth. And with his guidance, Annabel learns to just listen to herself and gains the courage to speak honestly. 

Why I Read It : I have loved every other Sarah Dessen book I've read!

I loved it, just like all her other books. Every book is very different in its own ways, and I love that. I won't go into to much detail, because I think that ruins the book. ;) But it was great and I would recommend reading it! 

Other Books I've Read By Sarah Dessen : The Truth About Forever; Someone Like You; Keeping the Moon; Lock and Key; Along for the Ride

{Lauren.}

The Puppy.

{Lauren.}

Weekend Fun.

On Saturday night, I went to my cousin's birthday party. :) 

The rainbow fruit kabobs I made! {strawberries, cantaloupe, bananas, green grapes, blueberries, purple grapes}

My cousin Tanner made his own birthday cake for his Olympic theme. :) 

Me & the birthday boy! 

{Lauren.}

Day Trip.

So, this is late too. 

But on Tuesday, my family and I took a day trip. 

The first place we went was the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Factory. He's the guy that invented the first ever hard pretzel. 

You might think the pretzel is upside down. But pretzels were first created as gifts to children when they learned their prayers (the pretzel shape looks like arms folded). The three holes in the pretzel represent God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 

(Please ignore bad iPhone picture quality.)

The other place we went to was the Turkey Hill Experience. You can virtually create your own flavor of ice cream!

I had a good time at both places and it was a nice day. Since we finished early, the five of us went to the Park City Mall. Let me just say it's huge! We found an Apple store, and I went into my first Pandora charm store.  Needless to say, I got new charms for my bracelet. :) 

{Lauren.}

Golf.

So, maybe this is a little late........sorry. 

On Monday night I went golfing with my dad and my grandparents! I had an amazing time! 

My dad is playing in a tournament through his work on Friday and wanted some practice. I like the game and since I finally had no other plans, I went along to get some practice myself. It's a hard game to learn. 

Hopefully I'll get some more practice in next week with my pap. :) 

{Lauren.}

Banana Pudding Poke Cake

So, on Pinterest I found this recipe.

  (Click here to see the original blog post.) 

And tonight, I made it. 

It went pretty well. The directions were clear and I though it was really easy. 

I'm just glad I finally did something I pinned on Pinterest. :) 

Recipe : 

Need : 

1 vanilla box cake (and ingredients needed for the cake - eggs, oil, water)

2 (3.4 oz) packages instant banana pudding

4 cups of milk

1 (8 oz) container whipped topping

20 vanilla wafers (roughly)

Directions : 

1. Bake the cake following all the directions in a 9x13 cake pan. 

2. Let the cake cool for a couple minutes. Then use a wooden spoon handle to poke holes throughout the cake. 

3. Whisk together the pudding and 4 cups of milk. Make sure there are no lumps. 

4. Pour the pudding over cake; try to get it into the holes as much as possible. 

5. Put it into the fridge to let the pudding set. 

6. Once the cake has cooled, spread the whipped cream on top of the pudding and cake. 

6. Crush the vanilla wafers, and sprinkle on top of the cake. Serve with fresh banana slices. :) 

Here's how mine turned out : 

I'm going to try it tomorrow, since the recipe said it gets better over night. 

:) 

{Lauren.}

New Nikes.

Jumping In.

So, this is my first blog post on Queen of Harts. 

Hopefully I'll get a few new followers here and there. I just want it to be a fun process. 

Here are five random facts about me :: 

1. I have a longer middle toe than big toe. :)

2. I am 5 feet 7 inches tall. :)

3. I don't like when  there are raisin cookies and I mistake them for chocolate chip. :) 

4. Some people crave chocolate; I crave ice cream. :) 

5. I love to laugh. :) 

Spread the word about my blog! 

{Lauren}