cupcakes - take 2

raspberry cupcakes - yum!

 continuing on my mission to make every cupcake in my betty crocker cupcake cookbook i made recipe number two - lemon cupcakes with a raspberry filling. these were delightful. the recipe called for a boxed mix and i know after my last cupcake creations i swore off boxed mixes, but i wanted to follow the directions. ugh - wish i hadn't. i will for sure go back to a homemade mix. these were tasty, but just not the same. and i'm thinking rather than using lemon zest i may just use lemon juice? the zest was a little chewy and bitter. but really overall these were super yummy and super easy. i'm making mimossa cupcakes for a ladies brunch tomorrow morning!

 i'm not sure why blogger is putting this pic on its side, oh well. so anyhow, at bub's work they were hosting a fellow employee from guam last week and he brought them this special kit kat. look closely - it's in japanese. and do you see the color of the kit kat on the box? it's green! they were green tea kit kats and they were amazing! i shared them with bub, i did not devour the whole package, though i would have if given the chance. when bub goes off to guam next month he has orders to bring some of these home.

here's the back of the box. look at all those characters - crazy!

it's friday - woohoo! i survived two exams yesterday, feeling pretty confident about them both. nuggie turns officially six months old today (how is that possible???), and she has her 6 month shots/dr appt today. if you think of it please send a little prayer up for her. we're going to be discussing the possible hearing loss in her right ear and where we go from here as far as further testing.