Kendra's Kampfire

Looking for a classic, cozy sweet treat to whip up for your fam? Well I have the perfect one right here! 

Cookie Shopping List:

-1 Cup (2 Sticks) Salted Butter, softened

-1/2 Cup Sugar

-2 Eggs

-1 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar

-2 Tsp Vanilla

-2 3/4 Cups All Purpose Flour

-1/2 Tsp Salt

-1 Tsp Baking Soda

-1 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder

-2 1/4 cups Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

1. Preheat oven to 360 degrees. Cream your butter, sugar, and brown sugar until fluffy. (Approximately 3 minutes on medium speed on your mixer)

2. Add both eggs and vanilla and beat for 2 minutes. Add baking soda, baking powder, salt and flour until fully mixed

3. Add chocolate chips, your batter should be thick

4. Drop about 2 tablespoons of dough onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper

5. Bake 12-14 minutes until edges are golden brown

Chocolate Buttercream Shopping List:

-6 Tablespoons Salted Butter, Softened

-2 2/3 Cups Powdered Sugar

-1/2 Cup Cocoa

-1/3 Cup Milk

-1 1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla

1. Place butter in bowl and beat until creamy

2. Add sugar and cocoa, mixing well

3. Stir milk in portions, stirring each time. Add vanilla

*Add milk slowly as it gets runny quickly* 

To Build the Sandwiches:

Once your cookies have cooled, spread a thin layer of buttercream on one cookie and top with another. This recipe can also be used just for the cookies if you don't want to make the buttercream sandwich!

ENJOY! 

Hello all to all you beautiful people!! Whew, it sure has been awhile since I've blogged, 8 months too long! But if I said that I've been busy, that would be the understatement of the year! In the past 8 months, I've become a substitute teacher, a Premier Designs Jeweler, a Rodan and Fields Consultant, planned a destination wedding, gone on a honeymoon, oh, and did I mention a little thing I like to call, BECOME A WIFE!? Yes, Michael and I have officially tied the knot, and this past year of wedding planning has been exhausting, thrilling, exciting, and pretty much all consuming. It was such a fun process, but I am so glad it is all over and I can officially call him my husband! So, I hope ya'll would agree that I've been pretty busy! 

But now that things have kind of calmed down, I wanted to get back to my blogging roots and get connected with all you wonderful people again. I want to share with you guys all about our wedding, honeymoon, what it's like to be married, my progress on becoming a teacher, all the yummy things I've been cooking up in the kitchen, and be your go to girl when it comes to Bling and Skin Care! 

So first things first, I wanted to share my October Goals with ya'll! 

1. Invite one family over for dinner

Mike and I are so busy on the weekends, we often get carried away during the week and just like to spend time with each other. But we both want to make an effort to invite one family or friend over for dinner this month to catch up and spend some quality time.

2. Carve Pumpkins!

I know this is such a cliche tradition, but I honestly can't remember the last time I carved a pumpkin in October. That must change this year.

3. Get all our wedding gifts put away

Believe it or not, we still have not got everything put away. We are getting there, but trying to find a place for all of the generous wedding gifts we were given has proven to be quite a task. I would love to have them all put away before the holidays creep up on us. 

4. Print out wedding photos and hang in the house

We just painted our stairwell, and I would love to frame some wedding photos and organize a photo collage leading up to our second floor. 

5. Sort and Donate Clothes

Mike and I have so many clothes we don't wear, so I would love to go thoroughly go through our clothes and have a big pile to donate to Goodwill before the holidays roll around.

That's it! October is proving to be a very busy month for us, but I think I can get these done! Tell me, do you set goals for yourself each month? If so, would love to hear what they are! 

So this past Saturday, we set off on one of the most daunting tasks; finding bridesmaids dresses. Now, Mike and I are tying the knot up in Yosemite, in August, (post soon to come on our wedding venue), so it will most likely be preeeeeetty warm. We are planning for a later afternoon-evening wedding, so by then it shouldn't be too hot (fingers crossed), but one of my top criteria for these dresses were they have to be comfortable and allow the girls to not die of heat stroke, (seriously) and be absolutely fabulous of course. So the 4 of us (we were missing a very important piece to the Petrellese Posse, but she was there in spirit) plus my mom piled into the car and headed down to Cupertino in search of 'the dress.' 

This was one of the days I was most looking forward to because it was a day spent with my girls and what could be more fun than trying on a bunch of fancy dresses?! I had an idea of what I was looking for, but I knew that would most likely change once we got down there. Once we got there, our rep gave each of the girls their own dressing room with a few different dresses each and they went at it. It was so funny to see them tossing the dresses over the walls to each other to swap out. 

some of the most wonderful women you will ever meet

So after a couple different swaps, comparing styles versus cuts versus colors, war finally settled on a dress! It was a win win that it ties in to my dress in a couple different ways and they all liked it! I'd call that a success, people. This process was pretty painless because of the amazing bridal party; they were all so willing to try on multiple dresses, gave their opinion but also told me they would be happy with whatever dress I chose. I mean, how lucky am I? #blessed 

this wedding is going to be a blast with these gals

My dress had also been received at the store the previous week so I got to try it on and they got a sneak peek of the big day. They helped me pick out accessories and gave their insight on earrings vs necklaces vs both, so it was great to have outsiders opinions. Because after all of the wedding detail decisions I have made, it was so nice to have some help on the girly things! 

So moral of the weekend, I have amazing friends who love me and support me and I couldn't be luckier. I'm planning on doing an upcoming post highlighting these 4 wonderful women, so stay tuned for that. 

finding "the dress" is the best feeling!

a few of my biggest supporters and i couldn't be any more blessed

I am coooooompletely obsessed with one of the items I purchased and that is the blardigan from Nordstrom. It is amazing, fantastic, cozy, snuggly, stylish, and I wear it at least 3 times a week. Yes people, 3 times a week. Don't judge. It is that amazing. So amazing I wanted to feature it on the blog today. 

Keep in mind, I am a short 5 foot 3 inches, kinda a shorty. So the blardigan does fall a little long on me, but normally it falls right at the knees. Here I am wearing the blardigan with leggings and my new Ivanka Trump boots (also purchased during the post holiday sale and still on SALE), which are amazing. The calves are made out of stretchy material, so for people with soccer calves like me, these boots are your best friends because they aren't tight and they form perfectly to fit your body. Highly recommend these boots! And of course I'm rocking some Premier bling. 

This is a must have staple for your wardrobe, I promise, once you buy it you will wonder how you lived your entire life without it. It's super warm and comfy and makes life so simple-throw it over a cami with leggings and boots and you're out the door. 

Let me know what ya'll think of this cozy look! 

that is pure excitement right there folks