Temple trip

Jamie and I went to the temple on one of the Fridays in November. We decided to go to the Jordan River because its a cool looking temple and neither of us had been there. Its actually reminds me of the Provo temple on the inside which is wierd because they don't look anything alike on the outside! I'd like to make it to some of the other nearby temples soon.

PS it was cold!

Confessions....

I don't have any thing new to say, so I thought that would make a good blog :)

On Friday and Saturday Jamie and I made her bridal shower invitations. They are very cute and every one is different. All of you are invited if you know Jamie. Its Nov 22nd, 11 at my house! Here is a picture of most of the ones we made. I got a little carried away at the scrapbooking store so we have some left over paper and die-cut flowers. We are just going to send them to the people around here, but if there are leftovers (or if I make more) you far flung cherry chubs might get an invite. It was a fun project even if I tend to get overwhelmed with even little responsibilities such as making sure Jamie has a bridal shower. Now I just have to actually mail them. (ps I covered up the addresses for this post-those scribbles aren't actually there!)

Its been rainy. I actually like gray rainy days. Probably from growing up in the desert. However, I didn't really like today. On gray rainy days I want to stay at home and drink hot chocolate and read a cozy book by the fire, with occasional forays out to feel the rain on my face, or at least watch the patterns on the window. But today, I had to go to work. Enough said.

I have found that I tend to blog about what I cooked for Sunday dinner. I don't know why because I'm really the only one that cares (and maybe my roommates who eat what I cook). I think this makes me extra boring. Oh well, I will blog about it any way. I made enchilades verdes caserole with the tomatillos I picked from the garden before it froze over. I should've used them weeks ago as they weren't quite as tasty as when they are fresher. I also had asperagus because it looked good in the store and I'm the worse impulse buyer I know. Then I tried a recipe that Sarah found for the cabbage from the garden. Tasted ok, but our cabbage is a little bitter. Probably didn't get watered enough or something. Cabbage gives you gas, just so you know.

The one fun thing I made last night was pumpkin muffins (at 9pm). I had leftover pumpkin from the 7-layer pumpkin dip that I needed to use up. They turned out good (thanks mom for the input) and Cathy was persuaded to come over and visit because of them. Yay for friends! It was my kind of recipe which means measuring is optional. The problem with this kind of cooking is that I can't always reproduce the results!

I am feeling very trunky in my ward. I didn't go to FHE tonight even though I was actually home before it started. I have guilt about that, but not enough to actually go to activities. I blame work. Since my work involves social, I shouldn't have to be social afterwards!

Yay, Jenny has joined the comment section! This is my big sister......well she isn't technically "bigger" then me, other then her ginormous spirituality! :)

I wish I could leave comments on her cute blog, so maybe she will set one up through blogger so I can leave comments about her reglar one (hint, hint).

I like your blog Jenny! Lots of interesting stuff going on in your family!

Now we just need Neita to get a blogger ID and we can be one happy on-line family! I think I like the blogs because I get to see pictures of my family members, and get a glimpse into their day to day life. Its also fun to see comments left on my blog, even if I don't have as many funny entries as Melanie.

Wonderful MOM

So, I just want to let everyone know that my mom got a blogger identity so she can leave comments. That means she loves me! I think Melanie and I have been pushing it the hardest, but she did it none-the-less. Hopefully it wasn't a painful experience for her. Maybe she will even..... blog (gasp!) as she has one foot in the door!

I do have to admit that when I saw that she had left a comment on Angela's blog I was a little jealous. Kicks back to the old middle sibling, sibling rivalry thingy (figures she would leave one on Angela's... youngests get everything), but once I checked my last post and saw her comment, I was ok :) Funny how that reaction came on so fast, little suprising as I thought now that I was all grown up things like that wouldn't bug me. Hmmmm this post turned into all about me again, funny how that happens.

I taught Sunday School lesson on 3Ne 16, 20-21 and (tried to) focuse on gathering and building/establishing Zion in our hearts, homes, etc. Seems to me that sibling rivalry=pride, which is NOT good. So, I'll have to continue to work on that!

Speaking of teaching Sunday school, that is definately one of the reasons I'm looking forward to "retiring" from the singles ward. Ward change is about the only way to get off from that calling. Its good for me, and I enjoy studying up on the lessons, but I get so dang nervous and scattered and flustered in front of peoples. Just ask my roommates how red my neck turned this last time!

Another thing about leaving the singles ward is I will be in a new temple district so I won't be serving there anymore after the Christmas break. This is both a relief and a sadness. It means I will have my Saturdays free again, and can probably travel easier on the weekends, but I will miss the strength and blessing its been in my life. Also, I will miss the wonderful sisters I work with who amaze me with their strength, literally! I'm quite a bit younger then most of my friends there, but they are in much better shape then me! I'm dead on my feet after a 5 hr shift and they do it several times a week and don't always take a dinner break. WOW! If I don't get a dinner break its hard for me to feel any spirit other then irritation! Also, since I've been there for almost 3 years now, I've gotten to do the Mandarin Chinese session on the first Saturday of every month (5:00pm session). That always makes my day! This last time I was really able to help out, all in Mandarin! My daily chinese speaking is pretty non-exsistant now, but I can do the temple and that is way cool!

This post is dedicated to my wonderful dad. He calls me every first Sunday of the month, even if I don't ever answer my phone. He helped mom set up the blogger comment thingy, and he is the greatest dad I have ever had!! Love ya dad!

Day After the Day After Haloween

Well, while I'm sitting here waiting for "Dinner in a Pumpkin" to finish cooking, I thought I would write a bit about Haloween (I know its not Haloween- so its too late for Dinner in a pumpkin, but I had so much fun, that I wanted to spread out the joy!). By the way it has been raining pretty constanty since last night, and its a dreary Sunday, but I like those!

I think our tree has just about lost all of its leaves now, and they are wet so it was good that we had Noah come over to jump in them Friday. I put Max in some leaves, and he seemed to like it.

We also picked our last pumpkin from the garden. i was hoping it would ripen some more, but its still cool, even if its mostly green. Its the biggest of the 4. After Sarah, Noah, and Max left for naps and other important pre-Haloween activites, Jamie and I carved our pumpkins (yes they are from my garden) first is her's then mine, plus an additional close up of mine because it is so cool!

We, well at least I, had fun decorating our house. I got a few things on sale including a pumpkin latern, tea light holder ghosts, hanging ghosts for our tree, a skeleton for our door (thinking of Gage), pumpkin bowls, gourds, and orange mini lights. Jamie got the spider web stuff and put it on our porch with the lights, and inside with some spiders. Very festive! I'm only sad that we didn't do it earlier so we could enjoy it for longer.


I don't mind that only two people came to our party, more food for us!!!! Actually as you may know, I'm not that social and so I was very comfortable with a small party. I'm glad Cathy came afterwards and she was a really good sport about bobbing for apples and eating left overs. I was careful this time to not over prepare too much food, but there is toooonnnnnssss of candy left at our house. And its mostly good candy like Snikers, Butterfingers, Almond Joy, Kitcats, whoppers, M&M's which means I want to eat it all! Pictures of me bobbing for apples, plus me and my roommates in our awesome costumes, us with our pumpkins, and me and Kate cheering for Eric as he bobbed for apples:

This party was not nearly so stressfull, one because I didn't try to mamke as much food, and two (and most importantly) Jamie baked all the cookies! We had sugar cookies, spider/bog monster cookes, and blood-eye cookes (actually cherry chocolate drop cookies). I made pumpkin 7-layer dip, and artichoke-spinach dip. I also tried to make a smokey Gouda dip that didn't work (still don't understand how it sperated like that....yuck!) but we didn't miss it. Our plan was to have a fire and roast hotdogs, and smores but as not too many people came we decided it wasn't needed. Too bad because

Cathy had brought over a lot of wood. I put the hotdog stuff in the freezer so we will have to do a roast later before it gets too cold. I also made Rootbeer and here is a picture of the fun process, along with our cute table the day after.

After our two guests left, and before Cathy stopped by, I went outside, and discovered how fun it is to run around in a cape. No wonder super hero's have them!!!!! It was suprisingly warm even in the light drisle of rain. I tried to catch a lucky leaf, but no luck that night. Thanks Jamie for the fun pictures, and all your help! You are my biggest fan!!!! oops reverse that.

For more pictures and commentary on Haloween see Jamie's blog (we did use mostly the same pictures so far warning!): http://jamesfarfar.blogspot.com/2008/11/halloween-noah-max-and-sarah-came-trick.html11/halloween-noah-max-and-sarah-came-trick.html