*On a side note, a little while back I made a heavenly chocolate mousse pie, with homemade whipped cream (I am obsessed with that stuff). It looked cool, and tasted REALLY good. I can't wait to make it again!
March 4, 2011
Student of the Year!
A couple of weeks ago, Kate was chosen as the Student of the Year! Quite an award. Last night we attended a ceremony at Orem High School for this very thing. The ceremony awarded all the winners from each of the schools in Utah county. There were yummy orderves and a nice ceremony followed. There were a couple of dance numbers and an elementary school choir provided some music. They spotlighted each winner and gave them a plaque for their win.
*On a side note, a little while back I made a heavenly chocolate mousse pie, with homemade whipped cream (I am obsessed with that stuff). It looked cool, and tasted REALLY good. I can't wait to make it again!
*On a side note, a little while back I made a heavenly chocolate mousse pie, with homemade whipped cream (I am obsessed with that stuff). It looked cool, and tasted REALLY good. I can't wait to make it again!
February 14, 2011
I'm Officially a Pro at Catch-up Posts
A while back, I tried my hand at making a 'rainbow cake'. Funny story- so I thought in order to have enough batter for 6 layers, I'd better quadruple it. After about the 2nd or 3rd ingredient, the beaters died. Awesome.
My solution = pretend I'm a pioneer of sorts and stir it all by hand. My arm felt as though it was ready to fall off, not to mention the bowl with the (quadrupled for goodness sake) batter weighed like 40 pounds. At least it tasted good.
Anna's 10th birthday
Before grandma left for Cali, we had a girls-only book club :) We discussed "The Goose Girl" and had Ugly Ducking Cake. It was very fun and would have been fun to do more often.
Kate's V-Day box for school (she's definitely related to me)
Anna's
and Jenna's
And lastly, my contribution to "The Day of Love"
My solution = pretend I'm a pioneer of sorts and stir it all by hand. My arm felt as though it was ready to fall off, not to mention the bowl with the (quadrupled for goodness sake) batter weighed like 40 pounds. At least it tasted good.
Anna's 10th birthday
Before grandma left for Cali, we had a girls-only book club :) We discussed "The Goose Girl" and had Ugly Ducking Cake. It was very fun and would have been fun to do more often.
Kate's V-Day box for school (she's definitely related to me)
Anna's
and Jenna's
And lastly, my contribution to "The Day of Love"
December 31, 2010
December 30, 2010
A Fine Time
I have to say, December this year hasn't been too bad. We've enjoyed living very close to family, aka, Sunday dinners and hanging out.
Earlier in the month, we attended Jesse's choir concert. It was a combined concert featuring Mountain View High School. I was very impressed. There were some great numbers like the funny song about fruitcake, and a tribal number. All in all, they did a wonderful job.
A couple of weeks ago dinner was hosted at our house. Beforehand, my mom and I scored some cute (and cheap) plates and such at Target. And I'll be honest- i struggled (and wrestled) to keep those name tags ON the cups.
Anyways, we had some very tasty salmon, salad with pecans, apple slices and raspberry dressing, and red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Such a delicious meal! Despite the fact that by the end of the night, nearly every cupcake left no longer had any frosting. Oh children.
My mom and I had fun making these edible gifts for our visiting teaching sisters, along with gpa and Sarah (don't worry, we didn't forget gma. We gave her a book light). I'm not much for 'smores, but these looked yummy :)
And just for fun, we Norris' like puzzles- I think... I know Jenna and I do :)
Earlier in the month, we attended Jesse's choir concert. It was a combined concert featuring Mountain View High School. I was very impressed. There were some great numbers like the funny song about fruitcake, and a tribal number. All in all, they did a wonderful job.
A couple of weeks ago dinner was hosted at our house. Beforehand, my mom and I scored some cute (and cheap) plates and such at Target. And I'll be honest- i struggled (and wrestled) to keep those name tags ON the cups.
Anyways, we had some very tasty salmon, salad with pecans, apple slices and raspberry dressing, and red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Such a delicious meal! Despite the fact that by the end of the night, nearly every cupcake left no longer had any frosting. Oh children.
My mom and I had fun making these edible gifts for our visiting teaching sisters, along with gpa and Sarah (don't worry, we didn't forget gma. We gave her a book light). I'm not much for 'smores, but these looked yummy :)
And just for fun, we Norris' like puzzles- I think... I know Jenna and I do :)
December 17, 2010
Let's Play Catch Up Shall We?
Early in November, all us Utah girls, plus one Utah boy (Adam), went to see The Scarlet Pimpernel at the Hale Theater. It was so fun! Before the play, we went to eat at Apollo, or as grandma always says, The Apollo. I guess in her opinion, it deserves a THE :) Anyways, the food, was great, including the 'Salt and Pepper in Megan's drink' prank we pulled. Classic.
All us girls were simply smitten with one of the actors. He was hilarious and we laughed really hard. Though as it happened, the girls were to shy to go talk to him afterwards. Oh well, that's girls for ya.
Kate is now 12! She has graduated to Young Women's and is enjoying it.
For Thanksgiving,I went to California with grandma/pa and Sarah. It was fun to visit and take a break from Utah:) Meanwhile, the girls made some cute and edible treats for their Thanksgiving.
For the next holiday season, we had some fun making some carolers.
My dad asked me to make some for a family he goes home teaching to. They have three young boys, with another on the way.
And how about some Christmas concerts... my mom played a song for Adam's concert
Jenna singing "Alfie the Elf"
Anna singing "The Little Drummer Boy"
Kate singing "Jingle Bells"
Last night me, Kate and my parents were able to see The Christmas Concert in Salt Lake with the Mormon Tab and David Archuleta!
The journey there deserves an entire post, what with an accident on the freeway that took hours to clear away, no parking anywhere, my dad literally running to get there by 7:30, and barely getting in and finding seats among all those that were being 'saved'. They ended up turning away over a thousand people away who HAD tickets. We were informed later that they over-ticketed and so many performers save seats for family members, etc. Nevertheless, I was grateful we made it in, and the concert was wonderful. I love his voice! And there was definitely a sweet spirit there. The orchestra, choir, and the story told by Michael York was really great.
But I have to say that the hands-down best part was the organ solo. Hello! The guy played a whole tune with his feet! Then, as his feet continued their part, his right hand played a part, and his left hand a different part (fyi all at the same time). All I could do was smile and shake my head. Talented? I know so.
P.S.
Jenna came home a couple days ago and told this story: she was in class and when she got her planner out for her teacher to check, she remembered an adult hadn't signed it. So before her teacher came to her, she copied the previous signature which happened to be Jesse's. She said after she'd done that, her teacher came by and signed it. Jenna had fooled her teacher!
It was so funny. Check out her forgery- Jesse's is on the top, Jenna's version is below. Not bad, if I may say so myself.
All us girls were simply smitten with one of the actors. He was hilarious and we laughed really hard. Though as it happened, the girls were to shy to go talk to him afterwards. Oh well, that's girls for ya.
Kate is now 12! She has graduated to Young Women's and is enjoying it.
For Thanksgiving,I went to California with grandma/pa and Sarah. It was fun to visit and take a break from Utah:) Meanwhile, the girls made some cute and edible treats for their Thanksgiving.
For the next holiday season, we had some fun making some carolers.
My dad asked me to make some for a family he goes home teaching to. They have three young boys, with another on the way.
And how about some Christmas concerts... my mom played a song for Adam's concert
Jenna singing "Alfie the Elf"
Anna singing "The Little Drummer Boy"
Kate singing "Jingle Bells"
Last night me, Kate and my parents were able to see The Christmas Concert in Salt Lake with the Mormon Tab and David Archuleta!
The journey there deserves an entire post, what with an accident on the freeway that took hours to clear away, no parking anywhere, my dad literally running to get there by 7:30, and barely getting in and finding seats among all those that were being 'saved'. They ended up turning away over a thousand people away who HAD tickets. We were informed later that they over-ticketed and so many performers save seats for family members, etc. Nevertheless, I was grateful we made it in, and the concert was wonderful. I love his voice! And there was definitely a sweet spirit there. The orchestra, choir, and the story told by Michael York was really great.
But I have to say that the hands-down best part was the organ solo. Hello! The guy played a whole tune with his feet! Then, as his feet continued their part, his right hand played a part, and his left hand a different part (fyi all at the same time). All I could do was smile and shake my head. Talented? I know so.
P.S.
Jenna came home a couple days ago and told this story: she was in class and when she got her planner out for her teacher to check, she remembered an adult hadn't signed it. So before her teacher came to her, she copied the previous signature which happened to be Jesse's. She said after she'd done that, her teacher came by and signed it. Jenna had fooled her teacher!
It was so funny. Check out her forgery- Jesse's is on the top, Jenna's version is below. Not bad, if I may say so myself.
November 11, 2010
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