Bundt Cake and Henry Weinhard's

Chris and I have done a little experimenting this week....well, mostly me but he gets to be included in everything ;) Linda (the cutest 70 year old woman ever) gave me this bundt pan so we finally put it to use. I wanted to take a picture of it whole but we forgot to before we dug in to eat. But it still looks cool! I want to experiment with it and see what kind of crazy kinds of cakes we can get out of this thing. I'm not much of a frosting fan so I topped this cake off with my favorite....powdered sugar!!! It was sooooo yummy!


Our next little adventure was Heny Weinhard's. Every time we go to the grocery store we always end up in the aisle with this particular drink. We haven't ever bought it because it's a little spendy and whenever it happens to be on sale it is always gone. Chris got lucky this time....it was on sale and it was in stock....so we got some. Apparently there is an art to drinking this stuff. Upon my interview with the expert (Chris) this is what I found.
.......In order to get the full effect of drinking the oh so coveted Henry Weinhard's Root Beer you can't put your whole mouth over the opening of the bottle. The trick is to keep the sides of your mouth open so the air can run freely." Where it runs, I have no idea because when I tried all I got was a mouth full of carbonation that nearly choked me to death. Okay, maybe a little dramatic. I really wanted to like this and I really wanted to experience the wonderful sensation, but let's be honest...I just can't handle it! So to Chris' great disappointment, he now has 4 1/2 bottles of wonderful, amazing, tasteful Henry Weindard's to enjoy ALL BY HIMSELF. His wife must love him ;)

Crafting!!!!

So I think I may be getting a little obsessed with crafting...but at least its fun, cute, and I try to keep it very inexpensive...not that easy, not that easy ;) sometimes! Here are my two latest crafts. A weekly menu using a picture frame, scrapbook paper, and a dry erase marker...super easy. Hopefully this motivates me to cook more which would definitely make the husband very happy :)
These are cute little "B" blocks using Pres. Hinckley's "B's". I can't decide if they really are done or if I need a little something extra...just can't decide between this and maybe a little rustic action. What

New Years

Since we got snowed in (sorta) for Thanksgiving, we got to go to Idaho for New Years. It was so fun seeing the family and just hanging out. But getting there was a different story. The roads were fabulous until Snowville...and this is what we drove through for about 2 hours...not fun!
It wasn't too terrible but once there was traffic it got a little scary for me. I'm so glad Chris drove and let me try to sleep through it. :)
Once we hit Twin Falls the roads were so nice again!!! YAY!!!
And on the way back to Utah it was smooth sailing the whole way.

It does snow in Utah...

So Christmas came and went and still now snow here. Finally it comes for New Years...at least it came. We had huge icicles coming off the Christmas light on the house and the bushes we totally iced over. It looked really cool but it was way to cold for my liking.

Christmas decorating!!!!

Decorating for Christmas is one of my favorite holiday things to do! It's so fun watching your house transform into a wonderful winter wonderland and festive! Here are a few of my favorites.








Merry Christmas!!!!!

Thanksgiving week

Starting out the holiday week...this is Thursday morning....gotta check out those black friday ads...it was too funny looking to not take a picture :)

Thursday....THANKSGIVING!!!!!! Chris made the turkey and mashed potatoes and I made the yams, stuffing, and pies!! It was yummy! Except my pumpkin pies turned out so weird...





Friday was super fun. First we went to eat at Chris' favorite Chinese place-The Wok King Cafe. Someday Chris will get to try my favorite Chinese place in Idaho. Then we went bowling. This is a tradition that my side of the family has been doing forever-go bowling the day after Thanksgiving. There's always a little bit of competition and this year we compared scores since we were in Utah and Idaho. Chris kept getting distracted by the football game. I think it hurt his score a bit.





The last thing we did was get our Christmas Tree and to decorate!! It was an adventure. The first place we went to had super pretty trees but they were way out of the budget. The next place we went to was great. The people helping us were so fun. We got our tree and, as a bonus, a 25 lb. bag of Idaho potatoes. What a deal.

Saturday was our movie day. Me, Chris, his mom, and Taneya all went to see Harry Potter. I decided to bring some treats....mmmm.....Muddy Buddies! :)

Cars...love 'em or not....

So last night I met Chris at his work so we could drop off his car to get a dent taken out right before he sells it. As we are leaving the parking lot I start hearing this thump, thump noise....yes, my tire was completely flat! Somehow I came in contact with a screw and it killed my tire. Grrrr!!! So we spent a while out in the cold changing the tire. I'm so glad Chris was right there. So instead of going to school this morning we are getting the tire fixed so Chris can go to work. You gotta love only having one car. What an adventure.