Going Private...

Hello all. We have decided to go private with our blog. If you would still like to follow us, please comment with your email address so I can add you to the list of readers. We will be going private Thanksgiving Day. : )

All around wonderful...

I just want to share a few stories about the man I love - he is so good for me and to me!


So, Squire picked me up from work one evening and told me when I got in the car that he had a big surprise for me when we got home. When we walked in the house he told me, "Don't go in to the kitchen just sit here on the couch!" When he came back he had a phone book with him. He let me observe it for a few moments to make sure that it was indeed just a normal phonebook - and then he took it back and ripped it in half!! When I went into the kitchen I found several phonebooks ripped in half covering the kitchen table!! Is that hilarious or what?! I love my husband. He makes me laugh.

Friday night I came home from work to a clean house, and this delicious dinner. What a wonderful feeling and a conscientious husband! : )


Also, today was a scary/fun day as I spoke in my Stake Conference! My topic was "Service fosters Love, and Love fosters Service". I shared some of my own personal experiences as well as some of the Savior from the scriptures. I think it turned out well. Mostly I am just relieved that I did it and that I don't have to do again, at least for a while. : ) I am especially grateful for Squire who gave me a Priesthood blessing the evening before. He was so good to listen and talk with me about ideas for my talk from the day I received the assignment to speak until today when I gave it.

Thank you for all you do Squire! You make me happy. : )

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

This and That

Squire had a great time on his fishing trip. He caught two fish (would've caught three, but one got away with his hook.) He cooked up the fruits of his labors (two rainbow trout) from the trip and they were excellent! : ) Now Squire is wanting to go fishing all the time! He even went last Saturday with his Professor! I'm glad I got him that fishing pole for our anniversary.

Our Relief Society had their Super Saturday last week - it was so fun! I was in charge of teaching about wire-wrapped earrings. I have attached pictures of the wire-wrapped earrings I made. I love them all!


Plus, I just thought I'd share a wonderful EASY recipe for pumpkin cookies - only three ingredients! (Maybe you already know about it, but just in case... : ) )

Really Easy Pumpkin Cookies

1 Spice Cake Mix
1 Small (15 oz.) Can Pumpkin or 2 cups
Chocolate Chips

Mix pumpkin with the dry cake mix until well blended. Add choc. chips. Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15min. until cooked through.

BYU Mate Selection/Redneck Weekend

I just found out today that my child development professor is willing to mentor me on my latest venture! I did a study on 520 BYU students last year to see how attractive they found a potential mate based on his/her major. I also asked the participants being surveyed about the importance of their getting a higher education and/or high-paying career as well as their spouse. The results are fascinating!! I am hoping to work on it this semester and next, and to get it published in BYU studies before I graduate if possible. I am so excited though! This will be a fun and really valuable experience for me to have before grad school, assuming I get in...


Here is a picture of my Autumn wreath hanging from our front door! Squire loves plaid, and let me know he approved of the ribbon when I brought it home tonight. : )



Squire will be leaving this weekend to break in his new fishing pole. He and a few other guys are going up to Flaming Gorge this weekend for a fishing/camping trip. They plan on listening to conference on the radio, and on going to watch Priesthood at the little church in town. Hope he catches some fish! Sad that he won't be here when Jeremy and his friend come tomorrow though! I'm excited to see you Jer! : )





As you can see, Squire is very excited to use his new lures. ; )

Autumn Wreath

Before...

After...

It's hard to see from this picture, but there are sparkly little crystals wrapped all around it, and these little fuzzy bud plants. I love it! I will add one more pic of it hanging on my door once I find the right ribbon to hang it from! : )

Fall Fun!

We had a great time tonight with our friends the Cragun's. They came over for dinner and we got to meet their adorable little baby girl GraceLynn for the first time! We had dinner in a pumpkin with the pumpkin we grew in our garden. As promised, here is the recipe for for our Fall favorite, Dinner in a Pumpkin:

· 1 to 1 1/2 lbs. ground turkey, ground pork, or ground beef

· 1/3 cup chopped green bell pepper

· 3/4 cup chopped onion

· 3/4 tsp. salt

· 1/4 tsp. pepper

· 1/4 cup soy sauce

· 2 Tbsp. brown sugar

· 1 four oz. can of mushrooms (drained)

· 1 can cream of chicken or cream of mushroom

· 2 cups cooked rice

· 1 medium pie pumpkin (about the size of a cantaloupe, 5-6 lbs.)

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2) Clean out pumpkin. Save the lid.

3) Cook the meat, pepper, and onion in a pot on medium heat until the meat is browned. Add in all the other ingredients and mix well.

4) Put it all in the pumpkin if it all fits.

5) Put aluminum foil on a cookie sheet and cook the pumpkin in the oven for 1-2 hours until the shell is soft.

When it is done dish up some of the insides and especially scrape some of the inside pumpkin shell with the rest of the food (this means the shell must be nice and soft).