I Miss You. . . :)

Just going through old pictures and wanted you to know.

I'm. . . engaged?

One of the Elders in Andrew's apartment who's always playing jokes changed this:

to this (this is the front of his planner lol):

He later wrote Andrew this letter:

(You may want to click on the pictures to make them bigger and readable)

Ha ha! I thought it was a good joke.

Bon Appetit!

So last semester, my roommates and I got a bit-- addicted, you could say-- to watching Food Network (our favorite show? Chopped). Maybe it's because my family never had cable at home, or maybe it is just because I love to cook... Either way, it has inspired us to try some exciting creations. :) Around the end of the semester, we decided to make a chocolate souffle one night. It actually turned out really good! However, we didn't have the fancy dishes we were supposed to cook it in, so we just made it in my lovely purple mugs.

Here is our lovely chocolate souffle. Bekah wouldn't be in the picture. Humph.

Oh, and how could I forget about the time we tried to make grilled pineapple? 

This past weekend I went up to Provo to visit. Bekah had the brilliant idea of making Baked Alaska! I wanted to make creme brulee. So why not make both? We had a couple of days. Only this time, we bought legit ramekins to cook them in. (Blessing: they were even on sale!) We were supposed to be borrowing a blow torch for both of them, but we ended up not borrowing it and just making do with the oven broiler. I thought they both still tasted mighty fine! There is also a picture of our breakfast that was happy to see us. :)

 Bon Appetit!

P.S. Here are some cute pictures this weekend of my Grandparents. My grandpa, who had a heart attack a couple of weeks ago (see here), is doing much better!

A Little Bit of Everything

          I don't really understand how a blog works yet. I don't really get all of the formatting and such, so this is kind of messy looking. 

          First of all, my cousin Mary got home from her mission in El Salvador!!! She looks beautiful and radiant and I just love her. :) Made me wish Andrew's mission would go a little faster...

          Second of all, these are some beautifully delicious cupcakes that Allie and I made. Yummy! I think they were practically as good as The Cocoa Bean's.

          And finally, here is a picture of Allie's dance group at their competition a week or so ago. They did so well, they even got 1st place! And they have got the MOVES! Wish I did too. :) Sigh. I can't get this picture to center. Oh well, maybe I will figure it out later. Pretend it is.

        

         

Nate the Great and the Handsome Haircut

          Late one night, Nate asked my Dad if he would give him a haircut. Unfortunately, 9 o'clock is much too late for an elderly soul such as my father, so poor Nate was going to have to wait at least until the next day. Me being the kind sister that I am offered to cut his hair myself, that very night!
          I pretended to be confident in my hair-cutting abilities. I guess I did a good job of convincing him, because he agreed to let me. I told him if it didn't turn out we could just buzz it all off anyways. :) Nate is handsome enough that I figured I couldn't do too much damage. Besides, I think he has too many girls following him around, so even if it would have turned out bad I wouldn't have complained.

                Mwa ha ha. . . .                                                    Before

 



          Lucky for him, it turned out great! I only had to have my Dad give me advice and help me out a couple of times. . .  and by the time I finished, even my dad, the hair-cutting champ, gave it his stamp of approval as a mighty-fine looking haircut. Maybe I should quit BYU and go to hair school.

(Yes, he took his shirt off. Yes, I look like crap. Sorry.)