Showing posts with label emma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emma. Show all posts

Sunday, October 4, 2015

utah and homeward bound!

when we got back to salt lake, we celebrated our 5th anniversary! my dad and katie watched Prim and Jon and I went to bruges waffles and frites for appetizers which actually turned into dessert! then we went to the copper onion and shared a burger and fries which was soo good!
prim wouldn't go to bed as easily as we hoped she would, but we were secretly happy that she was awake when we got home. we took her outside and she helped us let go of each of the five balloons one by one. each one representing another year of marriage, each better than the last. 
my dad likes to get prim up in the morning and get her dressed (and i like to sleep in a little bit!). almost every night, even in normal life, i pick out prim's outfit for the next day and leave it on her changing pad so the morning is easy. when i came down to see my babe, she was wearing her headband on backward. ah but still so cute!
baby alex came to visit with mike and kim! they are the best friends, they always cater to us while we are in town. that really is not necessary, but we appreciate it so much. 
they are four months apart. don't they looks alike with their pale skin and bald heads?? so cute!
kim text me and said that mike got teeny a present (we told them a few weeks previous that we were expecting again!). i didn't think it was weird at all. i opened the card and it said something along the lines of "we know the perfect gift for your new baby..." i pulled out a tiny onesie and on it read "A new friend!!! baby bird coming december 2015!"!!!!! i was not expecting that at all and freaked out! i am so excited for them!!!! all four of our babies are going to be so close in age, i hope they love it growing up as much as we have so far!
amanda nanny's this sweet little boy named sam. we took primmy over to meet him and i think she liked him more than he liked her:)
aunt amandy
here prim is with her great-aunt nancy.
we always try to fit a good hike in with amanda while we are in town. this time we did the living room hike. it was both easy and hard and was the perfect challenge for us. poor jon was sick and was huffing and puffing in this crazy altitude that we aren't used to.
finally our babies get to meet! here is elliott checking prim out.
elliott with his hot mom and mom's hot friend. we walked from their house to a cute everything shop and got sodas and treats. 
elliott wasn't too interested in prim, but he did such a good job sharing his toys with her! even if she was playing with a toy he wanted, he would just go get another one for himself. so sweet.
love my ladies.
dads walking to little caesars/7-11 for firewood. 
a couple days before memorial day we went up to idaho for our usual celebrations.
happy memorial day!
we got pictures with the cousins and couldn't resist getting a few of Prim by herself. the flag was Jon's idea.

this was one of the first times we did this with Prim and she loved it, haha!
all packed up. katie blessed us with all her baby toys Casper has grown out of. As usual, our car was packed to the actual brim.
as we were passing Payson i remembered the new temple! so we did a very brief detour in order to pass it. so beautiful.
we drove straight to the grand canyon! neither of us had ever been before and thought that was a real shame. we only spent an hour or so there.
from there, we drove to John and Kat's which was a couple hours away. they are spending the summer at his parents house while John trains with Edward Jones. it was so good to see them and although they both had to wake up ridiculously early, they waited for us and stayed up to chat! Prim was an angel on the drive and visited with us until we were all ready to go to bed. it was pretty late so it took awhile, but she finally fell asleep between us. such a dear. 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

lazy hb sunday.

dear, dear emma came to california for a quick getaway last week!  jon and i were luckily enough to go up to HB and spend sunday with her and amanda. we got there in the morning, ate some yummy french toast (courtesy of emma), and went straight to the beach.
 i got to use my new camera for the first time! the panorama feature is so super cool, though i'm not exactly sure how to use it properly...yet. as you can see, the beach wasn't very crowded. it was kind of chilly, so none of us were very adamant about our sunscreen. what a mistake that was. 
 jon was the only one who got all the way in. he said it was cold. i enjoyed my time laying on my towel, relaxing and catching up with my two favorite girlfriends.
 amanda had enough bicycles in her garage for all of us, isn't that nice!? she even had a boy one in there for jon to ride. we rode around huntington, looking at the cute houses and rode down to the pier for some ruby's. i don't believe there is anything better than indulging in a big ol' burger, fries and shake after a day in the sun. and ruby's is the right place for all of those things. 
 we stayed all day before we had to go back and start on homework, again. it was such a fun day and a real treat having emma in town!! of course it's nice meeting new people and being in a new, beautiful place, but it's always so comforting to be around someone who has known you for so many years; you just pick up right where you left off. i wish her and isaac would move here so that we could ride bikes every weekend and enjoy the california sun.

a girl can dream...

Monday, October 4, 2010

Candy Inspired Goodies.

Today I am having a guest blogger!
It is my dear friend Emma. 
We have known each other quite sometime now.
We went to high school together and have stayed friends.
Many of you know her and know that her blog is one of the cutest!
She blogs about baking, fashion, cooking and life with her cute husband.
(who was the disc jockey at our wedding)
I asked her to share some fun treats on my blog, and she said that she would!
Here is the post from Emma the Joy.


With Halloween just around the corner I have loved getting in the mood by baking yummy treats filled with my favorite candy.  It totally beats trick-or-treating...which I seriously miss...
Twix Cheesecake Pie

Ingredients:

2 8-ounce bars of cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
8-inch chocolate cookie pie crust
1 bag fun size twix candy bars

Preparation:

With an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese with the sugar and eggs.  Mix in 16 chopped twix bars {about 2 cups}; pour into the chocolate cookie pie crust.  

Bake at 325 degrees until set, 40 to 45 minutes; cool.  Sprinkle with 6 chopped twix bars; chill until firm.



 Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Ingredients:

 1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup {1 stick} unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 12-ounce package small peanut butter cups, coarsely chopped

Preparation:

Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Line 2 baking sheets with parchment or wax paper.  In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.  

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars until creamy.  Add the egg and vanilla and beat to combine.  Gradually add the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated.  Fold in the peanut butter cups.

Drop tablespoon-sized mounds of dough 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.  Bake until light brown around the edges, 8 to 10 minutes.  Transfer to a baking rack to cool.


These are both super delicious and are sure to please all you candy lovers out there.  Enjoy!

Recipes adapted from Real Simple.