Bachelor Couples:Where are they now?

Hey, this is a post for Katie since I don't know if Sarah still keeps up with the Bachelor.
(and yes, this is mindless TV but we love it, don't we? Actually it is starting to get old...)

Go to this site to find out which couples are still together (hint--not many)

http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/stars-of-the-bachelor-and-the-bachelorette-where-are-they-now--471

I just thought it interesting how few of these "perfect matches" have made it in the real world.
I guess it's really true as Wes sings so badly to Jillian "Love don't come easy!"

Do Re Mi in a train station?

I found this on another blog and loved it.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could do a happy dance like this and make the world a better place?

Don't pay for things you don't need!

Go to the article below to learn some great ways to avoid extra fees and save money!

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/stop-paying-for-things-you-dont-need-485026/

(Once again, I've forgotten how to make that link live....Help!)

Oh What Do You Do in the Summertime?

Zipline constructing!

Burger flipping!



Ball rolling!









Sparkler waving!









Swimming and "dive swimming!"

Outside breakfasting!

Pasta and Pickles

Here is the recipe I tried last night with all our garden produce; Farfalle with Zucchini. We used fresh cherry tomatoes, zucchini, onions and basil from our garden and thyme and chives from a friend's. Great summer flavors from "Pioneer Woman."









Here are the pickles Evan and I made with our abundance of cucumbers. What do you think? Dill on the right and sweet on the left.......So tasty!

Create! Believe!

Have you seen this message yet?

What a beautiful video it is!

I'm working on my seminary parent meeting and I'd seen this before, but there are so many wonderful short messages from the apostles I wanted to share this one with y'all. In my meeting, I'm going to use the one on the Book of Mormon, "A Book with a Promise" by Elder Christensen. It's a short, sweet testimony of the power of the Book of Mormon. So good!



Share these with friends and family to show just who we are and what we believe!

Looks like a tasty treat

I thought this was cute.

Ingredients:
- Lime Sherbet
- Vanilla ice cream or Pineapple sherbet
- Red/Pink-colored sherbet…I couldn’t find this, so I bought Raspberry/Pineapple/Orange swirl sherbet, mixed it up with red food coloring and it was perfect!
- Mini chocolate chips

Directions:
1. For each flavor, you’ll let the sherbet/ice cream soften for a few minutes before using. The red sherbet should be mixed with the mini chocolate chips.
2. Use a round springform pan. You may want to line the bottom of the pan with wax paper or parchment paper if you plan to transfer the entire “pie” to another dish before serving. I served the slices on plates straight out of the freezer, so I didn’t line the pan. It’s actually cuter sliced!
3. Starting with lime, spread a ring of sherbet around the edge of the springform pan – about 2 inches high (or taller if you want!), and about 1-2 inches wide from the outside edge of the pan.
4. Put pan in freezer to harden lime layer.
5. Repeat step 3 with the vanilla, but make the layer much thinner – maybe 1/2 inch. Use a butter knife to flatten the top, even-ing out the lime with the vanilla. Put pan in freezer to harden again.
6. Repeat step 3 with the red/chocolate chip sherbet. Fill the rest of the pan, then use a butter knife to flatten the top. Freeze!
7. When it’s time to eat, run a knife around the edge of the pan before popping off the outside of the springform pan. Use a nice thin-blade knife to slice.

A funny tip…I served the watermelon pie on paper plates, but wanted to take a nice picture for this post, so I put my own slice on a real dish. It melted SO FAST on the real dish. I couldn’t even get a picture fast enough before it was a soggy mess! Even though paper plates aren’t as cute, the sherbet hardly melted at all. Go with paper!

found via makeandtakes

Fourth of July Hamburgers!

Here are the cute hamburger cupcakes Sarah and I made for the Fourth of July picnic.
They turned out so cute and really tasty! I won the "Most Original" prize and a cupcake stand.





Fun in the pool! Max is a little fish! We swam and swam until our toes and fingers were pruny!