Wedding Day

November 6, 2010

The wedding day finally arrived and the preparations began. My hair was a gift from Cindy. Her friend is a hair stylist and created my beautiful up-do. I'm so thankful for the gift because if I were left to doing my own hair, it would have ended up in a bun.

My flowers were amazing and couldn't have turned out better. The bouquet was put together with white and lavender roses, green hydrangea and stephanotis flowers. The florist did a beautiful job with the arrangement.

Here are Mike and I exiting the Temple. We had several pictures taken and Mike put together a slide show. I will work on getting those posted. Andy and Dad took several pictures for us from the Open House later in the evening as well. Dad's are not digital, so I'm unable to post those.

Above is the Lewis Family with the newly married couple.

Above is the Stuy Family with the happy couple.

Last Single Night

November 5, 2010

This was my last night of being single. Donna gave me a bachelorette party that I spent with my mom, sister and cousins. We had yummy treats, played games and talked. I learned how fun my mom could be at this party and we had a blast.

Perfect Apple Pie

October 28, 2010

I continued to make the recipes from my baking calendar. This pie called for a premade crust, but I used Rynell's mom's recipe for the pie crust. It always turns out great, nice golden flakey shell. As usual, I took it to work for my co-workers enjoyment

Perfect Apple Pie

Filling:
6 c thinkly sliced, peeled apples
3/4 c sugar
2 T flour
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp lemon juice

Heat oven to 425°. Mix ingredients for filling in large bowl. Spoon mixture in to prepared pie shell. Top with second pastry shell; seal edge and flute. Cut shapes out of remaining pastry shell.

Cover edge of pie dish with 2-3 inches of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Cool at least 2 hours before serving.

Bridal Shower

October 23, 2010

My future sister-in-laws, Karen, Melissa and Lan threw me a bridal shower. It was fun to see all my friends. They are the best!

Escalante Trip

Mike and I took a weekend trip to Escalante, southern Utah, from October 8-10, 2010. The drive down there was very pretty. We stopped off at a place to eat called Gatorz. The hamburgers were excellent and the secret Gatorz sauce was very tastey. We will definitely stop there on the next trip we go to southern Utah.

We used Mike's GPS to get to Escalante and it took us through part of the national forest back roads. At first we thought something was wrong with the GPS, but on the road we met up with a German tourist whose directions were the same as ours. Half of it was dirt road. We also had to go through some snow, which surprised us both...but then again, it really shouldn't have surprised us. It was a nice scenic drive. Below is a picture of Mike taking pictures. This is something I will come to find will happen a lot on our trips.

We went on a hike to Calf Falls. On the hike we saw hieroglyphics, all kinds of plants, several fish in the stream, and at the end of the hike the waterfall. There is something about waterfalls that is peaceful to me. While on the hike, we ran into Lance's (Mike's brother-in-law) parents. It was fun to see them and they were pleasant to talk with.

Mike has a contact that got us a good rate to stay at the Circle D Motel. It was reasonable and the restaurant had very good food. We really hope to go down there again sometime.

On the drive back home, we stopped at the entrance to Bryce Canyon. We were short on time so we didn't drive in, but will be planning a trip to go see the canyon specifically. However, since we did have a little time to spare, we stopped by a couple places to take some fun pictures.