2/28/09

...sepicer rof gnikool

Hey everyone! We have been having a great week and I just wanted to share a thought that has crossed my mind so many times during this past week. We had some interesting problems with our neighbors and some money scares and frustrations with possible future situations but all is well now. So during the week I was feeling so bad for myself, more than I honestly should have been. After each 'episode' I would laugh at myself and think, "you know, you signed up for this! You fought to have this experiences during the war in heaven. This is a part of life and you need to stop complaining and just do your best and God will do the rest." (it wasn't always all of that at once but always something like it ;).) I would like to express my gratitude to all of you who have helped us during these past four months. (we've been married FOUR months! can you believe it?!) For your prayers and love and comments on our blog :) We love you all!

Well, just now as I was getting our crockpot set up for dinner I was looking at our spice racks and realized just how many I have never used during our time together and probably during my lifetime really. So if there are any of the below that you use in a tasty recipe let me know!  :) Recipes that you or someone you know has used before is what I am looking for. Thanks guys!
Mustard seed
Fennel
Rosemary
Parsley
Thyme
Marjoram
Coriander
Celery Salt
Crushed Mint

Have a fun weekend!

2/24/09

efil fo slaed gnippohs

Last month Scott and I went to a store in Idaho Falls called Winco. We found a lot of the weekly food we eat and were happy to find it for a lower price so we came to the conclusion that we would go there monthly. At the beginning of this month we talked to Emily and Dan and set a date for them to come with us. The night before our shopping trip I went to Albertson's to check out some deals that we heard about from some friends. I found heaven and made Scott, Emily and Dan come with me the next morning before we went to Idaho Falls. Thanks Katie! Between Dan and us we saved $120 dollars! We got 20 cake mixes, 20 canned biscuits, 12 muffin mixes, 4 granola boxes  6 icing's and a frozen lasagna for around $50. 
Amazing huh?! I have come to the conclusion that I need to pay close attention to these Albertson's deals.
So after we got done getting prepared for future sugar highs, we headed to Idaho Falls. We took advantage of the Olive Garden lunch special and all of us had all we could eat soup, salad and breadsticks. It was so much fun spending the afternoon with Dan and Emily and getting so many great deals!

Our weekend did end up going by faster than we would have liked since we were busy almost the whole time but it was a good weekend none the less. We got tonz of groceries...
and some things we techinically didn't NEED, but we were proud of ourselves for saving money and keeping to our budget :) Horray, once again, for married life!
Now the only problem is that every time I open the cupboard to get a bowl or plate out to eat a healthy meal, those tasty icings are staring back at me. Aren't you impressed that I have yet to make a cake and it has been 3 days that those boxes have been in our cupboards? Wow, I just plain amaze myself.

2/11/09

gnikoobparcs dna gni-tv

I have wanted to post for the past week but could never think of anything tricky to share. I guess our life has hit that normal state or something. I just work and come home and cook and sleep. BUT I have been doing something more! I just was wrestling about whether I wanted to post it. I don't consider myself a professional and I am so critical of my own work but I am sort of proud of these...
 For Christmas our Gale parents gave us some mission scrapbook supplies. These really opened my mind to the creative things I could do with my mission scrapbook and took away the fear of messing up these amazing memories. So here is a sample of what I have been working on the past week. 
These two are all my favorite pictures and the last journal entries that I wrote before leaving my dear Brasil. I also saved letters from my favorite people and wrote down some of the games that we played with our investigators children. The pocket also contains special things from dear friends.


This layout contains all of my companions in the order that i served with them starting in the middle and going left then up and around and down the next page. These women taught me so much and have touched my life for the better in so many ways!
I also saved letters from each of them...not all the letters, that would be hundreds! But the one's that really touched me and helped me through hard times.


So what do you guys think?
Also, I was wondering if anyone would like to help me brainstorm. Today while Beth and I were visiting teaching we asked our friend if she needed anything and, of course, at the moment she doesn't. So we came up with the great idea of making our visiting teaching girls each a coupon book to redeem during the month/year as needed. Some examples that I came up with are: 
  • Babysitting for a date night
  • Babysitting for a temple night
  • Making dinner
What else can we do??? What are some things you would like someone to do for you on a bad day?

2/2/09

drow eno

I got this from a friend and thought it would be fun. 
Use one word to answer each of the following questions:
1. Where is your cell phone? table
2. Your significant other? workin'
3. Your hair? wet
4. Your mother? concerned
5. Your father? caring
6. Your favorite thing? Scott
7. Your dream last night? shopping
8. Your favorite drink? water
9. Your dream/goal? mom
10. What room you are in? living
11. Your hobby? scrapbooking
12. Your fear? cows
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? anywhere
14. Where were you last night? couch
16. Muffins? blueberry
17. Wish list item? time
18. Where you grew up? Naples
19. Last thing you did? ate
20. What are you wearing? green
21. Your TV? old
22. Your pets? Scott
23. Friends? necessity
24. Your life? BLESSED
25. Your mood? average
26. Missing some one? Tina
27. Car? Betsy
28. Something you're not wearing? shoes
29. Your favorite store? Deseret
30. Your favorite color? yellow
33. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
34. Last time you cried? Saturday
35. Who will resend this? anyone
36. One place that I go to over and over? sleep

I tag YOU!
~Cassie~

2/1/09

grubxer ni semit nuf

Haha, I so enjoy writing titles backwards. It sure makes things more hilarious, and how else would I have found out that rexburg spelled backwards is grubxer? Maybe that could even be the name of our first son! Scott asks, "Why not our first DAUGHTER?" What a silly question. Grubxer is definitely a boy name. teehee. We have so much fun together :) Just now, in fact, we got home from church and had a little adventure. I came into the kitchen/living room where Scott was at his computer. As I walked into the room I could hear a beeping noise and looked all over to see what it was. Scott had no idea and had thought that it was something I was doing. We came to the conclusion that it was the neighbors upstairs (it sounded like a bomb). So I sat on the couch and turned on music to drown out the sound. After a few minutes Scott figured out what the noise resembled-an error noise from a computer. I muted my music to listen and could hear it even better. I then realized that it was coming from Scott's computer. He hadn't noticed because the speakers that were connected to his computer were on the floor. haha. He still doesn't now why it is beeping, he just turned the volume off so it won't bother me. haha.

ANYWAYS! We have had some fun times these last few weeks. At work my friend had me try some garlic mushrooms and I fell in love. So a few days later I tried to make some. They actually turned out really good and Scott loved them. Can you tell they are mushrooms?
After having my homemade garlic mushrooms Scott had the chance to eat the inspiration of my creation. He was amazed and said that mine were so much better. He was amazed BECAUSE I thought I didn't know how to cook before I married him :)
I also made us some onion rings that same day. We have a deep fryer that we got from one of my ward family members back home and it is so fun to play with! We felt real gross after though...haha...and the house smelled like grease for a few days. ick.

Scott is such a good example to me and has been enjoying riding his bike to school during the week while I'm working. Last week he came home on a rather warm day and was very dirty...haha. His fender has been functioning properly of course, but he only has one for the back. So while his back was clean and dry, his front was a little brown and muddy. haha.
Yesterday we went with our friends, the Frongner's and Talbot's, to SNOWFEST. It was put on by the city and was so much fun! The first event we saw was the polar bear swim. We watched around 50 people jump into a freezing pool of water and then into a hot tub. We met up with Emily and her friend at this event and then went on a sleigh ride with them before leaving. It was a well planned event and really fun with a good deal of people there enjoying the many activities. They also had sledding and snow bowling (with real pins and a bowling ball. The pins were set up on the bottom of the hill) and a community member made snow sculptures like the one pictured below among other activites.


This little girl was really fun to watch. She was so nervous and kept telling her mom that she was going to faint. It was fun watching people be not so smart... ;)



It was a little warmer that it has been but it was still pretty cold and by the time we left Zoie and Isaac were ready to be out of there! 
Life is so good to us.

1/25/09

gnikooc emoh doog


Our sister, Brooke, had such a GRRRReat idea! So I want to hear from you! All of you! :)
Being a newly married couple we have had fun the last few months trying new recipes. But I am running out of places to look and am a little wary about some of the recipes in these books I have, and some just have too many ingredients. So...drum roll please...we want your recipes!
Post your favorite recipes, recipes that you have used before and love. Easy recipes are great, especially if you have any tasty crock pot recipes. In the end anything goes! 
We are excited to see what we get! Thank you all!

1/24/09

drawrof ti yap

I saw this on my friend Jen's blog and am so excited to do it!!!!!

This is how it works: Pay It Forward Exchange is based on the concept of the movie "Pay it forward". I will send a hand made gift to the first three people who leave a comment to this post on my blog requesting to join the PIF exchange. All the gifts will be made and posted out 'sometime within the next year'. How exciting to not know when your surprise package will arrive! What you need to do in return, is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog. This Exchange is only open to those with active websites or blogs. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PROMISE TO POST THIS SAME 'PAY IT FORWARD' MESSAGE ONTO YOUR BLOG, WHICH MUST BE ACTIVE IN ORDER TO PLAY. YOU WILL PAY IT FORWARD TO THREE PEOPLE WHO COMMENT ON YOUR BLOG. I'd love for you to join me! Will you? Other comments are welcome, but only the first three will be my Pay It Forward recipients. Come and join me who doesn't love a gift or giving gifts???
Horray for being crafty!

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