Last Dinner Group

For the past year or so, Geoff and I have been in a dinner group with 2 other couples. All six of us met in the same singles ward and we were all friends before we all got married. We all went to each other's weddings and have been a great support system to each other. It has been so fun to get together once a month at each other's houses and eat dinner and play games. We will miss these four greatly when we move but plan on lots of visits down in Texas from them!

Deliciously Delicious!

I normally would post this on my recipe blog but this is just too good not to share on here! So yummy and healthy but also a great bread to make to give away for the holidays. I made 2 loaves to give away to two couples we are having over for a dinner group/christmas party tonight. Yum!

Spiced Applesauce bread (makes 2 loaves)

2 1/2 cups of applesauce

2 cups splenda

1 cup brown sugar splenda

2 eggs & 2 additional egg whites

6 TBSP skim milk

4 cups whole wheat flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp allspice

1 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Mix all ingredients except for flour until a nice creamy texture. Add flour & stir until all mixed. Sprinkle brown sugar splenda on top. Bake @ 350 for about 45-50 minutes or until knife comes out clean. So delicious and nutritious!

cabin weekend

We had the best time this weekend at Kellee's cabin near Park City. We did a lot of shopping, went to dinner, watched movies and played fun games. These two are probably our closest couple we hang out with & Zak is by far Geoff's best friend (besides me of course) and we are going to miss them SO much. I think we like vacationing with these two so much that we are going to make it a tradition! Here's to great friends & great weekends!

Looking forward

I am having some anxiety about leaving all that we love about Logan behind as we soon approach moving (2 1/2 weeks!). I love it here. I really do. Yes, I am a complete wuss when it comes to winter time. I hate the snow/cold/ice. But there is so much about it here I love and adore. It is crazy to think I have lived in Logan for the past 7 years (on and off). Logan really is a quaint, beautiful little town. I met and fell in love with Geoff here. Our first kiss was on Old Main hill. I recieved a top notch education here. I made my best friends here. I will miss the small town rodeos in the summer time. I will miss the springtime in Logan. It is so nice when the snow all melts and it is just so lush and green here. It is breath-taking. More than anything I will miss the 29 clients that I have grown a deep love for. That will be hard to leave behind.

With all that said, I am so excited to start a new chapter in our lives. Houston is a great, enormousness city with so much to offer to Geoff and I. The city is rich in culture, museums, art and music. I am so excited for all the missionary opportunities that will come our way. I am so excited to be near my sweet niece and my niece that will be born in early January. I am looking forward to being actual adults with real jobs that require our degrees. I am SO excited to be near the ocean and beach. Nothing comes close to camping on the beach and waking up to the sunrise over the ocean.

While I will miss Logan dearly, I feel like it is the right thing to move to Houston. I am so thankful for all that I have experienced here and be even more thankful for the blessings that are to come.

The Perfect Weekend.

Going here for dinner:

and eating this:

and then watching this:

The rest of the weekend we will be spending with these 2 awesome people, Zak & Kellee at a quaint cabin, shopping in Park City, playing games and watching movies.

Life does NOT get much better than this (:

Hope everyone has a great of a weekend that we will be having!

Deal of the WEEK!

Yessss.... this just in... Cami got this for Christmas for a whopping $19 plus shipping!!

Style Secrets

I love to shop. Not only that, but I have really expensive taste. I can't help but love pretty things. And sparkly things! Unfortunately with Geoff and I being full time students, that leaves us with very little moo-la to spend! So I have found some really interesting ways to still buy nice clothes without spending so much money.

Just recently I have been emailed twice to blog about where I shop for clothes, how I find such good deals and such. So here is a quick run-down of how I find cool stuff. I sign up on email mailing lists for just about every place I shop from. I get all these emails from them at least every other day it seems. In those emails are promo codes and I save them. Sometimes it will be a free shipping code, a 25% off code, a $5 towards your total order code or whatever. A lot of places will allow you to combine these promo codes which can make things incredibly inexpensive. For example, I got that JCREW dress for just $36 dollars (originally $200) because I waited and waited for it to be on sale and saved all my emails from jcrew. Patience is a virtue. Also, I love LOVE LOVE shabby apple dresses but they are pretty expensive. I got my latest dress from there for only $32 compared to the original price of $98. It pays to sign up for all those obnoxious emails that take up space in your inbox-- trust me!

Someone else also wanted to know where I got these headbands from

I ordered them from this sweet little boutique from back East somewhere called Andrea's Beau. They are actually on the more expensive side (for a headband) but they are such good quality and very unique that I couldn't help buying it!
Anyways, hope that answered a few questions and can help everyone find some good deals on some cute clothes!

Holiday Photo Shoot

Here is a preview of our holiday pictures for 2009. No worries, this is not the one we will be putting in our card so it will be a surprise (: I got the idea of this picture from my good friend Sara & I am pretty happy with how it turned out!

Starting the day off right

Besides reading scriptures and saying your morning prayers, one of the most important things you can do is get a healthy breakfast to start the day off right! Just a couple of days ago, there was a segment on the today show about how type 2 diabetes is no longer referred to as "adult onset diabetes" because so many children are being diagnosed with it now. Reason why? They are obese. This makes me so sad that so many people in our country are careless when it comes to taking care of their bodies and also educating their children about how our bodies are a gift. We must set the example of how to do this by eating right and getting regular exercise. I could go on and on about this (as you can probably tell)but it is something I am so passionate about because I have lived both lifestyles. And the sweets and junk food are just NOT worth it!

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, tastes as good as being healthy feels. Nothing!

I have added quite a few recipes to my healthy living blog and some good tips that I have learned the past few years to enhance a healthy life-style. So if you wanna know more, go check out my healthy living blog

An amazing painting

Please go to this website to see this amazing painting about being "one nation under God". It will touch your heart. Scroll over each person to see the significance that person has had on our country. I especially liked how the painting shows certain types of people who are disregarding our inspired constitution. Makes me proud to be an American!

Click here to see it