Honey... I Made Bread

I am so domestic.

well let's be honest here. 

I try my hardest to be domestic.

(I even started hang drying my towels outside)

For Christmas one year I demanded to get 

a sewing machine and a Kitchen Aid mixer.

I didn't end up using the sewing machine for 4 years, 

but I put the Kitchen Aid to good use the next day.

I love the memories I have when I was younger,

running around with my sisters, 

coming home to eat my mom's homemade brownies

and BREAD.

My family would butter up the bread

and dip the entire slice into a cup of hot cocoa.

It sounds weird, but it was oh so good. 

I thought I would try and save money and make a loaf of bread,

but ended up paying probably 4 times what I would have paid.

It ended up LOPSIDED.

I loved it though.

It tasted divine.

Summa Time

These past months I have been trying to soak in all 

the time I have with my family. I was accepted into my program

which starts in a couple weeks and I will be full time from there.

I am excited about this opportunity, but also scared, sad, and confused. 

Matt and I were planning on starting to try for another little one this 

month if I didn't get into my program, but now that I have 

been accepted we will now have to wait 2 more years. 

I keep telling myself that this is a good thing. 

But why am I so sad?

Everyone tells me that the time will fly by.

Let's hope so.

We've spent a lot of time together as a family this summer,

but we actually haven't really done anything.

We go on walks around the neighborhood.

We've been to Silver Lake once.

Watched a Bees Game.

Hogle Zoo.

Liberty Park.

For the rest of the summer I plan on going on more adventures.

I want to do a hike once a week.

Go Swimming.

Go on a picnic.

Watch more Bee's Games.

St George.

Park City.

The list can go on...

My Journal Begins

I created this blog to start documenting and writing more about my thoughts and daily life. I haven't been so good on updating it, and feel feel like I should be writing down things that  I wanted to remember. My son Owen is already 19 months and I feel I should have been documenting and writing more about him and how much he is learning and growing. Sadly there are so many things that I have forgotten, so many memories that are stored in the back of my mind that may only reappear with a random thought or smell. My personal goal is to update this blog and try to capture everything about my little one as much as possible. So this is where it begins...

My summers have consisted of visiting my sister at the hospital. She has been having complications with her pregnancy and at 26 weeks was admitted into the hospital to be closely monitored. Owen comes along and loves it. It's his new favorite place. He loves running up and down the halls and yelling at the top of his lungs. One of his favorite things to do is push all the buttons on my sister's bed. The button that really calls his name though is the pink one with the cross on it. That one calls the nurse directly and he loves it. When we're at home he asks, "Puuushh Button?"

Owen gets pretty bored at home, and he constantly wants to try new things. I took him to the zoo recently and he loved it! Sadly, I only took a couple pictures there, and they were on film. So, once I get the film developed I will post them up on here. Owen sat in the stroller almost all of the time and was just amazed at all the different "Aminals" there were. I'm thinking about getting a season pass to the zoo.


My hubby Matt got me a Kindle Fire for Mother's Day and I have been indulging myself in so many books. I'm still torn though because I love having the actual book to read, but the Kindle version books are so much cheaper to purchase! At the moment I am reading The Innocent by David Baldacci. It's really good so far, and I think I will write a review on it once I'm done.

Updated Photo Blog

My Photography Blog is updated.



The End.

You Are What You Eat

I have had Chobani Greek Yogurt every morning for breakfast for the past three weeks.

I'm obsessed. This stuff is delicious.

Funny Story

Matt and I go to Costco every Friday to go stock up on this stuff. One day they were out. I looked everywhere. We were so upset . . . Crazy upset. As we were about to give up and leave, I spotted some pallets of Chobani stocked behind the hotdogs and screamed with excitement. The frozen cups of heaven were so far back in the freezer, there was no way of getting to them without asking an employee for help. There was no one in sight. We couldn't leave Costco without them. Matt took the initiative to be the hero and climb through the hotdogs with me holding his feet so he wouldn't fall through the freezer. It took about 10 minutes of him trying to peel through the industrial strength saran wrap with his freshly manicured nails. I wonder what people were thinking . . .

After a while of me holding up Matt's legs, a tall, dark, and curious man walked up to us and yelled behind his shoulder, "Sweetie! I found the Chobani!" With no luck Matt finally gave up and came out of the freezer. We let the tall, dark, and curious man give it a shot too. Still no luck. Finally we grabbed an employee who had to climb to the very top of the pallet and get us out our delicious obsession. Poor guy, it took him forever. We left happy.

Funny thing is we see the tall, dark, and curious man (and his wife and kids) every single time we go to Costco. Matt and I call them Mr. and Mrs. Chobani, or "The Chobani's".

We smile at them every time we see them. They have no idea who we are. They think we're psycho.

Family Mini Sessions

Here is a special that I thought of last night!

I’ll be doing two different locations on two different days.

September 10th will be the Nature/Park Location,

and September 11th will be the Urban/Downtown location.

These pictures would be great for Holiday Christmas Cards,

or just because you haven’t done them in a while.
Might as well get them out of the way right?

Also, if you want to give this package away as a gift,
I have gift certificates that are available.

Email me for more info or if you’d like to book your time slot.

Wonton Fruit Cups

So lately I have been obsessed with cooking healthy . . .

and by lately I mean as of yesterday.

I figured I might as well try and cook

without butter for a change.

Is it weird that every time I see/read the word butter,

I hear it as if Paula Deen were saying it?

"Bu-derr"

One of my favorite new websites to look at is

skinnytaste.com. The recipes on their look so delicious.

I found a delightful recipe on another website called

eatbetteramerica.com

and made these today to bring to a BBQ tonight.

I thought these babies were divine. Although the only thing I would

change would be the wonton wrappers. Not a fan . . .

I know . . . I'm asian right? I'm supposed to like that stuff.

Well I don't! This recipe would have been so much better

with Phyllo Dough.

Here is the link if you'd like to try the recipe.