Holiday baking

On Saturday Elliot and I decided to make cookies for all of the families we home/visit teach. It took us five hours to do it, but we finished strong and with a LOT of cookies. Elliot insisted on wearing his coveralls for the entire time which made things a little more interesting. It was like baking cookies with a mechanic. You may wonder why he owns a pair of coveralls. I don't know the answer to that. I don't know why he owns a lot of things. Well, that is about it. Nothing extraordinarily interesting happened while baking. Other then the fact that both of us were in the kitchen baking. That was pretty extraordinary.

Work Christmas party

So blogger is not working very well right now but I am going to type this out and see if it posts correctly. I am really going to be irritated if after typing this it deletes everything.
Anyways, my company had their Christmas Party last night. Elliot's mom did my hair and make-up which was the most fun of the entire evening. You can tell by the photo's below that she obviously has a talent for it. I'm sure working with something so stunning made it easier for her though. The party was ok. I tried a duck cooked inside of a chicken cooked inside of a turkey. That was interesting. It was actually pretty tasty. They didn't really have that exciting of food like I thought they would. Everyone talked it up pretty big but it was just regular Christmas food (stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beens). For appetizers they had grilled cheese sandwiches cut into 4's so they were small. Seriously. Grilled cheese. I wonder if they had a 6 year olds b-day party held there earlier that day and needed to get rid of the leftovers. They did have an open bar with unlimited drinks. ALL THE DIET COKE MY HEART DESIRED!! Pretty exciting. I think that most of the people there go for that open bar. It did seem to be the focal point of most peoples attention throughout the evening.
One interesting thing that happened was that the valet people almost lost our car. At the end of the night when we were leaving, we gave the valet guy our ticket and he said he would go get it and be right back. Well, 15 minutes went by and he came back and asked us if we would be more comfortable inside (I don't think this is a good sign in circumstance like this) so we went inside and waited for another 15 or so minutes while all the valet people huddled outside talking and sneaking glanced our way. They definitely looked nervous. Eventually they did find a car for us to drive home and even though it has a bashed in front and it looks raggedy, we told them we would accept it until the could get our Mercedes back to us. And while your at it, tint the windows as compensation.

Merry Christmas to all

Thanksgiving 2007 Part 1

Thanksgiving 2007 Part 2

The rest of the Oregon trip

Pictures of my old "backyard." So beautiful. It was nice to be back there.


















It was so fun to see Chrysta! We got to talk a lot, go around Corvallis, watch plenty of old Friends episodes, and eat good food (most important). We also Dyed Chrysta's hair this really pretty red color. It turned out very nice. I'm so sad we live so far apart!! Hopefully we will be able to see each other again soon. The wedding was beautiful. It was the first wedding I have been to outside of the temple which was fun. Amanda (my brothers wife) looked so beautiful. I loved her wedding dress. My nieces were adorable too. As usual. I can't believe how grown up they were! They have gotten so old since the last time I saw them. It makes me sad that I don't live closer. I also got to see my grandpa who isn't doing so well, so it was nice I got to spend some time with him. I had such a great time in Oregon and am so happy I got to go.

I've been tagged!

Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.
4. Let each person know that they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


#1. I was tagged by Erica, who's blog is quite a bit more interesting then mine, therefore, this entry might not be able to keep your attention as well as hers did.

#2. Ok, here are my random facts. I'm not sure I can come up with enough, and since Elliot's name is attached to this blog as well, I just might have to add a few things about him to keep this going the entire duration of the 7 items.

#1. I can't stand the sound of the microwave beeping. I always stop it when it gets to 1 second and take my food out.

#2. When I was 12, I was a huge fan of Oprah. I wrote her a letter telling her how much I liked her, and in return I received an autographed photo of her which I put in a frame and hung proudly over my dresser.

#3. Ok, Elliot's turn. He knows every stat of every football game every played, but can't remember how our first kiss went down. (If you want the real version, come to me. Don't believe a word he says).

#4. Elliot owns every album that Queen made. You should hear him sing (and sometimes dance) along. It is something else.

#5. I prefer rain to sunshine. There is something about a really overcast day that puts me in a good mood. Ahh, a true Oregonian.

#6. I cannot stand to be shushed.

#7. I love my birthday. I make people (and by people I really mean Elliot), start celebrating the week before and I try to drag it out a few days after. This year, I'm going to try to make the entire month of February one big party.

#4. I tag: Chrysta. I'm too tired to go to anyone else's blog to leave a comment.