Salt Cookies!

I am totally sick. OK, it's just a cold. But to me it seems like a really terrible cold that might never go away  (I can be a little dramatic when I don't feel well). I think I caught it from the family I work for, who have all been sick in the past couple of weeks. I had this brilliant plan that after Kenneth and I watched Conan O'Brian's last show last night, I would take Nyquil and sleep so well that I would be completely healed by morning. Apparently my cold did not agree because I woke up more sick than I was before. Kenneth and I have been hanging out all day eating soup and popsicles, watching the Muppet Movie and resting so that this blasted cold will go away.

By about 4:00 we were both a little stir crazy. So, I decided to make snickerdoodles. Now, don't let the title of this blog post fool you. They were actually pretty good. (Not as good as Megs, but we all can't be super fantastic cookie makers). All I could think about while I was mixing the dough was the the first time I made snickerdoodles... 

I was 12 and spending some quality time during summer vacation with my awesome aunt and uncle in Pocatello, ID. My aunt Lanae had to put her kids down for naps and I had some free time so she told me I could make cookies (something I had never done before). She gave me the recipe and showed me where the ingredients were and left me alone in the kitchen.

The result was just a tiny mix up between the sugar and salt.... 
In case you were wondering 2 cups of salt and 1 tsp of sugar does not turn out as well as you might think. And even now, 15 years later, David and Lanae still make jokes about my delicious salt cookies. 

And, for those of you who are frequenters of our blog (or who just happened to read my last post) here is an update on my most recent project:

I still have about 1 1/2 rows left + borders. But I had to take a break from this project to make a baby quilt for a friend of mine who is due in March.

What do you think?

My new favorite thing..

Last year for Christmas my awesome sister-in-law Jeanette taught me how to dye my own fabric as my Christmas present. It was super awesome and I LOVE my fabric! So, this year I talked her into doing it again (I didn't really have to twist her arm). It was so much fun! 

Here is my finished fabric:

And this is the first project I am thinking of using some of it for.. 

What do you think?

California!

That's it! I have had enough of winter! I know you all probably love it.. and the snow is rather picturesque... But I can't handle the cold any longer. 

From here on out my heart beats only for California. It's a pretty big state. There has to be some University somewhere out there that will have a job for Kenneth once he is finished with his PhD. 

I know we've talked about a lot of places that we would love to end up.. But the past week of ice and snow has erased it all from my memory.

You heard it here first... My 5 year plan now includes this:

Fizzy Party!

For years my dad has talked about how his favorite treat while growing up were "Fizzies." Mostly because he has been diabetic since he was 5 years old and fizzies came in various sugar free varieties. 

For those of you unfamiliar with Fizzies, they are a treat much like Alka Seltzer, but with more exciting flavors. You can dissolve them in water or just let them dissolve on your tounge. It's pretty exciting.

Last year for Christmas I ordered a box of Fizzies from a vintage candy shop for my dad. He was super excited, and this year after Christmas decided to have a Fizzy party. We all got to pick our favorite flavor and you could either drink it or let it dissolve on your tounge - or both :)

Here are some pictures from our exciting party:

Happy New Year!

Hooray for the holidays! Kenneth and I have been having so much fun in Utah with our families, we thought we would give you a little overview of what we've been up to.

Last minute shopping with our cute nephew Bentley...

Making and decorating sugar cookies with my mom...

Game night (lots of pizza and wii) with Mike and Kirk (our favorites)...
Making Christmas gift bags for the Ronald McDonald house...
Seeing the lights at Temple Square with my brother and his cute wife Sara...
Lots and lots of Christmas parties....

And, last but not least - New Year's Eve with Kat and Justin...

We had a great Christmas and New Year's and hope you did too! Happy 2009!! 

5 whole years!

It's been 5 years and I can still honestly say that I love you more every day that we are together. Happy Anniversary Kenneth :)

Wintery Mix

Well, I guess it's here. Winter is beginning to descend on Boston. I suppose it's only natural, it being December and all, but I guess I was sort of hoping that all of this global warming would give us a few more days of fall. 

Today's forcast was for "wintery mix." This is something that Kenneth would like to rename "the worst thing that could ever happen," but which actually means any combination of sleet, freezing rain, rain or snow. It only lasted for a little while before it turned to rain. But it was enough to make our happy Sunday feel less than joyous. Winter in New England is seriously the worst.

I have decided, however, not to waste my day feeling sad about the coming winter, and instead think about my favorite things....

#1 Happy Thanksgivings with good friends in boston. 

This has become one of our favorite Boston traditions. 2 years ago it was the first real holiday that Kenneth and I were away from our family and we were really sad. But our good friends Jason and Nadia invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner, and we have had good Thanksgiving memories ever since. This year we spent the day with friends again and we had another great holiday playing Rockband on X-box, walking around fresh pond, and giving thanks for all of the many blessing in our lives. What a great day!

#2 Cute little girls bringing us cookies.

Kenneth and I just got a little knock on the door, and what should we find when we opened the door? This cute face:
This is our cute neighbor Mckinlay. She came to visit and bring us a yummy plate of warm snickerdoodles. They were delicious! It was pretty much the cutest thing ever! Hooray for cookies and great neighbors who share them :)

#3 The Christmas season!

This week is our ward's annual wreath making activity, which for me is really the beginning of the holiday season. Kenneth and I never have a Christmas tree, since we always go home for Christmas. But we don't feel like we are missing anything because our relief society has the best activity ever! We make fresh wreath's every year at the beginning of December. They are so fun to make and they make our house smell fabulous, just as if we were to have a fresh tree. 

This is me and my friend Ginny making our wreath's at last year's party:

I also love Christmas because we actually get to see our families! Lately we haven't been able to go home in the summer - this is really the only time we have with them. We have such great families and it is so fun to spend time with them. This year is even better than most because kenneth gets to go home for 3 weeks and I get to go home for 2 (another reason I am grateful for my new job). We'll have twice as much time to visit everyone :) Even though we have really great friends here and we love Boston - there is nothing better than family.

That was only 3 things, but I am already feeling better. Who cares about wintery mix. I have a lot to be thankful for..