Harry Potter Date Night!

Chris asked me out a date a few weeks ago to see Harry Potter. For some reason this is the only movie series that ever gets us to leave our kids so we can go to a movie! So we brought in the babysitters, prepped them for the fact...

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Coby Comes to Town

Coby, aka Elder Vail, was one of the missionaries we got to know pretty well in Vienna. He lives in Utah and came down for a visit for a few days. Here’s Coby slicing into some home made Kebap. Like all Americans in Vienna...

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Salad Party

Okay, so after getting home from Vienna, I realized that I don’t have ANY pictures of my friends here in the Valley. Funny, huh? But now that we are so into documenting everything, I pulled out my camera at a fun Salad...

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S’mores for Everyone!

A friend from my MBA program came to Utah with his family for a month long vacation. They spent a week at our house and we decided to cook a country style meal for them. Dutch oven potatoes, dutch oven chicken and for dessert...

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Oliver Unpacking

A lot of people ask how we are doing, are we unpacked, is there a weird culture shock with coming home, are we glad to be back, what have we been up to… so here is a post to answer all those normal questions. Here is how...

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Kids Make Cookies

What better way to break in our house than by making cookies? All the kids hung out on the counter to help daddy make chocolate chip cookies. We have found most of our pans by now…Oliver and Elora were sharing the big spoon...

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Lulu’s Creperie (again)

I told Sharon (who “likes chocolate!”) about Lulu’s after I tried it with my friends and since it’s close to her house she said we should meet there for brunch. Sharon babysits two babies, so got...

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Lulu’s Creperie

I have some friends who still live in Orange County, so while at Sharon’s house some of us met for breakfast at a little creperie near Sharon’s house.Here is my friend Franklin, who I haven’t seen in fourteen...

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Ice Cream or Frozen Dairy Dessert?

My dad has a waffle cone maker, so we decided to try it out one evening. The cones turned out super yummy, and Chris is sold on this awesome kitchen gadget. Next time we are going to try and make the chocolate waffle cones, and...

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