New haircut

I got my hair cut yesterday it was getting a little too long. I asked her to cut it up to my shoulders...she went a little overboard but I think I like it. After she cut it she ratted up the back....the price I pay for having it cut in West Valley I guess.

What do you think?

Sisters in Seattle

While I was home for Christmas-time my sisters and I went to Seattle to roam around and have fun, here are some of the things we did



Here is the fountain at the Seattle Center, Beth is thinking really hard....

Beth took one picture of herself and it turned out perfectly of her "drinking" the water from the fountain. I had to stand leaning over with my tongue out for about 5 minutes before we got a good one, you can imagine how funny I looked.

Here is Patti climbing up one of the many hills in Seattle, I was only about half way up, Beth up at the top. I forgot how steep and hilly Seattle can be.

I couldn't resist taking a picture of the Brussel Sprouts at the market....too funny


We went to Ivar's for lunch, I LOVE to eat there! I had a shrimp and panchetta pasta with sun dried tomatoes and goat cheese....soooooo good!!

On our way to the market we say a sign for a restaurant called Serious Pie, we decided on our way back we would stop there for dessert...we got there only to find it was pizza pie, probably good but not what we were looking for. We kept going and found a place called The Chocolate Box, can't go wrong with that so we went it. I had a berry oatmeal bar that was ok, Beth had this cute little cupcake that she said was great, Patti had a lemon bar she said was really good too and they both had some good hot chocolate.
All in all it was a really fun day with the girls...until of course Beth threw a perfectly good piece of licorice at a perfect stranger...she said it was an accident....

Home for Christmas

I got to go home for Christmas for 2 whole weeks this year! (ok so really at this point it's last year but you know what I mean) I had a great time with my parents and sisters, we played games at really good food and just visited, it was wonderful to be with family.

Here is my Daddy and me Christmas day.

Mommy and me. Aren't my parents the cutest?!?

My big sister Patti...she's cute to....and available so if you know any single guys in Washington......(in Utah I'd have to check them out first...)

My little sister Beth, I've overused the word now but she's pretty cute too.

This is our advent calendar, I think Mom made it in Relief Society at some point in the past. The ornaments are shrinky dinks (do they even make those anymore?). I love putting the ornaments on each day.

One of my presents, new slippers. The little puff balls make me smile.

We had a yummy gourmet dinner for Christmas night, it consisted of.
Butternut Soup
Fennel Rubbed Pork Tenderloin
Arugula Salad with Pomegranate and toasted Pecans
Mashed Potatoes with a twist
and of course
Mom's buttermilk rolls....a family tradition. That one's not online so if you want it you'll have to ask me for it.

Beth has a knack for finding good recipes and we were willing participants to her experiments. They all turned out really good! Be sure to stir in the nutmeg in the soup though because Patti somehow got a nutmeg bomb in her soup....wasn't the best. Everyone was even nice enough to substitute the cream/milk in all these with my lactose free milk...such sweethearts.

As a kid I was always so excited about presents, now the best presents are the fun times I get to spend with my family. I love them all so much and wish I got to spend more time with them, maybe someday we'll live closer to each other again. I love you guys!!