Spencer's Wedding

Spencer was married on July 30th. It was a nice occasion. We loved meeting Melody's family from New York. Her grandma was a nice lady. She had a cute personality. We really enjoyed meeting her Uncle and Aunt, Paul and Marge. It was nice to have family and friends celebrate with them on their wedding day. And they are living happily ever after. Now you know The rest of the story! We also enjoyed seeing her parents and her sister and brother. I have to say, the dancing was the best part of the whole wedding. We loved it and so dis the grand kids.

I just created my first Halloween Subway Art!

I am so tickled at how my Halloween Subway Art turned out! I may be prejudiced, but I love it and think it is cute. Especially because I designed it myself. I am going to get a 12 x 12 frame to put it in. I am just so happy at how it turned out. Hurray! I have been wanting to do one for quite sometime and this afternoon I sat myself down, took a deep breath and told myself that I could do and I did. I will just have to design one for Thanksgiving and for Christmas! Hope you all enjoy! It was fun!!! You should try it yourself sometime. I have been making alot of fun Halloween projects this month. I get a bit carried away when getting ready for Halloween and the other holidays coming up. Well have a wonderful rest of the day everyone!

Beautiful Idaho Falls Temple

I love this picture of the Idaho Falls Temple. I love this temple, because it is where Lyndon and I were sealed to each other for time and all eternity, almost 31 years ago. On thursday, we had a niece, Heather Cook, Corwin and Marilyn's daughter, get married in the Idaho Falls Temple.

It was a beautiful wedding and it brought back many memories. Lyndon and I were both sealed with our families here at this temple when we were children. Those memories are precious to me. After the wedding we went to the wedding luncheon, which was held at Corwin and Marilyn's church building. It was really nice and we had a good visit with family and meeting Heather's husband, Levi's family. They are nice people and we enjoyed getting to meet them.

Later that afternoon we went back to the temple to do an endowment session with Lyndon's family. Those who went with us were: Danna and Grandma Cook and Ken and Karleen Kiffer. It was wonderful and we were asked to be the witness couple. The Celestial room is beautiful. They have opened up the ceiling and it is quite lovely. We had a wonderful day. We attended the reception that night and got to see family we haven't seen in quite awhile. The reception was really nice and decorated beautifully. I am happy for Heather and Levi. They are a cute couple. It was especially nice to get to go back to the Idaho Falls Temple and relive some wonderful memories there.

The Blue Day Book

I love this book! The fact is, we all have our bad days...they are part of being human. I love the photo's and the text messages. The solution is to see each incident in perspective, recognize that our feelings of failure and loss are not unique, acknowledge the absurdities of our existence, and glory in the potential we all have. Each image takes us through the entire evolution of a blue day-examines what it feels like, what causes it and how to get over it. Mostly we just need to find humor in our lives and find joy even on days when everything seems blue. Hope you all enjoy this as much as I did.

Delicious Pancakes!

I wish I had a picture for you but, alas I didn't take one. We made these pancakes with the syrup this morning. They were delicious! The kamut flour has a nutty, buttery flavor. Dallen said the keep the recipe because they are so yummy. We all loved the almond buttermilk syrup. It is fun to try out new recipes, especially when they turn out and taste so good. I am going to try a recipe this morning with the kamut flour and make bread. I will see how it turns out and do a post about it. I will try to take a picture and post it. If you can get some of this grain in your area, you should try it. Also if your interested here is the website for Chef Brad.

www.chefbrad.com

Have a beautiful day!

Blueberry Kamut Pancakes with Buttermilk Syrup

I am trying a new recipe tomorrow morning for breakfast. I am sharing the recipe and hope you will try it too. I watched a segment on t.v. yesterday afternoon. It was "Chef Brad's Grainology". He was making things with Kamut flour. It is a type of wheat flour. It looked good and interesting. I will try it out and then post how it turned out and if it was as flavorful as it looked.

Here is the Recipe:

Blueberry Kamut Pancakes

4 eggs
2 cups buttermilk
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
dash of salt
2 to 3 cups Kamut flour
fresh blueberries

In a mixing bowl combine everything but the blueberries. Using a wire whisk, mix the batter until combined. Be careful to not overmix the batter, stop when just combined. Ladle the batter onto a hot griddle and add the blueberries to the top of each pancake at this point. Flip each cake when the sides harden and the underside is golden brown. Serve with delicious Almond Buttermilk Syrup.

Almond Buttermilk Syrup

3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon almond extract

In large sauce pan, melt the butter. Then add the sugar and buttermilk. Bring to a boil. Then add in the baking soda, vanilla and almond extract. It will bubble up, because of the soda. Don't be alarmed, it will settle down. It is delicious! Give it a try!

Have a good day everyone!

New digital pictures that just got printed!