Jeff Comes to Visit

Will teaching Jeff in the fine art of pizza dough making. PS I love this series of pictures - they're too cute together!

Hard at work, putting the toppings on. Check out Jeff's smile...he is single ladies - let us know if you're interested and we'll put in a good word. :)

The delicious finished project.

A couple of weekends ago, Jeff (one of Will's best friends from Kaysville) came down to visit for the weekend. He met me at work and drove me home - which was great as it was snowing a bit and I get a little nervous in the snow. The first night he was here the boys made homemade pizza and we watched The Soloist - good movie, but definitely a serious one. Sunday morning we hung out - it was fast Sunday so we had to forgo our normally delicious Sunday breakfast. Jeff came to church with us - our married student ward was a bit of a shock to him..."I'm the only single person here..." he kept thinking. That night Will made his delicious brownies - the ones that made me fall for him in the first place and we had fun playing games with some upstairs neighbors. All in all it was a great weekend. Thanks for coming down Jeff.

Thanksgiving

Mmm... my mouth still waters when I think about that Pumpkin Streusel Pie we made. Best. Pie. Ever.

What started out as a simple meal for 4 (Myself, Sara and her parents) quickly turned into 7 as Lance found out the missionaries had no place to eat and Ramona found a young couple in the ward that the husband had to work and Jane, the wife, was going to "figure something out" for Thanksgiving.

Sara was put in charge and I took up the position of Sous Chef. She ruled the kitchen with an iron fist and I was to do her every bidding. It seemed that the only person who could walk in and do what they pleased was Lance. He's a Mashed Potato Culinary Master and you do not get in his way.
As usual the first thing to work on was the turkey. Since there was going to be 7 of us (8 if you count the plate going home to Jane's husband) it meant that there was actually going to be a turkey instead of a rotisserie chicken. We used our collective brains and figured out how to cook the bird. It was relatively simple especially because we were going to have dressing instead of stuffing. (Dressing is the best part of Thanksgiving).

After that it was just a matter of time management to get the dressing, sweet potatoes, rolls, and cranberry salad finished and on the table at the same time. It was a great holiday weekend that went by too fast and we find ourselves reflecting on that pie time after time...