This week

I'm pretty bugged that yet again, reruns of The Office. They are trying to make us feel better about it by playing 3 old episodes instead of just 1. I'm still bugged.



I am excited for conference. I love conference weekend. It is always wonderful to hear the messages from the apostles and President Hinckley. It recharges your battery. AND, I love not having to go to church. It's just a nice break to spend time with family without all the meetings. And have a big breakfast.


Al took this picture of the Snowflake Temple last summer. It is beautiful, I want to go through sometime. It was the first time I'd ever been through that town. It is very charming. I wouldn't mind living there.

Recipes

Here is a recipe I would like to share - very easy and very yummy. It is from my mother-in-law.

Baked Spaghetti

1 normal size package of spaghetti
8 -12 oz Italian Sausage (I like the Hot flavor, you can skip sausage if you don't like)
1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
1 carton of cottage cheese - I think 16 oz.
8 oz shredded mozzarella
1/2 - 1 c parmesan cheese
1 egg

Cook sausage, crumble it, drain fat. Add sauce and heat.
Mix the cheeses and egg well.
Cook the spaghetti until almost done, still a little chewy, drain pasta.
Spray 9"x13" pan with Pam.
Put half the pasta on bottom of pan.
Spread cheese mixture over the pasta as best you can, its lumpy.
Put the rest of the pasta on top of that.
Pour the sausage/sauce over the top.
Sprinkle more mozzarella or parmesan on top
Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

This is really good as leftovers, or you can freeze it then bake. Sooo good!! If you have a recipe you love, post it in the comments or just post it on your blog this week. I will be looking for them! Al always makes fun of me because I spend hours just looking through cook books and online for recipes so this will be very helpful!

I blog about food a lot. Too much? no. Food is what I think about a good portion of each day and that translates into many posts about food. I love to eat. I am loving learning to cook good food. Al especially likes my turkey burgers. We should use this whole blogging world to share favorite recipes with one another. Next week we will, think about some of your favorites.

Yum

Today at the grocery store I bought Mothers Iced Oatmeal Cookies. I haven't had these in years and I love them. Everytime it snowed in Provo, my friend Lane and I would look at the mountains and think that the snow looked like the icing on these cookies. I love them.

Feet!

When I peeked in to check on him napping, I found that he has discovered his feet!

It's too hot today. I'm not ready.

Here are some of my favorites lately.

Family Pics

I really love these pictures of our families. They are natural - they show personality and I like that. People are missing from both but they are still great.

This was last year when my family hiked through a sandy riverbed for 17 hours.

This is Al's family a year and a half ago. All the siblings have since had another child. (Ad will have hers any day now.)

Supporting Local Restaurant

Trader Joe's has a creamy Cilantro dressing that is the closest thing I have found to Cafe Rio's amazing dressing. I love Cafe Rio's dressing. I love the worker that always asked "What can I get for the lady?"...you know the one I'm talking about. I loved when Nacho was there to flirt with my husband. I love Cafe Rio. Only on the busiest nights when the line of people wove all the way to the pop machines and back around did I disappointedly leave unsatisfied. Recently we were talking about why it is such a phenomenon, why do people crave it so? My theory is that it brings back all the nostalgic feelings of going to school in Provo. It was an event to go to Cafe Rio, always a magical experience, especially when you get Dr. Pepper with your pork salad. I'm a little concerned about their business here in Mesa. It is rarely crowded. It needs regular patrons to stay strong and that is why I am making it a personal goal of mine to go more often.