oh and these...

I made these favorites for parker too... SOOO yummy. I have been eating WAY too many.

mmmm..homemade bread

So I didn't post about it because I'm a little paranoid but parker has been gone for the past 2 weeks and I have been home all alone! He is back now so all is right with the world, but I do have to say, those were the longest 2 weeks ever. It is by far the longest amount of time we have been apart since we have been married and I think even since we started dating including the summer when I was in StGeorge. Ya know, I thought about it, and I am completely capable of living without parker but it's just that I don't want to. That's why I married him. Life is so much better with him. I know there are a lot of people that have to go much longer without their husbands and I really have empathy for them! Especially those wives whose husbands are in the army or far away for a LONG time. That would be so hard and I really admire them. It is so nice having him home. I thoroughly missed him. While he was gone I found a lot of things to do I don't normally do...llike making bread. Really yummy bread. I bought all the goods for it so I'm going to be making our bread from now on... It takes us at least a week to go through a loaf so i just throw the extra loaves in the freezer till we need them. I don't think it really saves any money but I like doing it so it doesn't really matter...By the way, I realize I blog a lot about food. Sometimes I feel like all it's all I blog about but I think it's because I LOVE food....it's pretty much all I think about it, thus all the blogging! hope you enjoy!

Bev

this is my grandma, Beverly.
She turned 87 this month.
We had a birthday party for her and took lots of pictures.
She has been studying those pictures on a digital picture frame.
The other day she asked my mom for a pair of scissors.
My mom asked what she needed scissors for.
Grandma told her she needed to cut out a magazine article.
5 minutes later my mom went to see how the magazine cutting was going.
She wasn't cutting a magazine.
She was cutting herself bangs!

Wicked

was so good... i loved every minute of it. katie rose clark (glinda) and donna vivino (elphaba) were amazing! i knew a little about the story line and we had been listening to the the soundtrack for a couple months but it was way beyond my expectations! It made me wish I knew how to sing and act because it just looks like so much fun and those ladies are seriously SO talented. Parker loved it too and has been singing it nonstop lately. we want to go again!

sushi bar etiquette

I am already looking forward to my birthday dinner...really, I don't have anything in mind already...(hint hint);) watch this video if you have a few. it's funny.

my besties...

are both on missions... I love getting their emails each week. they are truly inspiring and so hard working. I don't know if I could do the hard things they are doing. Makes me want to be a better person. charlene in tacloban, phillipines.

robyn in little rock, arkansas.

happy easter!

So we were standing in line at the grocery store yesterday and picked up martha stewart and saw these delightful eggs... At least i think these were them. They look like fun and the directions are on the website.also happy birthday to Jessica! sweet sweet sixteen. definitely one of my favorites.

bev's cinnamon rolls

When parker and I were first married he REALLY wanted me to make him these cinnamon rolls one day...so I got the recipe from his mom, who got it from a lady in his ward. For some reason I never ended up making them back then so I made them this weekend for general conference. They really are the BEST cinnamon rolls ever. The recipe is scanned here. It's the only copy I have so hopefully if you click on it, it will be big enough to read!

East-West Connection

Had a little sisterly time during the preisthood session of conference. We went out to dinner at this little veitnamese restuarant off of foothill. I would recomend the tofu curry and spring rolls with noodles. Delicious and pretty to look at.

He did it!

in this weatherWith his friend Brian from work

and he could still smile afterwards!

Good Luck Parker!

he's running the half marathon tomorow morning. I was a wuss this year and decided I did not want to put in all that training work so I will be cheering him on along the sidelines. And this is why I am thrilled to not be running...

last year after we finished. My Oprah tee amy made for me for luck.

the happiest place on earth

We just got back from California a couple nights ago and immediately wanted to go back. We left sunny beaches and got freezing snowy weather! Disneyland was magical despite the inflated prices and long lines. I only went once as a little kid, which I don't remember, and then later went 3 times in high school for various events. So the disneyland that I knew was running from ride to ride with our fast passes to get in as many "big" rides as possible. This time around, we had three days and we were with P's whole family including 2 neices and a nephew. We did a ton of the fantasy, little kid things I have never done. I loved it. We still got to do some big kid stuff:) And I am pretty sure we got maximum use out of our fast passes which gives me a great sense of satisfaction.Parker and his neices offf in the distance the first morning. riding the matterhorn

heaven on earth

IS st. george. Ever since moving away from home sweet home, my BF and I have referred to this place as paradise. I seriously get goosebumps as I pull into town...thats how much I love it. It is especially nice when the weather is so much more beautiful down there than up here in p-town. We went down this weekend with the bennions and our friend greg and got some R&R. I didn't realize how much I needed the sunshine and red rocks till I was there.
the crack, mini-narrows, whatever you want to call it, on top of the red hill.very tight fit.buddy,claire, greg, and parkthe bennion fam.

life flight

learned all about the life of life-flight nurses this week. very exciting to say the least. the man in this picture was paris, our wonderful paramedic who gave us an inside peak...

i heart valentines day