The Office

This is what greeted me at work this morning.

A full pitcher of ice water, a slice of cantaloupe bread,

and the most beautiful peach I have seen this summer!

I love my work friends!

Forget Not . . .

Walk and Weekend

Early Saturday morning,

before the sun rose.

I rose along with 6 other leaders

and 10 fabulously dedicated

young women.

 Then we walked

 and took breaks

 and kept walking

for 8 miles until we

arrived at the Jordan River Temple.

 And were met by our wonderful families.

It was a spectacular day!

In the afternoon we went to

Poor Yorick Studios

and attended their art show.

 Which, as always, was a fun

family time because 2 of Mark's siblings

have a studio there.

 We got to see Maxx

which is always a highlight!

Then we went to the Relief Society General Meeting

and heard President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

give an inspiring and uplifting talk.

What a wonderful weekend!

Farmers, Football, and Family

This weekend was filled with fun!

 The Murray Farmer's Market

 Yummy peaches and berries!

 Then we were off to the first home BYU football game!

 With Kenzie, Whitney, Paige, Courtney, Mark, and Maddy - 

and some random guy with blue hair

who wanted to be in our picture!

We LOVE BYU football - 

even when the outcome is not to our liking!

 Then Sunday was Kenzie's homecoming talk

where we got to see lots of family.

Newly engaged Jared and Nicole!

 Emily, Austin, Nate, & Olivia

 Mom, Paula, and me

 Kyle and Tony

 Paige,Courtney, and Kenzie

 The Wood family 

And us!

It was so much fun!

Sunflowers and Stairs

I love to walk.

Especially on a wonderful late summer

day on my lunch hour!

 Here are some things I saw along my path yesterday.

 There were sunflowers

 and stairs

 everywhere!

 

 Luckily I came down this set!

 Lunch hour + walking + downtown + sunshine = LOVE

This is my favorite!

Happy Friday!

9.16.11 Flowers

 This week's flowers are very fragrant!

But it is Friday and they are looking a tad wilted!

Sorry, I will take the picture earlier in the week next time!

Squash Anyone?

 Each spring I get so excited to plant my squash!

(I stole this picture from here and hope Roxanne doesn't mind ~ isn't it cute!)

I wait breathlessly for our first little summer squash to appear.

We love to eat them steamed when they are young and tender,

but then the plants start looking like this.

By this time the squash goes from young and tender to

huge in about 24 hours!

 Until I have more than I ever know what to do with!

Last week I found this post on my very talented niece's blog

and made her Zucchini Bread recipe.

These muffins were a big hit and I made another batch yesterday.

In my search for something to do with

my abundance of zucchini I found this recipe

 and they are yummy!

  

And I already have more zucchini in the freezer

 to make more cookies and muffins!

 So your question may be

 What are you making your family for dinner?

Why squash casserole

of course!!!

A family wedding and some good friends

9.10.11

Started at the temple

Where Lara and Stephen got married!

The bride and groom

Some family

Some sisters
  

  The reception 

Some more family
 

The chocolate and lemon cake (not together)
 

The cheesecake
 

More family
 

 

 

  

 

 Then on 9.11.11

we partied like we used to

with

The Booths!

What a great weekend!