Halloween & Thanksgiving

So here are a few more updates. Obviously I am really good at keeping this blog updated & current.

Heath and I spent Halloween on our couch watching Monsters, Inc. & eating candy. We had one group of trick or treaters stop by, so there was A LOT of candy!

Heath even made some pretty awesome chex mix (I made some muddy buddies, not pictured).

Thanksgiving was pretty uneventful this year. I was at the hospital working--someone has to take care of the sick people, even on the holidays! Heath, however, spent the day up in Riverton, UT with family. He brought me home some pretty delicious food! I was sad I had to miss seeing everyone, but that's the way it goes...

The good news is, Heath & I will be home for Christmas! That's right! We're heading to Oklahoma from the 22nd-28th. Needless to say, we are both pretty excited!

Here are a few pictures to leave you with. The great thing about colder weather is the awesome sunsets!

 

I love this time of year!

Happenings...

So to start off, Heath and I went to True Blue Football for BYU's homecoming back toward the beginning of October...Why have I never been before? That was about the most fun I have ever had! We didn't get too many pictures of us with the blue foam ALL OVER US, but I do have and "after" shot of us after we showered off. Basically True Blue Football = huge slip n slide + mass quantities of blue foam + awesome!

I added this picture of us, mostly because it is just so darn flattering of us! Jealousy is a common response to viewing this picture...Mostly I felt bad because we didn't take a camera in with us because we didn't think there would be anywhere safe and dry to keep it...It's ok though, we have the memory and that's all that really matters!!


In more recent news Heath got inducted to Phi Delta Phi this past Friday. This is an honor society for Law students. They only accepted 16 students from his law class this year. The society is based around the idea of bringing and upholding ethics in the law profession! I am so proud of him!

Heath and I in front of the Supreme Court Benches!

Heath with some of his Law school friends!

Fall in Utah

Every fall Heath and I drive up the Alpine Loop to look at the fall leaves. This year I wanted to try out my new camera with the awesome colors, so we hiked to Stewart Falls. I love fall! beautiful colors, cooler temperatures, getting to wear jackets! I love it all! Here are a few pictures to share with you!

We are so lucky to have so much beauty so close by! It was the perfect little escape!

Bruschetta Recipe

So a few of you asked for the bruschetta recipe, here it is!


Double Tomato Bruschetta

Ingredients:

• 6 Roma (Plum) tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes (it says packed in oil--I couldn't find this so I just did sun-dried tomatoes diced up, soaked 'em in a little oil for about 10 minutes and called it good....and it was!)
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (YUM)
• 1/4 cup fresh basil, stems removed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 french baguette (I used a loaf of french bread, thinly sliced)
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven on broiler setting
2. In a large bowl, combine the Roma tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, basil, salt and pepper. Allow the mixture to sit for 10 minutes (I let mine sit over night to let the flavors really blend together)
3. Cut the baguette (or french loaf) into 3/4 inch slices. On a baking sheet arrange the baguette slices in a single layer. Broil for 1 to 2 minutes until slightly brown.
4. At this point you can either melt a little of the cheese onto each slice of bread or you can top each piece with the tomato mixture, put cheese on top and broil for another 5 minutes or so, or until the cheese is melted. (I did the former)

Eat and enjoy!! I kind of liked the bread lightly toasted so it was still a little soft but crispy, however Heath liked it really cruchy, so try it out!

**I also really liked eating it on a toasted bagel! It made a great lunch!
***PS, thanks for the comments! It's good to know that I'm not just shooting all these posts off into cyberspace :)

SHUSHI.

I've eaten sushi before. But never in Utah. So when our friends Joanna & James invited us to go to Happy Sumo in the Riverwoods, Heath & I were a litttttttle skeptical. But we decided to go anyway & give it a shot. Boy are we glad we did! Talk about DELICIOUS! It was great! Plus we were able to see our friends--always a plus. Here are some pictures:

Our yummy rolls.

I have no idea who that guy is in the back ground...no idea...

Thanks again Joanna & James! We had so much fun & can't wait to do it again!

Bruschetta

I got in the mood to make bruschetta the other day, so I found a recipe and decided to give it a shot. Best idea, ever! It was SO GOOD! not even kidding. My mouth is watering thinking about it. In fact, for lunch today I had just a little left and I toasted half a bagel, melted some mozzarella cheese on it, topped with bruschetta=DREAM LUNCH. If you want the recipe let me know!

Date Night

Heath & I have been trying to make a better effort to have date night once a week--for both of our mental well-being. With Heath being in Law School now--which is time consuming and mentally exhausting & me working--which is mentally & emotionally taxing at times, I think we both need it!

Our first date night we went to Hot Dog King on State Street in Orem:

Heath had the "Oklahoma Dog"--Boomer Sooner baby! and I had the "Venezuela Dog" Here's a picture for perspective:

Pretty big! They were sooooo good! and the service was great--friendly to say the least!

After dinner we went to Shrek: Forever After, cute movie! except for a few crying babies we had a good time!

And afterwards we went and used some coupons at Coldstone....I love that place.....

Yum! I like this date night thing...