Family Fun

My family had been talking about coming to visit the "Utah Kids" for a while but hadn't really decided exactly when. Well a week before they came they told us their plan. I was all for it since I had a 4-day weekend! We're so glad they came and stayed with us! We didn't take very many pictures, but here are a few to show the fun we had!

Their trip would not be complete without stopping at Cafe Rio!

Troy treated us to breakfast at the Cannon Center!

Handsome boys

Another trip up the canyon! My mom didn't know Sundance was so close..she was pleasantly surprised!

We also went to BYU's Divine Comedy (very funny), Zupas (another family favorite), and had a b-day cake for Trent. Thanks so much for coming mom, dad, and Tate! We had so much fun with you and can't wait to see you again!

Conference Weekend

Counsel from the Prophet and Apostles, Homemade Cinnamon Rolls, and Beautiful drive up Provo Canyon=Wonderful Weekend!

Curt made these while I slept :)
He's such a good husband..and they were delicious!

We love the fall colors! Absolutely beautiful!

The Fam Weekend

My family is coming today to visit for the weekend!! I'm super excited! As always, we have our food outings planned out (Pretty sure vacation=food in my family!) 4 days off work and the weekend w/ the fam...I submit that life cannot get any better!

Productive Wednesday!

I sometimes waste a lot of time on my days off..I sleep in late, blog stalk, watch TV, etc. But this week, I decided I wanted/needed to be a bit more productive than that. I cleaned the apartment on Tuesday (with the exception of putting my folded clothes away..Curt's biggest pet peeve), and it felt great to get that done!

I decided Tues that I wanted to make Pizza Sauce, from scratch. So that was my Wednesday project. (Not sure why I decided to do the messy project the day after cleaning the house..wrong order there!) It took a long time to blanch, peel, and chop tomatoes, and chop onions, and mince garlic, but the result was fantastic! We will now have homemade pizza sauce for the next year! I'm not usually the most domestic person, so I felt great about doing something I've never done before. Totally worth it! We had meatball subs last night to test out the pizza sauce and it was delish! I even got extra ambitious and made Chocolate Chip Zucchini bread which was also very good! I would say I had a productive Wednesday! (Even though I left a heap of dishes in the sink...that will have to be Friday's project :)

Recipe:

Pizza Sauce

6 T. Olive oil

2 c. finely chopped onion

2 T. finely chopped garlic

8 c. tomatoes (Blanch, de-skin, chop small)

12 oz can tomato paste

2 T. oregano

2 t. basil

2 bay leaves

3 T sugar

3 t. salt

Pepper to taste

Bring to boil. Simmer hour (or longer!) Remove bay leaves. Put in containers and freeze.

1 pint=2 pizzas. Yield 6-7 cups.