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Adventures with the Joneses / july 17, 2009

Yesterday we started cleaning out the spare bedroom and found multiple sheets of bubble wrap.
You can only guess what we did next…we jumped on it! It was one of the loudest sheets of bubble wrap I’ve ever jumped on. It was endless! (I tried to get action shots of Tyler jumping, but it turns out you can’t jump very high in a basement apartment with low ceilings and no padding on the floor. Stupid, cheap carpet.)
Next we went to the park. Well, if felt like the park to me. I sprawled out on the green, itchy grass and delved into Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Tyler and Colin played tennis. It was a great game until the last 3 rounds or so (are they even called rounds? Tyler is going to kill me because I said that wrong…) they were both exhausted and so pooped they barely even tried. It got to be pretty amusing to me: when they’d hit the ball to each other, the receiving end would sometimes just stand there and let it go instead of running for it. I don’t blame them though–an hour and a half in 94 degree weather can kill you!

But good job, my friends. Really. Way-to-go.

I also completed our wedding album yesterday! Now when people ask to see it, I can show them. (Okay, I’m telling a small fib. I didn’t actually complete it per say, but I rather finalized which pictures are going where. I just have to wait for a snapfish.com sale and then order them all. And then paste them in. So there really is a lot of work left over, but the hardest part is done!)

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Orange & Almond Salad / july 17, 2009

Last night I actually had a GOOD cooking experience! Imagine that! Although this recipe was simple, it was still tasty! I think I’m going to try adding chicken next time.

Orange & Almond Salad
Here is the full recipe. This makes A LOT. I myself halved the recipe, and still had too much dressing.

dressing:
2 T. white vinegar
4 T. oil (not olive)
2 T. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. almond extract

salad:
romaine lettuce
small can of mandarin oranges
slivered almonds, crystallized
4 green onions (I left these out)

To crystallize the almonds, mix them with 4 T. sugar in a non-stick skillet on the stove. The recipe says to cook them on low for 15 minutes until the sugar melts and crystallizes, but I got impatient and cooked them on med-high for about two minutes. Once the sugar melts, pour them onto tin foil to cool for about five minutes.

As you can see, Tyler doesn’t eat very much salad. This is how much he put on his plate:
He really is a picky eater sometimes. He hates salad. Luckily he ended up liking it (I think) and went back for seconds!
On the left of his plate was homemade chili. I’ll have to share the recipe for that next because it was amazing! It was sweeter than regular chili, but still had a lot of flavor. Definitely a new favorite.

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Letterpress Poster / july 17, 2009

I’ve long awaited the day when our poster of the Salt Lake City Temple finally would hang on our wall. A few nights ago, my dream came true.

Sorry the picture is so horrible, but I wanted to show you that it’s finally framed! Here is a better detail shot from Cameron Moll, the LDS artist:

I’m so in love with it! It’s beautiful and elegant and everything I wanted. I love it. Thank you Mom for helping me buy it, and thank you Tyler for getting it framed! :)

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Mission Reunion…last APRIL. / july 16, 2009

Erm…so one more post. I promise. Last one for today.

I’m going through all the photos I have on this computer and deleting them, so before I delete these ones I’ll at least put them online first. I don’t think I’ve posted these yet, but if this is a repeat, I apologize.

Waaaaaaaay back in (March? April? I think it was April.) Tyler had a mission reunion for his mission in Leon, Mexico. His mission president and his wife came all the way up from Leon to join everyone! They are both very sweet, and even though we couldn’t communicate at all, I adored his mission president’s wife. She is a kind-hearted, compassionate woman and I aspire to be like her.

Here are the pictures that Tyler promised to post oh-so-long ago, (and put up a fight and wouldn’t let me post them because it was his reunion) and never did. I’ve given up and am posting them myself.

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