The Count of Monte Cristo

I am taking on the book challenge for my ward's book club and am reading the very long but very beautiful(or so I hear) book of The Count of Monte Cristo! Wow, before this year I have hardly read anything and now I am reading this and get this...I'm enjoying it!

I had to blog about such a thing as this and tell you of my experience in the library yesterday. So I had the book on hold so I could go pick it up easier and when I went to pick it up I saw an older copy of the same book for sale for only 50 cents. I had to buy it since I figured it would take me a little longer than 3 weeks to finish. Can you believe that? It was fate and now I am reading a classic I actually like. Now the hard part is to finish it by the end of October in time for book club. Wish me luck:)

Freezer Family

I guess I am officially a Once a Month Cooking Mom(OAMCM) making us a freezer friendly family. I checked out a few books at the local library about the subject and I have a friend who is just starting to do it too. We cook a lot of meals one day and eat them almost every day making dinner is a snap. I have to admit a lot of mine are freezer to crock pot meals. So far so good and I hope to get better at it.

Also, I am so excited for my new crock pot coming in the mail soon. Check it out: My New Crock pot

Here is my freezer all with 21 easy meals and some lunches for the next two weeks for Levi. Can you imagine what I could do if we could buy an extra freezer for our apt?


P.S. The frozen banana's were put in a bag and I think I am missing a few stew bags.

Flashback: 11th Ward RS Camp Out 2006

This is a great memory I have in my first ward as a married women. We were in the 11th ward in SLC and it was an awesome ward! The bishop was so fun and so the ward managed to have activities that every one could come to including dances, bake off's, ice cream socials, and movie nights at the church. Now that I think of it this probably really helped our marriage to go to all of those fun activities together. The Relief society camp out was so fun! It was overnight at some one's vacation home and we all slept every where in the house including the heated tile. The people that owned the house were construction worker family so they built it with odds and ends they had left over. It was pretty cool. This was also my first experience with Cherry Chocolate Cobbler.

Some of the 11th Ward Sisters

View from the hike we did

Group Picture
This was me after I lost 20 lbs with weight watchers the first time and little did I know it was also Clark's first camp out;)

The Twilight Series

I just finished the twilight series a few weeks ago and I loved it! Yes, there were parts that I didn't really like or had a hard time reading but overall I liked the series and I am already getting the itch to read them again. I am not sure what book is my favorite since I liked so much from each book. I liked the over concept of the series from book one and since that is when I fell in love with Edward.(Go team Edward) New Moon was good because I could really see how much Bella was devoted to Edward but it was hard to feel her pain. Book three was good even though I can't exactly tell you why. Book four was great because I loved the wedding and the new Bella. Now I need to read Midnight Sun so I can get even more perspective out of the series. Too bad Stephanie Meyer isn't finishing it. I know this fan would read it:)

It's Official

Most of you know this but I thought I must confess it. I am official baby hungry. Some of you may be surprised, I know I am. We are trying to figure out how to get some good maternitiy insurance and then we are going to have baby number two:)
How could I not want another one when Clark was such a cute baby!

A Lesson in Posing

I got a really cute skirt at the Eastern Market so I have to show it off. The first picture shows off the skirt well but the second one I look so much better. It's amazing what an angle will do for you:)Kind of blurry, I know:(

Can't Wait!