Other Oceans

6:18 PM

Ryan and I had the chance to baby-sit little Cody on Friday night. It was so much fun! We laughed and played for most of the night until the bottle took precedence. I couldn't help but take pictures of him because he was so cute and he absolutely LOVED the camera. We only had him for about 3 1/2 hours but by the end both Ryan and I were exhausted. Cody had a bunch of toys his mom brought with him to play with, but he only had eyes for paper and the wipe container...go figure :) It was nice to have a baby around and to get a small glimpse of what things will be like when we do finally take the plunge into parenthood. We thought "Hey, watching a baby will be easy, we will turn on a movie while watching the baby and it will be no big deal." Wrong. We tried to watch a movie, but we got 5 minutes into it and just turned it off because we couldn't focus on the movie and watch the baby. Dang you Oprah for making me think I can multi-task and have it all! Cody was cake compared to some babies I have baby-sat before so I'm just praying our kids turn out sweet like him.

5:38 PM

Just another look at a sampling of the unprocessed food train Ryan and I are riding. Yes, that's right...I'm eating peppers. It's a miracle.

2:22 PM

It has been super windy all week and until yesterday I had been blow-drying my hair and trying to style it, but when I step outside instead of looking like this...

I look like this...

I need some help in the windblown hair department I guess.

9:16 AM

Ryan and I ventured to Spark this week. I like the ambiance of this place...much trendier than post places in Provo. Their food is more on the gourmet side and to top it off they serve mocktails...fake cocktails. Half the fun is going just to order the drinks, but the food really is super good too. Thanks to the value pak we had a buy one meal get one free coupon so we jumped at chance to "splurge" a little. I got a Shirley temple, which is really a virgin drink to begin with, but what sold me on the drink was it came with cotton candy on top! One of my most favorite things in the world is cotton candy so I couldn't resist and boy did it deliver.

I love how the cotton candy totally covers Ryan's head. Haha.

It was nice to go out for a mid-week date which hardly ever happens. I'm trying to take advantage of Ryan while I have him and I know I will be sad to give him back to the ME program, but when we are back in sunny Florida again I know it will be worth it.

9:01 AM

Thanks to my friend Alex I have been using this recipe now for a while and Ryan loves it! It is one of the easiest recipes so I thought I would share it. All you need is a 9x13 pan, mix in a can of cream of chicken soup, two large spoonfuls of sour cream and 3 handfuls of cheddar cheese. You can tweak this to your liking as well...put in as much or a little of everything as you want. Mix together. Defrost 2-3 chicken breasts and cut into bite-size pieces and mix in the pan. Smash up a bag of ritz crackers and sprinkle on top of chicken. Bake at 350 for 25-30 mins. I have been on a green bean kick for a bit so we paired it with steamed green beans. Try it and let me know what you think.

8:53 AM

I had to document this event in some way or my parents would never believe it happened. With Ryan and I trying to eat healthy (i.e no processed foods) we decided one night to try shrimp instead of cooking up ground turkey/beef or chicken. Yes, that's right...shrimp...as in seafood. I am not a seafood lover but shrimp has somehow wedged its way into my life and I actually really like it. Well...I like it when it is cooked. I almost backed out when Ryan brought home and started cleaning the raw shrimp. Seriously, so gross. Ryan cleaned those shrimps to perfection and we just drizzled some olive oil, sprinkled on some salt and pepper and cooked it with onions and garlic. Yum!

2:11 PM

Last night Ryan and I partied it up with the Glassmans and the Broadbents. We pretended it was already summer and BBQed some hamburgers even thought this is what I woke up to on Friday.

The food was so yummy, especially after fasting all day. The burgers hit the spot and we topped it off with a bit of bacon for good measure :) Lara made an amazing dessert and I had to get a picture of it.

She blew up small balloons and dipped them in chocolate and then piped in pudding inside the chocolate bowls and topped it with raspberries. Amazeballs! Seriously it looked amazing and tasted even better than it looked.