Temple Photos

I finally got a chance to sit down and really look at Brian and Lindsey's wedding day pictures. They are so cute! Here are a few of my favorites from the temple:

Sun Valley Gifties

We are headed up to Sun Valley on Sunday to stay in the home of one of Bruce's clients. Shannon and Ben are coming with us. To put it mildly, it is one of the nicest places I've ever stayed. I'm bringing them this gift, a picture I took when we were there over President's Day, and this cute Autumn themed thank-you card. I am SO looking forward to a little down time!

Peter's Mission Call!

Peter opened his mission call last night- he's going to the New Zealand Wellington Mission! If he could have picked a mission for himself, it probably would have been this one! He leaves on February 24th. It's an English speaking mission, so he will be in the MTC for about 3 weeks. There are 2 missions in New Zealand. The Aukland Mission is in just the top half of the top island. Peter's mission takes in the bottom half of the top island and the whole lower island. He needs to take winter clothes and 2-3 cans of mosquito repellant with 3o% DEET! His mission president is from England. We are so excited! Brian and Lindsey listened in on speaker phone:

Complete Denial

Ok, something is very wrong here. It's cold and SNOWING and it's only the first week in October. My Zinnias froze last Wednesday morning. I am in complete denial.

A Show Close To Home!

The Utah Hunter/Jumper Association has discovered a new facility for shows- the Davis County Legacy Center in Farmington. Upside: I can drive out of my garage and be at the show in 15 minutes! Unheard of! Usually I plan on a hour's drive to any horse show. Downside: the inmates at the Davis County Prison next door get work-release to maintain the facility. That's a little creepy. The weather didn't really cooperate for this show- it was 90 degrees on Tuesday and barely 50 degrees on Wednesday. All of Rocko's winter wardrobe came out of storage for this one. Shannon rode in the Adult division again and was great! They even got to do a flat class and the Callister Cup! Rocko was also Reserve Champion in the Open Division. Kari's husband, Lon, showed up with the '76 Rolls Royce that he just finished restoring. Very cool.

I'm going to try something new- importing a video. Hope it works!

Make a Smilebox greeting

Smoked Sausage Kabobs

Here's new grilling recipe I tried last week. Everyone liked it!

Smoked Sausage Kabobs
6 smoked sausages (I used the Bar-S kind)
Green Pepper, cut in 1" cubes
Red Onion, cut in 1" cubes
Cherry Tomatoes
1/3 c. apricot or mango jam
2 Tbs. Dijon mustard

Cut sausage into 1 " pieces. Thread onto soaked wooden skewers with the green pepper, red onion and cherry tomato. Combine the jam and mustard. Grill kabobs until done, basting with jam sauce.

Apples

Our apples are finally ripe. Too bad we didn't spray them this year- we were a little distracted by the wedding! So, the nice ones we'll put in the basement for cautious eating and baking. Rocko will eat those too, since my horse is way to nice for worm-filled apples! The wormy apples will go to the barn for the non-adored horses to eat.