Disneyland, Here We Come!

So...I know we just went to Disneyland, but we are fortunate to have the opportunity to go again through a very kind friend back in my home ward. As a late wedding present, she gave us points from her timeshare to stay in a 5 star resort anywhere in the world! Well, of course we picked the happiest place on earth...Disneyland. We wanted to go somewhere that would involve little planning, would be fairly close, and where we could just stay a few days at. We are going next January!!

Stoked for: Dole Whip, Star Tours, Captain EO, The Lego Store, Monte Cristo Sandwiches, Pirates Ride, Fun Photos, Fantasyland (my favorite), Parades, Disney Characters, and everything else!

February Lovin'

Thanks mom for the yummy lunch at Outback we had this past week (we got Cheesy Aussie Fries and they are a HUGE helping). I didn't think to take a picture until after we had almost devoured the whole plate! So filling and SO good. Our night followed with a Toys R Us stop to grab a few mini Legos (picture displayed below of our lovely collection), ice cream bars at Costco (I AM ADDICTED. SO FREAKIN GOOD), and the dollar theatre to see "Tin Tin," which we both enjoyed.

So these are my "Seduced By Chocolate Brownies." Don't look very seducy, do they? Well....I made my classic homemade brownie recipe for a game night with some friends. I was very excited about it as I haven't made them in a while (and you have to make these sorts of desserts with others in mind, as it is far too dangerous to keep a 9 x 13 in. pan of homemade brownies with white chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting all to yourself.)

Anyhow, after frosting them, I cut them up only to get somewhat of a gooey mess!! I should have left them in for 5 -10 min longer! The edges were ok, so I just brought those over. So we were left with a pan of brownies without the edges...which actually turned out to be good when they set overnight.

We made stuffed breadsticks last week.

super easy & super yummy: pepperoni and mozzarella!

A little somebody has been leaving me these hearts all over the house this month (some hidden and some quite obvious) - I have been displaying them on my piano!

Ice and New Life

Last week Thomas and I had a fun date day and went ice skating in Salt Lake at an outdoor skating rink - which I have always wanted to do! We also went to a ballet that night and saw "The Snow Queen" - I really loved it! Thomas did too actually :) It was beautiful. We got front row seats dead center, which was really cool. I love seeing the expressions on the dancers' faces.

Other highlights were Valentine's, and.....my sister Susie had her baby on the 11th!!! She is SO cute. See picture below :)

I made some cupcakes for work for Valentine's Day!

John and Linda: thank you for the Red Robin gift card!

We very much enjoyed it as it is one of our favorite places to eat!

Oh, and Thomas got like 6 REFILLS of strawberry lemonade.

On Valentin's Day we went on a hike! The same one we

went on our second date two years ago!

Part of a frozen waterfall

And we had yummy pretzels! Heart shaped for the occasion :)

My new niece! Thomas and I drive home in a few weeks to see

her and I'm helping throw a shower for my sister :) Thomas put

together this photo to insert in the shower invites.