"life itself is the most wonderful fairytale"
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

April Showers Bring May Flowers


April was a busy, but fun month for us.  I always think pictures do the best explaining: 

Road Tripping to Oregon 

The beard is getting quite long

Can't beat the Pacific Northwest - miss it so much!




The whole reason for our trip - so glad we made the drive and were able to be there for Tami's special day :)

She sent us home with an early Easter basket full of goodies :)


Salt Lake City Comic Con/FanX

You know you are at something truly nerdy (and awesome) when you find Star Wars molded chocolates.


 We got to meet R2!



 
Thomas was in HEAVEN. 



 It was a pretty interesting to attend and Thomas is looking into selling his art there in September for the "official Comic Con." 


Easter

                I got chocolate.                                                                                      He got Legos.
 
                                      
                                                      It's not Easter without these little nests!

Picnic at the park



Mom's in Town

Mom made her way into Provo the end of April - we did a lot of fun things together and most of all enjoyed each other's company :)

I made strawberry scones one morning for breakfast for the special occasion.  
Love cute little Sky in the background

 Utah recently got Rita's so of course we had to go!!


 Animals just love Thomas.  Must be the beard - they probably think he's already half dog! :) 

 Mom showed me how to make her delicious Chicken Flataus.  So easy and so delicious! We had them a lot growing up but I'd never made them before.  

 We enjoyed going to the "Sacred Gifts" exhibit, which featured art of Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann and Frans Schwartz. 

 It was our lucky day! We got to see the most darling ducklings crossing the road! 
This was just too cute not to share. 


 Enjoying falafel, spinach lentil soup, grape leaves and halva at O'Falafel  in SLC on Mom's Birthday

Temple Square is just lovely in the springtime! My favorite time there!







Sunday, March 23, 2014

Last Weekend: Falafel, DanceSport, St. Patrick's Day

O'Falafel: I have been meaning to go to O'Falafel for the past couple years (ever since I heard about this place since returning from Jerusalem).  But we don't venture up to Salt Lake often, and when we do, we usually go to The Pie (aka BEST PIZZA I HAVE EVER HAD).  But ohhhh my. We should have started going to O'Falafel much sooner.  The owner is actually from Jerusalem and has been cooking for years, so you can just imagine how authentic the food is and how it reminds me of my falafel lunches in the old city that I ate almost daily on my study abroad.  We split a falafel and shawarma, and we most definitely will be going back!


Shawarma (lamb) 




DanceSport: 

DanceSport: my sister, brother in law, and nephew came down for the national dancesport competition.  It was fun to watch all the competitions and brought me back to my old dancing days!




I of course had to bring my sister by Sodalicious to indulge in their hot lava and sugar cookies.



St Patrick's Day

I made Sodalicious knock off cookies for St. Patty's day

Green snacks!

Friends over for a green dinner! We had bbq ranch chicken wraps (and in green wraps too!)