Monday, June 15, 2009

Time Article and Gross Dessert

An article in Time Magazine was recently published about Mormons. Unfortunately, the article was supposed to focus more on LDS families, but apparently the editor cut a third of the story out at the end despite a promise that Prop 8 would not be the focus. Still an interesting article, and the writer visited families in my home ward, Alameda Ward, to write the article. Here is the link.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1904146,00.html


Anyways, I thought I would try something new for dessert this weekend. It was called Banana Split Cake.

It ended up being a big pile of really gross mush. Nothing like the picture. Sometimes, a big pile of mush can end up being really good, but this was not the case. I read the recipe, but I did not think about 1. How unhealthy this is and 2. All the ingredients together just don't sound very good. The layers bottom to top are: graham cracker crust, cream cheese with sugar mixed in, pineapple, bananas vanilla pudding, whipped topping and another layer of bananas and pecans if you want, but I left them out. Thankfully, I cut the recipe in half so I didn't waste as many ingredients. Jacob decided he liked the vanilla, whipped topping and bananas so he ate them and then we door bell ditched the rest in paper bowls. I would have felt bad throwing it all away myself.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Only Getting Better




It has occurred to me that I have not posed about our wedding day. In short, it was absolutely perfect and the week before was perfect too! We had our reception in Boise which was absolutely beautiful!! It was a rustic theme with lanterns and candles, and gold-ish table cloths. It was really pretty. I found pictures on my moms facebook to post.



The actual wedding day went great. If anything went wrong I did not notice. It was perfect and my mom did a great job putting it all together. And I absolutely loved the cake. It was exactly what I wanted! All in all one of the best days of my life. Everything went as planned and everyone was happy. I was so excited that Jacobs family could be there and some of my relatives were able to fly in. That was really special.

Things are just getting better and better! It was such a tough adjustment but I think we are both getting used to married life. We have so much fun on the weekends and push through the long busy weeks. I am so happy to have Jacob as my best friend! Please excuse my poor picture layout. I think I need a tutorial.