The Boy in the Striped Pyjams

This is our book for book club for January. It was a good book. It made me think about my 9 year old boy and how much he knows or does not know. The book I thought was well written. So if you need a quick and good book to read.

Week 48,49,50

Worked on some more of project 365. This has been such a fun project. That I want to carry it on to the next year. But I want to do more journaling with the pictures. I also added the month of November. I already love loooking back to see what we did through out the year. I love when people come up with great ideas.

Go to Arizona

In-N-Out

Chucky Cheese

Phoenex Zoo

The Gore home

Hungry children

Mesa Temple

Being with Grandma & Papa

We had a great time in Arizona. We loved going to see the Gore family in thier new house. We loved also seeing Grandma and Papa. We loved going to the Zoo and to Chucky Cheese and to see the Capitol building and to see the Mesa Temple it was so pretty at night. It took a long time to get there and even longer to get home but we loved seeing family. I know Jonathan would like to go back during Spring Training. We also loved just being in the Gore family watching movies and letting the kids get to know each other again and just being together as family eating good food and having a relaxing time. It was so great to see Ramona being baptized. Jacob and Sasha got along so well together. We also got to go another In-N-Out.

December visiting Teaching

Was able to go V.t. this month. great time was had by all.

A BYU room

Since we do our watching of Cougars downstairs. I thought it would be fun to make this room work. Sarah suggested since I have a cricut I should cut some letters. So I used a fun font. I got it ready to go and Kourtney my good friend came over and put the letters up. They are formed like a football. More should be happening around Christmas. So I will take more pictures after Christmas. Thanks Nana for the blanket it will go great for our room. Also the Christmas pillows will come down I am sure after the kids get home from school.

Grandma's Murray Fudge

Where we worked. The tools.
The ingredients.
Stirring before hand.
The famous fudge.

Well I think I have done this recipe before. But it is always to go to help Grandma with her Christmas Fudge. Plus this counts for a new recipe for the week. Since we will be going to AZ. I just don't have time to cook. I learned and listened today. She has some of the same pans that she had when I was little. We had a good time together. I even chopped nuts with a knife. She says the chopper chops them to fine. I did my first batch with her telling me step by step instructions. The 2nd batch I did while she was out to eat. So I hope both batches set up. A few little tastes that I tasted . So by the time she got home everything was all cleaned up. I was glad to relearn how to make her famous fudge.

The Christmas Sweater

I just got done reading a great book that my mother suggested. I was to read it for my Book Club that was on Thursday. At that point I was on page 7. But yesterday. I got a few minutes to read and that is what I did. And I finshed the whole book.
I love when books move you to be better people. I have had such an awful attitude about everything. That I felt just like the boy in the story. Really forgeting the meaning of Christmas and about the people that love me.
I love the line in the book where it say" sometimes we get so entangled in life that we miss the obvious." Another one is " There's a part that thinks and there's a part that feels."

What a wake up call to me. It was very fitting since I have to speak in church tomorrow. So I am going to try not to worry and be so upset. It is a time of gladness and to feel the spirit of Christ. Which why we are all here.

Goal 66 Service

Goal 66 is an ongoing goal. But I wanted to tell you a story. The kids got an empty plate picture from the talk from Pres. Monson the story about the Father that would ask each of his children what they have done for any one that day. So I challenged my kids and myself to do this. And monday morning Sister Cox called and asked if I could help with activity day project with the girls. So we meet up at Robert's Craft and we looked around the store for a good project the girls could do . The store had star that said Believe on it. I said I could make the Believe on my cricut. We found some stars. Well the lettering had to be very small. I had to use my computer cricut and after a while it worked. After several hours the words were cut. I took them to the girls and they were able to paint and put the letters on and curl the wire. It was great to help the girls out for the activity day project that they will be handing out in a week. It is always great to do service.

Goal 3

I made Peanut Butter Bars.

They were so good. And I am not a person that usually eats Peanutbutter. I got the recipe from the little book Smith's sends out. I made this for our ward party. I ended up taking the picture after we brought the rest home. Which made me have another look at peanutbutter bars. Yummy.

So for this week I made Cherry Cinnamon jello. Sorry no picture. I was very easy you melt cinnamon candy's down in 3 cups of water then you put 3 boxes of cherry jello and when that is all disolved you put 2 cans of applesauce in it and stir and then put it in a pan and then when it is set you put whipping cream on it. It is very yummy.

Goal 8 Visit Teach each Month

I went visit teaching with Marie this month we actually got to meet with all of our sisters. It was good to see them all. It felt so good to get this done . I shared the talk with them about Loud Boys I was so touched by this talk. It was very moving to me. (Nov done)

Goal 23 Read Ensign each Month

Just got finished with reading the November Ensign from cover to cover. I just loved it and I learned so much more from General Conference. So keep reading. I will continue go back to reading this issue. I loved the talks.

Make a Baptism book

This was such a fun project to make. I loved remembering this special day for Drew. I am planning to give him this for his Birthday. This was such a special day. I loved being surrounded by family and friends. Now I just need to find Emma's picture they are lost on my desktop and then wait for Jacob. Great way to remember such events.

Go to the Temple 1 a month

In October while I was in MI I got the chance to go to the temple. It was so nice to go. I have never been to a small temple.

And for the month of November Jonthan and I were invited to go to Mela and Stan Jones sealing and session. It was so good to see members of our ward in the temple. It was so nice to be in the temple with my sweetheart.

It would be to cool if we could go to the Arizona temple when we are down there in December I just don't know if we will have time or if it will be open when we will be down there. Something to check out.

Goal 69 Family Proclamation Books

I got them done. Great project. Loved doing it.

Goal 26 Watch all of Audrey Hepburn movies.

Last night on Turner Classic was Breakfast at Tiffany's I have only seen parts of this movie before. So I really enjoyed it. I just think she is so stylish. I love it that Tiffany's could be so much better than the Lib. Great show. I just look forward to watching more movies. So if you need a great movie to watch. This is what I suggest.

Week 45-46

We went and saw the 5 Browns

After the show.



I really wanted to go to a concert with my family. And when I saw in the newspaper that the 5 Browns were coming I really wanted to inspire Emma & Drew and even Jacob. They are 5 siblings that studied at Juliard that play each play a grand piano. It was great and amazing. They were fliming the show to be on K BYU in the spring time. So they told us when to clap and when to be very quiet. The show was great they all played together and then they would do solo's and then duets and then the 3 sisters played together. It was just awesome. The kids loved it. We then saw them after the show to sign people's cd's . The line was to long to wait. So we took our pictures by this poster of them and the people that took our picture was the Brown's aunts and uncle and cousins. And then we took their big family picture. So we had a great time over all. Great idea.

3. Cook new recipe.

Chocolate Fudge Pie


The first I got from the American Profile magazine that came with the paper it looked so good on the cover that I just had to try it.
It is Chocolate Fudge Pie by Perry Schwartz from Cornersville, TN he is a chef.
So here is the recipe
Chocolate Fudge Pie
2 deep dish pie crusts.
Filling
1cup butter
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
2cups sugar
4eggs
2Tbs vanilla
3/4 cup flour
2/3 cup cocoa powder

Topping
4oz cream cheese softened
1/3 cup heavy cream
1 Tbs lemon juice
3/4 cup powder sugar

1.Pre heat oven to 350
2. prick the bottom and the sides of pie crust with a fork in several places.Bake 5 minutes.Remove from oven and. Reduce heat to 325.
3.To prepare filling, melt butter and chocolatein a double boiler over low heat.Mix well and remove from heat.
4.Combine sugar and eggs in a medium bowl. beat at medium speed for 10 minutes until ribbon forms. Add vanilla.
5.Combine flour and cocoa in a bowl mix well. Use a firm spatula.fold melted chocolate into egg mixture.Add flout mixture into and stir until just blended. Pour into pie crust. Place on baking sheets and bake for 50 minutes. The pie is done when it is puffed and cracked. Remove from oven sit out for 20 minutes then fridge over night.
6. Topping- Combine cream cheese, heavy cream, and lemon juice blend on medium speed until wel blended reduce speed and add powder sugar in.
Drizzle on pie before serving.
Bakes 2 pies Serves 16

This was very good . Especially if you love fudge. I think it might just be a little to rich for my family. The 2nd pie I took over to the Kastanes family. So I will find out what their take on it is.

Goal 2. Project 365

This is week 43

I love just2morethings for the month templates. And just moreorginal for the weekly templates. I love Digital scrapbooking. I can't wait to get them all printed out. There are so many great designers out there. I just love what you can do and how easy it is to put together.

50. Go to a Concert.

I am so excited J and I got tickets for the whole family to go to a concert down in Tucahn next week to see the Brown perform. How awesome this will be 5 grand pianos. I am so very excited to be able to take my children. I hope that they will get some inspiration. I think this will be wonderful. Just wanted to let you in on the fun. Should be so fun.

Read 35 Books

This is a Book I read for Book Club. It was a great book. If you can handle reading letters. I loved how simple yet very profound it was. I am so grateful for all of my blessings and for friendship. Which this book goes about. Some dear friends get together in an unusual way. The writting was good and it was an easy read. At one point I just could not put it down. I love books when you feel like you are there and part of the book. A great read if anyone is looking for a book.

Goal 2. Project 365

This has been such a fun thing to do. The kids are getting so big. What a great way to remember this year.