Mom and Daughter

I've never thought I looked like my mom before--that I always took after my dad's side of the family. But I think this photo has proved me wrong.

This is my mom 34 years ago when she was 23 (?) after she and my uncle Scott went to Europe.

This is me, two years ago (age 20) when I was in London. Our faces and "smiles" are similar, and our pants even look the same!

I guess I have more of my mom in me than I thought.

New Recipe!

Today is a day for new things! Here's a new recipe that I have adapted from my mom's Sausage Filled Crepes recipe!

Sausage Crescent Rolls

1 lb ground sausage

1/4 cup minced yellow onions (about 1/2 a small onion)

1 package (8 oz) cream cheese

1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

3 packages crescent rolls (I only used two and had filling left over!)

Set cream cheese out to soften. Brown sausage in a pan with onions and drain. Mix cream cheese, cheddar and sausage together. Preheat oven to 375*. Open crescent rolls packages and pull the triangles apart. With a spoon, flatten the rolls just a little bit to make them bigger. Spoon some filling on top, then roll up the dough. Tuck the ends in to keep the filling from escaping while cooking. When done, cook for 11-13 minutes until the rolls are golden brown. Enjoy!

Here's another way to use crescent rolls in your cooking!

New Dress!

For any of you who are females, and LDS, you can probably relate to the feeling of having a new dress to wear to church-especially if you are in a single's ward. I've been wanting a dress for a long time (I just have skirts), mostly because I see all the girls in my ward in their cute dresses. Plus, it seems like these girls all have something new to wear every week when I keep wearing the same skirt and shirt combinations over and over again. (My mom has accused me of being vain, and I guess I am a little . . . oh well.) So, I finally got a new dress at this great store in University Mall call 2Love.

I'm so excited to go to church in my new dress! Finally, something cute that I own! I even got a flower for my hair that matches!

Have a good Sunday!

Having a bad day?

It's a little long, but worth it.

By the way, you are great.

'Cuz I'm Utahn!

See the inspiration for this post!

I just want to set straight the stereotypes that surround people from Utah and make sure everyone knows the truth. So, here I go.

My dad actually has six wives.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

Fetch is my favorite swear word.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

I bleach my hair and tangle it so much in the back that it looks like a rat settled in my hair.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

I pronounce creek like crick.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

I have no idea what marijuana is. Or how to pronounce it.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

I have never met a nonmember before.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

My favorite salad is green jell-o with carrots.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

I'm a horrible driver.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

The biggest holiday of the year for me is the Y v. U football game.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

I know every person in my town, because, you know, we all go to the same church.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

I hear all the latest gossip about everyone else.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

I look down on you if you aren't Mormon . . . not that I know anyone who isn't.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

At eighteen I got married, to a twenty-three year old.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

I come from a family of twelve children.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

Sandlot is my favorite movie.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

Funeral potatoes are a staple at every meal.

Cuz I'm UTAHN.

My Valentine is Better than Yours

As a single girl, sometimes it's hard to appreciate a day devoted to love. I have shared my cynical and bitter feelings in previous years. But this year, I'm taking a different view of Valentine's Day. It's still hard to go through, but I think that it being on Sunday this year has really helped me realize something: Valentine's Day is about ALL love, not just romantic and I have some pretty great valentine's.

My parents are my valentines. They always will love me, and they will always care about and for me. I realized this when I went home this weekend and my dad had gotten me a card and three balloons, in my favorite color. But, I really realize it everyday of my life. When I call home and they talk to me about whatever. When my mom reads through my papers and stories. They are my valentines 365.25 days of the year! Now, how many people can be sure that they will have the same boyfriend in a year from now?

But the best valentine that I have (and that everyone has) is Jesus Christ. Our Relief Society lesson today was on Christ as our leader and savior. Christ had so much love for me and for all the billions of people that ever have or ever will live on the earth that he suffered, died, and rose from the dead for us. Christ is always there for us--even more so than our families. He has felt our pain, our joy, our sorrows, our love and he has an understanding of us that is greater than we can ever imagine. I'm glad to call him my valentine.

And if I never get another valentine for the rest of my life, I will count myself the luckiest person because of the knowledge I have of the one true valentine that everyone can have as long as they are faithful and accepting.

He gave His heart to me and I am trying to return it.

Happy Valentine's Day, I love you all.

I Heart This

I love that couldn't go to sleep tonight until I wrote the end of my story.

That must be what it's all about.