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OUR NIGHT IN ON V DAY

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On Valentines day, Taylor surprised me buy telling me he was making dinner. He wasn’t getting home until 630, so I wasn’t sure what he was going to make.  He brought home PF Changs.  Which is perfect, because we didn’t have to eat in the BUSY restaurant.  


After dinner, Taylor surprised me with a puppy.  How thoughtful is that? I really want a puppy, but we live in an apartment and there are no pets allowed. So he rented it on Valentines day.  His name is Blue.  He was a lot of fun. 

A few things I learned about Valentines day this year:

-I like this holiday a lot more being married.
-I have really come to appreciate the little things Mr. Lund does for me.

-I am becoming obsessed with all things pastry.  I had to make up a breakfast pastry.
-Mr. Lund is real good, and I mean good, at writing sweet, heartfelt poems about love.
-On Valentines, I would most definitely rather make origami hearts than doing homework.

I have realized a few things I think are super super important when it comes to love. Our love. 

Every second of our marriage, I have known and felt that Taylor loves me.  That he cares about me. We still haven’t had our first “fight”, and who knows when that will come, or if it will.  I love that even if we disagree on something, or we are not understanding each other, that we will listen to each other and figure it out.  Working through something is so much different than fighting.  

I feel like I can say anything to Taylor, and know that he loves and supports me.  He tells me I am beautiful every day. He believes in me, and what I can do. He puts the toilet seat down (and I don’t even nag him about it).  He makes me dinner when I come home late, always takes out the trash, and if I am really tired nudges me so we can get on our knees and pray.    

I love seeing Mr. Lund every day, and going forward in life with someone by my side.  I love the love we have, and know it is special.  I try to work at it every day so It will always stay that way.  

One advice I always try to remember is to never say anything to Taylor that I will regret. I try to always treat him like I love him.  I know that he will always forgive me when I make mistakes, but that doesn’t mean he would forget what I said if it hurt deep enough. I can still be hurt by something or we can have misunderstandings, but I cannot remember anything either one of us has said in the past to create a scar that we could not forget. That is so beautiful to me.  

My favorite thing about Valentines, is that we were together. I don’t care about flowers, or chocolate, mostly I just need my husband to make me happy. Isn’t it so so wonderful? 


I hope you felt some love on Valentines Day! 

OH, HAPPY FAULT

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BYU Art Show Description of Photo Description of Photo My dear friend Alison had her final show at BYU a little while ago.  It was such a great turnout.  I made some millionaire bars for her, and she had made ginger snaps.  I don’t know why, but I have never even thought to make those.  They were delish.  I took note to make those in the future. 

I loved her show, it was very contemporary, and if you are not into that kind of “stuff”, well I probably would have just been content to keep you in that room for an hour. I was there helping so I was at her show for a while, and I am so glad I was there for so long.

Her show made me think about my family and friends that I have to support me. I thought about memories and places that have brought me the most joy as well.  She had a sound piece of her family eating dinner, and I just thought about all the loudness of my family when they are all together, and how much I miss living close to everyone.  

I loved the main piece.  She had people knit or crochet these squares, and she hung them up with apples inside of them.  Most of the apples she had casted herself, and they looked great.  I loved the ideas of the show, and how I was also able to incorporate the gospel into it.  I couldn’t help but think of the happy “fault” of eve with the apple in the garden.  This piece really made me think about that, and also areas of my life that I didn’t perceive as a happy fall, but it really was. I thought about what it means for my fruit to be caught, or to have not fallen all the way.  This piece can be very personal to anyone, because we have all had these kinds of experiences. I also thought her video and sound piece captured what some might think an insignificant moment. Those moments, however, are terribly significant! Isn’t that what life is about anyway, the little things? Those are the moments you look back on and remember.

What an amazing show, that I think anyone could have gotten a lot from, if they wanted to of course.  Just like all art.

FOR THOSE HARD, COLD NIGHTS

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 This is a perfect meal for these cold nights we have been having. I already want to make it again, and I think the butternut squash is the secret to making good tomato basil bisque. No need to go to Zupas….I don’t recall them having a Feta and Tomato Tartlet.  Enjoy!

Tomato Basil Bisque

1 medium butternut squash (for about 1 1/2 cups cooked squash)
1 tablespoon butter
¼ cup finely diced onion
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 can (14.5 ounces) Italian-style stewed tomatoes
1 cup chicken stock or broth
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 cup heavy cream or half-and-half {I used half-and-half}

Prepare the butternut squash by preheating the oven to 350 degrees. Cut the squash in half, lengthwise, so you have two long pieces. Scoop out the seeds and pulp from each half. Place both sides cut-side down in a 9X13-inch pan. Add enough water to come about 1/4-inch up the sides of the squash. Cover with foil and bake for about an hour. Test with a fork to make sure the squash is very tender when pierced with the fork in several places. If the flesh doesn’t easily give to the pressure of the fork, continue cooking in ten minute increments, and testing again, until the squash is tender. Remove the pan from the oven and transfer the squash to a large cutting board or plate. Let it cool about 15 minutes before scooping out the flesh. If preparing the day before, scoop out the flesh and place in a tupperware. Let cool completely. Cover and refrigerate until using it in the soup. If using the squash immediately, scoop the squash into the blender.

While the squash is cooking, in a medium saucepan, melt the butter and saute the onion until soft and translucent. Add the minced garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Scoop the onion/garlic mixture into the blender with the squash.

Add the canned tomatoes (undrained) to the blender. Process until the mixture is smooth. Pour the blended mixture back into the saucepan and add the chicken broth, salt, sugar, basil and cream (or half-and-half). Stir to combine well. Heat over medium-low heat until the soup is warm (but don’t let it boil or simmer to avoid the cream curdling). Serve immediately.

Serves 4-6.

Recipe from Mrs. Harding Cooks

Tomato Feta Tartlets

1 sheet puff pastry dough
1 small onion
1-2 tsp olive oil
1 plum or roma tomato
½ cup feta cheese, crumbled
¼ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
fresh basil, roughly chopped

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice onion. Over medium-low heat, sauté onion in olive oil until caramelized, about 20 minutes. While onions caramelize, slice tomato and cut circular pieces of pastry by running a knife around the edge of a small bowl or plate. When onions are done, place about one tablespoon on each pastry round, followed by crumbled feta, then 1 or 2 tomato slices, and sprinkle parmesan on top. Sprinkle a little basil on top. Bake for 25 minutes.

Makes 4-5 tartlets.

Recipe from Mrs. Harding Cooks

I couldn’t find a sheet of puff pastry dough.  Instead, I just bought the puff pastry shells found near the pies. I took them out and let them thaw, and then combined three shells into a ball and rolled it out into an oval shape.  So one box of the shells had 6. That gave me two good sized tartlets.

THE BEST BALLOONS = ART BALLOONS

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This is what we did last weekend. 


Thank you Andy Warhol.  That was the best thirty minutes of our night, and if you can’t tell Taylor has now found his favorite installation of all time.

 I take that back, his favorite art piece of all time. Period. 

Back in time

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Last semester, Taylor surprised me one weekend and took me here. The Homestead. Where you might ask? This cute little place is in Midway, and it is the perfect place to have the best alone time. We had a crazy semester, and so i was really in need of having a little time off to forget everything we had to do.

…and forget we did.

We went into and swam in a crater, we ate dinner at their cute restaurant, where we ate traditional comfort food.  we had mashed potatoes, homemade rolls, pot roast, and fried chicken.  It was a fun feast, to say the least.  

We were surrounded by a lot of older couples, but I loved that aspect of it as well.  It was a cozy, quaint environment.  In a way it was like going back in time, to a simpler time.  A place where we could just focus on ourselves, and not be clouded with various activities.

It was a breath of fresh air, and so beautiful.  

I love Taylor’s surprise getaways.  One of my favorite times of 2012 for sure.

Fresh Start.

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I can’t believe school is already starting again.  Here is to surviving another semester….and succeeding while i’m at it. 

We headed up to Logan to see my side of the family before going to California, which I forgot my camera for all of Christmas break or I would actually have some pictures. We sang Christmas songs with our nieces and nephews, opened presents, and had a really nice dinner that my mom made. Children always make Christmas.  Another reason why you want to have kids. More fun at Christmas.  Not that we are starting anytime soon, so don’t get any ideas.

We had a great time visiting San Francisco during the Christmas season.  Have you ever been out by the bay for the New Years Eve fireworks? It was quite an experience.  Can’t say i’ll be going again. Way too many people trying to be in the same square inch for over an hour, as well as many interesting people I usually am not forced to be too close to. The fireworks were great, and it was fun trying to stay together and getting home in one piece that night.  

We visited Pleasanton while we were in California as well. Taylor took me to the dairy to get some ice cream. It was fantastic, I don’t even like vanilla, but when you go to the dairy get vanilla. You will not regret it. We spent time visiting with the Johansen family, and It was fun to hang out with a smaller crowd for the day, and be able to see Nick’s mom. She is a pretty neat lady, and one of my favorites to see.

The 3 week break we had was much needed. I made sure I packed the two leftover packages of chocolate truffles first in my bag to go home. Thank you Grandma Blair, that is my favorite treat.  We were well fed by both sides of our family, and it was wonderful to be able to see almost everyone.  This  is also the last Christmas Carson will be spending with his family, can’t wait to find out where he goes on his mission.

This year went by so fast, and looking back it has been a pretty darn good one. Taylor and I were so busy last semester, but we always made sure we found fun time to spend together.  I know that as we look back on these younger marriage years, we will miss it. Besides already needing a  bigger kitchen, we have been doing just fine in our little apartment (you know its small when your toaster and microwave completely fill up your counter space).  It is really fun to only live with your best friend, and running the house anyway we see fit.  Sometimes we buy treats or make food loving the fact that no roommate or child will be eating the remains while we are not looking. Here’s to enjoying life at whatever stage you are at.

We have also had to come back to the reality of the bitter cold. and I mean can it be anymore frigid outside? I can’t recall a time it was this cold in Utah? My first venture out to my car consisted of at least thirty minutes outside before I could drive away. I wish I could say bye to this negative weather. It had been sitting there the whole winter break and ended up with about a foot of ice all over it.  In the mean time, my car had snow all around it, and a nice guy had to come and get my car out of the parking spot. I think my car wins in having the worst traction. 

I hope this new year brings great memories, as well as a few new goals I want to consider accomplishing. I want to actually be able to play my guitar.  I want to remember that it is okay that I am not perfect at everything.  This life is a constant time to Change. Overcome. Grow. Learn. Come into myself. realizing who I am each step of the way.  It is okay to make mistakes too, that is what repentance is for, and I think we often times beat ourselves up too much about it. 

Also, the grass is NOT greener on the other side. I want to enjoy life where i’m at, and stop dreaming about what could have been, or what I wish to come in the future. The future will be here before I know it. The present will soon become the past, so enjoy it while it is hot.

Enjoy every little, what seems to be insignificant, moment and document the little things. Let out every laugh and tear, and feel with all your heart. We only live each year once, and I choose how I want it to be, and who I want to be in my life.

Who do you want to be this year?