Williams-Sonoma...

Do I want to get addicted? I think so. I've been browsing through the recipes today on this site http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/?cm_type=gnav.
Why?
Because one of my co-employees, Chad, said the recipes are DELICIOUS and I'm always looking for new delicious meals and can't wait to give it a shot!

Hmmm the only problem is finding enough time. For all ya'll who find the time to cook a phenomenal meal EVERY DAY, props to you....because my time hasn't come quite yet, but when I do have more time to cook you better believe I'll become good friends with my kitchen.

REGARDLESS, I'm still trying out some of these "good looking" recipes.

With Thanksgiving coming up there are several recipes that look like GOOD to-do's so check out the site..if the recipes tempt you like they do me!!

NM, NYC, & NE

Eating out in Boston....and little Po is droolin' out for the night!
Big Porter, little Porter, and Candace :)

Can we just take a moment and smile because of baby's adorable hat? Boston: with my brother and sis-in-law and Allen's brother and sis-in-law. By luck they only live 5 minutes away from each other! MARZIPAN. It looked perfect, didn't taste it though... A bit too sweet for my taste Walking on the Freedom Trail in Boston. Loved this city! The Stata Center at MIT trying to pose...awesome :DWALDEN POND. BEAUTIFUL. (This is where Henry David Thoreau had a nice long camp-out). I HEART FALL!!!!!!!!! MIT ♥ him Entering NYC How can I resist him? On top of the Empire State Building. Windy, but always incredible! At the top of the ESB you can actually see the snow or rain FLYING UPWARDS instead of FALLING DOWNWARDS. Look familiar from the Today Show? Elmo wanted me to pay him after getting my picture with him. Luckily we didn't have cash on us at the time :) Had to capture this little pic of my bro (Tanner) looking out of our "peep" hole from our new house in Albuquerque. Albuquerque, NM temple HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL. NM is famous for this annual festival. There are hundreds of balloons in the air at one time. They even had a Target air balloon...and Pepsi...and Nemo...it was spec-tac-U-lar! Trying to be reverent in the church house...with the twisted magical stairway Me with my mom n' pops! Santa Fe, NM. I can't help but say Sante Fe and break out in the Newsies song - shoot, it's already stuck in my head now!:)

•Happy Fall to everyone!!•

A month ago....

I GOT BANGS!

A month ago...I decided I liked them.

A month ago...they weren't in my eyes.

A month later...I can't see too well so I did some chopping. But I think it's time to call my hair dresser for a real trim. Plus I love seeing Katelyn so it's a win win situation!

Passin the Tag Along...

What are your middle names? Mine is Lorie (named after my mom), and Allen's is Phillip. He has double L's throughout his whole name - Allen Phillip Churchill :)

How long have you been together? February 14, 2008 - so it's been about a year and nine months since that February day, even though we weren't technically "together" until a couple months later.

How long did you know each other before you started dating? About 2 months..I'm sure if I checked in my journal I could get exact dates :)

Who asked who out? Allen asked me out...with a dozen of white roses! That story is in one of my earlier blog posts if you want to know more details :D

Whose siblings do you see the most? That's a toughie... a lot of our siblings live out of state - but we probably see mine more, because I still have a couple siblings in Utah.

Do you have any children together? The last time I checked, no...but someday! :)

What about pets? I could handle a small dog...but that's about it and the time hasn't come for that yet.

Did you go to the same school? Nope.. He went to Evergreen in WA, but we'll both be at the Y next semester!

Who is the most sensitive? Um, I hope the answer is me and it is...I'm the girl! :D Let's face it, birth control doesn't help either hahaha...

Where do you eat out most as a couple? We like trying new places all of the time. Our first dinner date was at Mimi's so we make sure to go back - but Steak, Italian, Mexican we love it all!

Where is the furthest you have ever traveled as a couple? New York and Boston...just as of this last weekend! wAIt, I just remembered Hawaii...and that is further than New York, so Hawaii wins!

Who has the worst temper? Hmmm we can both be a bit stubborn at times, but neither of us have an uncontrolled temper.

Who does the cooking? For the most part I do, but Allen helps out too!

Who is more social? We are pretty equal in that area...I like that :)

Who is the neat freak? yep, that's me!

Who is the most stubborn? TOTALLY depends what we are dealing with...

Who hogs the bed? Well...we cuddle b4 going to sleep then both turn opposite ways - we simply sleep better that way..so we never have problemos with anyone hogging the bed or covers.

Who wakes up earlier? We wake up about the same time everyday....

Where was your first date? Mimi's restaurant in Provo and Vocal Point at the COnference Center in SL.....I was sicker than a dog that week, but for some bizarre reason felt better for the date, but not good enough to go to classes. Go figure, right?

Who has the bigger family? We have...really...just about the same size..

Do you get flowers often? Uh oh that's a sensitive subject. I love flowers and when we dated he was extremely good about it, but once we've been married....well I won't go on, but let's just say I remind him that I still like flowers! :)

Who eats more? Definitely Allen...he always eats my leftovers!

Who sings better? Oh sheesh...um we both have decent voices, but don't sing solos by any means... BUT we love to sing for fun in the car and I'm sure we sound wonderful :)

Who does the laundry? We each do our own...it works out perfecto

Who is better with the computer? Neither. I'd say we both know the same amount. I work on a computer at work everyday so it teaches me so Al maybe I do know more? :)

Who drives when you are together? Allen always offers, but sometimes I like to drive too

Who picks where you go to dinner? Ok so guilty...he usually let's me decide because I'm a bit pickier than he is and he will eat wherever. He puts his wifey first, he's good at always making sure I'm happy!

Who is the first one to admit when they are wrong? Wow, i think we're equal at that, but Allen is better at forgiving quicker. It usually takes me a little while to linger on the problem before I feel better about it. Maybe it's a girl thing, we think too much sometimes!

Who wears the pants in this relationship? Allen wears the pants and I wear the belt that keeps up the pants in the relationship. Haha true or not true I just like saying it...

Who eats more sweets? I think my hubs is more of a sweet tooth...but lately my sweet teeth have been on the craze!

Who cries more? Me again...It takes a lot for Al to cry

What's your best day together? Day of the week? Day of our lives? Wedding day, given...but day of the week - weekends of course!

Where did you honeymoon? Maui, Hawaii - my first time to Hawaii!

Favorite date night? we LOVE eating out and LOVE watching movies, but in the summer we LOVE to do anything outdoors!

Favorite TV show to watch together? We hardly ever watch TV, don't have much time for that, but when we do it's either CNN, Sports Center, The Office, or I watch so you think you can dance =)

Couple I imagine us growing old like? Words can't describe...but we will always be kids at heart who like to have fun, uh huh!!

I tag...Noel, Maike, Winnie, Melanie, Michelle, Laci, Caitlin, Jenny - and anyone else who wants to who hasn't done one recently! :)

My keys were saved...

On a late night visit to the grocery store, we spent too much money. Don't be hungry when

taking a field trip to the grocery store, it is proven you will at least spend $20 more on snacks that

you'll probably not eat later.

Proof: last trip we bought Play-dough ice cream, twinkies, and oatmeal cream pies. I'm not a big

fan of buying sweets too often. I usually let my calories be stolen from a delicious restaurant

or a homemade baking good.

The twinkies ended up being BURNED. It's true, this is possible. Hostess had a bad batch..they

better not show that on Unwrapped.

I've enjoyed the ice cream, but since it is a gallon too much for us I don't think it will get finished

unless we invite my brothers over for dinner :)

For the oatmeal cream pies..we've done a decent job at eating those up.

That was not supposed to be the main point of the blog, but worth consideration.

The point: We got home late, took the groceries in...we have this goal where we have to get all the bags

in one trip, even if our fingers are about to fall off from the heavy load.

I put the KEY in the door, walked in with all the groceries, unloaded them with the hubby, and

ate some of the goodies we bought...and made Enchiladas at 1 in the morning and cut my finger

on top of that. It was lovely, but I did manage to save the blood from going in the food.

THE KEY! The next morning. 8:45 AM - I'm out the door for classes.

Lo and behold, guess where my keys were?

Sitting there in the key hole...for anyone to take!

My car could have been gone in the morning, our apartment could have been broken into.

BUT! Somebody loved us enough to protect us...

And the Yo Quiero Taco Bell Dog next door I'm sure would

of defended us as well if a burglar were to cave in.

REMINDER to self: Don't leave keys in the key hole after long grocery shopping trips

Or on that note..at any time!

Do any of you have problems losing things or placing them in the wrong location?

I'll confess...I'm a natural at it.

•That's a wrap for today• :)

We are headed to NY and Boston for the rest of the week!!

ps. Though this is not a Halloween post, courtesy of orange for the seasonal mood.

Viva Las Vegas...

9.09.09

It's true...here is the proof. 21 and legal and I only lost 40 cents, not too bad! Maike took the honors and made sure to get proof of the gambling moment!




The new outfit baby Po got for Halloween...pretty much adorable!

In our hotel room at the Encore with baby Po who is catching some zzzzzzzz


THE BUFFET at the Encore Hotel. So delicious, but I really thought I was going to lose it all after we left, but I managed to be ok in the end :)


Uh huh, nap time for us all...

We watched the wee wittle baby while Maike went to a wedding dinner


The hotel was rad. They definitely had the bright red theme going on!~ It was a nice short weekend get-a-way! I'll update soon on our other weekender in Albuquerque, NM soon. We went down to visit my parents and saw the hot air balloon festival. I'll explain the festivity later.
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Love Your Body...

Wow, I'm behind the times just a little. I ran a race in August, the Wasatch Woman Love Your Body Run, and Winnie posted on time - but for me, not quite. It was a 5k race, the first race I have ever run. My husband ran the half marathon in Moab a few months back and he runs 13 miles like it's no thang (yes I did just use the word thang ha!) Anyway so I thought 3 miles shouldn't be too bad, right? Still tired me out! BUT next summer I want to train and run faster and longer. I feel so accomplished after running. I don't LOVE to run, but I think I can learn to like it. Gotta stick to it!

My cute hubs by my side supporting me

Just before the race was about to begin ay ya

Running to the finish line. Can I just say I am easily prone to side aches?

Me and my red face after the race and a very awkward looking smile. Actually I don't think I can even consider that a smile. I'm not too sure what it is...

Story. the night before the race you are required to pick up your shirts and race number in Salt Lake. I was at a friend's wedding reception (winnie on her way) so she went and picked up everything. Naturally it's a love your body race, but the shirts only came in a small and medium. We couldn't stop laughing!!! How lame is that? My shirt barely fit me. The end for today. I still need to posts some pics of our apartment! It'll be coming soon I can just feel it.