Go where we may - rest where we will,
Eternal London haunts us still.
-Thomas Moore
Eternal London haunts us still.
-Thomas Moore
Friday, November 6, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Home Sweet Home
I really love Bakersfield. It may not be the most glamorous city, but it sure was a nice place to grow up. Good people, good weather (I don't get why people complain so much about the heat - it's boiling hot most places during the summer, and at least it's not humid. Plus during the winter it's nice and mild), good schools, good location (2 hours from everything), good size and lots of other good things. It was very nice to come home and just spend time with family and friends.
Enjoyed beautiful, sunny weather!! Can you tell I'm getting tired of Utah's freezing cold winters?
Angela and I!! It was so great to see her again and catch up on everything!! We had A LOT to talk about!!
Grayson and I made caramel apples together!
Visited Aunt Heidi and Uncle Keith's BEAUTIFUL new home!! This is the first room you see when you walk in. Isn't it decorated so nicely??
And this is part of the view from their backyard!
Grandpa is looking after an empty house across the street and took me over there to show me one of Nike's favorite games. Nike had so much fun jumping in the pool and retrieving that tennis ball. And he listens to every word grandpa says! Earlier in the day he told Nike to go grab a stick under a tree so he could show me a little game they play and Nike grabbed a stick and then Grandpa said, "No the other one" and Nike somehow knew what he meant and grabbed the other one!
Also went through a ton of my old stuff to get ready for the garage sale. I found three straighteners and a crimper. Who knows why I wanted a crimper in Jr. High but I think it's time to say goodbye to it.
Steph and I got kitties from Aunt Heidi and Uncle Keith when we were in 5th grade. Sugar has always been very friendly and loving, but Tiger has always been a bit more aloof. However, my last night in Bakersfield Grayson and I were outside and Tiger decided to come over and was soooo friendly and loving! She kept going to Grayson and then coming back to me. Grayson said that he was Tiger's favorite and I said no, I was Tiger's favorite, besides I've had her half my life exactly (11 years). And Grayson replied, "Well I've had her all my life." Touche, I couldn't argue with that!!
We celebrated my birthday with the family the night before I went home! It was so fun!! Mom was feeling really sick, but she still did so much to make it wonderful!! And here's my attempt to get a family picture. What an amazing, incredible family!!
Holding up the goods!!
Lasagna and Grandma's homemade Shrimp Salad and Cheesebread. This salad is seriously AMAZING!!! I've never, ever had anything else close to it!! The dressing is so unique and just so incredibly good!! Grandma was so nice to make it for me!!
Yum yum yum!
For dessert we had Mud Pie from Black Angus. MmmmMmmmmMmmmmm. This is heaven on a plate.
Grandma took us for a girls lunch out to Olive Garden!! We were there 3-4 hours! We had such a good time talking and visiting we didn't want to leave! I also got to go to lunch with Grandpa at Black Angus and we had a great time together.
In the drawer by the phone I found this pencil. I have NEVER seen a smaller pencil in my life! I put it next to my flash drive to show just how small it is. hahaha, the things Grayson finds.
Ashley and I hung out one night and had such a fun time!! We caught up on everything going on in our lives and of course took crazy pictures and went to the market place.
Grayson's football picture! What a little stud
At their game
Running in during halftime
They run through this banner
Enjoyed beautiful, sunny weather!! Can you tell I'm getting tired of Utah's freezing cold winters?
Angela and I!! It was so great to see her again and catch up on everything!! We had A LOT to talk about!!
Grayson and I made caramel apples together!
Visited Aunt Heidi and Uncle Keith's BEAUTIFUL new home!! This is the first room you see when you walk in. Isn't it decorated so nicely??
And this is part of the view from their backyard!
Grandpa is looking after an empty house across the street and took me over there to show me one of Nike's favorite games. Nike had so much fun jumping in the pool and retrieving that tennis ball. And he listens to every word grandpa says! Earlier in the day he told Nike to go grab a stick under a tree so he could show me a little game they play and Nike grabbed a stick and then Grandpa said, "No the other one" and Nike somehow knew what he meant and grabbed the other one!
Also went through a ton of my old stuff to get ready for the garage sale. I found three straighteners and a crimper. Who knows why I wanted a crimper in Jr. High but I think it's time to say goodbye to it.
Steph and I got kitties from Aunt Heidi and Uncle Keith when we were in 5th grade. Sugar has always been very friendly and loving, but Tiger has always been a bit more aloof. However, my last night in Bakersfield Grayson and I were outside and Tiger decided to come over and was soooo friendly and loving! She kept going to Grayson and then coming back to me. Grayson said that he was Tiger's favorite and I said no, I was Tiger's favorite, besides I've had her half my life exactly (11 years). And Grayson replied, "Well I've had her all my life." Touche, I couldn't argue with that!!
We celebrated my birthday with the family the night before I went home! It was so fun!! Mom was feeling really sick, but she still did so much to make it wonderful!! And here's my attempt to get a family picture. What an amazing, incredible family!!
Holding up the goods!!
Lasagna and Grandma's homemade Shrimp Salad and Cheesebread. This salad is seriously AMAZING!!! I've never, ever had anything else close to it!! The dressing is so unique and just so incredibly good!! Grandma was so nice to make it for me!!
Yum yum yum!
For dessert we had Mud Pie from Black Angus. MmmmMmmmmMmmmmm. This is heaven on a plate.
Grandma took us for a girls lunch out to Olive Garden!! We were there 3-4 hours! We had such a good time talking and visiting we didn't want to leave! I also got to go to lunch with Grandpa at Black Angus and we had a great time together.
In the drawer by the phone I found this pencil. I have NEVER seen a smaller pencil in my life! I put it next to my flash drive to show just how small it is. hahaha, the things Grayson finds.
Ashley and I hung out one night and had such a fun time!! We caught up on everything going on in our lives and of course took crazy pictures and went to the market place.
Grayson's football picture! What a little stud
At their game
Running in during halftime
They run through this banner
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Movies
Being home has been so wonderful!! Time flies by! Every day has been great...Grayson's football games, making caramel apples, shopping, visiting with family and friends and movies! This is when we went to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs...we were the only ones in the entire theater!! haha. I thought the movie was very cute.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Pumpkin Patch
Hello friends and family! Sorry for my long absence!! It is hard to blog when you are so busy having fun (and it doesn't help when the internet is temperamental)!! I am in California right now having the most wonderful visit. Perfect, beautiful, clear skies and sunny weather. Lots of time with friends and family. Fall. Good food. Laughing. Sleeping in. Games. Relaxing. I just wake up feeling so happy and excited to start the day!! :)
I arrived in Bakersfield last Tuesday and my suitcase was the first one out of the baggage carousel - that never happens, so it was obviously a good sign of many good things to come :) haha. At least that's what I told myself. Dixon picked me up and we headed straight for the pumpkin patch where Mom and her all of her scouts were. It was so fun! The boys are adorable and the pumpkin patch was so cute and festive!!
Grayson and his friends Dallin and Aaron!
Another cute shot
All the boys with their pumpkins!!
Pretty
Holding my corn while going through the corn maze
I loooooove the fall and I love being home!!
I arrived in Bakersfield last Tuesday and my suitcase was the first one out of the baggage carousel - that never happens, so it was obviously a good sign of many good things to come :) haha. At least that's what I told myself. Dixon picked me up and we headed straight for the pumpkin patch where Mom and her all of her scouts were. It was so fun! The boys are adorable and the pumpkin patch was so cute and festive!!
Grayson and his friends Dallin and Aaron!
Another cute shot
All the boys with their pumpkins!!
Pretty
Holding my corn while going through the corn maze
I loooooove the fall and I love being home!!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Cabin Ward Party
We had a ward activity last night at a cabin. This cabin is not a normal cabin...it is 10,000 square feet of amazingness!! There are tennis courts and horses and golf carts and hot tubs and fire pits and everything!! I was in shock the entire time I was there...it just kept getting better and better and better. The inside was just as beautiful as the outside. And it belongs to guy in our ward...his Dad owns Stephen's hot chocolate, I believe. It was incredible and a ton of people came!! Probably the best ward activity ever and one of the most fun nights I've had in a while.
So before we went up Darien, Erin and I thought it'd be a good idea to get dinner first at the Malt Shoppe. We all ordered fries and knew we wanted extra fry sauce and ranch so we handed them 3 dollars of change for however many extras that would get us....little did we know we would get 14 extra!! Dang...!
Chocolate malt and fries. Yummy! We struggled just getting through the drive through...never a dull moment. We were laughing so hard in the first 5 minutes of our trip up to the cabin, it was definitely a good indicator of how well the rest of the night would go.
Erin is obsessed with cheese fries! I think an intervention is needed, I have never seen someone love them as much as she does! And isn't she so cute?
So this cabin is possibly the most beautiful and HUGE place I have ever seen in my life! And it's not even their home...just their cabin, unbelievable! - this is just the basement kitchen, no big deal...(kidding, it's crazy that this is just the basement kitchen!)
Erin and I showing off our new hair :) We got it done today
Us and seriously one of our favorite people in the whole world. We would do anything JB said...he is like the best guy ever. No really, I can't emphasize enough how highly we think of him. I have never met a more thoughtful, generous person than him.
Darien, Erin and I!
So they have their own movie theater room....behind me are two rows of the most comfortable sofas and chairs ever!! It's so sweet
One of the many rooms in the basement
Air hockey and ping pong tables of course!
I didn't get the weird face memo...
Everybody socializing
Erin and Darien making this banana dessert creation...then you wrap it in foil and put it in the fire!
Bon fire!
Everyone having a good time. We played "Epic Uno", murder in the dark and some get to know you games. Ate lots of good food, visited with old friends and made news ones, laughed and took the tour of this amazing place!! Not only is the architecture gorgeous, but all of the furniture is very high quality and just beautiful.
Downstairs
So getting a normal picture with Phil is basically impossible but he's one of my new friends and seriously hilarious! I LOVE funny people!!
Another group shot while Jason is explainging the rules to a game
Seriously last night was SO FUN and very much needed! I am just so happy!
So before we went up Darien, Erin and I thought it'd be a good idea to get dinner first at the Malt Shoppe. We all ordered fries and knew we wanted extra fry sauce and ranch so we handed them 3 dollars of change for however many extras that would get us....little did we know we would get 14 extra!! Dang...!
Chocolate malt and fries. Yummy! We struggled just getting through the drive through...never a dull moment. We were laughing so hard in the first 5 minutes of our trip up to the cabin, it was definitely a good indicator of how well the rest of the night would go.
Erin is obsessed with cheese fries! I think an intervention is needed, I have never seen someone love them as much as she does! And isn't she so cute?
So this cabin is possibly the most beautiful and HUGE place I have ever seen in my life! And it's not even their home...just their cabin, unbelievable! - this is just the basement kitchen, no big deal...(kidding, it's crazy that this is just the basement kitchen!)
Erin and I showing off our new hair :) We got it done today
Us and seriously one of our favorite people in the whole world. We would do anything JB said...he is like the best guy ever. No really, I can't emphasize enough how highly we think of him. I have never met a more thoughtful, generous person than him.
Darien, Erin and I!
So they have their own movie theater room....behind me are two rows of the most comfortable sofas and chairs ever!! It's so sweet
One of the many rooms in the basement
Air hockey and ping pong tables of course!
I didn't get the weird face memo...
Everybody socializing
Erin and Darien making this banana dessert creation...then you wrap it in foil and put it in the fire!
Bon fire!
Everyone having a good time. We played "Epic Uno", murder in the dark and some get to know you games. Ate lots of good food, visited with old friends and made news ones, laughed and took the tour of this amazing place!! Not only is the architecture gorgeous, but all of the furniture is very high quality and just beautiful.
Downstairs
So getting a normal picture with Phil is basically impossible but he's one of my new friends and seriously hilarious! I LOVE funny people!!
Another group shot while Jason is explainging the rules to a game
Seriously last night was SO FUN and very much needed! I am just so happy!
I'm Canadian Thankful For....
Hello friends! Sorry I have not been blogging! It has just been one of those really crazy busy weeks. But here are some pictures from last Sunday at Canadian Thanksgiving!! Everyone brought food and it was quite a delicious feast and so much fun!! I thought of Grandma Horlacher the whole time (she was raised in Canada) :)
Aww...precious
We said what we are Canadian Thankful for....and I am Canadian Thankful for all of you!!!
Aww...precious
We said what we are Canadian Thankful for....and I am Canadian Thankful for all of you!!!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Comfort Food
Erin and I like to make dinner and tonight we went all out...we made 3 cheese tortellini and homemade Alfredo sauce with broccoli and shrimp. It was seriously delicious!! Like top 5 meals ever. We also had homemade garlic bread and drank Martinellis. MmmMmmMmmMmm. I love to cook and try new recipes!!
The picture of cuteness
Steph sent me this old picture she found of Grayson after he had drawn a family picture. How cute is he!?! And how cute is that little picture of the family with the heart in the middle. :)
Then and Now
I don't remember where this came from (sorry I can't give credit!), but I just thought this was funny and yet so true.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Nutella Croissants
I was blog surfing the other day and came across the idea of putting nutella in croissants and thought that sounded like an amazing idea! And trust me, it is!! I made them tonight and they are delicious!!! I put a little butter and sugar on top before putting them in the oven and they turned out perfect! MmmmMmmm!!
Friday, October 9, 2009
22 birthday!
I am officially 22! Yesterday was my birthday and it was great!! I slept in late and woke up to 14 text messages from friends and family and then Erin and I went and got facials and got our hair done. I received a letter in the mail all the way from France, from my friend Anthony who I met in Scotland! That was such a great surprise. I got many thoughtful e-mails and phone calls and a package in the mail from my great Aunt Jean! People are so kind and generous. At 7 we went to Olive Garden for dinner and more people showed up than I even expected! We got a room all to ourselves, it was so much fun!! Afterwards everyone came over for cake and ice cream. It was so good to see everyone! Friends from work, friends from study abroad, friends from home, friends from church, friends of friends and old roommates all came! Thank you so much to everyone who made it so great!
Erin and I in the car on the way to dinner!
My Chicken Marsala. I ordered it because the name sounded cool.
All of us at dinner!! :)
Erin and I at dinner. I'm wearing the cute headband she got me
The waitors all singing to me at Olive Garden haha
Steph took over the camera for a while
Brooke!! You might recognize her from all of the pictures I have with her in London! I didn't know she was coming, so it was the BEST surprise!!!
Singing...everyone else is in the back where you can't see them in this picture.
I just realized that I forgot to make a wish...oops! But I did blow out all the candles in one try :)
People at the apartment
My study abroad friends...Brooke, me, Kim and Caitlin! Love them!
Camille, one of my old roommates who is now pregnant :) and Brandon of course! He got me 24 roses, how nice is that?
Me and little sister!
Andrew, Rachel, me and Bree!
Bree is such an amazing friend and I'm so glad that she could come!!
Brandon, Layne and me. Layne feels left out that he isn't in any of the pictures I have up around my apartment, so we took one that I am going to frame and put up :)
I didn't get pictures with even half of the people that came, so I'm sorry that not everyone is shown here, but seriously thank you to everyone who made my birthday so wonderful!
Erin and I in the car on the way to dinner!
My Chicken Marsala. I ordered it because the name sounded cool.
All of us at dinner!! :)
Erin and I at dinner. I'm wearing the cute headband she got me
The waitors all singing to me at Olive Garden haha
Steph took over the camera for a while
Brooke!! You might recognize her from all of the pictures I have with her in London! I didn't know she was coming, so it was the BEST surprise!!! 
Singing...everyone else is in the back where you can't see them in this picture.
I just realized that I forgot to make a wish...oops! But I did blow out all the candles in one try :)
People at the apartment
My study abroad friends...Brooke, me, Kim and Caitlin! Love them!
Camille, one of my old roommates who is now pregnant :) and Brandon of course! He got me 24 roses, how nice is that?
Me and little sister!
Andrew, Rachel, me and Bree!
Bree is such an amazing friend and I'm so glad that she could come!!
Brandon, Layne and me. Layne feels left out that he isn't in any of the pictures I have up around my apartment, so we took one that I am going to frame and put up :)
I didn't get pictures with even half of the people that came, so I'm sorry that not everyone is shown here, but seriously thank you to everyone who made my birthday so wonderful!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Friends
Brandon's 21st b-day was on Saturday! Saw some old friends and made some new ones too. I love making new friends! It's so much fun! His party was great and I of course suggested that we take a group picture :)
Monday, October 5, 2009
BYU Football!!
Friday night Erin, Joseph and I went to the BYU football game and had a great time!! It's fun to be surrounded by thousands and thousands of crazy, extremely passionate fans, hot chocolate and a team who actually played pretty well. We beat Utah State, but there were moments that were close enough to make it exciting.
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