I LOVED everything (no foolin') about this latest Gourmet Club – it was Thai food, one of my favorites!  And our hosts, Emily and Katie, served up some seriously delicious food!     Our cute hosts!         THE MENU: Thai Coconut Banana Smoothie Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce Spring Rolls with Sweet…

After grocery shopping last week, I was feeling a bit proud of my latest nutritional choices.  We have been trying to eliminate high fructose corn syrup (which is harder than it sounds – wheat thins!  whole wheat bread!) from our diet.  And I was feeling like I could be the next "Kashi Momma Model" or…

Last night for Family Home Evening (an effort to gather together every Monday night for "together" time – teaching, discussing, playing, etc.) we made REAL popcorn.  The kind you let pop on the stove in oil!  Did you know such a thing existed?!  It was delightfully yummy…and cheap.  And then we watched a beautiful documentary…

Today is my mom's birthday. She is the prettiest and smartest woman I know. Happy Birthday, Mom. We love you.

After church yesterday, while eating lunch we saw that a beautiful bird was going in and out of Caleb's birdhouse in the backyard.  Then we see another bird, same type but a little less colorful, going in too…this time with straw and leaves…Making a nest!!  So we proceeded to watch these birds all afternoon as…

I am so sad to learn that my ENTIRE Final Four for my March Madness bracket is WRONG.  Not one team that I picked is in.  Very sad day for me.  Not only was I competing with Derek (and now I have to take him to III Forks, which is not too sad!) but I…

Tonight I put my rubber gloves on and cleaned up my favorites list on my computer.  Are you like me?  Do you bookmark like a mad woman, but never EVER refer back to your bookmarks?  Yea, that's me.  And my favorites were about 2 and 1/2 miles long.  So I got busy and sorted and cleaned…

Queen Bee ("dominant reproductive female") – ME, obviously, the only qualifying bee in the hive Drone Bee ("has big strong wings, which are used for the mating flight (whoa – let's keep it g-rated please), after mating they are taken care of by the worker bees (sounds good to me) – Derek Worker Bees –…

I just had to have these cutest of Easter eggs when I saw them.  They are from here. Now if only I could get up the courage to make THIS adorable basket too.  Not that they would match or go together or anything…but then I would be surrounded by Easter cuteness.  And those fabrics!  Delicious!…

I don't know if Derek and I have EVER actually paid for the Internet.  When Derek started working with Cisco Systems we were in an apartment (i.e. dial-up) and as soon as we moved to a house (in 2000) the company picked up the bill for the Internet. I don't even know how much this…