Friday, December 30, 2022

October-November 2022: Food, family, and friends

We had a very long, hot summer in 2022, but our plants grew and bloomed beautifully through the fall until freezing temperatures hit in November.

Pretty sky and plants seen from our front driveway

Dinner with the Dunlap's at Hiyashi Japanese Restaurant







Stir-fry pork and veggie dish at home

Stacks of textured cinderblocks for our future backyard block wall 



That's a LOT of cinderblocks!




Pudding and cream tarts for dessert


Play date with the girls while Jess studied for exams

The girls filled and decorated their own pudding and fruit tarts

Thick peppered bacon for a yummy chicken and rice recipe
Forgot to take photos of the rest of the steps and the finished product

Mike and I shared this amazing Tomahawk ribeye steak one night


Our Moses Bush in vibrant red


Denice and Alec Smith hosted a Stake Seminary Supervisor thank-you dinner at their home. The couples were so nice to visit with, and the food was delicious. Denice made roasted pork loins, roasted potatoes, a baked pear dish, a pretty green salad, and an apple crisp dessert!
Spencer Grange and his wife, and Karen and Max Evans

Mike and Cheryl Angle, and Amber Pearce and her hubby
(with my Mike). We forgot to take pictures of the hosts!


Roasted red and yellow potatoes

Fancy green salad with diced apples, walnuts, and cranberries

Perfect Apple Crisp

October 26th: Filling and homemade crust for chicken pot pie that I made for my first Ladies Lunch and Canasta day. It was so yummy.


Our new block walls are built!




Mike installed hardscape brass lighting to the walls





Love the colors of these plants in our xeriscaped front yard




Grandpa wears Beau's hat and shirt for fun


A Blaze Pizza outing with Shauna and Jacob--yum!

Beautiful girl Shauna

Happy boy Jacob

Moses bushes still beautiful in late fall

But thinning out and slowly dying after freezing cold temps

Darling shot of Brandon with his Grandpa Hobbs

Elise in her school play



Homemade cookie dough ready for quick treats

Jenny and Chloe near the creek at their cabin after a big rain

FaceTiming with Sam (and Eli)

Funny boy Sam



Kiley and Eli

Cute photos of Hannah and Sofia at their clogging class








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