True Love

We, as in Luis and I, have been craving dutch oven peach cobbler.  Sadly, we have no available said oven.  However, there are recipes to make cobbler without a dutch oven.  I happened upon one of these such recipes recently.  It was called Peach Cobbler.  I found this recipe in my Crock Pot book which means, (if you are following along quickly enough you'll have already made this next conclusion) you use the Crock Pot to bake the cobbler.  So, I took out my baking supplies, donned my frilly apron, followed the steps, and voila!  Mush. 

Luis ate some...and said he liked it.  The next day, he continued to eat some...and said he like it.  The day after that?  You guessed it.  He ate some...and said he liked it.  My theory?  True love.

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Carrots

So, I've had conversations with people where I thought, "Boy, this guy needs to get a life."  You know these people.  They are the ones who think ironing is relaxing.  (If that's you don't worry...I must be talking about the OTHER people who think ironing is relaxing.)  Well today, I was peeling carrots and I heard myself thinking, "I like peeling carrots.  It's pretty relaxing."  Then, as I was taking pictures of the carrots and then me with the carrots I thought, "Yep, I sure do need to get a life."

Quakes Stadium Laughs

Last Saturday Lu & I went to Mormon Night at Quakes Stadium.  To start off, let me introduce you to one of two very awesome mascot dudes.  This guy is called...wait for it....wait for it....

TREMOR!!! 

I know right?  I even got two shots of him.  He had some great moves.  I wish I would've taken video of him.  He actually was really fun to watch.

This was one of the most exciting moments of the game.  Do you see a bunch of guys in white standing on the field?  It was wicked awesome!

Meanwhile, here is an unfortunate picture of me and always photogenic Luis.

Then...we got up close and personal with...wait for it...wait for it...

AFTERSHOCK!!! 

This is mascot #2.  He saw me with the camera and threw me a "you rock" pose.  It was thrilling. 

You know how sports arenas always play fan games between innings?  Well, Rancho Cucamonga is no different.  One of my favorites was when they challenged two contestants to seperate their garbage pile into trash vs recyling bins.  I can just picture a bunch of event staff behind the scenes 5 minutes before "go time" saying, "Okay, we're short one game, can anyone think of anything?" 

Someone suggests shoe tying.  "No, too complicated for our crowd."  Someone else suggests speed knitting.  "No, remember the granny that grew wild and attacked the other one with her blunt needle?

 So someone else says, "Well, we do have plenty of trash cans.  Let's have the players sort the garbage."  "Brilliant!"

My idea?  Obviously, I would have suggested drinking water out of a cup using licorice.  It's a fav.

We got to sit with some members of our ward and it was nice to get to know them better.  Afterwards, there were fireworks.  They lasted a grand total of 5 minutes, but were an unexpected surprise to us.

Licorice!!!

Wouldn't you agree that there are so many wonderful things one can do with licorice? 

Serious endless possibilities. 

However, the best, in my opinion, is using it to extract liquid from a cup.  I call it "using the licorice as a straw." 

Preposterous enough, Luis had never had this experience.  The good news was: we had licorice, a cup, water, and my expertise.  AND...I documented the proceedings.

He enjoyed the experience and even discovered the magic of holding the water in and then slowly letting it trickle through the air. 

I couldn't be prouder!

And to finish my post, I have this picture of licorice that I just took.

Newport Beach Temple

This is yet another beautiful California temple called the Newport Beach Temple.  I had to look up the name just now since I wasn't sure if it had the word beach in there, but alas, it does. 

It is amazing how peaceful it is on temple grounds in the midst of busy cities.  As we were walking around, I felt like we were in some kind of country gardens.

Look closely...we even saw bunnies on the lawn!

Megan & Blake

I tried to be the first to blog about the wedding, but Jennie beat me to it...AND she has more pictures.  C'est la vie!  It was an awesome day.  Lu and I were so glad we were able to come down for the weekend.  I loved this pose Steve Barrus, her photographer, took.  It was a bit uncomfortable for Megan though, as you can see from picture #2.  She slid right off the wall.  Blake looks unconcerned.

It was nice to get some pictures of us that are not taken by ourselves at point blank range.  Amber was gracious enough to snap these.  For a full narration of events, see Jennie's blog.  She did a fabulous job!  (If you are Jennie and you are reading this...you've already seen the blog.)