TODAY IS THE BIG DAY????

Today we find out if Marsh and Krissy are going to

have???........... GOT MILK?..... GOT A GIRL & A BOY?

GOT TWIN BOYS?.....................GOT TWIN GIRLS?

DAD AND I ARE VOTING IT WILL BE

ONE BOY AND ONE GIRL COMING

TO THEIR FAMILY?

Elder Boyd K. Packer said:

"Years ago I visited a school in Albuquerque.

The teacher told me about a youngster who

brought a kitten to class. As you can imagine,

that disrupted everything. She had him

hold the kitten up in front of the children.

It went well until one of the children asked,

"Is this a boy kitty or a girl kitty?"

Not wanting to get into that lesson, the

teacher said, "It doesn't matter. It's just

a kitty." But they persisted. Finally, one

boy raised his hand and said, "I know how

you can tell." Resigned to face it, the

teacher said, "How can you tell?" And

the student answered, "You can vote

on it!" Now what is your vote?

My favorite Restaurant..........Dee's place

Sunday dinner at Dee's is a Valentine's theme.

Beef stew, rolls, homemade cinnamon rolls, and

red sparkling cider.......

Dessert to Die for...........

I refused to leave Dee's place without a copy of

the recipe for these rolls. They are made with

pudding in the dough, and the frosting is so delicious

I couldn't stop eating it. Now, I know you are all

going to want this recipe.......so as a teaser I am only

going to give you the frosting part. Here goes:

Frosting:

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 cup butter (1 cube)

2 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

Combine brown sugar, butter and cream. Bring

to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Remove

and beat in sugar.

We gave the plate of left-overs to the

Elders' and now they come to visit us every

night on the square.

Valentine's Day

Dessert came from Kneader's Bakery. This Key Lime

pie is a little tart and not too sweet as often is the

problem when eating this kind of pie.

Next, we left for a place called, Caputo. I ordered
an Italian sandwich with one side of the
bread soaked in Balsamic vinegar and the other side
covered with red roasted peppers.

I know this might come as a shock........but Darvin
ordered his basic turkey sandwich........He did leave
his comfort zone just a little, when he ventured next
door to order fries from the Belgium waffle house to
go along with his sandwich. Gotta love that man!

I call this place Little Italy. We are close

enough to walk here from our apartment.

At Caputo's you will find a restaurant......

Deli, and store full of anything Italian you

could ever want. Near the cash register

they sell a large selection of fine chocolates

from around the world. I traveled through

the store tasting the forty brands of olive

oil or Balsamic vinegars in any flavor one

might like. Yum....yum......yum!

They even offer cooking classes on

preparing Italian foods. Their meat

cases are full of items I have never even

heard of. Next time you come to

visit, I'll take you here, but not if your

intentions are ordering a turkey

sandwich.

Lunch with Dee

Can't remember the last time I went to lunch with

someone in Arizona and had to remove the snow

from our car before leaving.

Dee choose Chipotle for our lunch spot today. The

burrito reminded of all the yummy Mexican food

we eat in Arizona. The pictures above are of the

Jordan High where Dee teaches.

Valentine's Day Mail.....

We hit the jackpot this day.......................

Thanks Madi, Taylor, Kyle and Jessica for all our

little gifts.......it made our day!

My new subscriptions arrived on Valentine's day as

well. I know Nikki, you are laughing......she is reading

a magazine on Vegetarian Cooking? Has the world

come to an end?

Love, love, love this cute pin with all

the gardening tools.....thanks, Annette

soooooooo cute!

The Blessings of Serving......

I love being a missionary with my sweetheart. We

gave a recent tour to three people from Arizona and

one from Texas. Darvin explained, "When we outgrew

the use of the Tabernacle, a new Conference Center

was built across the street that holds 21,000 people."

The visitor said, "You mean you have 21,000 people

in your church? Wow!" Darvin gave her a minute

and then replied, "No, actually we have 14 million

members." The expression on her face was priceless!

Our Flags............

After all these days of gloomy weather........I now

know why the Arizona Flag has so many sun rays

coming out of the star.......

Elder and Sister Sturgis serve here on Temple

Square with us and they are from Oregon. Twice

a week we have dinner together and sure spend

allot of time laughing.....We love these guys!

We just know we are related.........Darvin has a line of

Sturgis names in his family history........so once or twice

a week the men head for the Family History Library

to see if they can connect the dots. Sister Sturgis and

I share books we love devouring........good friends

mean a lot in life, don't they?

WINTER ON THE SQUARE....

Now where is my long black winter coat?

LIFE SAVERS MINTS

Darvin and I were laying in bed reading a book and he

said, "Wouldn't you like one of my Life Savers Mint?"

I said, "Not really cause I don't like those candy."

However, to please him I took one out of bag,

unwrapped it and popped it into my mouth.

.......................The next night Darvin says,

"Would you like another candy?" I replied, "Not

really, but if you give me one.....don't give me one like

I ate last night with the center filled in and no hole in

the middle of the life saver."

Darvin jumped out of bed and had this terrible look on

his face. "Rese," he said....."They are having a contest

and if you find the candy with the hole filled in, it is

worth $10,000. You ate the winner!" You know

you can only laugh, because I really hate those

candies........$10,000 or not!

Renda buys me some new earrings....

I love these new earrings Renda bought me.

They dangle nicely and the stone on the

bottom is a gorgeous purple. Now as I look

at this picture, how about a face lift next,

Renda......it looks like I could use one?

Walking off the Desserts......

We do quite a bit of walking on Temple Square.....

15,760 steps to be exact.......I love this Pedometer

Tena bought for us. It takes 10,000 steps a day to

maintain your weight, and 12,000 steps a day to loose

weight..........information from the Mayo Clinic.

A yummy piece of fruit now and then isn't so bad

either. This fruit came from Dee's food co-op and we

enjoyed every bite. In fact, we sat down to share a

pear, and by the time we finished we had consumed

three large, sweet, pears in one sitting.........lucky for

me I will be walking on the Square tomorrow.......

Madison's Thank You Card.....

I just couldn't get over how cute

Madison's Thank You Card is!!!!

Now that Madi has mastered the art of

making Gourmet Cupcakes............

doesn't this card fit her perfect?

SUNDAY DINNER AT DEE'S PLACE

Dee had us over for Cream of Chicken soup (homemade)

rolls hot out of the oven, with a BLT salad with

a made from scratch lemon dressing. She sent the

leftovers home with us and I made the soup into a

chicken pot pie and served it to the other Senior Couple

serving with us on Temple Square, (the Sturgis). I

think she was impressed with my cooking skills......

thanks Dee you made me look great! One other thing

about feeding the Sturgis.......we played one.........

"Cut Throat" game of Pit after dinner.......and perhaps

that tarnished our image just a bit.....................

Seconds, anyone?

Snowy Day at the Bountiful Temple...

Our goal is to attend every temple

within the 100 mile radius of the

Temple Square Mission. This is the

Bountiful Temple about 15 minutes from

our apartment.......or as Trevor calls

it, "Your Cabin, Grandma!"