The Ice Cream Bloke

This is the Ice Cream Bloke. Check out his website. He is very entertaining, and you'll learn some great ice cream recepies. http://www.theicecreambloke.com/


The Ice Cream Bloke is also known as Stephen Christensen. Stephen was one of Dan's mission companions (he was his favorite mission companion, but don't tell him or he'll get a big head). His story, in short, is that he was born and raised in Australia, but now lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and is in the ice cream business.

Poston Orchestra Concert

This is part of Hanna's concert. She is the third one back on the far left, the wall of hair. I told her next time she has to be the chair in the front so we can actually see her. This video doesn't do them justice because they are really a very good orchestra and the concert was great.

New hair do

Ok so I have discovered hair blogs. Blogs from women who are clever and do fun stuff with their girls hair. Luckily, I have girls too. This hair (modeled by the lovely Zanya) is copied from the blog: jackienkassiesdos.blogspot.com. I particularly like this blog because Jackie and Kassie have fine, white hair like my own girls. From that blog, you can jump around to other blogs with other fun hair styles. Try it, you might like it.

Bagels anyone?

My sister, Callie, told me that making bagels was easy so we decided to try it. I had the dough ready and we formed them for the beginning of family night. Then we had a lesson while they baked and ate them when they were done. Callie was right. They weren't difficult and they were delicious. We made them smaller than regular bagels so they would be kid sized. We also made them half wheat so they were even sort of healthy. They are very versitle and can be eaten for breakfast (when you just can't eat a pancake), or lunch (in case you won't touch pb&j). We pre slice them and store them in the freezer. Last week we ate the last one and made another batch.

Note: These would bake fine in the solar oven if you only wanted a dozen or less. Otherwise, my new convection oven bakes 48 at once! Ah the joy.

I heart Mesa

Hey this is a fun site, check it out. They are currently doing a $25 giveaway so post a comment, you just might win!

http://iheartmesa.blogspot.com/

Happy Birthday Dani!

Danica turned 12 last week. We celebrated by having birthday cake (her favorite, triple layer chocolate, from scratch), and taking her to get her own phone (finally!). She had saved enough money to meet our family requirment ($175 in the bank to cover the cancellation fee in case you can't make your monthly payment). So the phone was her birthday present, and really it was all she ever wanted.

Danica is such a fun member of our family. She has so many talents. She plays the piano beautifully, and she is a great tumbler. But the thing that I love about Danica is that when she wants something she works so hard to achieve her goal. Whether it be practicing the same song until it is perfect, or doing extra jobs to earn money to get what she wants (she is an excellent saver, so focused). This year she started junior high and every day she can be found studying for hours in her room so that she can do well in her classes. I am so proud of her for working so hard. Last week, she joined the Beehive class in the young women's program and I am sure she will be achieving goals right and left!

We love you Dani!

Homecoming invitation acceptance

Chandler asked a girl to Homecoming by decorating her room with streamers and a poem and chocolate. Her reply was in this huge container of Tootsie Rolls. The word 'yes' was stuck inside one of the rolls. Yes, it was one of the last ones we looked in. Lucky for Chandler, he has several sisters willing to help. And everyone enjoyed all the Tootsie Rolls you can eat. (I am eating some right now, too).

Homecoming is this weekend, so exciting. Chandler's date is named Chanda, so go ahead and make up your own funny comment about them having almost the same name. This is a brave new world for us as this is Chandler's first school dance. In just over a year, Hanna will be dating too. Wish us luck.