Delicious

As I think I've mentioned before, I like trying out new recipes. And fortunately for me I have a husband who isn't at all particular and will graciously eat whatever I feed him - thus making it that much easier to experiment.



Here are two of the latest tryouts that have made the cut:

Happy Cheese Bread

This recipe I found on a blog I like to read called Scribbit. The writer frequently posts recipes and in fact just this morning posted another one I really want to try sometime.

Since Daniel and I are huge fans of cheese, it wasn't a matter of If I was going to try making Happy Cheese Bread but rather when I would get around to it.

Verdict: It was as good as I hoped it would be but a bit of a challenge to make - mostly because of my ineptitude and not becacuse of the recipe. Although I did find I had to add A LOT more flour than the recipe called for. Still I would definitely make this again.

Cake Truffles

My co-worker brought these into work the other week for a potluck and they were a huge hit. So I knew I would just have to make them - and soon. (Yea, they're that good). She called them cake balls but I think Cake Truffles sounds more epicurean.

Verdict: They couldn't be easier to make and the best part about the whole concept is the endless list of possiblities mixing and matching cake and frosting flavors. The ones I made were cherry chip (cake and frosting) but I can't wait to try other flavors (german chocolate with coconut frosting, red velvet with cream cheese frosting, lemon flavors dipped in white chocolate...oh I could go on and on and on...but I'm drooling so I'll stop there.

When a Thing is Wick

and someone cares about it....it will grow.

We have had so much fun this summer planting and growing a garden with Mom and Dad Gerow and Grandma and Grandpa Gerow. My dad planted a garden often but unfortunately I was never much interested in helping out. Unforuntate because I've discovered that I love working in the garden! Watching the plants grow tall and green and then watching the fruit appear and rippen and then most of all eating the delicious harvest. I even love weeding!

(top: some of our bounty; right: Daniel, Mom, Matthew, and Grandma snapping green beans)

Year 1

Today Daniel and I celebrate our one year anniversary! I suppose that on such an occassion a women might tend to get mushy and nostalgic and philosophical or something. I will not. At least not in public. But I will say this much for all to hear (as trite as it may sound I mean every word of it):

Daniel is my best friend and I love him 365 times more now than I did

on our wedding day. Thanks for making me feel so very loved and so very happy!

We had a wonderful weekend celebrating as we went up to the Sundance Summer Theater and saw The Fantastiks and then we went horseback riding. We topped off the weekend with dinner at Bombay House and a movie. It was all so very fun. Except I always get stuck with the slow, fat horse....why is that?!

Here's to many more happy years together!!!

Arizona

A couple of weeks ago Daniel and I went to visit my sister Amber and her husband Stephen in Lake Havasu City, AZ (home of the London Bridge!). The ocassion was a baby shower for Amber (baby Spencer is due in August). Jared & Khristen and Corrin & Adam came down as well and we had a great weekend - highlighted of course by a Tetris Tournament.

On Saturday morning while the boys played more video games, the girls pampered themselves with a fabulous pedicure.

When it was time for the shower, the boys loaded up their gear and went golfing in Kingman and had a fabulous time. The other guys all mentioned what a great job Daniel did.

A lot of women turned out for Amber's shower and everyone had a lovely time. She got lots of great

things for baby Spencer.

We can't wait to meet him! And

we can't wait to come back to Havasu.

See you at Thanksgiving!

Fourth of July Fun

As part of the Freedom Festival in Provo every year, there is a Balloon Fest. Each morning at 6 a.m. for three days you can go watch the balloons inflate and take off. And if you're lucky and the winds are cooperating you can even watch the balloons land. I've lived here for almost 10 years and have never gone so we decided it was a must.

It was really cool to see the doezens of balloons being blown up. You could walk right up next them and watch it all happen.

It was even more fun to see them all in the air dotting the sky.

Here is something I put together of the video clips I took.



We also had a Burr Family Reunion in conjunction with the 4th. Lots of family was able to come in from out-of-town and we had lots of fun playing in the pool and eating. We had a yummy family BBQ at the Grandma House.

And of course, no Burr family gathering would be complete withhout explosives!

It was lots of fun and so nice to see so much family gathered together. Until next time!

Typical

A friend recently asked me to send a picture of me and my "hubby." We haven't taken any photos of us lately, but there was this one my sister took a couple weeks ago. At first I hesitated because, well, as you can see it isn't the most flattering photo; but it's typical. Daniel hardly ever stays serious for photo ops.
I knew he was going to do something silly, so I decided to join in.

I love destruction

Saturday night we decided to risk the potential rain storm and headed out to Bluffdale's Demolition Derby. Matthew and Michael came with us and we had a blast.

If you've never been to a demolition derby you are missing out! It is my new dream to be a demolition derby car driver. Who wouldn't want to play bumper cars with the real thing! it's so fascinating to see what happens when cars smash together. The loud beefy engines, the anticipation as one car gets momentum, the smash, the crunch, the mangling, and the explosion of the radiator vapors! It's so much fun!

As if the derby wasn't enough, there was a T-shirt contest in between heats. . . a frozen T-shirt contest that is. Rolled up frozen T-shirts were given to contestants who competed to be the first to unroll and put on the shirt. It looked like fun.

After seeing three or four people walk bast with a mouth-watering funnel cake, we had to get one. I love funnel cakes!

When the show ended we were hearded out of the parking lot like cows and I was tempted to start my own demolition derby but reason got the best of me. I hope someday my dream of becoming a demolition derby driver comes true!

-Daniel

This is one of my favorite highlights of the event. X-69 revved up and t-boned a car, simultaneously getting it's front end caught as it flipped the victim car on it's side.
And Daniel's dream could come true some day. At the beginning of the derby they had a raffle drawing and the winner got to be a driver in the second heat. He did a pretty darn good job too!

I'll just close with this last comment...people watching at these kind of events is just as entertaining as the event itself! And you all know what I mean.

-Emily