Last post

This is my last post on this blog and it is to tell everyone that I have a new blog. It is http://rachel.yakcm.com/ it is on Terrances website and I can finally post pics again even though I haven't. I hope everyone can find it.

Last Year

Happy New Years!

I know it has been a couple of weeks since I have written but I thought that today would be a good day to review our adventures this year.

January: Terrance turned 25!
February: I turned 24.
March:
April:
May:
June: Terrance started at AMX.
July: MEP. Fireworks! Terrance Walked at BYU-I's summer graduation
August: PAC Parkinson annual campout.
September: My mom and me went to pick up Matt from his mission and saw Nauvoo and many church sites. Cousin Camille got married.
October: I quit Little Caesars
November: Terrance quit AMX and started at BYU-Idaho
December: Terrance officially graduated form BYU-Idaho. Cousin Crystal got married.

So I can't think of any thing exciting for 3 month but I will just call them our relaxing months.

I am excited to see what next year brings for us! Good luck to everyone.

Crystals Wedding

My cousin Crystal got married on december3rd and the pics are up so I can finally post about it.
It was a good ceremony, everyone looked great.

Crystal and me before the wedding.

The oldest cousins/good friends all together.

The Ceremony, it was really nice. I for one didn't know what to do except stand there and watch them, it was weird.


The wedding party.


All the girls:)


This is my favorite pic, and my pose idea that I saw on pinterest.


It was a very busy and long day but everything seemed to go Great. Congratulations Crystal and Donnie.

Squash Soup/ Apple crisp

Have you every wondered what to do with that nasty squash that comes in bountiful baskets every once in a while well I found a really good recipe for one of them.

It is called Butternut Squash Soup II from allrecipes.com

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 medium carrot, chopped
• 2 medium potatoes, cubed
• 1 medium butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cubed
• 1 (32 fluid ounce) container chicken stock
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a large pot, and cook the onion, celery, carrot, potatoes, and squash 5 minutes, or until lightly browned. Pour in enough of the chicken stock to cover vegetables. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer 40 minutes, or until all vegetables are tender.
2. Transfer the soup to a blender, and blend until smooth. Return to pot, and mix in any remaining stock to attain desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper

I apparently put too much pepper in it for Terrances liking, so i have to eat the rest but it is good to me.


Well that was dinner and I am making apple crisp for desert (I think T is really hungry because he only hade like 5 bites of his soup because "it is burning my throat". But that is ok I am just learning his spice level. (Which is kinda bland for me but it is easier to add for me then take away for him.)

Apple oatmeal crisp (also from allrecipes.com

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 3 cups apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.) Lightly grease an 8 inch square pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, oats, flour and butter. Mix until crumbly. Place half of crumb mixture in pan. Spread the apples evenly over crumb mixture. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and top with remaining crumb mixture.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until golden brown.

Note: nextinge I will put in only 1tsp cinnamon and 1/4th a cup of white sugar

Won Tons

I made Won Tons tonight and they were really good.

This is how I made them.

The filling:
Cream cheese
Green onion
Salt, pepper
Garlic salt

in half of them I added some crab because T doesn't like crab or any sea food which is so sad.

To figure this out I just looked up some recipes on allrecipes.com and modified my own mixture to what I had available.

I also made the wrappers and this recipe I got off of allrecipes.com.

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, beat the egg. Mix in the water.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. Create a well in the center of the mixture and slowly pour in the egg and water. Mix well. If the mixture is too dry, increase the amount of water one teaspoon at a time until a pliable dough has formed.
3. On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough until elastic. Cut dough into two separate balls. Cover the balls with a damp cloth for a minimum of 10 minutes.
4. Cut each ball into four equal pieces. Roll the pieces into 10 1/2 by 10 1/2 inch squares. Cut each into nine 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 inch squares. Use in any recipe that calls for wonton wrappers.

I deep fried them all and for my first attempt they turned out really good I think. Some broke open a bit and the filling came out but it happens.

New decorations

I made a tree skirt and a table cloth these little additions just pull everything together.





The tree skirt is double sided.




I am loving all the sewing projects that I have been able to get done, and all the new things that I have been able to make.

Yeah Christmas is coming!

We decorated for Christmas some on Saturday.





It was so much fun to put up our first large Christmas tree and all the trimmings that we got last year, we also decorated the railing in our house.



I really enjoy this time of year when houses glow with the joy of Christmas lights and there is always something exciting going on.



Happy Holidays!


Sorry the pics are giant my blog is not uploading them correctly again so i have to get them from Facebook and apparently they are HUGE! (not any more I fixed the html thingy to make it a bit better)