{ I Had To Do It }

Okay I know Thanksgiving was only yesterday but I had to do it. That's right people I had to put up all my Christmas decorations. I am one of those people who would probably put up Christmas decor the day after Halloween if Geoff would let me! I LOVE THEM!! So needless to say my house is beginning to look ALOT like Christmas! Pictures to come soon!

{ Just For Fun }

{ Sorry about the fact that you can't read the journaling....my pics kinda turned out bad }

{ I Have A Secret...Shhh }

So randomly the other night I decided to watch this new show on the CW network called "Gossip Girl". This show sucked me right in, so much so that after it was over I HAD to go online and find the earlier episodes on the CW's website so I could be up to speed on what's going on. This show has so much scandal and drama how could you not like it? Plus it's got that cool girl from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! For real peeps you need to check it out if you have not done so already. It comes on on Wed. nights on the CW.

Live a Colorful Life......

Just A Quickie........

I'm In *L*O*V*E......

.....with this new Tide/Bounce/Downey Pure Essentials stuff. It smells so amazing! The White Lilac is the best, everyone needs to try it.

Cheesy Spinach and Artichoke Dip

Another fab recipe....gotta try it.

Cheesy Spinach and Artichoke Dip

1 can (14 oz.) artichoke hearts, drained, finely chopped
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained
3/4 cup KRAFT 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese
3/4 cup KRAFT Mayo Light Mayonnaise
1/2 cup KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese
1/2 tsp. garlic powder

PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Mix all ingredients until well blended.

SPOON into 9-inch pie plate or quiche dish.

BAKE 20 min. or until heated through.

Serve with toasted bread and/or crackers and assorted cut-up fresh vegetables.

Yummiest Pie Ever

So Geoff is selling peaches on his "off" days at the fire station, so needless to say we have A LOT a peaches at our house! Here is one of the best peach pie recipes I've come across thus far. The raspberries add just the right amount of "tart" to the combo. Yum.

Peach-A-Berry Pie

INGREDIENTS

4 cups fresh peaches - peeled, pitted and sliced
1 cup fresh raspberries
3/4 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 (9 inch) pie crusts
2 tablespoons butter, softened and cut into pieces
1 tablespoon coarse granulated sugar

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F

Place peaches and berries in a colander for about 15 minutes to drain any excess fluid , then transfer to a large bowl.

Gently toss with sugar, flour, and cinnamon.

Transfer to a pie crust.

Dot with butter, and top with remaining crust.

Cut vents in top crust, and sprinkle with coarse sugar.

Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until crust is golden brown.

Enjoy!

Introducing......

.....Carmella. She's the newest addition to our menagerie of animals. She's a cutie though, we picked her up from a breeder in Rigby.

ORANGE!!

That's right, Geoff and I painted our living room ORANGE. Now let me just tell you how much begging this took on my part. Geoff was convinvced that orange would look horrible. After much discussion he finally gave in, and guess what? We both LOVE IT!!

We are thinking of adding crown molding to the ceilings....What do you think about the color change/crown molding idea?

Yea...So I'm Friends With Rock Stars...

Geoff's cousins from Washington always come for the 4th of July and this year Geoff had just gotten Xbox 360 & Guitar Hero II for his birthday, so as you can imagine there was so pretty rock concerts happening all week long.......

4th of July Week....

We had a fantastic 4th of July week, yes you heard that right , 4th of July week. On Tuesday Geoff and I went to Warm River with his family that was in from out of town. It was a lot of fun to just relax and float the river. After we left the river we drove up to Mesa Falls and took some pictures and got eaten ALIVE by mosquitos. Yuck! It was a really fun day all in all! Of course we went to the Greenbelt for the actual 4th of July fireworks, which were great. Then to round out the week we went up to Heise to do a little swimming and sliding!

Dancing ballerinas.....cracks me up!

Geoff and his cousin Sam, from Washington.

Geoff little sister, Kelsey

Everybody better hold on....at least for one picture!

More dancing ballerinas

Another picture of Sam....what a crazy kid!