Here are some of the pictures from protocol...a little late, but they're here:) we went to a fancy italian restaurant, which was difficult for me because at the time i was not eating any gluten, but i got a salad:) After dinner we went to a bowling alley and bowled for the rest of the night. we had a pretty good time:)

Maple Bacon Fried Rice

-Maple Bacon Fried Rice-

3-4 Tablespoons of butter

1/4 cup of chopped onions

1/4 cup raw bacon pieces (about 2-3 strips cut into small pieces)

3 Tablespoons of maple Syrup

A pinch of garlic salt

2 1/2 cups of cooked rice

3 tablespoons of soy sauce

Melt butter in a frying pan, add chopped onions, bacon and garlic salt. After they're sizzling nicely, add the maple syrup. When the bacon looks like it is begining to cook (about 2 or 3 minutes, stiring ocassionally) add rice. Drizzle soy sauce over the top. Let it simmer for about 3 minutes before eating. :)

my little shadow...

I find myself so lucky to have the cutest, sweetest little sister after my own heart.

i love chocolate...she loves chocolate
i love pink...she loves pink
i love dressing up...she loves dressing up
i love shoes...she loves shoes
i love doing my nails...she loves doing her nails (messy as it may be)
i love hugs...she loves hugs.

She is absolutely adorable.

Yesterday my stomach hurt and she says to me "Baranna, if your belly hurts i will give you a hug so it will feel better. will that make it feel better?"

Or today when she sayid to me... "baranna, i am your little girl and you are my big girl!"

I just can't get over her specialness (even if that is not a word).

She just always knows how to make my day and i can't imagine what my life would be like without her!

Erik came home for a visit this past weekend and we went and played tennis at a nearby park...it was fun:)

So, another thing i've been enjoying lately is going into scherer hall before drama practice and playing guitar/piano while singing with my friend katie!

the rest of the salt lake pictures...better late than never?

I know it is months too late...but here are the rest of my salt lake city pictures! everything from late night silly games and PF changs after a fun day/night in the city :)

salt lake city! :)

here are some of the pics i took while i was in salt lake city for two weeks:) it was a blast! super tiring though. i averaged between 4-5 hours of sleep every night! (if that) and it was fine at first...but after a while, it certainly catches up to you.
we had a great time there and it was definitely a learning experience, sometimes its good to go explore different missions stuff you can do. Throughout the week of teaching, almost 3000 children hear the gospel and 422 of them accepted Jesus. It was pretty cool:)

IEW

I was able to be a part of a convention for IEW from last thursday through saturday. It was a good experience, although my back hurt quite a bit from sitting on a stool and moving boxes the whole time. I'm home now and i'm glad i did it:)

ps. the flower in my hair was just a little thing for people to remember their friendly cashier by:)

dear nanny...pt3

more pictures!! me and alyssa...then me playing the guitar, some flowers i got when my wisdom teeth were taken out and the last one (cause i know you want to know why i'm dresses like the devil in church) is me pretending to be the devil who keeps throwing "baggage" back at someone who has a hard background. (i was helping alyssa blake with her bible lesson on a wednesday youth group night)

dear nanny...pt 2

this is just what i've been doing lately...me and micah...then ali..then my friend makalah:) (the strawberry pie concoction of mine is in the middle)

Dear Nanny...pt 1

dear nanny...i got my wisdom teeth out and this is how bad i looked! I could only eat babyfood and things from the food processor...eventually i could eat a noodle at a time...now i'm pretty much better:)

afternoon chat time

tuesday the 29th erik came over to chat before he left for disney world.(yesterday) we had fun:)

micah!

tuesday march 22nd micah henry was born:) 6 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches long.

Katherine's visit...part 3

All in all, we had loads of fun! She left on the 23rd and i already miss her bunches! love you kate and hope you can visit again soon :)

katherine's visit part 2

being the kind of girls who enjoy a good excuse to dress up, we dressed up all formal and me, kate, erik and cameron went to starbucks and god some coffee and just hung out. she curled my hair, did my make-up and made me look pretty:) It was awesome!