Unusual Welcome

We spent the weekend up in Heber working on the house. On Monday night I had to spend some time studying for my NCLEX so Colin decided to go on a walk around the block to see what the neighborhood was like at that time of night (8 pm). He was wearing his black hooded sweatshirt, with the hood on because it was chilly. Don't forget Colin is growing out his beard right now too so I guess he looked a little suspicious. Well as he was walking he saw a police beginning to follow him in his car. After several minutes of this the police turned his lights on and pulled Colin over. Can you imagine? You are out on a walk in your new neighborhood and get pulled over! Anyway the policeman asked Colin what he was doing, who he was, if he had i.d. on him. Colin just told him that we bought a house at the end of the street and was glad to know that we will be safe around here! He welcomed us to the neighborhood and sent Colin on his merry way. It turns out that the policeman lives on our street! How funny! It was a very unusual welcome but at least we can feel safe there, right?

Our First Home

It's official, we are homeowners! We drove up to our home in Heber City yesterday for the first time with the house being ours. We have come along way from our tiny basement apartment that had carpet in the kitchen (gross) and the bathroom (grosser) that we lived in our first year of marriage. It is a little unreal still but over time it will begin to feel more and more of our home as we get settled. It was great to start cleaning and putting some of our stuff away. The first pieces of furniture in our new home are the 2 lovesacs down in the basement! We are still staying at my dad's until after the holidays because we want time to paint and fix up things slowly but we will be up there often trying to get everything in order for moving day. We are excited for you to come visit! More pictures to come.

James Marchant (real estate agent) Colin and I, Byron Goates (mortgage broker)

Our real estate agent, James Marchant, handing us over our key

Fall - The best time of year

I love everything about this time of year; the color of the changing leaves, pulling out the sweaters for the colder weather, hot chocolate, apple cider, carmel apples, pumpkins, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, soups, the first snow! Kacy's birthday was last week (Oct. 14th) and we had her family dinner on a very fall day with the first snow of the season. We had hot soups on the stove, corn bread, salad and for dessert spice cake with carmel frosting (so good).  It was a perfect fall day.  Happy Birthday Kacy, I love you!

The carmel frosting came from the Magnolia bakery cookbook and I just used a regular spice cake box mix. I sprinkled toasted pecans on the top.  I cut this recipe in half and it was more the plenty.

Easy Carmel Frosting

2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

5 cups powdered sugar

1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup milk

2 TBS dark corn syrup

2 tsp vanilla extract

In a large bowl, on medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugars and beat on low speed for 2 minutes. Add the milk, syrup, and vanilla and beat until smooth and creamy, 3-5 minutes. Use immediatley or store, covered at room temperature for up to 2 days (this will make it a little less grainy from the brown sugar)

If you get an excuse to try it, please do, it is well worth it! Happy Fall!