FOOD!

I don't know about you, but you would definitely have mine and Blaine's attention after a title like that.
I love to bake. This is why I feel the need to make Baker jokes since I married Blaine Baker, and one day hope to open my own bakery, that will no doubt be called something witty and original like "Mrs. Baker's Bakery."

Anyways, in the past year or so I have become obsessed with recipe blogs, usually by LDS moms. Blaine affectionately refers to them all as "fatmom.com." I have a TON of them bookmarked on my computer and check my top 12 daily. Last summer, I even got to the point where I couldn't sleep as recipes ran through my mind, or I would dream about food.

This summer, we are staying home in Provo and I have actually had time to try some new recipes for dinner and most have been quite successful. Blaine thinks all of them are delicious though. I should have been taking pictures of them the whole time to compile the successes into my own cookbook, but I only started taking pictures today (which I'll put up later.)

Bonus! I also got to try 2 new cookie recipes this weekend. I made peanut butter chocolate chip cookies for my neighbor who had a baby, and I made ooey gooey chocolate cookies for my 2 cousins' farewell/homecoming party. I got these two off of the same recipe blog and they were both a success! (By the way, I don't throw that word out lightly. If I build up food in my mind and then am let down, it bothers me for longer than it does normal people)

Day Date

Very rarely do we go on dates during the day. On Saturdays we usually sleep late, wander around eating, doing homework, and running errands - then we go out in the evening. But last Saturday was different. With my impressive history connections, we went to a special viewing of The Conspirator - a movie about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Jordan Commons. It was interesting and we liked it. We even got a picture with President Lincoln.

Then because we were already there, we went to lunch at the Mayan - the ancient Mexican themed restaurant that looks like a giant tree house in the jungle with real divers diving into a pool. We went into it knowing the food was nasty, but we went for the decorations and fun experience.

Hopefully one day we can visit the real Mayan ruins. Because I love history, I justify the need for such exotic trips by calling them cultural and educational... which they are.

by the way - did anyone notice how dark my hair is?!? i guess that's what my new natural is...