PeanutButter Rum Pie

So, Ryan and I are starting a tradition where we bake a pie every Sunday. We've been planning on doing this for the past month or so and we've made a couple pies (and when I say "we" I mean me, with a very supportive Ryan) here and there, but now that I have all my pie baking supplies (thanks Mark and Kris:)) we're very motivated to have pie every Sunday. I'm a little late in posting, but last Sunday we made a Butterscotch Pie. 

Ryan got a 100% on his Book of Mormon test; it may sound like a gimme but those tests can be pretty specific and a little tricky. So, instead of baking another treat in addition to the pie we decided he'd pick what pie we'd make. He picked the Butterscotch Pie because he loves butterscotch. It sounded really good; all the flavor was going to come from the butter and scotch. But, we weren't going to buy scotch, especially just so we could have 1 tablespoon of scotch for our recipe. So, at the store I looked for either butterscotch flavoring or rum flavoring. I only found the imitation rum flavor; so that's what we used. 

Also, instead of grabbing vanilla sandwich cookies, I accidentally grabbed peanut butter sandwich cookies for the crust. I used them anyway and what we turned out with was a PeanutButter Rum Pie. It was soo good! We've decided it's going to be an Anderson classic. =) Every recipe in our pie cookbook calls for freshly whipped whipping cream; it makes all the difference.

SMILE!

This morning, we took Jared to Sears Portrait Studio to get his picture taken. It turned out to be a lot of fun and I think Jared enjoyed all the attention. He did very well and didn't drool too much. Ryan had to help him sit up in some of the pictures because he can't quite hold himself up yet. During the first picture, we actually tried having him sit by himself and he seemed like he was doing fine leaning forward and having his belly kind of prop him up. But, then he started crying, so we did the sitting poses at the very end and he did better with Ryan helping hold him. We got several cute pictures; it was very hard to pick which ones we wanted, but we managed. ;)
 http://www.SearsPhotos.com/ViewSharedAlbum.aspx?ShareID=b588d812-1fe8-470a-a836-8c4846ff150b  

Our little angel! :)

Sweet Surprise!

I had a pretty nice birthday today, I got some nice phone calls and got to spend the whole day having fun with Ryan and Jared. Except for when Ryan had to leave around two to go meet up with a school friend to work on a project, or so I thought. He came home about two and a half hours later with his 'project.'

 He had borrowed his friends kitchen to work on a cake for me. Ryan asked me if I could pick out something for dessert for when we were finished with dinner. While I was picking something, he ran out to the car and brought in this cake. I was definitely not expecting it, especially after he told me all about the long day he had had of working on homework and needing to come home and work on some more homework. I was very presently surprised. What a sweetheart!! I have the best Valentine for a husband! =)

Now that I'm 21 I can:

Be elected as a Member of Parliament, local councilor or a mayor (not really part of my life plan :7)

Adopt a child (not against it, but probably not going to happen)

Hold an airline transport pilot's license for an airplane, helicopter and gyroplane (that'd be cool!)

Apply for a provisional license to drive a large passenger vehicle or heavy goods vehicle (hmmm...)

Supervise a learner driver (providing you have held a full license for the same type of vehicle for at least

three years) (that might be useful)

Oh, and I can drink (puke!)

But, most importantly, I can drive the young women around and chauffeur!!! Finally!!!!

This Weekend

This weekend, we had a lot of fun celebrating for my birthday and for our anniversary, and I guess a little for Valentine's Day. Friday evening, Ryan and I went up town to a Super 8 to have some vacation time and a relaxing dinner together. Mark and Kris were so nice to come down and baby-sit Jared for us for the night. This was our first time having Jared baby-sat overnight.

Ryan seemed fine, but I have to admit, I really missed him. Luckily we had our camera handy to look at pictures; but I think that almost made it worse. In the morning, Mark and Kris came with Jared to the hotel so we could take him swimming for the first time. 

The pool was heated and it was soo nice and warm. I think that got to Jared, because it wasn't too long before he had fallen asleep in my arms.

Later, we went out to lunch with some friends and then met Mark and Kris on campus to go to a basketball game, Jared's first BYU game. BYU vs. Pepperdine.

 Of course, he took a nap during most of it.

 It was a good game! We then went back to the house where Kris made us some delicious melting chocolate cake and ice cream, like they serve on the cruises. :)

 Yesterday, was actually our second anniversary. I spoke in church and Ryan gave a lesson, but once we were home we celebrated by doing our taxes. ;)

Yogurtland was giving away frozen yogurt, if BYU made at least 80 points (which they did), to anyone who brought in their ticket stubs. So, today we got some yummy frozen yogurt. :)

That was our weekend and it was great! And tomorrow I'll be 21!!! Yay!!

Good morning Sunshine!

Jared sometimes, well usually, wakes up before us and then he just lays in his crib and babbles and plays until we come get him. This morning we found him like this. He had kicked off his blanket and was laying sideways. He often kicks off his blankets, but he usually stays in the same position we've laid him in. It was pretty funny to find him like this this morning. We're glad he's so comfortable in his crib.

Baby kisses :*

Jared's been learning some new things lately. One thing he's been learning how to do is give kisses. He just opens his baby mouth as wide as he can and leans in on your cheek. They're pretty slobbery, but soo cute. I love his baby kisses. Sometimes he'll get going and keep wanting to give kisses. They're so adorable.

I love being a mom! =)

Booster Seat!

Jared's been sitting in either his swing or his bouncer seat whenever he eats, but now he's trying out his booster seat. He's been sitting pretty well, lately, without much help, so I thought we could give it a try and he did pretty well. Just if he leans to one side or another he's not able to pull himself back up yet, so I a rolled up blanket on either side of him to help. I think he enjoyed it. I always give him his utensils to play with while he eats, and now that he has a table it's easy for him to drop them and pick them back up if he wants to.

For those of you who don't get to see Jared very often, here's a video.

That's our cute and silly little boy! :)

This Week

This week, I cut my thumb while slicing a slippery onion. It was pretty bad. I'm not going to post any pictures, but it's doing a lot better now. Also, I made a banana cream pie. Ryan really likes them. I gave him a whole list of treats to pick from, for me to make, and instead of picking something from the list, he picked banana cream pie (one of my laurels is big into baking and she'd be upset if she caught me calling it a pie, because technically it's a custard, but w/e ;P). This time I made it with the pudding mix and a gram cracker crust. Last time I made it completely from scratch. Nothing beats a banana cream pie made from scratch, but this one was also pretty good. Also, Ryan's been working really hard on polishing up his resume and sending it out, along with applications for different internships. He's going to a Career and Internship Fair for engineers, on campus, this evening. We'll see how it goes! :)