Bacon wrapped Pork Chops = Best Dinner Ever!

Corey and I went to Albertson's today to find something fun to eat for dinner and we found some thin pork chops and applewood smoked bacon. We were going to make bacon wrapped pork chops.. mmm... :) Paul called Corey just a little after we bought all of the ingredients and so we moved dinner over to his house :) I wrapped the pork chops in bacon and Corey grilled them. It was pretty much the most Wonderful dinner I have ever had! :) We had a great time making it together, it was a lot of fun :) We just wished we had made more :) It was pretty much the most Awesome dinner ever :) :) :)

Cookie :)

On my birthday, Martha got a new addition to the family: Cookie, a little Shih-Tzu :) She is an off white color and has a few little brown spots all over :) She is super sweet. She was a rescue dog. She belonged to an old lady, who died, and then lived with a family who were really mean to her so she is here with us because we will take good care of her. :) It was a little struggle to get her to pee outside and to not make Taffy feel left out, but she's a great addition. Everything works out great now. She is the laziest little dog EVER! haha. She sits on the bed until like 10 a.m. and then she moseys around and does things at her own time. When Martha walks into the house from after work she does this really cute triple "woof" to say hello. Overall, she's fun and we like her :)

Stephanie's 21st Birthday

Happy 21st Birthday to Me :) One of my favorite hobbies is to make layered cakes, So... I made my own  birthday cake! :) I experimented with fondant for the first time. I made it from scratch and so I had to buy stuff like glycerin and I had to boil it with the color and then add it to a large bowl of powdered sugar and mix it and knead it like dough. It was some pretty interesting stuff. I made a larger cake and a small cake. I had to level the cakes, frost them and layer them. It was a lot of fun rolling out the fondant, except for when it stuck to the counter, and putting it onto the cake. I made my own roses out of buttercream too. I think it turned out very pretty. The small cake was fun also, it was pink with white frosting saying "Happy 21st Steph."I definitely enjoy making my own cakes, but I think I won't be making my own fondant again because it was so difficult to work with.

The Fondant is pretty stretchy and sticky like playdough

Kneading the Fondant

Leveling the cake

Frosting the layered cake

The Final Product

The mini cake :)

Corey's Dad and Bonnie took us out to dinner the night before my birthday to Texas Roadhouse :) That was the restaurant that I told Corey I wanted to go eat at for my birthday and he listened. It was great, we had their wonderful rolls and food and had a lot of fun together. 

On the day of my birthday, Sunday, Corey took me to Petco and bought a new beta fish for me :) The last one he got me, Epsilon, died after 5 months and so he knew I needed a new one to keep me company in my dorm :) The fish we chose was red and purple, he is beautiful, and we named him Alpha, the Beta fish. Corey also bought this really pretty rock to go in the bowl with him. Alpha is a GREAT fish. He LOVES to eat his blood worms. He is JAWS and snaps at the worms. He has learned to know when he is getting fed and gets really excited. He practically jumps out of his bowl sometimes to eat the worms. He hides and sleeps by his rock too. He's great fun and very entertaining to watch :)

For the rest of my birthday, after Corey went to work, I spent time with my family. For my birthday present, Cami took a bunch of photos of me, kinda like taking senior pictures, because I hadn't had nice pictures taken in a while. I think they turned out great :) The purple button up shirt and purple jacket were a gift to me from Martha. They are made of a very soft fabric and are very cute. Cami did a great job of photographing me today, she and I had fun. All of these are from the train tracks in Lehi :) Here's a few of my favorites:

After that, I had dinner with Dad, Cami, Lexi, Jeremy, Ariana, and Ayden. We celebrated, sang happy birthday to me, and ate my green fondant cake. The fondant was so thick we had to cut into it with a knife to fit the candles into it haha :) It was great though because it kept the cake moist inside :)

A few days later, Mom took me out to dinner with Rickelle and Lexi. We went to my favorite restaurant, Red Robin. It was a lot of fun to see all of them and mom bought me a cute outfit of tan shorts and a white shirt. We had fun together, it was nice seeing them because I don't always get down to the Provo area much during school.

Corey, Martha and I ate the cute mini pink cake a few days later because we weren't able to have cake and ice cream together. It was fun because it was the perfect size for us.

Overall, I had a GREAT 21st birthday. Thanks to everyone who was a part of it for making it wonderful :)

U of U vs. BYU Rugby Game at Rio Tinto

This Saturday, Corey, Lexi and I went to the U of U vs. BYU Rugby Game at Rio Tinto Stadium. The ticket line was Extremely long so it took us a while to buy our tickets and to get into the stadium. We enjoyed watching the game, though. Corey narrated the game so Lexi and I would understand exactly what was going on and how the gamed worked. Although the U ended up losing 40 to 22, we had fun together and I bought a matching rugby shirt like Corey's.