Holiday baking!

I love this time of year and I particularly enjoy cooking all the yummy meals and goodies.

This year I tackled a turkey! My first ever. I had to cook one last minute for our ward Christmas party because someone was unable to. So, it was the night before the party and I had a frozen turkey on my counter- I panicked a little. Luckily my mother in law came to the rescue and walked me through it- it turned out perfect!

The Turkey

I did the "turkey in a bag method"- way easy. I brushed it with butter, rubbed a mixture of rosemary, thyme, and salt n pepper, and laid it on a bed of onions and celery. I finished it off by sprinkling it with paprika for even browning. It was so yummy!

The Red Velvet Trifle

This is my latest creation. I kinda made it up as I went but its going to be so good.

Recipe:

1 Red Velvet Cake- I cheated and just did a box mix

Bake and cut cake into 3 layers

Middle layers:

1 box of Cheesecake pudding

2 c. milk

8 oz. cream cheese

1-2 c. whipped cream

Top layer:

8 oz. cream cheese

2-3 c. whipped cream

3/4 c. powdered sugar.

Top with fresh raspberries and white chocolate chips

(I also did this in the middle too)

2 year anniversary

I can't believe that we are already celebrating our 2nd anniversary. What a crazy two years it's been. We have gone through 4 moves, several apartments, 3 states, new jobs, a new house, and are now expecting our first baby. We are so happy and feel extremely blessed for all that we have!

Little Gunner

I know it is kinda hard to see but.... you can make out baby's head (at the top) and side profile of the face with its' little body and the umbilical cord (on the bottom)! You can kinda even see the little face!

I had my first OB appointment this morning and I was very excited to finally hear the heartbeat. I am only 10 weeks and the doctor couldn't get the heartbeat on the doppler- sometimes they are just to little to pickup. I was pretty bummed. My doctor only does one ultrasound at 20 weeks- which is when you find out the sex and most insurance companies only pay for 1 ultrasound. Lucky for me- my husband happens to be a doctor. He knew I was bumming so he asked he attending (the doctor he reports to) if I could come down the the clinic that day and get an ultrasound since he was there anyway. His attending didn't mind a bit and I got to go right in and have Jimmy give the ultrasound. It was neat for it to just be Jimmy and I in the room looking at our tiny babe on the screen. We took a few pics and then I was on my way! It was just a relief to see the baby and to know that yep- there is really one in there!

Christmas Joy!

I was so excited to decorate for Christmas this year...

and to start all the yummy holiday baking!

Too bad I will probably just throw it up