Ready for Bed

After a nice bath, a fuzzy pair of slippers and a bath robe, Zoey is ready for bed. In this picture she is telling me "make my bottle and put me to sleep NOW!"

Horray for Souffle!

This semester I am teaching ProStart 2, which is a professionally based class for students looking into the culinary industry. I love it because it is such a small class....only 6 senior boys, and we get to do a lot of cooking. Most days I just give each student a recipe, we put on the radio, they put on their chef jackets and we all just get to work. It's a great atmosphere for them and they are all relaxed and enjoy the class a lot. I enjoy the class a lot too!! It is nice to work at this level with students, really seeing them learn and knowing them and their capabilities. My other classes are just jammed packed with kids and it becomes more about babysitting and making sure they aren't hitting each other with wet towels! Lovely right?

Last week we tried to make a cheese souffle and they all came out bad!! So we did a little research (aka watched Alton Brown from Good Eats makes a souffle) and we tried again! This time we did Chocolate Souffle and they turned out great! This is a picture of them with their souffles.

Here is the recipe for anyone daring to try:

Ingredients
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
3 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons sugar
pinch salt
pinch cream of tartar
Directions
Heat oven to 375° F. Use 1 tablespoon of the butter to grease on 16-ounce or two 8-ounce ramekins. Coat the ramekins with the cocoa, tapping out the excess.
In a large bowl, over a pan of simmering water, melt the chocolate and remaining butter. Stir occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat and add the vanilla. Whisk in the yolks one at a time until smooth. Set aside.
In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites with the sugar, salt, and cream of tartar until stiff (but not dry) peaks form. Gently fold the egg-white mixture into the chocolate. Spoon into the ramekins. (The recipe can be made to this point up to 1 day ahead. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.)
Bake until puffed and set, 40 minutes for a 16-ounce soufflé, 20 minutes for two smaller ones. (If baked directly from the refrigerator, add 5 to 10 minutes.) Serve immediately with Custard Sauce.

Gog and Cak

Somehow Jake and I had a feeling mama and dada wouldn't be the first words Zoey would say. We were right. Zoey's first words are GOG (dog) and CAK (cat). We read a little book all the time that says how "little dogs go ruff ruff ruff" and "cats and kittens say 'meow' " Well, Linkin and our temporary cat (he is leaving us on Wed due to my allergies ) certainly do a lot of "ruffing" and "meowing" so whenever they do she says "GOG!!" or "CAK". It's pretty darn cute! We have yet to catch it on camera!

And no these are not my cute animals, but I wish they were!!

Together...

...Is my favorite place to be! Happy 3rd Anniversary To Us!

Our Trip To Utah

In August, we made a trip out to Utah! It was our last horrah of the summer...a summer we were not ready to part with! We got to do so many things while we were out there and it was so nice spending time with Jake's family and seeing his friends.

We got to attend Lindsay's wedding while we were there (my college roomie). The temple sealing was really beautiful and the whole day was perfect for her. It was the first sealing Jake and I have been to since we got married and I have never been in the Salt Lake temple, so it was a special day for us! We even got to go to the Macaroni Grill where we had our first date and also ate the night Jake proposed!

Linda is such a great Grandma and threw our upcoming arrival a little shower to help us get in the zone for having a boy! She is a pro when it comes to details and put so much thought into all of it. It was the perfect weather and great company and I'm glad we got to do that!

Zoey loved all the attention she got from Jake's cousins! She is so excited to have a brother to play with!!

While we were in Utah we got to go to the temple where we were sealed, got to go to some Education Week classes at BYU, got to see a bunch of Jake's friends and Jake got to go on a weekend camping trip with his buds, and Zoey got lots of love from Jake's family! It was really great!

We love you Nelson Family!!! Thanks for a great trip to end our summer!