I Can't Wait!

I am so excited that it has been cooler! I can't wait until the leaves start to change and the air is crisp and we break out the sweaters! I am sure we will still have plenty of days of heat, but I'm pulling out my fall decor today and getting ready for my favorite time of year! (And fashion!)

UNDER THE HARVEST MOON~Carl Sandburg
UNDER the harvest moon,
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over the garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker,
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.

Under the summer roses
When the flagrant crimson
Lurks in the dusk
Of the wild red leaves,
Love, with little hands,
Comes and touches you
With a thousand memories,
And asks you
Beautiful, unanswerable questions.

Our little beaver going to town on the Corn on the Cobb!

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Amazon Albums, the way to go

Francesca Battistelli's album "My Paper Heart" is only $5 on amazon downloads for a few more days. Just got it and love it!

Got Mud?

Me and cute Brittany got stuck driving up to Girls Camp! We were driving first of all on the wrong road (that map was bogus) and then it had rained the night before but the road looked dry, we weren't sure what to think but decided to go for it, I was jokingly like, "Watch it be quicksand and we totally sink!" Oh wait...we did. We both scream and then Brett was inspired to call my cell, we both somehow had service for that instance and he rescued us! Apparently it was a total washout with a couple inches of dry dirt on top and just feet of sludge beneath! Adventure! Gotta love it!

Also, here is a (bad) picture of the "mormon cricket" in the leaders (my) tent! At least 3 inches, I thought he was going to start talking to me like some mutated grasshopper from a movie! He found a new home in the fire. And no, we didn't eat him. So it rained like crazy, I slept in a puddle of water and woke up thinking "did I pee my pants, WHY am I wet?!" And we had to leave a day early because it would not stop raining! (We just had dutch oven dessert and testimony meeting with the bishopric that night at the church instead.)
Here is Brock with my girls:

My sig oth brought me home flowers!

Greek Pasta Salad

This is what I made for dinner tonight:
Orzo pasta (or whatever you have, I used mini wheels)
Bunch of fresh Spinach
Olives (I used an assortment of greek and green, just go to the olive bar at Harmons and load up on whatever!)
Artichoke hearts (I used 1 can non-marinated)
1/2 Red Pepper chopped
1/2 Green Bell pepper chopped
1/2 orange pepper chopped
1 cucumber chopped
Sundried tomatoes (Or you could use cherry tomatoes)
You can add red onion or broccolli or any vegetable you want, but I stopped here
Feta Cheese
about a cup cubed cooked chicken
Dressing:
1/2 cup EVOO (Extra-virgin Olive Oil)
Zest of one lemon
Juice of one lemon
1 TB balsamic vinegar
1 clove garlic minced
Then I used a handful of "Cavender's All Purpose Greek Seasoning" but you could do 1 tsp garlic powder, dill weed, oregano, etc. Marinate at least an hour.