Food, Lights, And Other Happenings In Utah.

I couldn't resist stopping by the Mad Greek Cafe in Baker on the drive up and having one of their delicious gyros! • Franco and I tried some French cuisine at Gourmandise; I had the smashed chickpea and red bell pepper sandwich with avocado. Oh. My. Taste Buds. YUM! • Beautiful morning in Provo • my cousin Ed and Franco eating cereal and browsing the internet one lazy morning.

Whoa! Twice in one day. I may just be getting the blogging bug back again. We shall see :)

Though the pictures may illustrate otherwise, we did do more in Utah than just eat, though we did eat a lot, too. Pregnancy is so much more enjoyable when you actually have an appetite! We joke that Franco is having "sympathy pains" because he eats as much and whenever I do (probably more). Now that the holidays are over, though, we really have to rein in how much we eat and when. We don't want to end up having a twelve pound baby!

Besides being with family, here are a couple of highlights from our December 2011 Utah trip:

Temple Square in Salt Lake City is gorgeous all throughout the year, but especially at Christmastime. I was thrilled that it was only in the mid-40ºs the night we went! We expected much worse. Even if it had been a lot cooler outside, I'm sure it wouldn't have changed the magical atmosphere around the temple.

And finally some pictures of the lovely luncheon/baby shower my sister, aunts, cousins, and Bita, my grandmother, threw for us. I have the best family in the world!

Another Beginning.

Happy New Year!

January is here, believe it or not, and we're back in the regular routine of school, work, and normal life. We spent a wonderful Christmas with our families here in California, and then drove to Utah to spend the week after with my cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. It was the first trip to Utah where Franco and I were able to have a day just to ourselves to explore--it was awesome!

We had a late lunch in Salt Lake at Gourmandise, a French bakery & restaurant highly recommended by my cousins Ed and Rachel, followed by our first-ever visit inside the beautiful and huge Salt Lake temple. Wow! doesn't even begin to describe the detail in each room, not to mention the endless hallways, stairways, and rooms. We're grateful we could always ask a helpful temple worker which way to go or we very well could still be there trying to find a way out!

Despite the 12-hour-long drives to and from (which should have taken us only 8 hours...) it was a successful and relaxing trip. To our surprise, my family threw me a little baby shower luncheon and our baby boy received so many adorable clothes, blankets, and even some tiny mittens! I'm officially addicted to cute baby clothes. I may or may not have just spent the last few hours hunting for vintage rompers (rompers!) and cardigans on Etsy. It's a curse! But a curse I'm glad to have.

Franco and my mutual goals are simple this year: read the scriptures together daily, attend the temple at least once a month, and prepare our home and our hearts for the third little member of our family coming April 2012. Here's to a fantastical year!

Newfound

I've spent at least two hours today experimenting with actions in photoshop.

Oh my.

I am in love!

<3

San Diego How I love Thee

May 5, 2009. Erin Moffat attended the temple of San Diego for the first time prior to her & Kyle's wedding next month. The Moffat family, the Sawyer family, Kera, and I accompanied her on this beautiful, memorable day. I was glad to be a part of it! I took many, many pictures~here are a few. I love the San Diego temple!

Heaven On Earth

Franco's last final was on Wednesday night, December 10. He was soooo relieved! We both were. Thursday night we visited the L.A. temple. We did a session and walked around looking at the temple lights. We had company, Devin Christiansen. The temple was so relaxing and I felt very peaceful there. It truly is heaven on earth.We ate at Chili's after the temple. Franco was still in "physics mode" and thought he'd try a little trick: balancing two forks and a toothpick on a glass. He did it!

And was apparently really proud of it!