Because Daniel's not here to defend himself...

Once upon a Sunday, Daniel decided to make eclairs. He (quite ingeniously I might add) waited until Mom and Dad had left the house so he could turn on the oven... :) Daniel has a passion for cooking. However, that passion is struck down when the oven heats up the house past a livable temperature. Hence the wait. 

Anyway, back to the story...

Once upon a Sunday, Daniel decided to make eclairs. He decided to use the microwave instead of the stove to prevent too much heat. He failed to read the entire recipe and realize that heat was kind of essential in later parts of the eclair process. So, he got to the end and it didn't look like it was supposed to...

Oh dear... 

So, we decided to make up a cake, since it looked more like cake batter than anything else. We sliced bananas and put them on top, then coated it in a layer of pudding. (Anything covered in pudding is good!)

It looked like this:

It was a VERY thick, heavy, egg-ey cake, though. More like an egg-ey brownie. Except it wasn't brown, it was white. So it lovingly got named Baghyties. (Bag-eyé-tees) That is short for Banana-Egg-Whities. 

Daniel ate a lot of them.

Me and Nina enjoyed them.

(For the nutritional value of eggs, please see this link:  Eggs )

Good friends, good times!

This last week has been one that has reminded us of the wonderful blessing of friends in our lives. Last Sunday, John called 2 new counselors into his bishopric. His previous counselors from the last 2 years are both moving. Lots of love and best wishes to the Schows and the Bests! We had the old and new bishopric over for homemade ice cream and cookies. After almost everyone left, we were able to enjoy a wonderful walk with Cooper, Amanda, and their 3 boys. They were kind enough to remind us of some wonderful memories we have shared over the last 2 years. We will miss them dearly!

On our walk:

Taylor and Benson:

Part two of our great week occurred Friday evening, after a hysterical evening at Pickleville. The Passey family, who became my Belgian family away from home, was in Garden City for a family reunion! I was able to sneak up and say a quick hi before they snuck back out of the country! It was so much fun to see them again! 

Dave and Beth:

With Julia, my VeggieTale partner in crime!

New Addition!

Meet the newest member of the Carter family...

Roxy bought a 1998 Volkswagon Jetta! 

So far: 

*We've packed the whole family (minus Toph) into it to drive to the pool,

*Nina and Roxy went "cruising" up Logan Canyon (and boy does it handle those curves well!),

*Its been lovingly nicknamed "Little Mafia"

Pretty, huh?

Living the Dream...

Tonight, Dad and I had the most wonderful Daddy/Daughter date EVER!

We went and saw the Police. That's right: Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers, and STING! Live!

They sang all the favorites, including Roxanne. :)

What a WONDERFUL evening!

I Hope They Call Me On A Mission...

Ha! I bet you thought Christopher got a call. Well, not quite... 

Just thought we'd share a picture of a modern missionary, 

just over 21 years old, 

serving as a Bishop on a bicycle... :)

Check out that smile... 

Thanks for all your hard work, Dad! :) We love you!

Packed Weekend!

I was fortunate enough to have my dear friend Alana come up for the 4th of July weekend! :) We had a blast watching the fireworks, screaming at the Styx concert, and wakeboarding until we were sore! :)

Alana brought me BYU Creamery Chocolate Milk (it was good, even though it says BYU on the outside) so I was delighted to introduce Alana to Aggie Ice Cream! She got the true experience, trying the Aggie Blue Mint Ice Cream. I'm hungry just thinking about it...

Saturday night we went to see  Toph in Pickleville Playhouse's performance of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Holy smokes, that show is HYSTERICAL! :) Toph got us great seats (thanks, kiddo) and we had a splendid time taking pictures before and after the show...

(I love, for no reason at all, posting pictures of people making faces...)

Christopher plays a Chinese guy named Ching Ho. That's right, the tallest member of the cast plays the Chinese guy...ahem.

Alana and I with Ching Ho...

Toph let me play with his wig. Props to Alana for catching this on camera...

Me and Ching Ho...

There is a part in the play where 2 girls pose for their mug shots. Alana and I just started laughing, because that would totally be us. Toph let us go back stage and pretend to get this shot, so we wouldn't have to find an alternative way to get it... :)

Alana's birthday is on Tuesday. Daniel and Dad made her a delicious chocolate cake to celebrate before she left on Sunday!

Happy Birthday Alana!

It was so fun having Alana up for the weekend! Here's the whole party crew... (look how tall those boys are getting!)

Home Safe

Just a quick note that the "girls" are home safe. Had fun picking them up and making them feel loved at the airport!
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