Saturday, December 6, 2008

Picture Time!

So it's been a while since I have posted anything on the blog, mostly because of law school finals (which I should be studying for right now). But I figured we should add some pictures of the exciting non-law-school-final events of the recent weeks. First off, our table finally came, so now we have a place to eat! We were so excited that we took a picture with the box. As you'll notice, we're winners, because the box told us so.

Some folks in Sarah's family's ward started a tradition of having a pie party on Thanksgiving morning, where everyone brings a pie. Anyone who knows me knows that my priorities in life are as follows: (1) Sarah, (2) Pie, (3) Everything Else, so this was a pretty exciting event for me.

For Thanksgiving dinner at the Brutons, I was responsible for the Peterson family stuffing, and Sarah was responsible for the rolls. The rolls rocked, and Sarah did a great job, and I was so excited about my stuffing that I took a picture of it. Even my picky brother-in-law ate some, and he only likes rice!


Sarah got involved in a Gingerbread House competition at work, so we tried to think outside the box and stretch the bounds of the traditional gingerbread house to new heights. We came up with a gingerbread Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, which was pretty dang awesome. Sarah made the gingerbread from scratch (I helped by eating some), and then we cut out the pieces of gingerbread according to a complex posterboard model we built beforehand (I say complex because I even had to use a protractor). Also, we made that awesome snowman out of fondant frosting, and everything came out great.

Here's the more or less completed project, complete with reflecting pool! So those have been the highlights of the last few weeks. The rest of the time I have spent secluded in the bedroom pouring over unilateral agreements and forum non conveniens while Sarah watched Law & Order reruns all by her lonesome. Only two finals to go, and then I'm free!

3 comments:

Nicole Lloyd said...

Your gingerbread creations are awesome, I'm very impressed. :) Good luck with your finals Ryan, I think Tyler is pretty jealous you get to have yours over with before Christmas. I'm so sorry we couldn't make it down for Thanksgiving, we were both feeling pretty sad about that. I'm glad you had a good day. Hope to see you soon!

Corndog said...

Turkey Shmurky!...Thanks for re-defining the four essential ingredients of the perfect traditional Thanksgiving: Homemade Rolls, Cornbread Stuffing, A Plethora of Pies, and...
National Mounuments made out of Gingerbread!

Corndog said...

FYI
Symptoms of gingerbread overdose:
(1) Loss of spelling ability
(Make that "Monuments")
Thank You...