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I love fancy things and desserts are no exception! When I was a young woman, Sister Diane Speece was in the YW presidency and one night for an activity she taught us how to make cream puffs. I hadn't made them in a long time and asked myself, "why not make them today?" So I did. I put some chocolate on them so are they eclairs now? I dunno, but they're yummy! 

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It had been so long since I've made creme brulee and yesterday seemed like the perfect day to make it!! Jesse got me a torch and ramekins for Christmas. Bekah came to visit and helped me make it.

I also made quiche! (Bekah made the crust though) It was my own recipe... so amazing! The green beans were also fabulous! Oh man I love cooking!

Part-Time

Before Christmas break I talked to the head of school to see if I could get my hours cut... the early hours and long commute have been taking their toll on me. Sleepless nights. Emotional break downs. Poor Jesse has been so great and patient, even giving up sleep for me. Anyway... last Friday the head of school came to me and told me that an assistant teacher wanted more hours and asked if I still wanted to fewer. I said yes!

Friday was my last day of working aftercare. I now work from 7:30-1:30 instead of 7:30-4. It's great to be home before Jesse and have dinner waiting for him! I forgot how much I love cooking and baking! Jesse's grateful too. :)

Christmasy Pictures

One night Jesse and I went to the Hallmark store to get our first ornaments for a tree....we came home with ornaments and a Willowtree nativity. It's was a great surprise! Thanks Jesse!! I love it. :)

I made chocolate chunk cookies (Jesse's favorite!) they were yummy!!!

I should let Jesse write about this, but I'll just give you the short version. Jesse bought this slab of osage orange lumber and helped my dad build this coffee table. :) The picture really doesn't do it justice. Come over and see it for real.

A Year To Remember

What a year was 2010! Here are some highlights:

January 9th: Jesse and I went on our first date.
January 30th: Jesse, Dad and I flew down to Florida.
January 31st: Jesse proposed!
February 13th: Jesse proposed again and gave me my ring.
End of March, beginning of April: We traveled with Jesse's parents to Alabama.
June 11th: The last day of my first year of teaching at Penn-Mont.
June 16th: Jesse and I were sealed!
June 20th: We traveled to Greenwich, CT and moved in with Jan. :) 
June 21st: I turned 25.
June 22nd: I started my 6 week training course at CMTE/NY in New Rochelle, NY.
August 5th-12th: We went to Bar Harbor, Maine on our honeymoon.
August 13th: Moved into our new apartment! 
August 30th: My first day teaching of my second year at Penn-Mont (in my new environment).
October 1st: Jesse turned 26!
October 3rd: I had to go to the ER due to an allergic reaction.
October 4th-8th: I missed a week of work because of hives. nasty nasty nasty
December 9th-12th: We traveled to White Plains, NY for a seminar for my training
December 16th: Our 6th month anniversary of being sealed.
December 23rd-Jan 2nd: Winter vacation! We've been sleeping in, hanging out, staying up late and enjoying each other's company!

Goodbye 2010! You're going to be hard to beat! :)

Christmas

I'm a little behind on this post... you would think with all the time I had this week I would have gotten around to it, but nope. :) So here ya go.

Christmas was surprisingly hard for me this year....Jesse and I decided to have our first Christmas on our own and I got really homesick on Christmas Eve. I even cried. And it didn't help that I called my family (who went to Meghan's) and I could hear them laughing and stuff and that set me off again. But my loving husband asked me if I wanted to go out on Christmas day instead of Boxing day. So we did! :)

I had a hard time sleeping on Christmas Eve... I woke up every hour I'm sure and almost woke Jesse up at 4am to go open presents, but I didn't. :) Jesse woke me up at 7.



Jesse and I planned on having KFC for Christmas dinner (just to be different and we couldn't decided on what we wanted), we picked it up on Christmas Eve and put it in the fridge. But since we were going to Meghan's we ate it for Christmas breakfast! :)

We surprised my family by showing up at Meghan's on Christmas day. Josh, Rachel, Andrew and Max pulled in the drive-way behind us (they went sled riding) and Max ran over to us and said, "Sarah! Hi, Sarah." He's so charming. Everyone else was sleeping.... so they weren't so excited except Maddie. She was down for her nap and I got to go get her out of bed. She looked at me and didn't recognize me, so I said I was Aunt Sarah and she got so excited! She calls me, "Sa." I picked her up and she hugged and squeezed me. Awh, it was so nice. :) Jesse came in after and I said it was Uncle Jesse and she wanted to go to him, she kept saying, "Jes-see" "Jes-see" she hugged and squeezed him too.  She is the sweetest!

We had a good time at Meghan's. Rachel got this game called, "Repeat Pete." Very fun, I recommend it to everyone. :)

We didn't take any pictures...I wish we had.