This is LOVE.

Casey REALLY likes uncrustables, but they are so gosh dang expensive!! They used to have them at costco which was nice but they don't anymore :(

The other day I decided I would try to make homemade uncrustables. I bought a loaf of bread and went at it. I even cut off the crust and tried to give the edges the rigdes. It took me about 15 minutes and I had made like 10 sandwiches... which casey will down in like 3 days. If that's not showing LOVE I don't know what is.

Forget Not

Forget not to be patient with yourself

Forget not the difference between a good sacrifice and a foolish sacrifice

Forget not to be happy now

Forget not the “why” of the gospel

Forget not that the Lord loves you


Thank-you, President Uchtdorf, I needed to hear this :)

Homemakers Anonymous

This was the first entry to our homemakers blog on Monday June 1, 2009:

"Once upon a time Jessica Day (a founder of this "club") texted me on my way home from my honeymoon and asked me if we could get together. This is significant cause such an act is unusual for Jessica. Of coarse I said yes and Jessica and Ashley joined me in planting a garden. The rest is history. We now have plans for the rest of forever to enrich our lives and do things a little out of the ordinary that will help us learn and grow. We will blog these activities and show everyone our progress and how much fun we are having being domestic and becoming better homemakers."

And some pictures from some of our early homemakers:




It's hard for me to put into words how much having homemakers has meant to me! I know that when most people get married it's hard to stay in touch with friends. Homemakers has been wonderful to still see my friends at least once a month, to catch up on thier lives and to try new things with. I also love that we have grown and after two and a half years, we are still going strong! Love you girls!

This is the most recent picture of us!


p.s miss you jessica!
p.s.s we need to be better about blogging on http://www.homemakers--anonymous.blogspot.com !!

WongggTonggg

So this past Sunday we went up to my parents house for Sunday dinner. It just occured to me that in the two and a half years we've been married, I think I have made Sunday dinner under a handful of times. We are very blessed to have family to close... we either go to my family's house or to Casey's. Anyways... so this past Sunday my mom made some chinese food with some wongtong's. I don't care what you say Mike- I will never call them wonton. It wasn't until Michael Hansen married into the family that we all learned the correct way to say (and spell for that matter) is wonton. Actually- I just looked on wikipedia and it says "also spelled wantan, wanton, or wuntun"... none of which are wongtong, but I don't care.

Wongtongs are a huge hit in the Godfrey home and don't last long. There was one Wongtong left and in situations like this in the past it has turned into an argument. I'm so proud of my husband for thinking of a very rational alternative. wink, wink.




Sitting at the table was Michele, my mom, my dad, myself and Casey. Casey said to everyone "Okay, think of a number between one and ten and if one of you gets it, you can have the wongtong. If you don't get it... the wongtong is mine". Uh... ok KC. We all played along and needless to say- KC was thrilled when no one said 3 and he won the wongtong. Let me tell ya, I married a GENIOUS! The real funny part is after this big dilema and number guessing game... my mom came out with a whole plate of fresh wongtongs that had just finished cooking. HAHA!

On another note, this week has been pretty busy, as usual, in the Houghton home. On monday night KC and I had a soccer game, tuesday Casey had a football game, last night Casey had a basketball game and then today I have a volleyball game. I think if on friday we fit some softball in... we've covered all the bases!

Also can I just say how much I LOVE WEDESDAYS!? Normally not the favorite- I know... but it's my day off work and I love it. I slept in, took my time to wake up, cleaned my house, went to the gym, went and had lunch with Casey then went to the temple with corrine, then got to do activity days, snuck in a little bachelor pad (yes, julie... this is for you) and then got to watch my honey play ball. Not bad.

I also want to talk a little bit about what we did for activity days. I had been thinking of this idea for a while now and was so excited that the girls LOVED it. We also had all the girls there... something I don't think has happened yet!

So after my parents built thier house last summer they had quite a bit of extra wood. Some of which was some baseboard that was already painted white and had a cool shape to it. Also last summer I switched out the knobs in our kitchen with some new black ones and so I had quite a few old knobs. Ever seen those cute knobby thingys at craft stores? Well- put some cute wood and a knob together and there you go!

The knobs were pretty beat up so I was able to teach the girls a little about spraypainting and they got to try it out. They got to pick between black, silver, yellow and pink. (sidenote- silver spraypaint dries super fast... yellow- not so much.) Most of the girls are young enough that thier little index finger wasn't quite strong enough to push down on the spray so I had to help them. Almost every craft we've done with these girls they kinda surprise me cause they do things that I didn't expect and would never do myself... but they have so much fun doing it which is the whole point.



I love my calling in my ward and I am so happy go be around these loving girls! After doing this for over a year, I'm finally starting to feel like i'm getting to know them a little better.

Shopping

I don't go shopping in actual stores very often... I buy almost EVERYTHING online. I don't know what I'd do without Amazon. I know that my sisters don't like shopping either. In Park City this past weekend, my sisters asked me to tell them more often when I find cute clothes for good prices. It got sparked by this shirt:



I found it on this website where everything is $15:

http://www.getheavenly.com/.

I also got two other shirts. It was pretty risky getting these things online, but I ended up LOVING all three (sorry- no pics for the other two). I have bought clothes online before from stores that I know my size cause i've been into their store... like Gap and American Eagle. While I think MOST clothes on this website are rather ugly.... some of them are cute. Like if I were to buy something else- which I am not cause I really shouldn't- I would get these:




My other lastest deal (It might not seem like it, but I really don't shop that often... promise) was on J. Crew sale. I know that I recently posted that one day when Casey and I are rich that I would shop at J Crew... well don't worry... we definately aren't there yet- but the prices for a few of the swim suits came down even more... and a 14 dollar swim suit is actually in my budget and hard to pass up. I told Andrea about this one, she got the same one in green :). We already have two other matching swim suits... so when we go on our cruise to Cabo, we will have to coordinate!



I also got this from j crew for 10 bucks. I like it because it has a little bit longer sleeves which us Godfrey girls like to cover our arms, and the gathering in the middle is also flattering.



There you have it sisters... I'll try better to tell ya more often ;)

Girls time out? Girly Week? Girls Bondange?

So us Godfrey girls had a really hard time naming our girly get-togethers. Apparently there are some pretty picky people when it comes to naming what we call it when we spend time together. First it was "Girls Time Out", but then someone felt like they were a child being put in time out. Then we were calling it "Girly Week", but then that is what my grandma and her sisters call it, and my mom wanted something different for our family. Then "Girls Bondage" was more of just a joke. Regardless, I had a really good time with my sisters his past weekend.

We went to Park City for the parade of homes. When we got there on friday the first thing we did was go shopping. That was halarious- most of us have different taste, different budgets and some just plain old hates shopping. Regardless, I think it went pretty well. Then for dinner we went to the Park City Medical Center cafeteria. Yep- we are in Park City and that's the hospital is the winner. Michele had eaten there quite a bit and apparently the chef there is really great. The cafeteria is extremely health oriented, which was kinda perfect for our family. I don't think i'd choose the hospital over loco lizard or schewan (i think that's how you spell it) on my next trip to PC, but it was pretty good. After dinner we went back to The Chateaux ( a way nice hotel my mom got for us) and went to the hot tub. It was fun and relaxing.






Then the next morning we went back to the hospital for breakfast and then hit up the parade of homes! This was my first parade of homes and I am kinda disappointed to report I may never to that again. At least never in Park City. I get pretty car sick and going up all the winding roads to get to all the houses, then getting in and out of the car, putting those dang booties on and off... ALL DAY... not my cup of tea. We were all exhausted by mid-day. I don't think it helped that I didn't love the style of the homes. They were all decorated basically the same- dark and neutrals. After a few houses I kinda felt like they were all the same. I much prefer brighter colors, with a lot of white.

I will say though... one day, no matter our financial circumstances, Kc and I will fit a shower with three shower heads into our budget. We could live in a condo forever, as long as we have a shower like this, I think we could be happy. I really feel like that would drastically improve our qaulity of life.








When my mom booked the hotel, she also got dinner for two at the Cena, the restaurant in the hotel. It was super fancy. Because Julie and Andrea are on diets, and my mom looked at the menu and didnt want anything (it was a lot of cheese which she is allergic to and fish which she doesn't like) Michele and I got to go to the restaurant. While it was really nice, I just wasn't all that impressed. For my appetizer I got this pesto/fresh mozerella/tomato salad that was good... but my mother in law makes something similar... but better. Then for my main dish because there was a lack of anything better- I got chicken parmesan which was OK. The noodles just tasted greasy and the tomatoes looked sketchy. I think i'm messed up for life cause I compare every dish to Chicken Marsala from Cheesecake Factory and really- nothing can beat that. After not being very impressed, its a good thing our $80 bill was taken care of by the hotel! Note to self: If i'm ever super rich... remember i'm just as happy - possibly happier- with the smoking apple/texas roadhouse/olive garden and of coarse, CheeseCake Factory.






After dinner on Saturday night, we met back up with Andrea, Julie and my mom who had gone into town and went and got Ice Cream on mainstreet in Park City. After that we went back to the hotel and honestly- basically fell asleep.

A special Thanks to my mom for getting such a nice hotel and putting it all together! It was a fun weekend... no matter what we call it ;)

Another reason to get married in the temple.