Our Fiesta!

Last Night Clint and I threw a fiesta to celebrate our new wedding/new apartment with our friends in Ohio who we missed at our wedding. We had so much fun! We had a great turn out and as Stephen said, "Wow there is a perfect mix of married, single, mormon and non-mormons, way to bridge the gap!" I took that to mean that our party was a sucess :) We made cafe-rio pork and chicken taco's, yum yum ( Recipe to follow) and I even made these cute little bride and groom pinatas. It was so good to see all of our friends, and to throw our first party together. I think everyone had a good time!
Our fiesta guests!
Let me introduce you to the Pinata Allreds. Aren't they cute? I had so much fun making them, I just love to make things, have I mentioned? Unfortunately I accidentally erased the picture of them while they were still intact, hence the fracture on my mid section. Ouch!
I think the pinata was the most fun part of our party! Our new neighbor, Amanda got to do the honors by taking at wack at the Mr. and Mrs. Her first pinata experience! I think she liked it. Rest in Peace Pinata Allreds! Thanks everyone for coming, we had a really fun time.


CAFE RIO STYLE PORK

this turned out really well, it tastes a lot like the real thing. Everyone raved. Thanks Sarah for the yummy recipe and tips :)

1 pork tenderloin ( 3-5 lbs)
20 oz of Coke
1 Cup brown sugar
1 bottle taco sauce (depending on how spice you like you pick the mild, med or hot) I used med.
1 T cumin
Garlic, salt and pepper

Put the pork tenderloin in the crock pot with a little water, maybe a 1/2 a cup, 2 T garlic and salt and pepper. Cook on low for about 5 hours.

After that is done, boil the coke, brown sugar, taco sauce and cumin in a sauce pan. Shred pork and add sauce, let it marinate on low for anywhere from 5 to 8 hours.

TOMATILLO DRESSING
1 pkg Hidden Valley Buttermilk Ranch Dressing mix
1 C buttermilk
1 C Mayo
1 to 2 tomatillos
1/2 to 1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 to 1/3 bunch cilantro, chopped
1/2 t lime juice
1/2 to 1 small jalapeno, seeds removed!

Put everything in a blender and mix until smooth.

Home Sweet Home!

Welcome to our humble abode! I just got everything put together and organized and its finally starting to feel like home. ( Clint thinks it looks like an art gallery, but to me that is home !) Since most of you will never make it out to visit, let me give you the tour: This is one of my favorite highlights. This amazing pillow was made for us by one of my BFF's Jen, who is probably the most creative person I know. Click on the picture to enlarge for detail. I love it! It makes our house so homey. You could probably get her to make you one although it would probably cost 5 million dollars because it is all stitched by hand! Gorgeous! It pays to be friends with artists. ( the orange pillows I made, I love to sew!)


I made these little ceramic balls years ago, but I think they add a nice little accent, don't you? And thanks to my sister Sarah for giving me this lovely bowl ;)
Have I mentioned how great it is to be friends with artists? Here is a little cluster of beauties.



And some details from our living room. Fresh flowers make everything look nice! Anyway, its been fun to decorate, and I am glad I have a husband who lets me do whatever I want! :)

Bad Baby Bunny

You may remember, Felix, the baby bunny who shares our backyard. Well it turns out that Felix and I have a little too much in common....
We both have a special fondness for tomatoes! I can't blame the little guy, they are delicious, but this bad baby bunny can't even wait for them to get ripe and juicy to devour our garden gems. In fact, Felix has proven himself to be a very greedy and gluttonous little furry guy. He will eat chuncks of one and then move right on to the next, without even finishing the first. Bad! For some reason, felix thinks our garden is an all you can eat veggie buffet. Since he is just a baby, I figure I can cut him a little slack, but now Clint and Felix are not so great of friends. In order to repair their relationship I put up a rabbit proof fence and so far it has worked wonders! Now we can still enjoy the little guys company. Some friendships are better with a little bit of distance, you know? Here is felix, off to greener pastures. He will still be able to eat our neighbors gardens so I don't feel too sorry for the little guy.

this above picture is how I left my garden when I came to utah for my wedding. I was so excited to see it when I came back and we even had fresh ripe cucumbers waiting for us! yumLook how much our garden has grown! Happy Gardening everyone!

What A Week!

Here we are at our wedding dinner Monday June29Here comes the happy newly married couple!

What a handsome guyBFF's! Me and Emmie


wow, it really is true, your wedding day is the happiest day of your life! the last couple of weeks have be packed with events and things to do but it all came together to form a very beautiful, happy day. When I finally saw clint after nearly three weeks away from each other at the bountiful temple (when I received my endowments) I was completely overjoyed and just cried. I missed him so much! from that point on the wedding festivities were non-stop. We had a lovely wedding dinner the evening before the wedding in Odgen, and it was so nice to be surrounded by our closest friends and family, we are so lucky to have so many people who care so much about us. The next morning, I woke up refreshed (thanks to Tylenol pm) and excited to get married. I wasn't even a bit nervous. Just excited. I got ready and headed to the temple, happy and eager to see my soon to be husband. Clint was waiting for us when we got there and he looked as cute as ever in his grey suit. After waiting for what seemed to be forever, we got our paperwork finished and got dressed for our wedding. Clint's grandpa was able be our sealer and it was a really beautiful ceremony. I was overwhelmed with joy to see my best friends and close family all so happy to see us get married. It was a lovely experience. What an exciting and powerful thing to be able to be sealed with the person you love most for all eternity. What a blessing! Really the best of my life. After the wedding and pictures we headed to the reception at my dad's house. It got a little stressful for a bit trying to put everything together in time for more pictures. The wind blew over some table and chairs so it was all a little hectic. I have to admit I turned into a little bridezilla for a short time trying to get things put together, now I look back and think I really didn't need to be so stressed, because everything turned out perfect and I do have to say I think we had the cutest little backyard wedding since I don't know when. Thanks so much to my family who worked tirelessly to get everything put together. My mom made 45 dozen cupcakes! Talks about a labor of love. My stepmom and I made all the flower arrangements the night before, so needless to say, it was a lot more work then having it at a reception center, but i thought it turned out PERFECT and so beautiful. The best part was being able to see and visit with so many friends and loved ones, people you never get the chance to see. It was honestly just so fun. Thanks to all my dear friends for coming and supporting us and helping to make our day so special. I will always look back on my wedding day with great fondness, and remember it as the happiest day of my life when I was able to be married forever to my sweetheart, Clint, the greatest person I know.

The Honeymooners

I think this picture is hilarious! I love clint's expression. what a silly guy! we stayed at the hotel monaco and they had these swanky robes and gave up complimentary sparkling cider. I would definitely recommend that hotel! so fun!



Pretend you don't notice Clint is wearing a Ute's t-shirt. That is what I did.
Ah zions! what a beautiful place! we both love the outdoors , so we figured this would be the perfect place for our mini honeymoon. I just wish we could have stayed longer! Clint had to be back for school, so we only had a few short days. But we had a great trip.here I am, using our first wedding present, and orange peeler. Although I prefer to use it on this lovely lemon! Clint thinks I am pretty wacky!

Here Comes the Bride

Now I can post some of my favorite bridals and not ruin Clint's suprise! I loved my wedding dress!