You asked for it, so here it is!

Here's the recipe's everyone's been asking for.

BLACK FOREST TRIFLE
1 Package (9oz) Devil's Food Cake mix (plus ingredients to make cake)
2 Bars (1.55 oz each) Milk Chocolate candy, divided
1 Can (30 oz) Cherry Pie Filling
1 Teaspoon Almond Extract
1/2 Cup Cranberry Cherry Juice
2 Cups Cold Milk
2 Packages (3.3 oz each) White Chocolate Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 Container (8 oz) Frozen Whipped Topping, thawed

1- Preheat oven to 350. Prepare cake mix according to the package directions;
spread over the bottom of baking pan. Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick
inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely.

2- Loosen cake from sides of pan & put onto a cutting board. Cut cake into 1 inch
cubes; set aside. Chop 1 1/2 of chocolate bars. Save remaining chocolate for
garnish.

3- Combine cherry pie filling & almond extract in a bowl; remove 1/2 cup for
garnishing and set aside. Stir juice into cherry pie filling.

4- Pour milk into a seperate bowl; whisk in pudding mixture until it begins to
thicken. Fold in whipped topping.

5- Place half of the cake cubes in the bottom of a large bowl. Layer half of the
cherry pie filling mixture evenly over the cake cubes. Sprinkle with half of the
chopped chocolate; top with half of the pudding mixture, pressing lightly.
Repeat.

6- Garnish top of trifle with reserved cherry pie filling and chocolate candy bars
(made into curls). Refrigerate at least 30 minutes before serving.

Yield: 10 Servings


CHEESY VEGETABLE SOUP
4 to 5 Cups Cubed Potatos
2 Cups Sliced Carrots
1 to 2 Cups Chopped Celery
24oz Broccoli or 1 Floret
1 Cup Chopped Onion
2 Teaspoons Salt
2 1/2 Cups water
1/4 Cup Margarine
1/2 Cup Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Mustard
6 Chicken Bouilon Cubes, dissolved in 2 cups water
1 1/2 Cups Grated Cheese

Steam and Simmer potatos, carrots, celery, onions, and salt in the 2 1/2 cups water. Add broccoli and simmer 7 more minutes. Melt 1/4 cup margarine, add 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 teaspoon mustard. Cook until thick then add bouillon mixture. Allow to thicken again then add grated cheese. Add drained, cooked vegetables.

Serves 12 to 15

2 Weeks with Jonathan

Many of you already know that Jonathan had a two week break. It was awsome to have him here and the kids took to him amazingly well. Jonathan came in on Monday the 4th and then we stayed in the Honeymoon suite at Holliday Inn at an amazing rate ($60/night) thanks to my uncle, Thank you Uncle Roby! We stayed there for the first two nights he was here, then we met up with my sister and our kids at the Hurricane park. Faith was hesitant to go to Jon at first but he just had to take her down the slide a couple times then they were best friends. Logan of course went to him right away and without any hesitation. We ate out a lot and watched a lot of moves and played games. We also were able to get sealed for all time and eternity on the 15th, which was an amazing experiance. My mom had an open house at her home after we were sealed and lots of family on both sides came. Jonathan and I pulled an all nighter last night (he was afraid he wasn't going to wake up) and I took him to the St. George airport at 5am this morning. Sorry there are no pictures yet but Jonathan and I forgot to put the pictures on my computer so I have to wait for him to e-mail them to me, which won't be for a few days, but I'll have them up as soon as I get them.

I'd like to thank everyone who was able to come to our sealing for coming on such short notice. Thank you all for coming and supporting us, especially those who had to travel long distances and with newborns and small children. I hope you all made it home safely and I really hope to see you all again soon!

My mom's new dog

This is Tia, my mom's dog she got two weeks ago. Tia is a teacup yorkshire terrior (yorkie), she's only as big as Grandpa's shoes. She's a sweet little thing and loves to be around people. It's been fun having Tia around. Faith and Logan are pretty good around her and Tia loves to follow them around. Luckily everyone gets along, most of the time anyway.