I'm a few decades late!

You Belong in 1958

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

What Year Do You Belong In?

For Preparing Gospel lessons:

So Mark and I have to speak in Church Sunday...no surprise, being new in the ward. I've been working on my talk (on Service if you have any great stories to contribute) and I've been searching lds.org for material but not really finding what I was looking for. Anyway, I finally had inspiration and I remembered about this BYU website I haven't used for a long time but it is so cool...I would try to describe it but the web site has it's own description that is much better:

"This index links from scriptures to the general conference talks and Journal of Discourses speeches that cite those scriptures. So, for example, suppose you want to know who has cited 1 Ne. 3:7 in general conference; click on the Book of Mormon link at the left and scroll down to 1 Ne. 3; there you'll find the answer. Who has quoted Matt. 5:48? Use the New Testament index to find out. We have indexed the scriptures cited by speakers in LDS General Conference between 1942 and the present, and those cited by speakers recorded in the Journal of Discourses between 1839 and 1886. You can sort the citation index by scripture (the default), by speaker, or by date of citation."

What a great tool! Now I'm off to finish my talk and I'm sure I'll have better success. Here is the website:

BYU Scriptural Index

Enjoy!

August All at Once

Finally I found my camera & can post pictures of everything we've been up to!!! Get ready...there's a bunch!

At the classic car show Dress-ups are always a big hit
swimming party with friends


Let's go camping!
Emily found time between unpacking boxes to make bread
Josh's first day of Second Grade

Guy Smiley

Holly's first day of Kindergarten!

Playing in the mud in the front yard...


View of the house...everything's done but the yard

Camera...missing in action

Well, we are searching for our camera. We last had in on Monday (Holly's first day of Kindergarten). But with more unpacking & a camping trip since then we hope it is only misplaced & not lost. Anyway, without more pictures to post, I will finally get around to this...

TAGGED (AGAIN)

1. What is your/his name? Mark & Emily Bishop
2. Who eats more? I'm sure I do...especially since I'm still nursing. He probably eats more at mealtime, but I'm a big grazer so overall I probably win.
3. Who said I love you first? He did and I had no problem saying it right back!
4. Who is taller? He is by about six inches
5. Who is smarter? He has a Master's degree so he did more school but I definitely have some smarts too :-)
6. Who is more sensitive? It probably depends on the day. He is really in tune so I look up to him for that.
7. Who does the laundry? Me...always...although I hate ironing and will often bribe him to do that portion
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do
9. Who pays the bills? I do...well he earns the money but I'm definitely the financial manager of the family.
10. Who cooks more? Me...I love to cook! He makes lunch a lot for the kids when he is home tho.
11. What meals do you cook together? When we go camping or to the cabin it is a joint effort, usually.
12. Who is more stubborn? It depends on the issue. We can both hold our own!
13. Who is first to admit when they are wrong? Mark is so humble and good at asking for forgiveness and I am more prone to the silent treatment so he definitely wins this one.
14. Who has more siblings? He does (odelst of 8, I'm baby of 6)
15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? I think we are a great team so I guess we share the pants.
16. What do you like to do together? Camping, games, projects,
17. Who eats more sweets? He does more pigging out when it comes to treats, but I'm more constant so probably me. Plus I do the shopping and know where to hide them!
18. Guilty pleasures? Chips and salsa or dark chocolate
19. How did you meet? we met at a FHE in a BYU ward...got engaged 3 weeks later (nice statistic, huh?)
20. Who asked who out first? I asked Mark to go to Sundance Theater with me
21. Who kissed who first? It takes two to kiss, right? It was a joint effort but since he's taller he has to bend his head down so I guess he did
22. Who proposed? He did the official proposal up at his family's cabin - a scavenger hunt including the ring, roses and a cooler full of chips and salsa (he knows my weakness!)
23. What is your/his best feature? He would say my eyes and I would say his eyes
24. What is your/his best quality? His integrity...

Whew! I'm not tagging anyone but if you feel like doing it go for it!

We're still alive!

I know it's been forever since I've posted...we have finally moved into our house (which we totally love!) and are busy trying to get settled. Combine that with four young kids, school starting, and a flood in the basement (more on that later) and I haven't exactly been sitting at the computer much. I will update photos and info soon. Stay tuned!

House Update!!

Finally! I have been asked over and over to post updates on the house...well, I finally took my camera and although there's still lots to be done here is a preview. The exterior is almost all the way done - there will be a black railing on the porch and lights on the sides of the garage. Mark is also going to put in a post light in the yard. And of course landscaping but that will come after we move in.Here is my dining room chandelier
a picture of the living room (don't mind the dust the girls stirred up sweeping) You can see on the left is where the french doors go into the office
a picture of the bathroom cabinets - the picture doesn't do them justice they are really cute knotty alder painted a rusty red color with sanded edges
Master bath
Fireplace in the downstairs family room - still missing some components
We are going to paint some accent walls & do a tile backsplash in the kitchen but here is an idea of what we have:
Here you can see through back into the locker area
There will be glass doors on the open one right there
I love my hood!

We're also going to paint accent walls here and there through the house after we move in. We of course need to still do window treatments too. Carpet is scheduled to start tomorrow and we are crossing our fingers that we pass inspection and can move in Friday and Saturday! Hooray!

Thirsty?

Family Reunion

We had another fun family reunion this past week up in Midway, UT. Emily's whole family was able to be there and it was lots of fun visiting, games, crafts, & of course food. We did some fun geocaching, slide shows, movies, ledge jumping, & bug hunting too. We love you Horton family!

Ouch!

So Mark had a little accident last week while working on building the deck. He was walking down the plank (before the stairs were done) and the plank fell off the top deck and he went cartwheeling through the air and smacked his head on the deck...split his forehead right open. Luckily his brother was there helping and they washed it out good and got butterflies on it right away. It was a toss-up if he needed stitches or not so he didn't, and now a week or so later it is healing up so nice - lucky! Here are pics of the injury a day or so later...

Bread again

So here is the recipe for homemade bread I got the other night...the secret is the liquid lecithin (available at health food stores). It replaces the oil in the bread and has a great shelf life so it's perfect for food storage. Plus it's made from soy...

10 1/2 white bread flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon salt
3 rounded tablespoons saf-instant yeast
3 tablespoons liquid lecithin (squeeze directly into bowl...do not measure...too sticky!)
4 cups hot tap water

Mix dry ingredients. Add lecithin and water. Mix for 1 minute and check consistency. If dough is too dry, add more water. If dough is too moist, add more flour. (Should be a little sticky). Mix for 5 minutes. Do not add water or flour to the dough after it has finished mixing. Spray counter and pans with PAM. Shape loaves and cover with a dish towel. Let raise 25 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. This recipe makes four loaves of bread.

For whole wheat bread, use the same recipe but add one cup of warm applesauce as part of the hot tap water. Mix for ten minutes. Fresh ground flour from hard white wheat is best.
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This can be used for just about anything. With that said, even if it's the perfect recipe, it won't keep me from experimenting because I have a weakness for yummy artisan bread and I love trying new things. I found this great web community for amateur artisan bakers and bread enthusiasts:

THE FRESH LOAF

Enjoy!