Mr. & Mrs. Stevens

Monday, March 29, 2010

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A few weeks ago, or even maybe months, Catherine showed me a posting on a blog that was for something she thought I would enjoy. It was for one-ingredient ice cream. The one ingredient? Bananas!

Well, I had a few bananas that were turning brown so I stuck them in the freezer, for the purpose of testing this idea out.

Tonight I made banana ice cream!! It was SO good!!

I first had to peel the bananas which is very difficult while they are frozen. My thumb is still hurting from how cold it got.

Then I sliced them up and threw them in the food processor. I am sure a blender would work just as well.

I felt like it wasn't blending very well, so I added a little bit of milk (don't add too much or it will just be a milk shake). I'm not sure why, but I got the idea to add a tiny bit of vanilla too. I am glad I did! But, this being a "one-ingredient ice cream recipe", you can do without.

I processed it all together and oh my goodness!! Heaven!!

Growing up, I loved banana shakes. I would sometimes sneak down and simply mush a banana in to my ice cream. When I go to Cold Stone, I always get banana ice cream with bananas in it. Needless to say, I love bananas. Most people learn this about me fairly soon after meeting me.

I used 3 bananas, and it made a lot! I wound up putting about two-thirds in the freezer for another day!

The best part? I didn't feel an ounce of guilt while enjoying this heavenly treat. I mean, there is nothing in it that I should feel guilty about. Bananas? A tiny bit of milk? A tiny bit of vanilla?

I am very excited about this.

Dinner with the Newmans!!

Last Friday, KR and I went on a double date with the Newmans!! Leisl was my roommate last year in Northwoods and she got married to Andy over the Summer. I've missed living with her but I am so happy we're all married/getting married now! (Amanda and Zach- May 22nd and Sarah and Gabe- June 17th I think)

We first introduced them to one of our favorite restaurants: Pizza Pie Cafe! Unlimited salad, pizza of every flavor and dessert! We had a coupon too so it was great!
Afterward, we went to the BYU volleyabll game! KR and I hadn't even been to one all season yet! This is what we did almost weekly when we first met (well, not just us, the whole group would always go). It brought back some fun memories, and we had a blast cheering for the Cougars!

They had a blimp flying around, dropping out coupons for free ice cream. Well we were sitting up on the balcony seats and when it floated over to us, I saw one just hanging from it. I reached over and ripped it out! I took this picture right afterward, once it started floating away a little bit. See how close in my face it was??

Free ice cream? You would have done the same!

We had so much fun!

The game was LONG and we also wanted to stop by our friends Jared and Aimee's house for the Jazz game, so we left before we saw who won.

We have such great friends here! The one and only thing I will miss when we move is the people.

Wedding Plans!!

This weekend we made some more milestones in the wedding planning process! It feels good to be able to accomplish major things that have been previously stressing me out.
Saturday, we had a full day planned.
We went to the temple early in the morning. We only did baptisms because I am obviously not endowed yet. But it was the first time I had been in a long time, and the first time we had gone together. It was amazing. My heart just felt so full. I am so grateful for temples and I am grateful for a fiance to attend with.
I can't wait until we are married in the temple.

After the temple, we went to the mall to look at rings and suits for KR.
We found his ring!! It won't be a surprise at all, but we're still excited!

We shopped around some more, and then went to Bed Bath and Beyond to work on our registry. We had a blast picking out our plates and color schemes. This was the part that was originally overwhelming us, but Saturday, it just all came to us and we made a great team picking it all out.

After we stopped for Costa Vida pork burritos (yum) we went back to KR's apartment to watch the BYU game with the Bates Family! We looove hanging out with them! Even though BYU lost, and we were super sleepy (I admit I fell asleep. We were losing, so I wasn't as interested anymore), we had a good time.
After the game, we worked on more wedding plans. Every store that we had gone to informed us that it would be next to impossible to find a 3 piece suit in the Spring. We never even found anything to try on. Nothing was even close! So we looked online and on JCPenney's website,we found the perfect suit.

Monday we went to check out the suit and it was just as perfect in real life! We found a great shirt and tie to go with it and oh my goodness! KR looked SO handsome. He looked like a groom (very important, as opposed to looking like he was heading to church) and I couldn't stop smiling as I imagined him on our wedding day.
I am one lucky girl, I'm tellin' ya.
Oh and one more thing: every single item was on sale- 50% off or more! So we got a great deal!!

Tuesday, we went back to Target to work on our registry. We pretty much finished it off, with the exception of choosing our china.
But.
Then.
I started changing my mind about the color scheme we chose for our bedroom/bathroom. And the more he thought about it, I changed KR's mind too. So...
We have to undo all our bedding and linens. We have to go back to BBB and start over. It's ok, we're excited about our new color scheme, but it's just a hassle to go back. Oh well.
We're still excited.

So, things are still coming along. Of course we have plenty more to do, but we're just excited and enjoying this unique time in our lives!!

45 days to go. . . that's exactly one and a half months!!