Fall Time!

I have always loved Fall! Even though I am not a fan of the cold, it has always been one of my favorite seasons. The leaves are so pretty that I decided that Eric and I needed to have our pictures taken up the canyon. I know we got married 6 months ago so recently we have done engagement, bridal, and wedding pictures but now it is time for Christmas card pictures. My cute little sister Morgan is super into photography so she took our pictures for us. They turned out super cute. I know people don't really do Christmas cards after they get married but I wanted to start early keeping in touch with family, friends, and the people that Eric served with in the mission field. 

Now the time comes to pick out the one for the Christmas card. I don't know why us as women get so worked up over the picture and the card. Especially this year I shouldn't worry so much. They are only going out to 100 people and a good portion of that is family but I guess it's a girl thing. 

The other reason I love Fall is all of the yummy soups. Eric loves soup when it is cold at night but I usually buy the packets that take like 20 minutes and then it is all made. I decided last week that I was going to make taco soup. I called my mother-in-law for her recipe and it was so yummy. It took forever to make but Eric and I ate it for 2 nights so it was worth it. It was a super easy recipe. You just dump cans of stuff in but letting it cook is what took forever. I bought some corn bread from Great Harvest. They have corn bread on Tuesdays. Eric would rather have homemade but Great Harvest was fast so that cut it this time. Oh and of course, styrofoam cups for our cherry sprite or diet coke so they stay cold longer and don't leak everywhere. It was a yummy dinner! 

Ann Romney's new cookbook is great! My mom bought it and my mom usually doesn't cook. She made awesome meat loaf though last Sunday and Eric and I were blown away by it. It was so good that Eric was asking if I could make it all week. Finally on Saturday, I made him meat loaf. He ate 3 loaves of it in 24 hours. I couldn't believe it! I ate one loaf in 2 days. I don't love it as much as he does but meat loaf is his favorite thing so I guess we will be having it quite often. It is super easy to make! Ann was on Jay Leno and made the meat loaf. Check it out.. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H965lduF518

I told Eric's mom that I wanted this cookbook for Christmas. I like the way that Ann thinks. Easy, fast, and yummy! That is my way of cooking. 

The last thing that was so great this week is that I found my pumpkin marshmallows and pumpkin spice hot chocolate for Fall time. Every year I look forward to this stuff coming out. Eric thinks it is disgusting and he likes the normal milk chocolate stuff but this stuff is yummy for a change. On cold nights or mornings this is the stuff to drink!