Our 1st Football Game

My uncle Gary gave Chad and I his BYU football tickets for Fridays game. Neither of us had either been to a BYU game so we gladly accepted the offer. We sat on the 5th row behind the goal post.

During the game, we heard a BYU worker on the field say to the front row, "get ready to pull out your Wells Fargo credit card." Once we heard that, I frantically shuffled through my purse and grabbed it. Right as I handed it to Chad, they announced over the intercom that the first person to show their credit card wins $25. Chad stood up and started shaking the card. The camera immediately filmed Chad standing up and we won!! It was cool to see him on the huge screens!!

One of my favorite part of going to sports games, is the food. I have a hard time spending money on junk food at the grocery store, but for some reason, whenever we go to sports games, I always have to buy the junk food. I guess I like to think of it as part of the experience. So throughout the game, we both consumed footlong hot dogs, potato chips, rootbeer, churros and dip & dots. Pretty sure I gained 5 pounds tonight. Later during the game, we caught a t-shirt. It's been quite the night :)

BYU won 47-0. It was such a fun night!

Let's Bake!

You know how you go through hundreds of chocolate chip cookie recipes and none of them ever seem to be just the right one? Well maybe that's just me....but I finally found the PERFECT one! Usually I would keep secrets like this to myself, but it's so good, I want everyone to know! Enjoy!!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 1/3 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter)

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup walnuts, toasted, then coarsely chopped (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Have ready 2 ungreased baking sheets. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt onto a sheet of waxed paper; set aside.

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, cream the butter until fluffy and pale yellow. Add the granulated and brown sugars and continue beating until the mixture is no longer gritty when rubbed between your finger and thumb. 

Add the egg and vanilla and beat on low speed until blended, occasionally stopping the mixer and scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. 

Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix on low speed or stir with a wooden spoon just until blended. Add the chocolate chips and the walnuts, if using, mixing or stirring just until blended.

Shape the dough into 1-inch balls or drop by rounded tablespoons onto the baking sheets, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart.

Bake the cookies until golden brown around the edges, about 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool briefly on the pans on wire racks before transferring them to the racks to cool completely. 

Since it's just me and Chad at home, there is no way we are going to eat 3 dozen cookies. So, after I roll the dough into balls, instead of cooking all of them, I put the majority of the dough on a plate or in a freezer bag and stick it in the freezer. It makes it easy when you're carving a few, warm, delicious cookies. 

Another one of our favorites is to roll out the dough with a rolling pin and cut the dough into circles (trace a large cup). Drape it over the outside of a muffin tin and bake. Carefully remove the cookie from the pan and let it cool. Scoop ice cream into the cookie and you have just made yourself the most delicious, yummy and eatable bowl!

Little brother is growin up

Sean received his mission call yesterday. He has been called to serve in the Philippines Angeles mission. He reports to the MTC on January 2, 2013. It's weird to think that he's old enough to go on a mission...I'm getting old! It's crazy how fast time flies! I am so excited for him, he is going to be an amazing missionary!

Skyping the siblings. Thank goodness for technology!

Sean's cute friends!

Craft Day

Fall is just around the corner, which means it's time to pull out the Halloween decorations! Since we have only been married 2 months, we don't have a lot of decor. Thanks to the handy dandy pinterest, I was able to come up with a few ideas....

Date Night

I love Friday's for two reasons: 1. It's the weekend 2. Date night with Chad. This weekend we decided to treat ourselves to a fancy dinner at La Jolla Groves, one of our favorite restaurants. After dinner, we walked around the farmers market at the Riverwoods and listened to the local performer. It was such a great night!

Utah State Fair

We had the opportunity to go up to the Utah State Fair with our friends, Colby and Rashelle. It was mine and Chad's first time being to it. It was a great night filled with laughter, white trash booths & people, funnel cakes and delicious lemonade.

On our way back home, Colby and Rashelle were telling us about a killer vacation to Florida they just booked--$375= flight + 6 nights in a hotel. How could anyone pass up a deal like that?!? We booked our flight one hour later. 66 days until our awesome, random getaway! We couldn't be more excited!!!

I Married A Sweetheart...

Aren't these beautiful?! Chad surprised me with a dozen of roses at work. I am seriously the luckiest girl in the world. I love you Chad!!!

Labor Day

Every year on Labor day weekend, all the Weitzeil's go to our family cabin up in Oakley. There's always food, games and laughter. It's such a great getaway!

On Saturday, we drove down to Midway and spent the day at Swiss Days. I have been going to Swiss Days since I was a little girl. This was Chad's first time going......and it might be his last. He doesn't enjoy shopping ;) Lucky for him, the rain and thunderstorm kicked us out early. It was a fun day with the family!