The original plan for July 4, since I had to work Saturday morning, was for me to go to work, get off at 1:00, then we'd drive up to Logan. So we drove up to my work and discovered that I wasn't working that day after all. So we drove two hours up to Logan to spend time with the Cook family... and the other Cook family (both on Christian's side). First we went to Bryce and Karol's, ate breakfast/lunch and swam in their pool. Then we went to Bruce and Karla's (you'd think they were twins or something), ate some burgers and Christian swam in their pool (I was pooled out). We chilled awhile there, then went back to Bryce and Karol's to play games. We played Nerts, in which I discovered that I am very not good at card games that emphasize speed. Christian was pretty good. It was fun though, and we had a good time. We watched the Macy's fireworks show (in NYC) on TV and then drove two hours back home. It was about 1 AM before we got to bed.
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Hooray for finally finding our right ward! Last Sunday we looked up which ward we were assigned to on lds.org. But apparently it lied to us. So long story short, we ended up at the wrong ward at the wrong time (8:30, and we were complaining about how early it was). Luckily, the bishop of that ward told us where we were actually supposed to be. They (our assigned ward) meet in the same building, but half an hour earlier at 8:00 (God punishes those who complain). So this week we actually showed up to our assigned ward at 8:00. It was rough getting up (and staying awake) because of the activities of yesterday.
It's interesting because only in Utah have I ever been to a ward who didn't have sacrament meeting first. I guess it's because it's Utah where they have to maximize building usage because there are so many people. Two wards can meet at the same time if you do that, so six wards per day can meet in the same building. Our building was twice as large and had two chapels, which brings it up to a whopping 12 wards meeting in the same building on Sunday. And there are two more buildings just a few blocks away. Hooray for Provo, the Mormon capital of the world.
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Today for dinner we tried a recipe out of our new (to us) Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. I don't know whether it's because it was Fast Sunday or not, but we thought it was exceedingly delicious.
Basically you cook a few strips of bacon till they're crisp, then set them aside and use the bacon grease to saute a chopped medium onion. Then you add 2 cups of milk, 1 can of cream-of-mushroom soup, 2 cups of corn, 1 1/2 cups of chopped cooked potatoes, 1/2 tsp thyme, and a dash of pepper, and bring it all to a boil. Let it simmer for 2 minutes, then crumble the bacon and serve it on top of the soup.
We tried it and we decided we'd make a few changes: first, to use sweet corn, second, to crumble the bacon into the soup before serving it, and third, to add salt. It was a little lacking in the salt department. It makes 4 good-sized adult servings (it's very filling). And it's very tasty, everyone should try it. We did accidentally chop 2 whole large baked potatoes into the soup so ours was very potatoey. We decided to actually go with the recommended amount of potato next time.
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We hope everyone had a great 4th of July!
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