The best food in the world is in PARIS! We used to go "bakery hopping" with our allowance money. We'd go from bakery to bakery trying to find new pastries that we'd never eaten.
We ate crepes, of course, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the morning we often had yogurt, which came in a pack so you couldn't pick everyone's favorite flavors. There was ALWAYS a cherry, which noone wanted and we would always argue about who had to eat it. Dad would hide the yogurts behind a cereal box so no one knew. Whoever ended up getting it would whine enough that mom would pretend that Cherry was her favorite flavor....poor mom...
We used to make quiche, potatoes in a white sauce, fried potatoes and onions, and apple tarts alot. Melissa and Rachel were secretly trying to win the hearts of the elders by making them lots of apple tarts I think...
Once, Mom went on a trip back to the U.S. and brought back a whole box of american food. What a loot that was! It had mac and cheese sauce packets, brownie mixes, etc etc. We were so excited!
We ate alot of produce there. I think that's where we all got attached to fresh green beans. We also loved the asian pears. When our family bought spinach at the small produce grocer, we would wipe out the whole bin.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Memories of the Treehouse- Shelley
I remember begging dad to build us a treehouse in the aspen tree in the backyard. I don't think it was really an aspen tree, but that's what we called it. We used to drag bags of leaves up there in the fall to use as chairs. Sometimes we would drape blankets over the edges and branches to make tents. We often played a game where there was some sort of mysterious "monster" in the backyard. We lived in the treehouse, the only safe place of course, and had to avoid this monster and collect food (leaves and raspberries) while running away from the moster that inevitable chased us back to the treehouse.
The treehouse had a rope ladder that you had to climb to get up. Although it was anchored at the ground, it often twisted as you climbed and so we had to develop certain techniques to climb up (especially if you were in a hurry because the monster was coming!)
The treehouse had a rope ladder that you had to climb to get up. Although it was anchored at the ground, it often twisted as you climbed and so we had to develop certain techniques to climb up (especially if you were in a hurry because the monster was coming!)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Memories of Couples Meeting by Melissa
Craig & Melissa, Est. 2001
Part 1, "Before They Even Met the Magnets of Love Were Dragging Them Together"
Craig was on his mission in Puerto Rico when his fate was decided by a group of six giggly freshman girls.
Melissa was a freshman living in Helamen Halls, where she had made several close friends. They decided to all move into the same apartment the following fall, when they would no longer be freshman, and of course, would rather admit that they all wore padded bras rather than be caught living with next year's newbies.
They scoured every available apartment, but they were poor and had to be close enough to manage without vehicular transport, and so they were forced to settle on the bright pink Park Place Apartment complex. They trudged down to the apartment office one snowy January morning to sign their souls over to a Provo-style contract system. While waiting in line for the coveted opportunity to own one-sixth of an apartment for the next year (whether they lived there or not--or unless their "contract for sale signs" that they posted in the campus bathroom stalls actually worked), Melissa's friend Sarah Rasmussen announced that her brother and five of his friends would be returning from their missions in August, and had asked us to rent out an apartment for them as well. So the girls got their apartment (Park Place 10) and they forged six missionaries' signatures for another apartment two doors down (Park Place 8). As they committed forgery, they laughed and wondered if any of them would end up marrying any of these strangers (Jake, Clint, Craig, Tyler, Eric, or Paul).
Little did they know that what was to come of these strange guys living two doors down would keep Melissa laughing and enjoying life, make Caryn the first bride of the group, make an ex-girlfriend glare down from her bedroom window, and cause Sarah to throw a tantrum--kicking, screaming, crying, and cursing--on her bedroom floor.
Part 1, "Before They Even Met the Magnets of Love Were Dragging Them Together"
Craig was on his mission in Puerto Rico when his fate was decided by a group of six giggly freshman girls.
Melissa was a freshman living in Helamen Halls, where she had made several close friends. They decided to all move into the same apartment the following fall, when they would no longer be freshman, and of course, would rather admit that they all wore padded bras rather than be caught living with next year's newbies.
They scoured every available apartment, but they were poor and had to be close enough to manage without vehicular transport, and so they were forced to settle on the bright pink Park Place Apartment complex. They trudged down to the apartment office one snowy January morning to sign their souls over to a Provo-style contract system. While waiting in line for the coveted opportunity to own one-sixth of an apartment for the next year (whether they lived there or not--or unless their "contract for sale signs" that they posted in the campus bathroom stalls actually worked), Melissa's friend Sarah Rasmussen announced that her brother and five of his friends would be returning from their missions in August, and had asked us to rent out an apartment for them as well. So the girls got their apartment (Park Place 10) and they forged six missionaries' signatures for another apartment two doors down (Park Place 8). As they committed forgery, they laughed and wondered if any of them would end up marrying any of these strangers (Jake, Clint, Craig, Tyler, Eric, or Paul).
Little did they know that what was to come of these strange guys living two doors down would keep Melissa laughing and enjoying life, make Caryn the first bride of the group, make an ex-girlfriend glare down from her bedroom window, and cause Sarah to throw a tantrum--kicking, screaming, crying, and cursing--on her bedroom floor.
Memories of Couples Meeting by Rach
Anyway, here's one of my memories of David and I when we were dating. David and I met for the first time on a group date that Laurie, Chloe (our other roomie) and I had set up. David, sadly, was not set up with me, but with a friend of mine, also named Rachel. When David showed up at our apartment, I was the one who opened the door, and when he told me who he was I remember thinking, "Wow, this is Laurie's brother! She's been holding out on me!!" From what David has told me, he thought something similar about me when he met me. It wasn't long after that that David called Laurie for my number. I told Laurie he had to ask me, so she handed the phone to me so I could give him my number. As soon as he got it he said, "Ok I'll talk to you in a minute". He hung up, and not 60 seconds later called me on my phone, and we proceeded to set up our first date, which was at Comedy Sportz with dessert at Pudding on the Rice. It was the beginning of what turned out to be a match meant to be....(sigh from the girls).
Monday, November 9, 2009
Memories of Couples Meeting
Melissa and Craig: I remember Melissa telling me a story about them when they had recently started dating. They were saying goodbye at Melissa's door after a date. Craig's apartment was close by and his roommates saw them saying goodbye. They started to play "Kiss the Girl" out the window to them and Craig was embarrassed and ran upstairs to shut it off. I don't think they had kissed yet.
Rachel and Albert: When Albert proposed he had told Rachel he was taking her to a birthday party. She was surprised when he took her to the canyon instead and proposed. I don't remember any more stories about their courtship...
David and Rach: Rach was Laurie's roommate and that's how they met (in a group date) Just as they began dating David was always very interested in what input Laurie had about the relationship (since she was still friends with rach although not roommates anymore). He would just hound Laurie for information and ask over and over what she said, what she thought, etc. It gave away just how much David liked Rach.
David lived in mom and dad's basement during their engagement (which meant he lived with us!) David would always talk about Rach and go on and on about all of her endearing qualities and perfections. One day, however, he came home with a puzzled look on his face. He told me that Rach had cried to him that day over what seemed like a small thing and that she cried quite frequently, like every 3 weeks or so. I tried to tell him that crying over silly things came with the package of marrying a girl and that every 3 weeks was amazing! (for I am more like every 3 days!) He left as confused as ever. I'm sure he's figured it out by now.
Shelley and Devin: I don't know what to write about myself...oh! We went on our second date to a cornmaze. When we arrived we realized that it may be a haunted cornmaze. I was embarrased and told Devin that when I got scared I "screamed like a man" (and I do !) Devin turned to me with a relieved look on his face and said "That's good, because I scream like a little girl!" (and he did!)
The day before he proposed I was convinced he was going to break up with me. But he wasn't, he was just nervous.
Rachel and Albert: When Albert proposed he had told Rachel he was taking her to a birthday party. She was surprised when he took her to the canyon instead and proposed. I don't remember any more stories about their courtship...
David and Rach: Rach was Laurie's roommate and that's how they met (in a group date) Just as they began dating David was always very interested in what input Laurie had about the relationship (since she was still friends with rach although not roommates anymore). He would just hound Laurie for information and ask over and over what she said, what she thought, etc. It gave away just how much David liked Rach.
David lived in mom and dad's basement during their engagement (which meant he lived with us!) David would always talk about Rach and go on and on about all of her endearing qualities and perfections. One day, however, he came home with a puzzled look on his face. He told me that Rach had cried to him that day over what seemed like a small thing and that she cried quite frequently, like every 3 weeks or so. I tried to tell him that crying over silly things came with the package of marrying a girl and that every 3 weeks was amazing! (for I am more like every 3 days!) He left as confused as ever. I'm sure he's figured it out by now.
Shelley and Devin: I don't know what to write about myself...oh! We went on our second date to a cornmaze. When we arrived we realized that it may be a haunted cornmaze. I was embarrased and told Devin that when I got scared I "screamed like a man" (and I do !) Devin turned to me with a relieved look on his face and said "That's good, because I scream like a little girl!" (and he did!)
The day before he proposed I was convinced he was going to break up with me. But he wasn't, he was just nervous.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Camping with the Hite Family- Melissa
I remember trying to camp in New York (I think near the Sacred Grove) one year when we were all very little. All I remember was that it was raining really hard, and it was dark. I think Dad put up all the gear in the rain and dark. I wrote a letter to Prsident Kimball after we went to New York and told him about our trip, and he wrote back!
I also remember the Grand Canyon. I remember we got badges or became little rangers or something. Grandpa & Grandma Melville, Mark and Keith were with us as well. I'm sure at one point Dad probably pretended to "push" us over the edge, but caught us before we could fall. Oh! Remember the song me and Rachel made up during that trip (to the tune of Chestnuts Roasting...), "Chipmunks roasting on an open fire, wildcats leaping off a cliff"... then something about going to the biff. The lyrics were truly inspired.
I remember the day we bought our sleeping bags, and Mom or Dad wrote our names across the bottom with a marker. If I remember right, Rachel got the red one--don't nobody fight with Rachel when she knows what she wants. Another memory about those bags was whe we thought we lost Shelley in the red Orem house (was it Shelley?). She had fallen asleep in the downstairs blanket closet, on the sleeping bags, and wasn't lost after all, Happy day!
I remember having a sleepover at Annie and Johnny's house in boston, and we were sleeping in a tent in their yard. But I was too scared, so I made Dad drive out to get me in the middle of the night.
Our family used to go to a ward camp in Vermont in the summer. I was upset because you had to be 8 to play pool, and I was only 7. We would swim in the little roped off swimming area, and if you caught a fish in the lake, you had to eat it for dinner. Dad helped me catch a fish, but I did not eat it. There was a play house for putting on shows, and a pizza place where I think we had our first hawaiian pizza ever. They brought out the big pizza on one of those pizza stands. The latrines at the camp were labeled, "Ma" and "Pop", but it didn't go over very well one day when we were there and I decided to call Dad, "Pop". I think that was the same summer we moved to Arizona.
Of course, the best camping trip was when Dad sat on the riverbank in his lawn chair, tied a long rope around our waists (one at a time), and we tried to see who could cross the river without getting swept away. And I think I still have rope burns under my armpits from getting pulled upriver and back to shore when I did not make it across.
I also remember the Grand Canyon. I remember we got badges or became little rangers or something. Grandpa & Grandma Melville, Mark and Keith were with us as well. I'm sure at one point Dad probably pretended to "push" us over the edge, but caught us before we could fall. Oh! Remember the song me and Rachel made up during that trip (to the tune of Chestnuts Roasting...), "Chipmunks roasting on an open fire, wildcats leaping off a cliff"... then something about going to the biff. The lyrics were truly inspired.
I remember the day we bought our sleeping bags, and Mom or Dad wrote our names across the bottom with a marker. If I remember right, Rachel got the red one--don't nobody fight with Rachel when she knows what she wants. Another memory about those bags was whe we thought we lost Shelley in the red Orem house (was it Shelley?). She had fallen asleep in the downstairs blanket closet, on the sleeping bags, and wasn't lost after all, Happy day!
I remember having a sleepover at Annie and Johnny's house in boston, and we were sleeping in a tent in their yard. But I was too scared, so I made Dad drive out to get me in the middle of the night.
Our family used to go to a ward camp in Vermont in the summer. I was upset because you had to be 8 to play pool, and I was only 7. We would swim in the little roped off swimming area, and if you caught a fish in the lake, you had to eat it for dinner. Dad helped me catch a fish, but I did not eat it. There was a play house for putting on shows, and a pizza place where I think we had our first hawaiian pizza ever. They brought out the big pizza on one of those pizza stands. The latrines at the camp were labeled, "Ma" and "Pop", but it didn't go over very well one day when we were there and I decided to call Dad, "Pop". I think that was the same summer we moved to Arizona.
Of course, the best camping trip was when Dad sat on the riverbank in his lawn chair, tied a long rope around our waists (one at a time), and we tried to see who could cross the river without getting swept away. And I think I still have rope burns under my armpits from getting pulled upriver and back to shore when I did not make it across.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Camping with the Hite Family
I loved going camping with our family. We probably went so often because it was the easiest on the family budget but it was wonderful for us!
My favorite part of camping was the food. Mom often made stew and biscuits in the dutch oven. We got hot chocolate at breakfast and all the yummy treats we didn't get other times (like oreos and twizzlers). I loved waking up to the cold morning and having a warm hot breakfast that mom cooked.
Dad always took us fishing and it seemed like we always had good luck. We would catch a million fish and then dad and mom would have to eat them all. We even made dad do all the yucky parts of fishing like tying knots, hooking works, and gutting fish. Yet we always said that we "loved fishing". We just loved reeling in the fish, I think.
We all had sleeping bags with our names on the bottom. I think they were a christmas gift from Grandpa Melville one year.
My favorite part of camping was the food. Mom often made stew and biscuits in the dutch oven. We got hot chocolate at breakfast and all the yummy treats we didn't get other times (like oreos and twizzlers). I loved waking up to the cold morning and having a warm hot breakfast that mom cooked.
Dad always took us fishing and it seemed like we always had good luck. We would catch a million fish and then dad and mom would have to eat them all. We even made dad do all the yucky parts of fishing like tying knots, hooking works, and gutting fish. Yet we always said that we "loved fishing". We just loved reeling in the fish, I think.
We all had sleeping bags with our names on the bottom. I think they were a christmas gift from Grandpa Melville one year.
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