Visitors Part I

Man oh Man-I did it again.  It's been well over a month since I've had time to even think about blogging.  This past month has been almost to much for us to handle.  We located a new apartment, cleaned said apartment, scrubbed down old apartment, moved out, moved in, and had Zach and Karla visit for a week.  I have no idea what's really been taken place these past few weeks-all I know is we are in the middle of May and my man's birthday is this Saturday.

So, let's be good friends to each other and let the past be in the past and I'll update you on half of our fun week with Zach and Karla.  I'll post the last half of our week at a later date (but soon though!). 

~Zach & Karla Utah Adventures~

1. Get picked up at the airport that always gives Erika an anxious demeanor and sweaty hands.  Zach and Karla did great though-No anxiousness or sweaty hands :).

2.  A tour of SLC and the temple is usually a must if the weather permits for our guests.

Zach & Karla in front of Salt Lake Temple

Karla & I

3.  We permitted them to relax upon arrival to Logan, but the next day we put them to work planting a little garden for us.

Such hard workers.

4.  After we worked 'um we took them on a short little hike on the Wind Cave trail.

The four of us in the cave.

I think Karla will enjoy this picture because it totally portrays her excitement of being in Utah with us on a hike :).

These are my favorite pictures to catch.  Simply just taking in the scenery.

The four of us on top of the cave.

5. Cook, cook, Cook.  Seth and I enjoy cooking, and it always makes it more enjoyable when we cook together.  So, we cooked and had Zach and Karla cook with us.

We've recently invested in the 'Joy of Cooking' Cookbook, which most people know about and probably have.  If you don't you should stop reading and go purchase it immediately.  We've just loved looking over recipes (over 4500 in the book) and imagining what we can and will cook in the near future.  Everything we've made has been just yummy and so we continued to try new recipes out with Zach and Karla.

A little of our menu with these two included:

-shushi

-ribs

-pizza

-steaks

-mexican

-scones

-cookies

-waffles

-muffins

-bread

-a few little veggies on the side

We ate good while they were here (in our opinion) and we are totally enjoying all the leftovers this week :).  Whew!

6.  A tour of Utah State campus is also a must while visiting.

Now they don't look similar huh???

One of my favorites!  Wellsvilles and you can see the Temple too.

Both of the Cook boys were pretty intrigued with the beauty and comfort of the Utah State grass.  It just felt great for the both of them.

A little brotherly play.

And more brotherly play.

Now, I won't be informing any of you with who won this little wrestling match between the two Cook boys who are four years apart.  I'll just leave that one up to the imagination :).

Well that's all for now folks.  I'll update the remainder of our fun week with Zach and Karla soon!

Hope life is going well for each of you!  Seth and I are pretty pumped about the summer months and warm weather here in Utah-looking forward to being outdoors.  Hope ya'll have a great remainder of your week!

The Cook's :).