Thai Festival

The Thai wat in Layton had a festival on Saturday so I joined up with some friends to enjoy the deliciousness. I ate insane amounts of food: som tam, noodle soup, fried bananas, rot di.

Sumana, Me, Becky, Mary, Eryn

Ashley, Havilah, Me

Party at the Dodge's

President and Sister Dodge let several of us come to their house in Midway on Friday and have a party. Everyone brought some Thai food to share and it was definitely a feast.

A.J. and Sumana

Becky, Brent, and Nate

This was the first time I'd seen Brent or Nate since I got home. They were both in the MTC at the same time as me so I knew them fairly well.

Taben, Mary, Tiffany, and Eryn.

President and Sister Dodge. Two of the greatest people I know.

After dinner, we played Chairball. It is a game that may or may not have been made up in Thailand. The missionaries and members play all the time. By the end we were all dead on the grass. My favorite thing about this picture is my attempt (I'm the one in the black sweater with the white shirt underneath) to stop A.J. from getting the ball in the basket. I'm pretty hard core.

Danke

My washer finally arrived last week. Mike came to help me get the washer and dryer set up properly. Now I don't have to take huge loads of laundry to Boise to wash. Thanks Mike.

Tawnee

This is my friend Tawnee. She wanted to learn how to make Thai food so I had her over for dinner last week.

We made green curry and basil chicken. So good. I ended up eating Thai food every single day last week which was sort of ridiculous but also delicious.

Dinner

Pad gra pow is one of my favorite dishes and is super easy to make. Click here for the recipe I used.

A Pretty Perfect Saturday

I drove up to Layton to spend the day with Sumana. There is a Thai wat about two blocks from her house and they make food every Saturday. So, we went and partook. The food was authentic and heavenly and so spicy. It is ridiculous how happy eating Thai food makes me feel. Don't be too jealous.

After sitting for a few minutes to digest the food, we headed out to the driving range in Layton. The last time I went to the range, it was in Thailand and this random man named Bunchuu was trying to teach me what to do with very little patience. This experience was much more pleasant. Anyone who wants to go to the golfing range, let me know and I will go with you.

A Weekend in Boise

Nick and Lachelle were in Boise for the weekend so I headed up there to hang out.

Lola LOVED Moose. This picture is evidence.

Keyton made faces.

Lachelle made fruit salad with yogurt.

I enjoyed playing with Grandpa Smith's iPod Touch.

We ate mangoes with sticky rice.

Lola kept referring to Thomas as "Daddy." He loved it.

Nick and Lola did yoga-ish.

I introduced Keyton to Twister. He was better at it than I was.