Ingredients:
Cut steak into serving size pieces. Season to taste with the House Seasoning. Dredge/dust meat with flour.
In heavy pan, brown meat on both sides in oil. (Gotta LOVE the pot. It is one of my very favorites. Hurray for LeCruset.)
If you are using fresh garlic and not jarred, smack the clove with the wide blade of the knife with your fist. It will crack the peeling off and smash the garlic. Discard the paperlike peeling. Add the garlic just how it is. There is no need to chop it. ***Garlic Hint: To remove the garlic smell from your hands, rinse your knife under the tap water and rub your fingers up and down the blade. If your knife is stainless steel, it will take the smell right away!
Combine garlic, tomatoes, onion, bell pepper and 1 tomato can measure of water. Pour over steak and simmer covered over low heat until meat is tender about 2 hours. Check it every once in a while and add a little more water if needed to keep the meat partially covered.
Taste and correct the seasonings if needed. Serve over mashed potatoes, noodles, or rice.
Silvia Allred--1st Counselor:
Barbara Thompson--2nd counselor:
Dieter Uchtdorf-- 2nd counselor First Presidency:
This was one of the best talks for women I have ever heard. I am going to print it out and keep it on my bedside table and refer to it.
Happy Anniversary to a great couple.
Where has 28 years gone? We send our love and hope you have a great day remembering your wedding and all the blessings over the years.
Adrianne gets a Friday off every 4 weeks and today was the day. We got a call to come and meet them for a quick bite of breakfast at Ruby's. How fun was that! We threw some clothes on
Christine and Taylor sporting their BYU game wear! Go Cougs!
Look who we ran into! Uncle Mike and Kelland. Had to grab the photo. Gee Kelland, would you stop growing already!
Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you. President Samuelson stopped by our table to chat.
And can SOMEBODY give me the recipe for these amazing cookies/dessert!!! I can't figure them out, but BYU makes them plain too and dips half of them in chocolate. They are like a cream cheesey soft shortbread cookie with a cream cheese, whipcream, powdered sugar frosting and then sliced strawberries on top. OH! It's like having your own mini strawberry shortcake/cheesecake. Delicious. PLEASE somebody send me the recipe!
Christine grew a garden for one of her YW Value Projects this summer. Here she is with what's left of it now in the fall. She grew:We've enjoyed them all summer. She even did the weeding without much complaining at all. Weeds are the worst! Good Job, Christine!
Bunk room bathroom off the family room. It only had one sink before and we ripped it out (water damage is the pits) and put in two sinks instead. Click and look at the lights, they are so fun! 
Family room. To the left are 3 doors: 1--to go down to the next basement where the game room is, 2--closet, 3--bunk room bathroom. Bunk room to the right.
This is a tv cabinet, etc. So fun. Click to see a more detailed look. Since we had to redo so much, we decided to go with kind of a mountain/farmhouse decor. I had the food channel on while I was cleaning down here! Hi to Sandra Lee!
Just another view of the family room taken from the french doors that go into the bunk room to the right.
Mike and Adrianne's bathroom. There is the toilet and shower to the left. Remember--ALL of these areas were flooded and many rooms down to the studs. The first time I saw it after the flood, I got physically ill. I had no idea water could do that much damage. They have a moose/pinecone theme in their's.
The long awaited craft/sewing hutch! It was just delivered and installed a couple of days before our last trip. So for right now it is empty. But has lots of room for paper, embellishments, fabric, etc. A deck to the left and a kitchen to the right and the hallway to Mike, Josh, and Shaun's rooms to the right and straight.
A big table will go in front of this to work on things. Some of the hardware still is being shipped.
The bulletin board was on this wall randomly. It is the hallway as soon as you come down the stairs (on the right) from the great room above. So we got a console to put underneath it. We post pictures, schedules, etc. on the board. Right now there is a big BYU football poster on it too.
Natalie is an avid counted cross-stitcher. She did this fishing picture that hangs in the bunk room bathroom. Click on it to see the details. She is VERY good at her hobby!
Mike and Adrianne's bedroom. Note the lantern lamp. It is really a fun touch. The original owner, a Mr. Larson, built all the beds. Working with wood is a hobby of his. Fortunately, none of them were ruined in the water.
Bunk room/family room bathroom floor. River pebbles. Such a unique look. Adds a lot of texture. 
Family room kitchen. We were so lucky that for some reason none of the cabinets were ruined--the walls all around, but not the cabinets. They were a whitewashed pine, and we had them painted an antique green on the bottom and a mushroom color on the uppers. All the appliances were fine too, but we did add the farmhouse sink and beadboard tile backsplash.
Click on this to see the detail in the handles and knobs. Farmhouse stars! How do you like the bubbled glass?
Just another detail view. Love the framed quote!
The game room basement didn't have a bathroom, so we are adding one. This is the barn door entrance to it. The door actually slides left to right on the track above. 
Game room, another view. The center is the door from the hallway that goes into the north garage and from the stairs from the family room above. To the right was a huge closet that we had walled off and a little kitchenette put in. To the left is a cabinet that will house the small refrigerator, microwave, etc. To the left will be a bistro table and bar stools. In foreground couch, large stuffed chair, bean bags, rugs, tv cabinet, etc.
View of the tv part of the game room from the game room. Bathroom on right, etc. It's such a mess still.
Game room portion. Note the colors: navy, white, gold. Ring any bells? The floor is a floating cork floor. The poot table is just sitting there, but the foosball, shuffleboard, ping-pong, and air hockey are in the garage for right now. The foosball was completely ruined and the air hockey. The others were fine. We were lucky on that!
A very blurry picture of the bunk room. Mr. Larson built all these bunk beds too. They are beautiful and solid as a rock!
Shaun's room and a peek of his bathroom which is where the pipe broke. This bathroom and bedroom were completely down to the studs. Just sickening.
Shaun's new bathroom. He has the bear motif going on. Check out the tiles along the counter. The black bears and the twig lining.
Linen cupboard for the new bath in the game room. I love how the finish turned out!
Cabinets for the new bath in the game room. The counter top is colored concrete. The sink is one big large trough with two spigots coming out of each side at the base of the mirror. Very 'manly'.
Josh and Meredith's bathroom. They have a pinecone motif in theirs. Click to see the details. The mirror is some kind of iron thing.
Another view of Josh and Mere's bathroom. Remember, all this was down to the nothings! We did save the tubs and shower enclosures and toilets. Whew!
Josh and Meredith's bedroom. Another one of the gorgeous beds.
Josh and Mere's room. We did replace all the comforters. I got them at the Village Quilt shoppe at Gardner Village.
A different view of Shaun's room. It has this really quaint built in cupboard with drawers. So I had them painted a darker color to stand out instead of blending in with the wall.
Who do we happen to see in the tent? Uncle Mike Muaina and Kelland. They got some tickets from a friend in their ward. So we had a GREAT time visiting with them. Their tickets were pretty close to ours so that was fun. The Cougars didn't disappoint again! 44-0. They shut-out Wyoming this week. It was not nearly so hot as the first game, and it actually rained just a bit and we had a nice breeze and a lot of cloud cover for a little bit.
You gotta love Cosmo! By the way--he is in the running for best College Mascot. We need to vote online somewhere, I forgot where. Lots of trust in the fans to be going up into the stands! We left as quick as we could at the end. And yes, Duff's parking spot was a gem in getting out of there in a timely manner. We headed up the mountain as fast we was allowable, stopped at Smith's and everyone had something to get in their cart and we met up to check out. Dang quick shopping for Sunday I'd say! Then home to change clothes, freshen our hat hair and melted make-up and headed for Salt Lake and the Conference Center.
Wayne V.T., who I went to high school with, and he joined the church during that time, is in the Choir and emailed me to let me know that they were giving a concert and he could get us some tickets if we would like! Would we like!!!??? YES! I haven't seen Wayne in 33 years or so. So we arranged to meet after the concert.
This is the 1--guest conductor, who was amazing, the female soloist, who was very good, and the male soloist who was unbelieveable. We could have listened to him over and over again. Anyway, the concert was fabulous. I have never heard the Tabernacle Choir in person, and I have never been in the Conference Center, so this was such a treat for me. And of course to be on a date with my hubby! At one point in the concert, they were all joined together in giving a tribute to the armed forces, and at certain points in the song had each branch of the service stand. It just gave you goose bumps. I started getting emotional and kept trying to talk myself out of it, and then looked around and realized that quite a few others were getting a bit teary too. Then I didn't care anymore.
Well we met up with Wayne at the Tabernacle, and it was great to reunite. He got to meet Duff, but I didn't get to meet Joyce, his wife, so maybe next time. It is such a good emotion to meet up with a friend after all these years and see them happy, successful in life, and strong in their faith. THANK YOU SO MUCH, WAYNE. We appreciate your generosity and kindness.
