These are some of my favorite baked beans. They are easy to make, delicious in a Dutch oven over a fire or on a campstove. You can also do them at home on your stove.
1 lb. BaconCut bacon into 2 inch pieces. Cook in Dutch oven, drain oil. Add all remaining ingredients and cook in coals until heated through, approximately 30 minutes.
Mark got his mission call today to serve two years as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Texas San Antonio Mission, Spanish Speaking. He'll enter the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah on May 7, 2007. Mark had four years of Spanish in High School, so he is excited that he will be able to use his Spanish. He also is glad he is going somewhere that is humid (he misses Florida!) and doesn't get very cold!
The day after taking the pictures of all of our snow, we got dumped on again. Kind of a pattern this year. We got around 11-12" of new snow on Sunday (February 3). Enough that they canceled church and we spent most of the rest of the afternoon helping neighbors get shoveled out. Brian is standing behind that same pile of snow that I had the pictures from on Saturday, but it has now grown considerably.
Luckily we get a break for a day or two, before the next storm hits us on Wednesday.
And our mountains remain beautiful after the snow.
We have had a ton of snow this year. Certainly more than any winter since we moved here in 2001, and, in talking to others, the most in 15-20 years. Some say that we haven't had this much since the early 80's when there was a lot of mudslides and flooding in Utah.
The mountains just to the east of our home were particular pretty the afternoon that I took this picture (February 2, 2008).
Brian had his picture in the paper today. He is playing the part of Polonius in the Shakespeare play "Hamlet". We saw it last night, and everyone did a great job. If you are local, you would probably enjoy it. Brian is very funny in his part and also did a great job. It is at Lone Peak High School at 7:00 and runs through Jan 29, except Saturday and Sunday.