New Years Day

So... I have been thinking...

We need to plan another trip to the movies to see Twilight. I am done reading all the books and its about time that I see it again. So... with all the boys going on New Years Day... lets us girls go to the movie.

Thoughts??

Snow Day

On Saturday we went over to my parents house to play in the snow. We tied an inter tube on the back of a four wheeler and then a sled onto the back of that.

Here is Kade all bundled up... took us about 15 min... he had a lot of layers...



Here is Mike and Madison. As you have probably guessed I was driving with Kade on my lap.

Mike and Kade. Kade didn't like riding on Mike's lap because he was getting the brunt of the snow in his face.

I had a great idea to put Kade on the tube by himself. Mike was driving and I was recording. After watching the video you will be able to see that I am not very good at recording.

Simplify Supper

Okay... so I have started to watch Good Things Utah in the morning. I admit it probably isn't the best use of my time... but what can ya do.

Today they had a segment from Simplify Supper. They made Italian Crock Pot Chicken it looked so yummy... I kept rewinding and pausing so that I could write down the recipe. It only has 5 ingredients.

Toward the end of the segment they talked more about the website, Simplify Supper and I knew instantly that I had to check it out and share with others.


Here you'll find great recipes & articles, but you can also:
- Grab our recipes & organize them to the days of your week.
- Or, just check out the fully-planned calendar we post on the homepage every month.

Either way, this site AUTOMATICALLY makes your shopping list for you, no matter how many different recipes you save to your week. So print it off and you're good to go.

How COOL is that?!?

You have to register to use the site... but it is FREE!! They only ask for your name and email address.

Every week I find myself looking through all my recipe books writing down my menu and they making my shopping list. I spend hours a week and this site does it for free and so quickly.

Lastly, here is a quick blurb from their website, "We believe strongly that dinner time is ideal family time and we want to help you enjoy the event by taking away the stress of planning the meals and shopping list."

GO CHECK IT OUT!!!

Lehi Wind Storm

Anyone that has ever lived in or near Lehi know that the wind storms out here can be quite fierce.

This is where my story begins...

Kade and I left the house about 9:30 we had an appointment to get his haircut at the local hair school. (Not part of the story... but while there the girl cutting his hair cut his ear... it was bleeding) I drove home as quick as possible with the cries of an unhappy boy in the backseat. He was tired, hungry and just fed up of being in the car.

We soon arrived home and within seconds of walking in the door we were greeting by Chewy, she was ready to go outside and take care of business. I already had Kade in my arms and thought he would enjoy being outside as much as the dog.

We got outside and Kade frown turned right side up into a HUGE smile. The weather was quite nice considering it was the beginning of December. As they played the slight breeze starting picking up... I soon realized that we needed to get inside before we all blew away.

We got inside and immediately knew Kade needed a nap. I layed him down and within minutes he was fast asleep. I went to the family room and turned the TV on. I needed to catch up on my episodes of Scream Queens (VH1). I watched for a few minutes and then suddenly everything went dead. The wind had caused a power outage.

What to do...hmmm....

I thought about cleaning my house and how pleased Mike would be... then out of the corner of my eye I saw it...

TWILIGHT

I began reading and thought to myself I will read for a few minutes until the power goes back on. The beginning of the book was a lot like the movie... I had a hard time trying to image my own story as the movie was constantly in my head. I keep reading and suddenly the power came back and within minutes was crying from his room.

I looked at the thinking that was NOT a long nap and to my surprise an hour and a half had flown by. I marked my book and realized I had read over 100 pages. (This is a great thing for me as I havent read a book in 10+ years... sad I know)

That was the first night I dreamed of Edward...

I awoke the next morning with a list of errands that needed to be ran. I waited till after Kade's nap to go out of the house but kept busy all morning picking up the house.

We arrived home about 5:45 pm. Mike was already home and was past ready to eat. I quickly made dinner. We watched two episode of Heroes after dinner and then went to bed. Mike was out within 10 minutes. I flipped through the channels as I often did late at night. I soon realized NOTHING was on TV... then in the back of my it came...

TWILIGHT

I picked up the book and started reading. A while later Mike woke up and turned over to look at the time, blinded by the lamp he asked, "What time is it?" I looked at the clock and was shocked to see it was already 1:30 am. He rolled over and fell back asleep. At that point I told myself that I would only read for 30 more minutes... that would make it an even four I told myself. I looked at the page number and only had about 50 pages left... I thought to myself... I can make it.

I began reading again and soon I was turning the last pages of the story. It was 2:00. I turned out the light and went to sleep.

This was the second night I dreamed of Edward...



I apologize for the long story... but WOW! What a book! I loved it... every page. I am ready to go see the movie again.