Camping in

Well, this last weekend we were supposed to go to Cokeville Wyoming with some of my family, and "camp out". It turned out to be not such great weather, so we ended up not going. Kylee and Jack were pretty darn excited to go, and were pretty darn disappointed when we weren't going. So we decided to set the tent up in Kylee's room, and have a "camp in" instead of a "camp out". They were so excited, they could barely hold still. We told stories, and laid there for a while, then Joe and I left and started watching a show, and just let them play for a few. Well, it got to be about 10:30 and they hadn't settled yet, so we put them in their own beds and they fell fast asleep before we even left their rooms. It was a fun little evening for them, even though they didn't actually "sleep" in the tent. It did make me excited to go camping sometime.

Random Recipe

So, I have decided to do a Random Recipe every once in a while, just for fun. This happens to be my hundredth post, isn't that awesome. So what a way to start a new tradition on the hundredth post. I don't know how to take good food pictures just yet, but hopefully I will learn fast. So, this is a lot better than it looks. This is called Crispy Chicken Wrap, and I found it on My Kitchen Cafe. It is SUPER easy, and my kids even ate it.....it may have taken an hour, but they ate it nonetheless. Try it, it is worth it, EASY (which is my thing) and very delicious!



CRISPY CHICKEN WRAP

**To prevent the wraps from unrolling during cooking, be sure to start them seam-side down in step 3.

1/3 cup mayonnaise, light or regular
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
3 scallions, sliced very thin
2 celery ribs, chopped fine (I omitted these due to my non-celery preference)
2 tablespoons sour cream, light or regular
2 teaspoons hot sauce (this does not make them spicy but adds great flavor!)
1 rotisserie chicken, skin discarded, meat shredded into bite-sized pieces (about 3 cups)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (the sharper the better, in my book)
4 (12-inch) flour tortillas

1. Whisk the mayonnaise, cilantro, scallions, celery, sour cream and hot sauce in a large bowl. Add chicken and toss to combine.

2. Sprinkle cheese over tortillas, leaving 1/2-inch border around edges, then arrange chicken mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll stuffed tortillas, leaving edges open. Spray the tortillas all over with cooking spray.

3. Heat a large non-stick skillet (or griddle) over medium heat for 1 minute. Arrange 2 wraps, seam-side down, in pan and cook until golden brown and crisp, about 2-3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and repeat with remaining wraps. Serve.

Toothless wonder, green eggs and ham, and St.Patricks day.

So I am a bit of an idiot. I realized (well, actually Joe realized) that our little usb port thingy wasn't plugged in last week and that is why I couldn't upload these pictures. Here they are finally a week and a half later. Here is Kylee with no two front teeth. Grandma Margaret says she has a hole in her smile, but it is a cute smile nonetheless.


I don't know if I mentioned this in the previous post, but Kylee got to choose what she had for breakfast on her Birthday and she chose green eggs and ham. Don't ask me why. We have never had it before.

Last Monday the granparents and Barb came over and brought St. Patricks Day shamrock cookies and we all decorated them. It was fun and yummy!!

Sakes alive! Guess who is 5!!!

Today is my Kylee's birthday. I can't believe she is 5 years old!!! HOLY CROW!!! This is probably one of the cutest cards I have ever seen! Joe's mom Margaret made it for Kylee. The pictures were taken a few months ago. Kylee is holding a huge umbrella and wearing my shoes. So the front of the card says "Sakes alive, guess who is 5" and it has a picture from behind the umbrella with just cute legs and big shoes. Then you open the card and it says "Our beautiful Kylee" SOOOOOO cute and creative! My mother-in-law is the best! Kylee has been such a joy to us. She helps me out a lot around the house, and with Mia and Jack. She has such a huge heart and is always concerned about everyone around her. I just love her so much! When Kylee was just under 2 years old she fell and smacked her face on our granite counter tops and knocked her two front teeth out. Well, one was in half length wise and the other in half width wise. One of them was totally dead so she got a root canal, and got caps put on. So she just keeps bumping her teeth and last Friday I was planning on going to get her caps put back on because one was completely off and the other was loose. Well, the dentist ended up just pulling both teeth. So Kylee on her 5th birthday had a hole in her smile. It is a darn cute hole though. I have pictures, but my camera is being retarded so I will post those later. She was very brave. She had to fast after dinner on Thursday night, so we let her choose what to have for dinner, and she chose the "popcorn restaurant" (Wingers) it was a fun little family date night. The next morning my sister-in-law Mari came and stayed with Jack and Mia while Joe and I took Kylee. She got a shot in her arm (which was what she was most afraid of) and then she was out in about 2 min. She did awesome, and the dentists office was great! They gave her toy after toy! She was spoiled! Then the tooth fairy came and gave her a dollar a tooth! (it was a lot less when I was young!!!) HAPPY toothless BIRTHDAY KYLEE! I hope by next year you have teeth growing in...doubt it!!

The power of prayer.

*****WARNING***** this is more like a journal entry, and my be boring to some of you, so read at your own will!

What a wonderful day. Sundays are always great days because we get to go eat at the in-law's house, but today was extra special because we had a special visitor eating with us today. Elder L. Tom Perry and Barbara Perry ate with us today. We are kind of spoiled because this isn't the first time they have eaten with us. Elder Perry is Joe's uncle. Not by blood, but his aunt is Elder Perry's second wife. Anyway, we had a really cool experience today. First of all, let me go back to when Joe and I were newlyweds we were eating Sunday dinner, which ALWAYS consists of some sort of dead cow, potatoes, gravy corn, salad, and rolls. (I know, no wonder I can't lose any weight) So Joe has a small esophagus and he didn't chew his meat well enough, it was a fast Sunday so he wanted to scarf down his food. But, his first bite got caught in his esophagus. (note, the food throat, not the breathing throat) so he can breath, but he can't get any water, food....NOTHING down. So he has to either force it down, or try to get it back up. Well, that day he ended up going to the emergency room, and going into surgery with a tube down his throat to try to get the meat out. A few hundred dollars later, he was all better. So, today he gets meat stuck in his throat again, and is struggling he couldn't get it to go one way or another. So after about 25 min my amazing and inspired mother-in-law asked my father-in-law if we could have a little prayer for Joe. He asked if Elder Perry would say it, and he did. It was such a great prayer, it may seem silly to you, but it was such a powerful prayer, and he blessed that it would pass. (Joe didn't even know we were having a prayer, he had been in the bathroom working on it the whole time) LITERALLY not even ONE minute later Joe came out of the bathroom, and had worked it down. It was so amazing, and it to me was a real miracle. I was just thinking to myself..."we can't afford it, we don't have time, Joe can't miss work, how are we going to do this..." then my mother-in-law, who I think is always inspired asked to have a prayer! AMAZING! I am so grateful to be a part of this miraculous amazing gospel. I KNOW my Father in heaven hears and answers prayers. I KNOW he knows of our needs. I am so thankful to be in such an amazing family. By the way, just in case you didn't know my husband is awesome!!!

My trash was kicked!

First of all, I will give major props to anyone who can name that movie that quote is from. It actually is (pardon my french) "my nuts was kicked" but it is a funny movie. Joe can't guess, cause I KNOW you will get it. Anyway, back to my trash being kicked, yes I am struggling. I HATE THE STINKING TIME CHANGE!!! I am always tired, but about the time I start getting used to the time change, it changes again. What is up with that? Plus it just complicates it even more when you have kids, that don't know any better. We finally got Jack sleeping until 7 by telling him he can't come out of his room until there was a 7 on his clock. He just got really good at it, and now it will actually be 6 when there is a 7. So, we decided to just leave his clock alone, so his is still an hour behind, so now MY clock says 8 when his says 7, so it makes me feel just a little bit better. We will see how long this lasts!! I just think we should do away with the time changing, but what do I know.

It's only just begun.

Yep, now that Mia is one, she is all over the place. I swear I am cleaning up mess after mess. Here is Mia the day after I SCRUBBED the house clean, she got into one of the plants, and left a BIG MESS! It's a good thing we lover her (yes buger nose and all)!