Yes Please!

Throughout my semesters at LDSBC majoring in interior design, I have been able to find what style I like as well products that I wish I could afford to get. It makes me want to design my apartment over and over and over again but it makes me also so excited to be able to design my future home. Here are some 6 must have's I will have in my home.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

There is alway more I find everyday. But these are some that always catch my eye. Love Love Love!

I am ready!

I am ready for many things. But the one thing that is on my mind right now is moving. I am ready to move. I want to move to a new apartment. I want to move to California. I want to move to a different ward.

I want to move!

This apartment is small, worn-down, smells like smoke, has terrible washer and dryer, and is just old! It needs a remodel! But I am grateful to have a place to live.

Utah.. Has bizzare weather, people are sometimes rude, and is just not my type of a place to live.

California is.. amazing! wondering! has both side of our family close so we can visit them. has beaches and sun! has much more activities to do when you have a day off. It is just better and where I want to spend the rest of my life and have our children grow up there.

My ward is full of old people that don't think I know what I am doing and I don't know anything. Isn't very friendly. But I still go and love feeling the spirit.

There are many things that I want right now but I am trying to look at the things that I have and be grateful for those things instead of looking at the negative all the time. So I just needed to vent about the things that have been bugging me lately so I could get that off my chest.

Bizarre.

Utah weather is seriously bizarre. It is almost June and it is still raining and snowing in some parts of the state. It is driving me crazy! I just want to move to california and be were it is warm and lay out in the sun. I want many things. Since the weather is bipolar right now it made a problem for my sister Jessica. The jungle gym that Casey and alex set up for her and her kids got blown down and broke. So depressing. I just want the weather it get better. Hopefully that it will start warming up soon, or I might just die. Just sayin'.

Don't get me wrong though. I am very thankful for all the water that is here and all the rain we got this year but I am ready for summer now.

I am ready for the Sun! Just sayin'.

Supremem Pizza Fondue

So I decided that I wanted to pick out a couple recipes and try them out this week. That is exactly what I did. On sunday I wanted to do something that I could just put into the crock pot and have it be done by the time we came home from church. I didn't want to do a roast but I wanted something that would keep me warm. Soup! I was thinking of Taco Soup until Casey found this recipe. It was amazing! It isn't exactly soup but it could be. So I made it. Supreme Pizza Fondue. It was delicious. It was spicy but sweet and it really did last like pizza. We dipped a baguette into it. We put some parmasen and some mozzarella cheese on the top to make it taste more like a pizza.YUMMY!

It also makes great leftovers. We used it for sauce over our pasta last night for dinner. It was delicious! 

Here is the recipe: 

(There is two ways to cook this. I did the slow cooker way)

Supreme Pizza Fondue

Makes 5 1/2 Cups

4 oz bulk Italian sauage

1 small onion, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

1 26-oz har spaghetti sauce (use a meatless sauce)

1 cup of fresh mushrooms

2/3 cup chopped pepperoni or canadian-style bacon

1 teaspoon dried basil or oregano, crushed

1/2 cup chipped pitted ripe olives (optional)

1/4 cup finely chipped green sweet pepper (optional)

Things to dip with:

Cooked tortellini, Italian flatbread or Italian bread cubes, or mozzarella and/or provolone cheese cubes.

1. In a large skillet cook the sausage, onion, and garlic until meat is brown. Drain off fat.

2. Add spaghetti sauce, mushrooms, pepperoni, and basel. Hear to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, cover, for 10 minutes. If desired, stir in ripe olives and sweet pepper. If using sweet pepper, cover and cook 5 minutes more or until sweet pepper is tender.

Slow Cooker directions:

Prepare as above through Step 1. In a 3 1/2 or 4-quart slow cooker combine spaghetti sauce, mushrooms, pepperoni, and basil. Stir in the sausage mixture. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 3 hours. If desired, stir in ripe olives and sweet pepper. Cover; cook on low-heat setting for 15 minutes more. 

Sleepover.

When my sister Jessica went into the hospital to have her baby and we took care of her kids while she was there we found out many things. One being that our air mattress had a whole in it or it just didn't kept that air in. So we had to buy a new one. I was happy about this because one we got a bigger one and it is very confortable. We took it up to Jessica's house when we went up their to help with their jungle gym. It was very nice being able to sleep on something different than our bed. I think that something you just need a change for a night or two. Also I liked it because Casey and I cuddled more, which is always the best. But anyways, when we got home from Jessica's Casey and I taught that we should have a sleepover in our living room for fun. We blew up the air mattress and popped in a movie. We watched Wolverine. It was actually a good movie. I liked it. It was fun being able to just shut our bedroom door with our cat into and just to spend sometime with Casey watching a movie that we have been wanting to watch for a while. I love being a newlywed and spending time with my husband! :]

Chicken Supreme

The sunday when my mom was here I decided to make chicken supreme. I have been looking at this recipe and have been wanting to do it for a while. I kept on telling Casey that I was going to do it and then it never happened. So on sunday I went into the kitchen thinking of what I should cook and it popped into my head! So I took a swing at it. I wanted to impress my mom and show her that I have really learned how to cook and am starting to love it. When she asked if I wanted her to help I told her I wanted to do it by myself and she was the guest so she shouldn't be doing much. Alex also came over for dinner since we were going to be leaving for bear lake that night after we dropped off my mom at the airport. The dinner turned out pretty good but not amazing.

We had green beans with it for the veggie but I still felt like something was missing. It was just dull and I don't know why until I thought about mashed potatoes. That is what it needed some mashed potatoes or some rolls or something of that matter. But anyways, it was still good and my mom was very impressed. She is glad that I am starting to love cooking. It was great spending some time with my mom. It was much needed! Love you mommy!

Here is the recipe:

Chicken Supreme
Makes 6 servings

1 large chicken
1 10.75-oz. can cream of chicken soup
2 cups sour cream
1 box stuffing mix

Cook and debone chicken. Cut into bite-size pieces. In a 9 x 13-inch pan, spread chicken evenly on the bottom. Cover chicken with cream of chicken soup. Spread sour crean on top of soup. Prepare stuffing mix as directed on box. Spread the stuffing on top of sour cream. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes and then uncovered for an additional 15 minutes.

A Quick Trip to Bear Lake

Saturday my mom asked if Casey, Alex, and I would be willing to go up to Bear Lake and put together Jessicas kid's jungle gym. We all jumped on the opportunity to help out a family member. So sunday night we drove up to Bear Lake after we dropped off my mom at the airport. When we woke up on monday morning, Casey and Alex got right to work. The instruction manual said that it would take 9 to 10 hours to put together so they didn't want to waste any time. It was windy and freezing outside so Jessica and I stayed in with Terrek while Tavis and Krya went in and out of the house.

At the beginning of the day.

Sorting all the parts.

Putting up the swing set.

Tavis helping out.

The men hard at work.

 Krya just being her cute self.

Before dinner.

Trying to finish before the sunsets.

Before we left.

We had a great time helping out their family getting this jungle gym set up and spending time with them! Tavis and Krya are going to have a blast this summer in their jungle gym this is like disneyland. We would do it again anytime. Love you guys!