Meals for the Week

I'm soo hungry everything on this website looks good but I found a few new recipes for us to try these next couple weeks.

First... texas sheet cake sounds so good!  Not sure why, but if I made it I would probably eat the entire thing!

Then I could go for some Tortilla soup

Then homemade scalloped potatoes.  yyuuuummmm!

And our favorite go-to's like spaghetti and meatballs, grilled cheese and soup, and chicken balls.  I know some people call them chicken pillows, but thats not nearly as much fun as calling them chicken balls. So there.  chicken balls!

Manicotti Stuffed Shells.... Heaven

Dinner tonight was pretty much amazing!  I made super easy manicotti stuffed shells.   Ready for the how to?

Cook manicotti shells (or jumbo shells) according to package, but just al dente or they will be too soft and tear.

 mix 15 oz. ricotta cheese, 1 egg, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, some italian seasonings and a bit of salt.

I put the filling into a plastic bag and cut the tip and squooshed it into the tubes. High tech language there by the way.

Layer a bit of spaghetti sauce on bottom and the rest of the jar on top.  sprinkle with a bit of cheese and bake covered for 30 minutes at 350 then 15 minutes uncovered. 

It was soo good and really easy to make.  Bryan liked too.  He almost licked his plate clean!

Life in High Speed

wow.  I didn't know we could actually work this much!

Have we done anything in the past few weeks?

Dishes?  Nope
Cooking a real meal? No
Vaccuuming?  what's that?
Laundry?  Don't you wear your clothes inside out when they get dirty?
Sleeping?  yea right!

I don't know who is trying to kick our butts with work but its working.  I'm going to talk to my manager tomorrow about getting at least a 1/2 day off a week.  50 hours a week is not cool. 

I don't even have fun things to write about becuase I hardly have energy to stay awake while eating dinner.  If cereal even counts as dinner :) 

But next friday Bryan and I will be snuggled up on the couch at home in Oregon watching a Christmas movie with our family.  If I can only make it one more week. 

Holidays in One Post

My awsome sister in law took lots of pictures for Thanksgiving, baby blessings, and baptisms when I didn't even bring my camera. Here are just a few highlights.

Bryan with the only nephew Bennett

 Thanksgiving in our little abode. 12 people!

 Playing at the park waiting for dinner to settle.

 Playing Dominos Thanksgiving night.

At Jen and Greg's the girls found the dress up clothes!

 Swimming at the Hotel

 Sleepy little girl.

 After Libby's baby blessing

 The whole Westfall Family!

 Sweet new Libby

 The baptism girl and her sisters

 Ready for the baptism.

 All the family that came to support Macy on her special day.

It was a busy couple of weeks with lots of family get togethers and we had a great time!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!

We didn't have a free weekend to go hunt down a Christmas tree on a farm, so we went to the next best place....Home Depot!  We live right next to it so we bundled up and walked over there in the 15 degree weather.  Yes, I mean 15 degrees!!  BBRR!  We found the perfect tree and loaded it into the cart and walked it home.  We did return the cart though, we're honest citizens :)

Glad we had a saw!  Bryan trimmed the bottom of the tree so it wouldn't get too thirsty and could get a drink.

I love Christmas lights.  Brand new and still springy back in a bunch

Christmas is not complete without a Christmas tree.  Santa, we're ready for you now!