38....

38. I think my friend Eve's brain is so fast. I think my head would spin. Love ya Eve!
39. I have been making cards, did I already tell you? Its a lot of fun.
40. Everyone has been asking me what my Christmas traditions with my family are...and it's sad to say that we dont have many. Does anyone have any great ideas?
41. My sweet husband is taking finals this week and next. Will everyone PLEASE say a prayer for him. He is under so much stress.
42. I love my mom. She wasnt on my grateful paper when she was here, but I want her to know how much I love her and miss her. She is a great mom, and so so much fun to be around. Thank you for taking such a huge detour in your vacation to come see me! LOVE YOU!
43. SLC UTAH, here we come! Less then 2 Weeks!
44. I have got to get up and get started on my huge list of STUFF! Starting with my banana bread.
45. And Laundry
46. And Grocery Shopping
47. and Christmas Cards!
48. Are you tired of my list yet....All right, I'm going. Wish us luck. Until next time.....

Yummy rolls

Hi Ya'll
I promised my Aunt Jenna ; ) that I would post my recipe for my rolls yesterday so I am late...Sorry!
I also just want to send a shout out to her that I love her lots and I am so grateful she took the weekend to drive up with my mom and sister for a visit. Love you all lots!

2 to 2 1/4 C Flour
1 envelope rapid rise yeast
2 TBSP Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 C Milk
1/4 C Water
2 TBSP Butter

Combine:
3/4 C Flour
Undissolved Yeast
sugar
salt
In another Bowl combine:
Milk
Water
Butter
Heat Mixture in microwave unit very warm, Add to flour mixture. Beat for 2 minutes at medium speed. Add 1/4 C flour, continue to beat adding remaining flour. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic (8-10 minutes)
Let rest for 10 minutes.
Divde dough into 12 equal pieces. shape into balls. Place in greased 8-inch round pan. Cover. Let rise about 30 minutes. (I turn the oven on to 170, and they rise in half the time)
Bake at 375 for 20 minutes or until golden on top.
YUM!

Sweet Husband

I wanted to share a sweet thing that Josh did for me this weekend. I picked Josh up from the metro after studying at school on saturday, and he informed me he wanted to go to the mall. Hm......I asked why, and wondered what he was looking for or needed, thats usually the purpose of his desire to go to the mall. He just said he wanted to go wander around. Once we got to the mall he took Henry from my arms, handed me 10.00 and said to go shopping. To find myself something I wanted and buy it. He was taking Henry to wander L.L. Bean and I had thirty minutes. What a sweet husband! I ended up returning to L.L. Bean with nothing to show for my thrity minute shopping spree as it is difficult for me to spend money, especially on myself. Thats when Josh took the liberty to help me find something. :) I ended up with 2 cute pair of flats for only 10.00! I love Josh so much! It was sweet of him to take me shopping. I just want him to know how much I love him. He is truly a great husband and I am so lucky to have him.

Stuffed Peppers

Thanks for this great recipe EMILY!

Cut off tops of pepper, clean out and sprinkle with salt.

Cook 1LB ground beef with 1/3C onions. Season with salt and pepper.
Add 2-3 fresh tomatoes cut in small pieces
Add 1/2 Cup UNCOOKED rice
Add 1/2 Cup water
Add 1 tsp Worcestershire

Cover and simmer until rice is tender
Stir in 6 oz cheese - Cheddar ( we really like mozzerella too)
Stuff pepper and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
ENJOY!

Twenty-Nine...

29. I am going strong! I quit chewing my nails a couple of weeks ago cold turkey!! This is something I have only accomplished once in my 23 years and I'm hoping I dont fall back into bad habits.
30. My pinky is my favorite long nail
31. I started couponing...just today! I got 4 cans of frosting for free! and Kix, the big box for 1.25, and so many other great deals! I think i'm onto something....
32 I am 1/2 way through To Kill A Mockingbird for my book club...yeah!
33. My mom, sister, and aunt will be here in less then a month!
34. I'm going to SLC next month for Christmas!! YAY!
35. Finnley Christian Lashbrook Berg arrived yesterday! Henry now has 11 cousins on the pugmire side, and 2 on the way! Welcome little Finn! We will see you soon!
36. I am a ward missionary, did I tell you?
37. Shout out to my brother Jamal...Thanks for the awesome pumpkin cobbler recipe! my friends loved it!

Pumpkin Cobbler

I havent tried this recipe YET, but I plan on making it just as soon as Josh polishes off his pumpkin chocolate chip cookies that I just made. My brother swears that this recipe is a crowd pleaser and I am super excited to try it. I'll let you know how it turns out! Or if you get to it before I do, let me know what you thought!
Pumpkin Cobbler
3 eggs, beaten
1 ½ t. cinnamon
15 oz can pumpkin
1 T. vanilla
12 oz. can evaporated milk
1 C. sugar
1/8 t. salt
1 t. ginger
1 t. nutmeg
Mix together & pour into ungreased 9x13 cake pan.
Sprinkle 1 box yellow cake mix on top of pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle 1 C. chopped nuts on top of cake mix. Drizzle ¾ cup melted butter & 1 C. Sprite or 7-Up over top. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Test with knife for doneness. Makes 15-18 servings.

My sweet boys at Gettysburg Pennsylvania - October 21, 2009

21.....

21. I like to cook
22. I seem to have a hard time getting started some mornings...like today..... I just want to be lazy
23. As soon as I get up, I need to grocery shop, and make bread
24. I found an incredibly cute suit for Henry, regulary 50.00 for 15.00!! You are going to love it!
25. I have quit chewing my nails. Well, I had to start with just one nail. I haven't chewed my pinky for almost a week! And I have started going cold turkey on all my nails today. I am commited though! I'm going to surprise my mom in December. She'll be so proud of me.
26. I think I am going to start couponing....wish me luck.
27. Halloween is next week!!! I can't wait!
28. Henry's immunizations are coming up....I'm very nervous

Yummy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are fantastic!
1 C Pumpkin
1 C Sugar
1/2 C Vegetable oil
1 Egg

Mix ingrediants above, in seperate bowl mix the following:

2 C Flour
2 Tsp baking powder
2 Tsp Cinnamon
1/2 Tsp Salt

Dissolve 1 Tsp Baking soda in 1 Tsp Milk

Combine all three mixtures, add 1 T Vanilla and 2 C Chocolate Chips

Bake at 350 for about 11-12 minutes

Sweet Friends

21. I have great friends. And I know I have said it before, but I am gratful Heavenly Father has blessed me with friends that I have so much in common with. Get this, there are two girls here (Eve, and Michelle) that I see most often. Their babies are 2 and 4 weeks older then sweet Henry. They are all from Utah, and both of their husbands went to Bingham. Michelle and I even have the same birthday!
I have fun hanging out with them. Also, Heidi, she's cute, and preggo...soon she'll join the mommy club and it will be fun to watch and help someone with a newborn baby!
Yay!
Thank you Eve for the sweet cards! (She secretly left them on my kitchen counter as she was leaving my apartment)
22. I am very proud of myself for eating so much salad this week!

a walk down memory lane...

It doesnt seem so long ago that I was working like crazy as a general manager at Noodles & Company. I loved my job...most days. I miss my staff and hope they are all doin well. ROCK ON NOODLES!

More of my random...

12. I like to read cookbooks while I feed Henry late at night
13. I wish Henry would stick to sleeping 5 hours instead of teasing me with that one week, and the next go back down to 3
14. I have bad money anxiety...wish I didn't....
15. I really like that Asian salad...read below
16. I love going on my Wesnesday adventures, even if it's hard to get out the door in the morning, I'm always glad that I did.
17. I am grateful my husband was driven with school at such a young age, and I appreciate all the hard work he does there so that he can provide for his family, and have a career he enjoys.
18. Candy corn is my weakness right now. I wish I could stop!
19. I am excited to go home for Christmas to show my family how much my sweet Henry has grown, but a tiny part of my wishes we were having our own little, just the three of us, Christmas.
20. Livie is getting married! YAY!

Asian Salad

So, I was invited over to Emily's house this week (She is in my ward) to play while we mostly watched her little Jonah play. She made this salad that I just thought was amazing, which was amazing, because I'm not much of a salad eater. I'd thought I'd share her recipe. Hope she doesnt mind!

This recipe is a "add however much you want of what you like the most!" kind of recipe, so I'm just going to tell you how much I added for mine.

Lettuce (Just iceberg is great)
Shredded napa cabbage
Chicken - 2 tenderloins grilled or boiled, and then cubed, I like it cut really really little
Toasted almond slivers
(@ 325 for 15 minutes to toast)
Green onions - I used 3 stems

Dressing:
4T sugar
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
4 T rice vinegar

Bring to a boil, cool, and add 1/2 cup of vegetable oil - whisk together. VERY YUMMY!!!

Thanks Emily!

I Miss..

6. I miss my family.
7. I miss all my nieces and nephews
8. I miss hanging out with my mom on thursdays after her class
9. I miss work and the people I worked with
10. I already miss snoasis, which I realize is silly for a couple of reasons, but I truly am scared about the humid summers here. I guess I have a while before I really need to worry about that...
11. I miss having a temple so close by, and wish we would have gone more often

So it seems I have lots to do today. I should go. I love you all! and miss ya like crazy! I hope everyone has a great monday, and a great week!

Tidbit Copycat

My sister is on a quest of a 1000 tidbits. I enjoy reading her random thoughts, and seem to think of my own all day long. So, if she doesnt mind, i'd like to copycat her tidbit idea.

1. I love my family
2. Josh is my very best friend. I am gratful I am married to my very best friend.
3. I love when Henry smiles in his sleep, and I swear he sleep talks! How cute is that?!
4. The new episode of the office made me cry.
5. I heart my purple sparkely shoes, and will be sad to part with them when they are all worn out. I was sad to get rid of my rain boots too....sad memory.

Until my next batch of random thoughts!
(Thanks Jamee :) )

Rough Day...

Good evening, It's so LATE! I cant believe I'm up still. I am amazed that I have a few friends who stay up this late with their brand new babies. I just have a minute or two left in me before I crash, But, shout out to a friend....I promised I'd get this recipe up :)
Im not even sure what I call this dish so I've named it:

Eve's Birthday Lunch with the Girls

1 1/2 - 2 cups boiled (or grilled) chicken breast and pulled so that it's shredded
4 oz Cream Cheese
2 oz Butter
Diced Celery - Depends on how much crunch you like :)
1/2 Tsp Pepper

Biscuits
Chicken Gravy

Soften cream cheese and butter
Combine chicken, cream cheese, butter, celery, and pepper.
Roll out biscuits and put a spoonful of mixture in the middle of the biscuits. Make sure you close the dough really tight. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes, or until golden brown on top.
Top with Gravy

I like to serve with a salad, stuffing, or mashed potatoes. :) N'joy!

Ps - This recipe really is about making to your taste. If you like cream cheese, add a little more.... :)

2 Funny stories to remember:
Henry pee'd all over dad tonight at Target - I'm so proud of him :) Just teasing

After unlocking my side of the car tonight Josh climbed in on his side and started the car with his own key, so I didnt notice that after buckling Henry in, that my keys were still in the keyhole on the outside of my side of the car....needless to say that I didnt notice them until were on the road and heard this funny clanking on the side of the car!! OOPS!

New Blog

Hey,
So i have begun a new blog designated for my sweet Henry. I am going to keep this blog going and spout my random thoughts into the world, however, i thought i should have a blog for friends and family that care to watch Henry grow. I also want to send a shout out to my two sisters who made me jump into this blogging world. Thanks Jame, and Natty! also, i want to tell Jamee that I will only eat beef falvored ramen too, and I think of all the other flavors out there that i've tried, chicken is the worst! funny huh :) love you all!

SLEEP!

I have an amazing story. To any mom with a 2 month old baby, you will find it amazing that little Henry slept for 8 hours last night! from 10:30pm to 6:30am! And not only that, but he went almost 10 hours between eating. He ate at 9pm last night. I am feeling very energized this morning, and even made german pancakes for breakfast :) Henry is out on a walk with his daddy right now, so I even get to go jump in the shower, and get ready for the day. I know it's a fluke, and will probably never happen again, but I am pretty excited it happened last night. YAY!
I have also begun to notice that every day, right at 1pm, Henry falls asleep. It doesnt matter where we are, He has designated that his nap time. My sweet little boy. I am a very lucky mommy.

Over-reaction...

Good Morning -
I have just a minute...as usual, to write down a couple funny stories before I forget them. Last week, Friday maybe, I walked into my bathroom to find a ridiculously large at the time what I thought was a spider on my shower curtain. So, being as brave as I am got a shoe, and tried to get it. However it was to my surprise that this thing JUMPS! And he somehow knows right when I'm coming. He's a fast little bugger. So now he is on my floor near the toilet, and I try one more time with my shoe and he jumps a couple more times. Thats when I realize I needed a different strategy. I know it sounds crazy now, but I grabbed my can of aerosol hairspray and shoot. However that didn't last long because is just jumps around a little more. At this point I had to go the bathroom so bad, but dont because I am worried about the spider/cricket coming near me. So, I leave him in there, hoping i'll come back to him already dead because of the hairspray right. Wrong. Now he is just gone, and I still need to go to the bathroom! But of course I dont until later that day when Josh is home and can go inspect the bathroom for me! It wasnt until 2am the next morning that I find my new little enemy in Henry's bedroom on the floor just under his crib!! I weighed my options and decided the only thing to be done was wake up Josh. He wasnt very happy with me but after just a few jumps Josh was able to get the little guy. YAY! (I am hoping it was the same cricket that was in the bathroom...EW! crickets!? EW!)

My other funny story that I wanted to write down really fast was that just the other night when I was getting back into bed after a 2am feeding with Henry, I was adjusting the twisted up blanket when Josh (in his sleep) grabbed a big chunk of it. So I climbed in bed and tugged on the blanket just a little when he tugged back, and rolled right of the bed! At first I was startled! There was a big heap of husband and blanket on the floor. It takes just a second before Josh climbs back into bed, and thats when I start laughing almost to the point of peeing my pants. Who rolls out of bed?! My dear sweet husband, thats who.

Until our next fun adventure......

Fun things we've done

Hi out there -

Its finally the weekend! I always feel like I have just a few minutes to write, before my sweet little Henry wakes up and needs my attention. We found a farmers market today that one of the girls in my ward works at. That was so much fun. It felt like home. I love going to farmers markets. I never buy anything but its always really fun atmosphere. The one in Salt Lake is bigger, and has much much more then food. The one we were able to make it to this morning just had produce, and a lot of really beautiful flowers.

Last night (9/25/09- Happy Birthday Kate : ) ) we went to a Nats Baseball Game. The Nationals played the Braves. That was a lot of fun. The stadium is huge! Henry and I have never been to a major league baseball game. Henry got a little nervous we think with all the noise, but it made for a funny picture. We rode the metro into the city which we don't do very often. We were able to meet some other couples from the J. Reuben Clark Society. The Nationals lost, but we had a really fun night.

We also made it out the zoo earlier this week. We saw the pandas, and zebras, and some other fun animals, but decided that we were going to have to make it out there a couple more times to see it all. We went with some of the girls in our ward and with their little babies. It has been a lot of fun getting to know the girls in my ward. I am lucky to be in the same boat with other people. I think without them, this move across the county with a very tiny baby would be much harder.

Well...Until our next adventure.....

I thought i understood...

Hi,

I think i am once again confused, so bear with me as i work on figuring out this bloggin thing. mostly, i wanted to take just a minute and upload a picture or two of my new sweet son. This is kind of a goofy picture, but i cant find the other ones that my husband (Josh) uploaded on the computer last night. This is Henry, born August 5, 2009. He is about 5 days old here, and listenting to his daddy's music.... i have some more cute pictures of him coming. Promise. Speaking of which, he is calling for mommy. better run!

Life begins in Falls Church VA

Good afternoon,
i feel silly even addressing my blog to anyone, as if anyone but myself reads this. i dont have much time or i'll be late, but i mostly wanted to see if i remembered how to get on to my blog. which, i do :) i have been in falls church now almost 2 weeks with my dear sweet husband and sweet brand new baby boy. and so far, i have loved being hear. i love being home. i found a target within my first couple days :) all by myself i might add. The ward here is great. the bishop had us over to his house for a new members bbq which was fun and we've met a lot of people. There are 2 girls here whose husbands are in school also from SLC with brand new babies. its great to feel like i have already made some friends. we see each other a couple times a week :) i should go. Henry is hunry - i'll write again soon

February 17, 2009

Good evening Fellow bloggers,
Well, I have now been consistant for 2 months counting this post. I am so horrible at this blog thing, but I am slowly moving along. So, to update all that are interested...i am now 16 weeks pregnant (tomorrow) and feeling a little better then I was in my first trimester...and that brings me to another exciting thing! I am in trimester 2! yay!! we are so excited! in the middle of this all we are still trying to decide what law school to attend this fall. We think we have narrowed it down to UNLV (vegas) GW (washington D.C.) and the U of U (Utah of course), although i must say that i truly think my husband will choose D.C. i'll let ya'll know as soon as i know. i know this is short, but im exhausted. hopefully i'll make it back before long. This week sometime i want to add my...well, i'll show you next time. until then.... adios!

January 3, 2009

Happy New Year!
So the last time I wrote was November 29th. I had to read it just to see what was going on in my life. Let me update you. Josh's dad's surgery was very successful. He is home and doing well. I did register for classes! Yay! However, Josh and I have some exciting family news! The day I registered for classes I found out that I am pregnant! Crazy huh. So, sadly, I wont be returning to school, due to the fact that I need to continue to work for insurance purposes and I havent been feeling too well, so the combination of work, school, and being pregnant is a little overwhelming. I will continue to work, and hope someday I will be able to finish school. Josh is graduated! I am so so so so proud of him. He since has heard so far from Penn State, and The University of Denver Sturm, and has been accepted to both. Yay! I think we are going to have a very exciting summer. I am due August 5, 2009, and am about 9 weeks now. My first doctor's appointment was yesterday and for the first time we got to listen to the baby's heartbeat. I cant tell you how amazing that was. It is so incredible to feel. Wish me luck! I hope the nausea, and headaches and all this fun stuff passes soon! I'll keep you posted....or at least I'll try!
-c. snow