Tuesday, April 29, 2008

New Favorite places to visit!

I've been blog hopping lately...  I have found some really cool blogs that I think you might enjoy. 

 Take a look at these...

Feed Your Family..  Great recipes that sound YUMMY!
Strengthen Your Family..  I briefly had a chance to 
look at this one and can't wait to go back.
Any Quilters out there?  Check out THIS amazing woman!
Need a good book for your children?  Click HERE
 This is one of my favorites to check in on...

Let me know what you think!  Hope you enjoy them also.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!
I'm so excited that they made another Indiana Jones movie, and how totally great that I get to have Shia LaBeouf in it also! Can life get any better?!
Seriously, I have always loved the Indiana Jones series. In fact, when I was younger, I told everyone I was going to teach college History, and be an archeologist on the side just like Indy. That was until I realized how NON-conducive it was to raising a family. So, I'll just live by proxy through Indiana... I'm SO freaking excited for this movie! Did I mention that earlier? Can May 22nd get here any FASTER!? Brad, wanna go on a date? I know a good movie that'll be showing...

Friday, April 25, 2008

What's for Dinner?

I LOVE to make and to eat this for dinner!  It's pretty easy, yummy and filling.  I've had requests for the recipe, so I figured I'd put it here for everyone to check out and make if you wanna.  My family calls it "Stromboli" or "The Braid".  You can call it whatever you want.  Just enjoy!  Start off early in the morning by pulling two frozen Rhodes Bread loaves out of your freezer to thaw.  Let them sit until they are thawed and have risen.  Once they have risen, start cooking your center filling.  For two loaves, I use 2 lbs of hamburger. Brown the hamburger.  You can add onion if you want.  I also use some seasoning salt.  While that is browning, cut up your mushrooms, green peppers and carrots.  (If you cook like me, you can buy the pre-shredded carrots to make it easier.)  Other favorites are celery instead of green peppers.  Once your meat is browned, add the veggies and let them steam until they are softened.  Once everything is steamed, add cream cheese.  For every pound of meat, use one 8 oz cube of cream cheese.  So, for two lbs, use two 8 oz cream cheese cubes.  Let that melt over the meat mixture.  Stir it in when it's soft.


While that is mixing together, roll out the bread loaves to about 9x14 approximately.  Cut down the sides like I have pictured here.  This helps with the "braid" effect.
Put all your mixture down the center of your loaves, 
then proceed to "braid" the sides up over thetop.  


Cook at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes until bread is done. 
 This is great served warm or cold.  Enjoy!

You can mix up the filling if you want.  You can do a pizza filling, or a dessert braid with whatever sounds good.  Maybe apples or cherry pie filling... 

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Ok, for all you American Idol fans out there...  Can you believe the results from last night!?  Holy Crap!  I can't believe that Jason is still alive and safe!  Poor, poor Brooke.  I love the girl, don't get me wrong.  But, when she stopped and then started her song over again Tuesday night, I thought she was done for sure.  Apparently, she did also.  The look on her face was priceless when they called Syesha's name for the bottom two.  And we have to say good-bye to Carly.  Now, I have to give a shout out to David Cook.  I figured he can rock, but I didn't believe he could really sing until Tuesday night.  My very very favorite performance of Tuesday night had to be... David Archuleta!  Of Course, right? That boy can sing.  I love how he turned "Think of Me" from Phantom into a pop song.  Very very well done.  Let's hear it for the Utahan!  Go David, Go David, Go David...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008


Olivia and I spent the afternoon at Robyn's house yesterday.  I love that I can just drop in on her at any given time and she won't kick me out! She might want to, but she doesn't. That's the kind of friend that EVERYONE needs to have.  She even took pity on us and fed us dinner because she knew that Brad was working late again.  I love good friends!  Thanks Robyn!!  
While we were there, Olivia stripped off ALL her clothes and started trying on every piece of doll clothing in Robyn's house.  After that adventure, we threw one of the girl's t-shirts on her.  These pictures are of her trying to escape the house without anyone noticing.  I took these pictures with my cell phone, so the quality isn't the best.  But still adorable!




Saturday, April 19, 2008

Random Posts...


Ok, I saw this comic at just had to laugh. Mostly because a little over a month ago, it would not have meant much to me. But since I have started blogging, and totally have become ADDICTED, it really made me laugh. It's amazing how once I started blogging, I see the world thru "blogging experiences". I look at things at think, "Oh! That would be SOOO funny to blog about!" or, "Man, why did I leave the camera at home? That'd be so perfect to put on my blog!" So, to all of you out there who are as addicted as I am, or who one day will be... enjoy this little laugh on me!

Can I have your... ah.. er.. autograph?

I was at work messing around on the computer trying to get it to work right, when I found THIS picture... I don't know how it got on my work computer, or who took it, but I thought it was interesting. Do you recognize these gentlemen?