The last few days

Ok...long post today.

This weekend I had soo much fun!! First off the weather was perfect, hovering around 70 degrees all weekend and today too. Ugh soo beautiful out.

Saturday me and Josh got to attend his aunt's 70th birthday party...plus it was a family booya. I guess a booya is a type of soup/chili sorta and every year Josh's dad's side make this soup and then its a pot luck. Aunt Sharon's 70th just happen to fall close to the get together this year. In attending like I said it was a pot luck...so I had to come up with something to make. They gave us salad. I found a recipe on allrecipes that was called "The not so twisted pasta salad" and gave it a whirl. Basically it was pasta noodles, brocolli, cherry tomatoes, red and orange peppers, some pepporoni and then a homemade vinegarette. I was nervous that it wouldn't be good  but everyone liked it. They said it was refreshing. Ha. Here's a pic of some leftovers of it.

Sunday me and Josh met up with his mom Jodi and his nephew Mason and neice Liberty (Libby). We all headed to an apple orchard. It was a blast, but it seemed we were literally running around chasing the two kids a lot. Ha. Mason is 2 and pretty sure Libby is almost 2. They're soo cute. Crazy how fast kids grow up. :(



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Mason and Libby holding hands with
 Uncle and Grandma walking to the Orchard! :)

 

Mason and Libby helping Uncle Josh wheel the pumpkins. On the way back they both rode inside the wheel barrel. It was adorable.





Mason and Uncle.

 

During the hay ride Mason sat in between me and Josh. He put
one hand on Josh and one hand on me. So cute.



Mason liked to hold Uncle's hand. :)
Most of the time that he was holding it, he really was only holidng his pinky finger.

Grandma Jodi with Libby.
She's a wild child, runs everywhere and
 is a very brave little girl.

Cut outs. Josh on left, Libby in the middle, me on the right and Mason wanting to be in on it.



They had a large chair that Josh and myself look tiny on. :P




Grandma and the kids on the HUGE chair.

Super fun weekend. Perfect weather for it, plus love being around great people.

For Monday night dinner I made some crockpot Chicken Tortillia Soup (thanks Michelle for your recipe). Mmmmmm! It was delicious.

 

I forgot to give a certain JW the recipe so for anyone who'd like to try it, here it is:

1 lb. chicken breast

1- 10oz can enchilada sauce

1- 28 oz can crushed tomatoes

2 cloves garlic minced (or put in some garlic powder)

2- 14.5 oz can chicken broth

1 can black beans - rinsed and drained

1- 4 oz can green chiles

1 medium onion

1 can of spanish rice

1- 10 oz package frozen corn

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp chili powder

Pretty easy. I just put frozen chicken on bottom of crock pot, pour everything else in. You can add or subtract things depending on your likes or dislikes. (In my case I couldn't fit an onion so I had to omit that.) Either cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4. Basically after either the 3 or 6 hour mark you take the plump chicken out of the pot shred it up with a fork and then put back in the pot. Then serve with tortillia chips, sour cream, shredded cheese...whatever hits your fancy. Mmmm... Enjoy!! :) Let me know if you make it!

That's been my last few days. Now starting tomorrow I work 9 days in a row. Yuck.