Just Another Week

Happy St. Patricks Day everybody! I can't believe that March is already half over, the time is just flying by. We haven't had anything to exciting this last week. I'm in charge of our Relief Society Birthday dinner this week, so I am just busy trying to get that all done. Jared just wishes that he could go on more 4-wheeler rides and the girls are just happy if they can go outisde and jump on the tramp and play with turbo. Now that I'm thinking back about this week, I remember what we did. Jared is in Cub Scouts and so we had the Blue and Gold banquet with this weekend. Him and Jared McIntyre are over the cubscouts and so they actually put this whole thing together, they did all the planning and even the grocery shopping for this. Jen and I had a good laugh while they were out grocery shopping, we wrote their lists for them which only had about 20 things on it, it took them 4 hours!!! But, of course they had to stop for lunch, they got really worn out!! No, we were really proud of them, they did a great job. We all put together a dinner for 50 people, and it turned out really well. Kyla got to go to her first real birthday party, for a little boy that is in our ward. A whole house of 3 year olds, wow!! Needless to say, Kyla did not have that much fun, as you all know she just doesn't really care for other people. Our friend Jen took her and her boys, and she stayed with her, I figured she would do better if she didn't have me to cling to, she still wasn't much fun. Oh well, maybe next time!! Jared makes fun everytime that I put recipes on here, because he says this blog is about us, not about cooking....but I don't really care, so here is the menu for the week!!
Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Stir Fry
Chicken Alfredo
Chicken Salad Croissants
Fajitas
Spiral Ham w/ Cheesy Potatoes (easter dinner)

Pulled Pork Sandwiches recipe:

5-6 lb. Pork Roast (whatever cut of meat that's on sale)
14.5 oz. can of PETITE diced tomatoes
16 oz. can tomatoe sauce
2/3 C. Brown Sugar
1/3 C. Vinegar
1 tsp. Chili Powder
12 Buns
Mix all of the sauce items together, place pork roast in crock pot, and pour 1 cup sauce over the top, cook on low 6-8hrs. Take meat out of crockpot, dump out excess juice, shred meat. Put the meat back in the crockpot and pour remaining sauce over the top. Leave on low and let cook 1 more hour. Serves 12
This is a great meal to put on in the morning, so it's ready for dinner. It makes a lot, but I use what I need for the meal and freeze the rest. Stays good in the freezer up to 2 months! Enjoy!

Our Trip to San Diego

So last week we decided spur of the moment to go to San Diego, Jared had a couple vacation days that he had to use up this month, so we just decided to go. It's only a 6 1/2 hour drive from here, so we packed up and headed out last monday, we stayed until friday. We had such a fun time. The girls were so good on the drive out, and we had so much fun everywhere we went. Tuesday, we spent all day at Sea World, Kyla loves every kind of animal there is, and we had so much fun watching the shows, but she was most excited about seeing sharks and dolphins, are as she calls them "golphins". She loved feeding the dolphins, and especially petting the stingrays. Haley was a very good girl, although she spent most of her time sitting in the stroller. She loved the big aquariums of fish, we would just park her in front of them, and she would laugh and scream and point at all the fish, she loved it!! Wednesday, we decided to go to the San Diego Zoo. We spent all day there. Kyla walked the whole time both days, and loved every minute of it. They have a little children's zoo, where they let the kids come in with the animals and pet them. Kyla thought that was great, she loved the goats!! Thursday, we went to the beach, it started out sunny, but then it got really windy, but we had enough time to build a sandcastle, find some seashells, and eat at least 5 or 6 handfuls of sand (Haley)....We went for a walk out on the pier and there were lot's of seagulls and pigeons for Kyla to chase, except she thinks that every bird is a duck!! Friday we packed up and headed home, the girls were very good on the way home as well, I think we wore them out. Our trip was a lot of fun!!!