I am a Princess....

You Are Pocahantas!

Free-spirited and wise. You have a strong passionate spirit that touches and changes all who know you. The wisdom and common sense that you have is really what guides you through life. Even so, you also have a very playful side that loves adventure and excitement.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Amazing Dinner

So it's weird, growing up I hated cooking. I somehow always got my little sister to do it for me. You know the old trick. You put on your best puppy dog eyes and you say "but you make it so much better than I do." Even though it was usually something like chicken noodle soup or Raman Noodles it still got the job done. Karma must be a real thing because now Chris gives me the same look and says the exact same thing, and even though I invented this trick, it still works on me. lol. Anyway back to what I was saying. So since I've been married I actually enjoy cooking. I'd like to think I'm pretty decent...but it's just in my own mind and Chris doesn't dispute it.
So I'm always looking for good recipes and my mom kind of invented this one and it's become the new favorite in our house. I should have taken a picture to post on here...maybe next time. Anyway, it's really yummy, colorful and actually good for you. Oh and the best part it takes 15 minutes. It's kind of a throw together what you want recipe, but I thought I'd share it with you so you all can enjoy it to! I call it:
Mom's Chicken Tortellini ( I know, super creative)

What you need:
2 chicken breasts
1-2 cups spinach (de-stemmed)
1-2 Roma tomatoes
1-3 garlic cloves
1/4 cup red onion (cut up)
1 pkg Tri-colored Tortellini with Cheese (Macey's, frozen section)
1/3 cup Olive oil
1/4 Cup Mozzarella Cheese
Basil, Oregano, Salt and Pepper
Any vegetable you like (zucchini is really good in this)

Grill the chicken and when done cut into 1" cubes. While the chicken is cooking de-stem the spinach. Dice the tomatoes into small pieces. Chop the garlic up as small as you can, or use a garlic press. (I have one of those chopper things that I throw the garlic into. But if you use a chopper don't use it for the onions, trust me on this one.) Cook tortellini in boiling water. ( put a little salt and oil in the boiling water with the pasta, apparently it's an old Italian secret). Heat the olive oil in a large skillet until hot. Add the garlic and onion. Sautee for 2 minutes or until garlic is barely golden brown. By this time the chicken should be done. Drain tortellini. Add spinach, chicken, tortellini, mozzarella, salt, pepper, basil, oregano, tomatoes, and any other vegetables to the skillet. Cooke on low to medium heat until cheese is just starting to melt. Serve with fruit and whatever else you want. We like it with watermelon, a peach shake, and croissants.

So that's my yummy recipe. Try it. It's impressive. People will think you are an incredible chef. Really you can just throw whatever you want together. I don't like tomatoes very much so I don't add many, but I love onions and spinach so I load up on those. Oh and just so you know I usually chop up 3 garlic cloves, but I like it with a little more garlic flavor. My mom only puts one to two and uses a garlic press, but for me the flavor is a little dull. Try it and let me know what you think.

Power Yoga

I can't believe they snapped this of me when I told them not to! :) Ok, so I'm pretty sure I would snap in half and end up paralized in a hospital if I even attempted to attempt this one.
So one of my mission companions, Blanca, and I decided to take up power yoga. We go every Tuesday and Thursday for an hour and a half class. I love it! It's been five years since I took yoga, and I'm really rusty, but it feels so good to be stretching and moving in those ways. My favorite are the sun salutations and of course the relaxation/meditation part at the end. Not to be stereotypical but it's so...cleansing. It's something I definitely plan on doing for as long as I can.

Princess Fashion Show

Chris's little sister got a bunch of Princess stuff for her 6th birthday from her cousins. She was so excited to show us, I decided to turn it into a fashion show. We got a little carried away. Linley definitely pulls the look off the best...but Chris doesn't look too bad himself. lol.

I never knew that my tough guy had so much...pizzaazz...lol.

He loves it!!!

So there is our fashion show. Hope you enjoyed it!

One Year of Pics

So we finally loaded up our pics from the last year of our marriage. I thought it would be fun to post some of them.
Our first ginger bread house.

We spent our fourth of July at a wedding for our good friend Cory. This is a picture of her reception at the Huntsman Cancer Center. It was beautiful and over looked the fireworks at the U. Saturday mornings are spent with Chris playing soccer. I love watching him play.
Me Saturday morning after cleaning.
Chris and his brother playing soccer in Montana while we were camping.
It took us a total of 10 hours to get to our camping site in Montana. This is Chris's excited face.
A quick pic ofc us at Mary's graduation.
My sister and my mom. They grow up so fast!
Me and my beautiful sister. I can't believe she's 18, and done with school.

For Halloween Chris and I had a contest to see who could make the best pumpkin. It turned out to be a tie.

Here's us in Las Vegas out side the Bellagio, waiting for the water show.
Us in Disneyland. We went in October and it was perfect!!!
Here's what our room looked like when we got back from our honeymoon.
Us trying to navigate our way through Seattle.

So there you go! My goal is to take a lot more pictures this year.

Good CD!

So I rarely buy cds, and when I do it's because it has three or more songs on it that I LOVE, not just like, but LOVE. You know, the kind that are so wonderful that you could listen to them over and over and over again, and still not be tired of them (even though everybody else is). So my latest discovery is

Little Voice by Sara Bareilles. I LOVE this CD! I think I've listened to it 50 times in the last week. I know Love Song gets over played on the radio, but it's still a good song. I've added some of my favorites from her cd to the very end of my playlist. One of my current favorites is Love on the Rocks, Oh, and Gravity, oh and Fairytale, oh and...well just listen to some of them. They're really easy to listen to. But please, don't take my opinion, check them out for yourselves.

Also I've got a lot of pics to post on here, but I can't find the cord to put them on my computer. Hopefully I will get that done soon, especially because I'm completely out of space on my camera, and I want pics to go along with my descriptions of our camping trip and other fun stuff we've done in the last couple weeks.

But yeah, this cd...totally worth the money.