Monday, February 25, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tortellini Soup
My mother in law asked for this recipie. I figured I'd share it with everyone. I got this out of the Parenting magazine a few years ago. Ryan really loves it, and it has spinach in it, so it makes me really happy that he likes it so much! I hope you all enjoy!
Tortellini Soup
Ingredients:
Cooking spray
½ large sweet red pepper, chopped
½ cup diced baby carrots (about 8)
4 cups chicken broth
¼ tsp. garlic powder
9 oz package cheese tortellini, fresh or frozen
3 cups baby spinach (about half a 5 oz bag), stems removed
1. In a large pot or Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, sauté chopped pepper and carrots over medium high heat for 5 minutes, or until tender.
2. Add broth and garlic powder; raise heat and boil about 5 minutes; add tortellini. Reduce heat to low; simmer about 7 minutes (9 or 10 if using frozen pasta), or until tender. Add spinach, stir until wilted, and serve.
Tortellini Soup
Ingredients:
Cooking spray
½ large sweet red pepper, chopped
½ cup diced baby carrots (about 8)
4 cups chicken broth
¼ tsp. garlic powder
9 oz package cheese tortellini, fresh or frozen
3 cups baby spinach (about half a 5 oz bag), stems removed
1. In a large pot or Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, sauté chopped pepper and carrots over medium high heat for 5 minutes, or until tender.
2. Add broth and garlic powder; raise heat and boil about 5 minutes; add tortellini. Reduce heat to low; simmer about 7 minutes (9 or 10 if using frozen pasta), or until tender. Add spinach, stir until wilted, and serve.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentines Day!
Happy Valentines Day!
So I finally decided to join in on one of the swaps my friends from Des Moines were doing. It was a Valentines swap, and I had a great time picking things out for Heather, the girl I got. So on Monday (you are so prompt!) I got my swap package from Anne Maire! I really enjoyed my package, thanks Anne Marie! Here’s a picture of what I got, except for the 2 hear shaped Reece’s, which I ate right away. Anne Marie, how’d you know I love them so much?
I’m excited to try some new recipes form the book she got me Thanks again! I loved it.
So for Valentines Day, I decided to celebrate a little early. I wanted to surprise Ryan, so I got the girls dressed and to the grocery store before 8am. This is definitely a personal record; it may even be a national one, coarse there are those crazy morning people out there, so I don’t know for sure. Anyway we got stuff to make rice crispy treats with and headed home. I added red and pink sprinkles to the marshmallow/butter mixture and ended up with pinkish treats, then I drizzled chocolate on top. That was the treat for the office. Then I made some origami hearts and added a stem to make heart flowers. I really thought we had a vase in the house, but couldn’t find it so I used a root beer mug instead. I arranged my 3 heart flowers in there and then filled it up with candy (which of coarse was Ryan’s favorite part). Then we packed lunch and the valentines Kaitlyn made and headed off to work. It was so fun to spend lunch time with Daddy at his work. The girls in the office like to see our girls and everyone is so sweet to us. The rice crispy treats were a huge hit and Ryan loved his early Valentines surprise. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures, so you’ll have to imagine it. It was a lot of fun. In fact this morning Kaitlyn got really excited and said “go Daddy work, ya, Daddy work!” It was really cute. I’m glad she enjoyed the trip too. So since I gave Ryan his present early, that night he gave me mine. I asked for a date night, so he bought a movie for me. It was Step Up and I really enjoyed my date night with Ryan after the girls went to bed last night. (We don’t know any teenagers that live closer than 45mins away, so we rarely get out) Now I think we’ll have to see Step Up 2, witch came out today. While I was making dinner last night I put Em in the high chair and gave her a hersey’s kiss and then got to work. I didn’t even think about it, until I heard her I want more grunt and turned around to see this:
It was so cute I gave her another one! By the time dad got home she was covered in chocolate and one happy baby.
So today for Valentines day we made another batch of Rice Crispy’s and finished a bunch of Valentines from the girls and headed to school to drop them off. I was talking to my mom while we were getting ready and she was just laughing. My goal was to be ready to go around 10am. We didn’t leave until 11:30. Lol, gotta love days like that. I had Valentines dresses I bought last year for the girls to wear this year, so I wanted them to wear them today. First Kaitlyn’s tights were too small, then Kaitlyn soaked her entire outfit, put that in the dryer and then a few mins later Emily soaked her dress, then the dryer goes off and Kaitlyn’s is dry but Emily’s isn’t, then Kaitlyn’s poopy. Finally I get both girls completely dressed, valentines finished, treat for the teachers packed and out the door. Good thing I was in a good mood and just laughed about it. I’m glad we didn’t HAVE to be anywhere today, we wouldn’t have made it. So here’s the girls in their Valentine Dresses, well sort of.
Kaitlyn refused to get her picture taken. Emily’s giving me a look like, come on mom I’m way to cool for this. And in the other one she’s looking a Kaitlyn like what’s your problem, just sit down. Gotta love those girls.
Ryan’s parents are coming to town tonight. I can’t wait to see them. So lots of fun stories to come about that! In the mean time here’s some happenings of late.
So Emily doesn’t nap at school, too much going on. This was dinner the other night after a day at school:
Kaitlyn decided to wear a hat to dinner the other night. She found it put it on and everything. I thought she looked pretty cute!
Here is the computer desk Ryan made. I think he did a great job!
Here’s me and my girls!
And last, if your looking for something for lunch tomorrow, here’s our favorite:
Ramen Noodles. I love to see Em suck them up! She makes a cute kissy face, I even love the noise. Kaitlyn loves to dangle the noodles above her head and slowly lower them to her mouth. Too much fun.
So I finally decided to join in on one of the swaps my friends from Des Moines were doing. It was a Valentines swap, and I had a great time picking things out for Heather, the girl I got. So on Monday (you are so prompt!) I got my swap package from Anne Maire! I really enjoyed my package, thanks Anne Marie! Here’s a picture of what I got, except for the 2 hear shaped Reece’s, which I ate right away. Anne Marie, how’d you know I love them so much?
I’m excited to try some new recipes form the book she got me Thanks again! I loved it.
So for Valentines Day, I decided to celebrate a little early. I wanted to surprise Ryan, so I got the girls dressed and to the grocery store before 8am. This is definitely a personal record; it may even be a national one, coarse there are those crazy morning people out there, so I don’t know for sure. Anyway we got stuff to make rice crispy treats with and headed home. I added red and pink sprinkles to the marshmallow/butter mixture and ended up with pinkish treats, then I drizzled chocolate on top. That was the treat for the office. Then I made some origami hearts and added a stem to make heart flowers. I really thought we had a vase in the house, but couldn’t find it so I used a root beer mug instead. I arranged my 3 heart flowers in there and then filled it up with candy (which of coarse was Ryan’s favorite part). Then we packed lunch and the valentines Kaitlyn made and headed off to work. It was so fun to spend lunch time with Daddy at his work. The girls in the office like to see our girls and everyone is so sweet to us. The rice crispy treats were a huge hit and Ryan loved his early Valentines surprise. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures, so you’ll have to imagine it. It was a lot of fun. In fact this morning Kaitlyn got really excited and said “go Daddy work, ya, Daddy work!” It was really cute. I’m glad she enjoyed the trip too. So since I gave Ryan his present early, that night he gave me mine. I asked for a date night, so he bought a movie for me. It was Step Up and I really enjoyed my date night with Ryan after the girls went to bed last night. (We don’t know any teenagers that live closer than 45mins away, so we rarely get out) Now I think we’ll have to see Step Up 2, witch came out today. While I was making dinner last night I put Em in the high chair and gave her a hersey’s kiss and then got to work. I didn’t even think about it, until I heard her I want more grunt and turned around to see this:
It was so cute I gave her another one! By the time dad got home she was covered in chocolate and one happy baby.
So today for Valentines day we made another batch of Rice Crispy’s and finished a bunch of Valentines from the girls and headed to school to drop them off. I was talking to my mom while we were getting ready and she was just laughing. My goal was to be ready to go around 10am. We didn’t leave until 11:30. Lol, gotta love days like that. I had Valentines dresses I bought last year for the girls to wear this year, so I wanted them to wear them today. First Kaitlyn’s tights were too small, then Kaitlyn soaked her entire outfit, put that in the dryer and then a few mins later Emily soaked her dress, then the dryer goes off and Kaitlyn’s is dry but Emily’s isn’t, then Kaitlyn’s poopy. Finally I get both girls completely dressed, valentines finished, treat for the teachers packed and out the door. Good thing I was in a good mood and just laughed about it. I’m glad we didn’t HAVE to be anywhere today, we wouldn’t have made it. So here’s the girls in their Valentine Dresses, well sort of.
Kaitlyn refused to get her picture taken. Emily’s giving me a look like, come on mom I’m way to cool for this. And in the other one she’s looking a Kaitlyn like what’s your problem, just sit down. Gotta love those girls.
Ryan’s parents are coming to town tonight. I can’t wait to see them. So lots of fun stories to come about that! In the mean time here’s some happenings of late.
So Emily doesn’t nap at school, too much going on. This was dinner the other night after a day at school:
Kaitlyn decided to wear a hat to dinner the other night. She found it put it on and everything. I thought she looked pretty cute!
Here is the computer desk Ryan made. I think he did a great job!
Here’s me and my girls!
And last, if your looking for something for lunch tomorrow, here’s our favorite:
Ramen Noodles. I love to see Em suck them up! She makes a cute kissy face, I even love the noise. Kaitlyn loves to dangle the noodles above her head and slowly lower them to her mouth. Too much fun.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
What a wonderful idea!
I can not think of a better way to pay tribute to our prophet Gordon B. Hinckley, than this:
http://www.hinckleychallenge.com/
Pres. Hinckley was 97 when he died, this is a chalenge to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days. You can track yourself online. There are already over 20,000 people signed up. So wonderful. I hope you check it out and do it with your family too.
Pres. Hinckley would have loved this. I know we're just a little late starting, but I'm still going to do it.
http://www.hinckleychallenge.com/
Pres. Hinckley was 97 when he died, this is a chalenge to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days. You can track yourself online. There are already over 20,000 people signed up. So wonderful. I hope you check it out and do it with your family too.
Pres. Hinckley would have loved this. I know we're just a little late starting, but I'm still going to do it.
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