It's always a party....

Friends: Mackenzie and Tyler planned a fun little bday bash for Josh and here are the pictures!! Mac planned this amazing fiesta- with awesome food, cake, and a pinata!! Thanks Mackenz. btw If you ever need someone to throw ya a party this is your gal. I have her no. if you need it. ;)
Below are some fun cake pops I made and brought to the fiesta. Go to bakerella.com for the recipe or to look around if you are a big baker- the lady who created this blog has been on martha stewart. she is amazing.

Happy Golden Bday to crazy ol' josh.

Snapshot- Jake and Jen :)

Ben was laughing really hard. I have no idea what was so funny.

Josh finally Broke the PINATA! the older you get. the harder the pinata is to break.. well he was using a broom..

Looking forward to next week!

We moved last week and it was a success. we love our new little place. I will have to take a couple pics and post. but i sure am looking forward to monday. its been a good week of taking walks, exploring our new neighborhood, watching lots of movies, and organizing here and there.... but monday we will be getting internet and tv!!! woot woot!! we will prob be suffering from internet/cable overload next week. only cause im in withdrawl mode at this point. dont get me wrong im not even a huge tv watcher, ask ben, i rarely put it on.. but when you dont have the option, man you sure appreciate what you used to have... :)

so text/call me all ya want but no more emails til monday please!

this is what i will be watching next week:
all my favs (thats if i even think to turn on the tv):

not addicted to this show yet, and im sure ben doesnt really care for this, but you know me.. im a huge musical junkie.. nothin makes me happier than some singing conversation and what not..

Mom- I take after you.. this is the only show I actually really set out to watch when we have a free friday night..
Am I dreaming? hope not. but We will be watching plenty of this. one of Ben's favorites :)

Quick- Pf Changs Chicken Lettuce Wraps! yum

We had these last night for Marcia's bday and they were delish! thanks for the recipe Michelle.

Serves: 2-3 Prep: 30 min
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons oil
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup water chestnuts
2/3 cup mushroom
3 tablespoons chopped onions
1 teaspoon minced garlic
4-5 leaves iceberg lettuce

Special Sauce
This is quoted from a PF changs server: "Add some chili paste for tongue spice. Add some hot mustard mixed with hot water for nasal spice (like wasabi or horseradish). Add some soy for salt. Add some white vinegar to help break the spice. Add some chili oil (if you have it) for pepper taste. Exact measurements are a personal taste. You can add additional to yours if you want. I use to add lemon juice, because that's what I liked. Other servers add a splash of coke or a packet of sugar."

Stir Fry Sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar

Directions
Make the special sauce by mixing all ingredients together. Mix well and refrigerate this sauce until you're ready to serve.

Bring oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan.
Saute chicken breasts for 4 to 5 minutes per side or done.
Remove chicken from the pan and cool.
Keep oil in the pan, keep hot.
1As chicken cools mince water chestnuts and mushrooms to about the size of small peas.
1Prepare the stir fry sauce by mixing the soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar together in a small bowl.
When chicken is cool, mince it as the mushrooms and water chestnuts are.
With the pan still on high heat, add another Tbsp of vegetable oil.
Add chicken, garlic, onions, water chestnuts and mushrooms to the pan.
Add the stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a couple minutes then serve it in the lettuce"cups".
Serve special sauce over filled lettuce cups. Enjoy!!

Family/Friends!

Maralee & Jack in his BYU hat. good to know who you're rootin for Jack. Go BYU! thanks for coming out to visit. i sure feel spoiled. miss you!

Jill & Lauren, two of my very best friends from the math ed program. Congrats ladies! we did it!

Thank you for comin out for the whole week mom and dad. it was great sharing all the excitement this past week with you!

Sadie and Jack up to no good.

Shouts out to all 4 birthday girls in my fam: Happy Birthday Sadie, Michelle, Melissa, & Marcia!!!!!!!! PARTY ON!

Following graduation we even had a yummy cookout at Ben's parents house. It was a great week, hardly know what to do with myself now that its all over.

thanks for all the support everyone. Love ya!

spinach stuffed zucchini

If you're looking for something easy & yummy to make tonight this might be the perfect side. I got this from my friend Lauren who is always trying new things and has great taste. Ben loved this.

Ingredients
4 large zucchini, halved lengthwise
2 tablespoons olive oil
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup onion, diced
1 cup chicken flavored stuffing mix
1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup Parmesan cheese

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Brush cut side of zucchini with olive oil; sprinkle with salt, and pepper. Place zucchini, cut side down, on a lined baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes, or until tender. Scoop out pulp, keeping shells intact; reserve pulp. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F.
In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook 5 minutes or until transparent. To the skillet, add stuffing mix, spinach, sour cream, cheese and zucchini pulp. Mix together and add salt and pepper, to taste. Cook for 3 minutes. Spoon mixture evenly into squash shells. Place on baking sheet, and bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until heated through.

What's new with the Jumpers?

It has been an exciting week! We had my family in town for graduation, I got a job on Thursday, I graduated on Friday, and we are celebrating our 1 year anniversay today. Thanks for the best first year Ben!! Oh I will be teaching Alegbra I at Summit Academy in Draper this fall! Once I get some pics of this weekend and the family I'll post them. Hope everyone is having a Fabulous weekend!

April 23rd 2010 Here we come!!

I'm graduating FRIDAY!!! This is what I will be doing.