Just call me Garfield. . .

Ok that title may date me because seriously when was the last time anyone heard of Garfield - I know it has been several years at least for me.

So back on point - so why should you call me Garfield? Because I LOVE LASAGNA! Love love love! I hardly ever make it because hello it is easier to just buy the one at Costco that is to die for. Well I was at the store the other day and figured it would be cheaper to make my own plus I could fill it with all our fruits from our garden. I already had the sauce, the sausage, the fresh herbs and lots and lots of zucchini and crock neck squash to spice it up. So all I needed was the noodles and some cheese. A lot of recipes call for ricotta or can be substituted for cottage cheese - which personally grosses me out. I love cottage cheese alone but in lasagna it bugs for some reason. So as I was pondering this substitution I thought of an even better one! Spinach Artichoke Dip!! Doesn't that sound divine - I do love spinach artichoke dip A LOT! and I think it pairs perfectly with Lasagna.

I made 4 lasagnas yesterday to put in the freezer, well one didn't make it to the freezer we had it for dinner yesterday. I had one piece and Chad was making fun of me because I was acting like Bob from "What about Bob" - in the clip below go to the 3 min mark to see the famous scene.

Needless to say the lasagna was AWESOME and I felt like I could have eaten the full pan!

Here is a picture of the finished masterpiece.

Catch up on the last couple weeks

So I have been lazy about blogging with pictures. I finally had Chad send me some pictures of events from the last couple of weeks.

Aug 1st we drove out to meet Nick and Stef in Tooele for the Tooele County Fair. It was kind of a shocker for me because it was so small. When I grew up I remember going to the fair every year and there were tons and tons of things to see - exhibits, animals, rides, and all sorts of entries people entered to be judged. At the Tooele fair there was a 10X10 tent that housed all the animals that had been entered - There were about 15 birds (chickens, turkeys, pigeons, etc) a baby cow and a pony. There were about 5 rides that looked really scary and rickety and you couldn't pay me money to climb into one of those death traps! When I think of the fair I think of all the great food vendors - well not so much at the Tooele fair. There was no big corn dogs, turkey legs, fried snickers, ice cream or my all time favorite from when I was a kid was the Hot Pastrami sandwich.

I did notice there were a lot of classy people with really classy tattoos!

The whole reason we went to the fair was to go to the Demolition Derby. It was my first and I must say it was very entertaining. We had a blast!


I couldn't believe how many people were there - it was down to standing room only. I would love to go to another and highly suggest you attend one as well!








Aug 5th, Chad and I got to go up to girl's camp. As we were driving up to Heber as we were coming around the mountain into Park City we saw this black cloud with lots of lightening. Chad said that is right where we are going camping! I was excited to see the rain for a couple reasons, one because I love rain and two because it cools off! It dropped 20 degrees as we got into the storm - finally weather in the 70's!

I had prepared all the food this year but since I had no time off accrued I could not go up for the week. So I had all the food ready and frozen so it was just heat and serve. When we arrived all the girls yelled in gratitude for the yummy food.

Here are a few pictures of the girls from camp and one of me in my tie-dyed apron they made me.



Aug 8th - we attended the Sandy Balloon Festival. As I was driving home from work on Friday I heard on the radio about the event. The event was all of 2 blocks from our house where there is a park and the ballons lift off. We arose at 6am on a Saturday which was not terribly fun. We got there and it was a little cloudy and windy so they were not sure if they were going to be able to fly the ballons or not. Finally by 7:30 there were about 6 ballons all inflated and waiting for lift off. Sadly only two ended up taking off while the others deflated and packed up. It was a bit of a dud but we got to enjoy the beautiful sunrise.




Lastly is a picture my mom asked for. I am a little hesitant to post this after having been insulted last week with the "I didnt know you were pregnant" comment. I have not posted any pictures of me pregnant because it is not pretty and I don't really want to see how fat I am. Here is one picture Chad took last Sunday when I was 23 weeks and 5 days.

SERIOUSLY??????

So the other night I was at cub scouts and one of the new leaders was talking to me asking me about things and trying to figure out what they are doing. We were talking and I thought man she is really nice! She is tall blond and skinny as can be and has the cutest little girl.

Then she asked so do you guys have kids? I said just this one and point to my stomach. She said "Oh I didn't know you were pregnant".

After my first impulse to beat her or strangle her all I could think was "Are you freaking kidding me?" Well I thought other things but I should probably keep this post PG.

Do people really just see me as a fat blob? I was really mad and obviously have not gotten over it! I HATE SKINNY PEOPLE!

70% Psycho

So this month we are celebrating our 2 year anniversary. Wow how time flies!

The other night I was talking with Chad and we started calculating that of the 24 months of marriage, 17 of them I have either been on medication to get pregnant(which I call the crazy pills), pregnant, suffering from postpardum depression, on the crazy pills again or pregnant for the 2nd time. 17 of 24 that is 70%! So that means 70% of our marriage I have been psycho! Poor Chad has had to deal with a lot of mood swings, crying spells, emotional roller coasters, food aversions and cravings, hot flashes, me saying "I'm so TIRED", my sensitive nose, etc. He has been a trooper through it all!

I am getting to the point where I don't remember what it was like before the last 17 months of being psycho! Not to say I wasn't a little psycho before then but not 70%!

Well lets just hope that 70% decreases significantly over the next 2 plus years and my husband will still love me after it all!

Happy Anniversary!

You're grounded

So all I have to say to this little boy inside of me is "you're grounded!!!".

So I know all mothers are anxious to feel their baby kick and long for that first feeling of movement. The Dr. told me a couple weeks ago that I probably would not feel him move for a little while since my placenta was on top instead of on the side or on the bottom.

I started feeling him move about 2 weeks ago and they were slight little movements. I have been feeling him more and more over the last two weeks, but I am now so over it! This little munchkin only likes to kick me in the bladder! It is the weirdest feeling. I will be sitting here and then BAMMM, a nice jolt to the bladder and I feel like I am going to pee my pants. This is not fun anymore!

Note to baby - Please kick something else if you are going to kick!

Best Husband Ever!

So last night we got home from Church ate an early dinner and then took a nap. The nap was awesome however we woke up way too late! When I finally woke up and got out of bed the baby was really craving some chocolate.

Last week on facebook, I saw a post that said "In Paris, eating a Nutella banana crepe - anyone jealous?" I said heck yeah I am jealous! On my way home from work that day I stopped and bought strawberries and nutella so I could make me some crepes. Well needless to say I never got the energy up to make them so I opted for just strawberries dipped in Nutella.

Last night I said to Chad "you know what sounds good? Crepes with Nutella strawberries and bananas!". So he got up and made them for me! They were the best thing I have ever eaten. I devoured them and was in heaven!

Oh how I love thee!!! (Chad and Nutella that is!)

Girls Night Out

Last night I got to have a girls night out and we had so much fun. Two girls I meet while on my mission nearly 13 years ago. I am so glad we have been able to stay in contact with each other and have enjoyed years of friendship.

Last night we meet at Pei Wei for dinner which you can never go wrong with Pei Wei. We chatted it up over eating our dinner and we called it drama night. We all talked about all the drama that either we are those we love are experiencing. It is amazing how good it feels to download the drama off your plate and share it with friends - it is like a load has been lifted off your shoulders. Friends ROCK!!

Then after dinner we hurried to the movie "17 Again". I know it has been out forever but I am just now getting around to seeing it. It was a total bargain because it was at the Dollar Theatre.

There were moments in the movie that were so awkward/embarrassing that they were hard to watch, but it was a very cute and enjoyable movie. It did make me feel a little old though because it had a teenage throb in it and the old dad was Matthew Perry who I thought was hot back in the "Friends" day. Oh well - it was a great movie and we had a great night out just us girls.