freezer meals

I hate cooking dinner.  

Hate It.

So, I decided to bust out a bunch of stuff for the freezer so that I didn't have to do it every day.

When I was done I had:

-3 meat loafs

-8 hamburger patties

-a double batch of homemade meatballs

-2 pans chicken enchiladas

-2 pans lasagna

-3 tins manicotti

-2 batches chicken pasta

-3 bags chalupas

-2 chicken pot pies

-2 bags chicken with BBQ sauce

-9 bags of hamburger cooked

-9 bags of taco meat

I'm not cooking dinner for awhile!

playing in the pond

Kyle and the boys went fishing the other day to Farmington pond when I had a meeting.  I thought they were going to use their poles, but obviously I was mistaken.  

They had the best time ever and were completely soaked when they got home.  Kyle said they were catching bluegills in their hands and in their fishing nets, and put them in their bucket until they let them go.  

The boys have such a good dad and they had a great time together!

this and that

Here's some random pictures from my phone, that I'm sure you're dying to see.

We colored pictures and sent letters to Mimi and Papa.

Bosten saving the world with 2 guns, a shield and a ladder as his weapons.

We saw a couple of movies in the last couple of weeks with some of our cousins.

We've been down to hang out with our cousins.

 

They've been up to see us too.

 

We got home from Oregon and Bosten got this terrible rash all over his body.  Thankfully, it didn't itch but it looked terrible.  We have no idea where it came from or what he got into.

 

Its finally time for college football!  I'm so ready!  We were playing with Siri on my phone and asked her a question.  This was her response.

 Bosten fell asleep in the car the other night when were were on the "long road".  He swears he was just resting his eyes, but he was totally out.  Funny kid.

 

Oregon!...the last 2 days

The next day was a travel day.  We soaked in as much of the trees as we could.  There's nothing like the beautiful, green of Oregon.

We made it to Baker City, and were a little freaked out to see this at the hotel desk:

There was a parasite in the city water.  Not good.  They were handing out water bottles, and we grabbed a couple before heading over to the county fair.  Adam and Angela's kids were showing sheep at 5pm.

After the fair, we went over to their house and had pizza and played.

The next morning, they came over and went swimming with us at the hotel.

It was fun to see them, but not nearly long enough.  After they headed back to the fair, we got in the car to head home.  It was a long day, but a great trip.

Oregon!...Day 5

We got up, checked out of the hotel, and worked our way up the coast to Tillamook.  

Our first stop was the cheese factory.  We love that place.  

I'm not sure if the fun part is taking pictures...

Or watching them make the cheese....

 

Or sampling the cheese...

Or eating ice cream.

Bosten & Kaden had orange sherbet.

Kyle had chocolate mudslide.

I had chocolate peanut butter.

It was that good.

 

Then, were off to Grandpa Fred's and Grandma Patty's.  We chatted, Kaden played with the kittens, ate lunch and then headed out to pick blueberries.  We were at the very end of the season, but there were still enough to get a bucket full.  Fresh blueberries off of the vine are fabulous.

We played games the rest of the afternoon.

 

Then, it was off to the Tillamook County fair.  We looked around, played in the kids area, rode a few carnival rides, got dinner, and waited for the Pig/Ford races.

The Pig/Ford races were hilarious.  Seriously.  The boys loved it.

Did I mention we got to meet Curious George?  Totally amazing.

After the fair, we went back to the house to roast marshmallows on the deck.  Its one of the things we do when we go to their house, so we didn't want to not do it.  We surprised Freddie with cupcakes too, since he'll be turning 85 in September, and we won't be there to help him celebrate.

It was one of the best days of our entire trip.