My Wicked Weekend

I just wanted to start out by saying that my sisters ROCK!

By the way, my Mom is pretty fabulous, too!

And my sister-in-law is really awesome also!

 

'k - got that out there!

Here are the deets on my weekend away from my family - who are also pretty fabulous, too!

My youngest sister got all of us tickets to WICKED in Boise. How stinkin' cool is that? Answer: VERY STINKIN' COOL! (I was hoping that sleeping on it would calm me down but it hasn't - sorry!)

My youngest sister, her daughter, my sister-in-law, and my mom were all driving up from the Land Southward and were planning on meeting me in the thriving metropolis of Burley, Idaho at 1:00. My sweet, lovely, Hubby got me there an hour and a half early. (Thankfully, he didn't just drop me off at the gas station/diner and leave me.) After driving around and looking at  the old homestead, I hopped in the car with the girls - leaving The Girl, The Boy and The Hubby to fend for themselves!

(BTW, I left my good camera at home so these are from my phone. Sorry)

My youngest sister - isn't she cute?

We drove forever across (literally) nothing. BTW, I so hate this drive.

Meet R - the only girl I know who can play every game on every phone or iPad.

K - we reached Boise and checked into the hotel. To sum up the rest of the night, my darling Red Head sister and most of her family spent the evening eating chinese food, visiting and finally swimming at the hotel's pool. Lovely!

 

Saturday morning involved getting glam for the play and the GIRLS ONLY time had begun. First stop was for multiple mani/pedis at a beauty school in Boise. LOVE IT! One niece got orange and black tiger stripes on her hands and the other got purple and teal polka dots on 1 hand and the other hand had stripes. R got glitter on her fingers... As you can guess, we all had a blast!

When finished with nails, we changed and checked out of the hotel - then took off to the play. We stopped at Roosters Eatery and Catering for lunch. It was seriously fabulous and quick! Then a quick run into Lee's Candies for a bit of chocolate.

My mom, R and youngest sister (who is pregnant and gorgeous!)

Again with the crappy phone pictures - and Sis-In-Law just popped a yummy rum chocolate in her mouth. Sorry.

My darling Sister-in-law bought boxes of candy for intermission. LOVE it! It was seriously the best intermission in a very long time!

Then off to the play!

Some of my nieces - S, R and A. Love ya!

The curtain - cool!

waiting....

 K - let me sum up. FABULOUS!! We had so stinkin' much fun! The play was as wonderful as we expected. The singing was great and the sets were so 'steam-punk' cool. Loved every minute of it.

Then we hugged and kissed the Boise kiddos and hit the road for home.

Seriously - nothing. And yes, this was taken out the car window.

The Hubby, The Boy and The Girl met us in Burley where we ate and parted ways. It was a fabulous weekend and I had a great time. I was truly happy to be home and with my cute little family. I was hugged for maybe an hour by The Girl when we met up in the restaurant. Love that!

So, Wicked was everything I expected it to be and more. More because I got to share it with my mom, sisters and nieces. More because I really enjoy musical theater. More because I am a goof who cried at every song. MORE!

Thanks for the flowers

Sorry but I couldn't NOT post this!

I told The Girl that dandelions were my favorite flower and she should pick every one that she could find!

Thanks, baby!

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Last Week ...

You know, some days are better than others. In our world, sometimes it is a week that is better than others. Last week was kinda a 'black hole' - we had lots of things happening all at the same time. Our latest black hole was Thursday!  We had three events that were happening between 6:00 and 7:30. We are really starting to hate Thursdays! Then we are at the weekend. One of our super busy weekends. Love it. (Please insert your version of sarcasm at these short 'sentences'. Thanks)

The schedule is like this:

The Boy and The Hubby - cub scouts 6:15 - 7:30. No prob.

I have Relief Society on the 1st Thursday on the month. I usually miss it. 6:00 to 8:00. Since I had invited our TKD teachers to do self-defense at RS - I couldn't miss it. Lovely.

The Boy signed up for 4H Dog Club - 7:00 - 8:00. Crap.

The Boy skipped cubs and went to RS with me, took off early and went to dog club. OK.

The Hubby took The Girl with him to cubs. Fabulous.

All's well.

Friday.

Instead of celebrating The Girl's birthday on Sunday (also Mother's Day) we opted for Friday.

The morning dawned about 5:30 for me 'cuz I had to finish the cake, but I was done by 8:30. All good. Food in the crock and almost finished scrubbing the house clean when my mother showed up. Fabulous. The Girl and I were still in jammies. Great. Mom bathed The Girl and I hopped a shower and got ready. Late lunch at Mama Inez. YUM! Then home to finish up for the party. Almost 30 people in my house and eating ribs, hot dogs, potato salad, jello salad, veggie salad, chips, and soda. Then cake and ice cream. SERIOUSLY YUMMY. (That is another post.)  We got everyone but my mom out and on the road. The Hubby and The Boy slept downstairs for some 'camping' like experience. They somehow missed the show. The Girl cried and screamed until 3:00 A.M. almost NON-STOP! Yikes.

Saturday.

I was not up to a big breakfast so - FFY (fend for yourselves). We had TKD Leadership from 10:30 - 12:30, which was great except me running on 3 hours of sleep. My mom took The Girl shopping. The boys had a cub hike at noon so they took off. Mom and The Girl picked me up and we went to lunch. YUM! Mom headed south after that so The Girl and I put on Fantasia 2000 and CRASHED!

Sunday.

Mother's Day. (One of these days I will explain why I don't really like Mother's day. Not today.) Got a lovely card from the kids and they made potholders in Primary. FUN! Wahoo!

After church, we took a long drive. My Favorite - really! Then dessert with the in-laws. Sent the kiddos to bed and took some NyQuil.

Cute Toe Time

In our little slice of the world, today is sunny and almost warm. Love it! Yesterday was just as nice! The Girl and I repainted our toes to match our mood. Yep, polka dots! Wahoo! We are so ready for sandal weather!

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Our Easter

Ok - I was such the bad mommy this weekend. I totally forgot my camera! I KNOW! When was the last time I did that? Seriously don't remember! Awful me!

So, let me sum up. On Friday we took off for the land southward and celebrated birthdays with the extended fam! So much fun! The kiddos played outside and downstairs until WAY passed their bedtimes but had a FUN time! I have to admit that some of us stayed up past my bedtime, too! Then after breakfast we headed home. We pulled in, cleaned up and got back into the car for a quick drive to the family lunch and egg hunt at the in-laws! That was AWESOME! My sis-in-law was terrific and put lots of fun little toys and not a lot of candy in the eggs! AWESOME! We got to play card games and visit and do a little shopping (cuz I was the bad mommy and forgot to get The Boy a shirt and tie, which he desperately needed!) As a family, we don't always spend much time together but it is so fun when we do!

Sunday dawned bright and early. So I got lots done! I worked on my lesson for my Primary class and cooked breakfast and just enjoyed the morning. We kept the food REALLY simple with one huge ham steak between all four of us, pasta salad and fresh veggies. (Sometimes keeping it simple is best!) My camera was a home so... tons of pictures as usual. I won't bore you with all of them - just my favorites!

After church, we snacked and then made cookies for Family Home Evening!

Tons of fun for everyone! Yep, more pictures - this time from my phone.

My New Favorite Appliance... sorta

Yep, there he is. Our new favorite appliance.

Let me explain...

It seems that on Mondays and Wednesdays we are a bit strapped for time. Either I had to have all the cooking done before the afternoon mayhem began (yeah right)

OR

I would have to plan ahead and have something simmering in the pot.

I found a cook book at Costco called Slow Cooker Revolution which I promptly bought without even looking inside! CRAZY!

LOVE it!

Ok yeah - it is sorta a snooty cookbook that uses slightly crazy things like "canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce" and chickpeas (which will NEVER come into my house EVER).

That being said, everything that I have cooked has turned out as expected or better except one that was totally my fault. I guess there are some ingredients that cannot be left out!

We have only tried a few but ...TASTY!

Here is the list of what we have tried:

• Chicken in a Pot - my fault. I left out some spices (oops) but the chicken fell apart literally while we were wrestling it out of the crock.
• Sicilian Meatloaf - crazy good! Crazy that I cooked it in a 1980's crock pot and it turned out fabulous!
• Maple-Glazed Pork Loin - FABULOUS!!! The cayenne pepper added just a wonderful little kicker!

Next up is the Barbecued Drumsticks (tonight) and then the Everyday Shredded Pork Filling (burritos), and then Huli Huli Chicken and Sweet and Sour Sticky Ribs.  I can't wait!

As I was planning menus, I kept thinking that I needed a new crock but then I remember that there is only 4 of us and we only eat about 2.5 servings of anything! If I got a bigger and better slow cooker then I would have to recruit people to eat at my house every other day so I didn't have to throw great food out! So, we will still use our lovely old crock pot and I will start looking through the crafty blog world for ways to "cute" up the crock.

Spring?

Could it possibly be spring? I certainly hope so and I am not the only one! The Girl couldn't resist the sunshine and the warmer temps (50*)! I have to admit to buying flipflops for everyone last week - I couldn't resist either!

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