Puppies

Drew's family has this really cute Boston named Kyah. They bought her from the pet store and she was pretty sick and had to have some surgeries. With all the medicine they gave her, it left her a little retarded. No joke. lol but we still love her and she is so sweet and crazy.

Kyah learning how to walk :)

Kyah would scratch her ear till it was bleeding so she needed to get a cone. Haha!

Oh Kyah just loves Drew :)

Well Drew and I really want a puppy. Drew wants a little wrinkly puppy. He has sucked me into the idea and now I think they are super cute! Here are a few pics and videos of the puppies we want.

Bad thing about it them is that they look ugly when they grow up.

Oh well. I'm sure we would still love him or her when they grow up. We are thinking about getting a puppy sometime around next Christmas. 

Christmas

Sorry guys for not posting for like a month. I finally uploaded all my pics and videos to my computer from my phone and now I can share with you guys what has been going on in Colorado.

We had a great Christmas this year. It was our first little married Christmas. I bought Drew Madden to play on the xbox and then we went together to the mall to get me presents. At first, that was just going to be our Christmas. No wrapping or anything. But we both decided to get each other something else and wrap it and put it under our tree.

I let Drew open one present on Christmas Eve.

The next couple pictures are Christmas morning opening presents.

Later that day we went to my in-laws and opened presents there.

December 17th here yet????

Oh this week needs to go by faster.
It is finals week for both Drew and I and we are dying for this semester to be over with. He has his first final tomorrow for his Business Law class. Then the next day he has his Communications final and then Thursday he has his Calculus final. Man, that guy has some difficult classes. He has an A in English! Yay Drew! Good luck on your finals this week babe.

I have a paper to write for Doctrine and Covenants that is due on Thursday and then a final project/paper for Natural Disasters due Friday and Saturday I think. I need to get cracking on these. Friday night is Drew's work Christmas party at the Broadmoor and I work Saturday morning so I better get working on these. I turned in my research paper for English last Saturday so I'm pretty much done with that class. I think I have one more assignment for that class this week.

I am going to be so relieved once this semester is over. Also, classes end this Friday for Carver Elementary. I definitely need a break from those kids. You could sure tell today that the kids know that break is coming. They were out of control. It is just going to get worse throughout the week. We better get a snow day or indoor recess :). On Friday my class is going to be making gingerbread houses. That should be fun. Omg! I haven't posted pictures of our gingerbread house that Drew and I made at his parents. It's pretty awesome. I'll put some up later on this week or next.

Happy Holidays friends and good luck on your finals!

Note to self

Do not just fill the bathtub with hot water because it WILL hurt your feet. Also, do not start the bath 10 to 15 minutes before your husband gets off work unless you want to be pruney when he gets home.

Chicken Piccata

So today for dinner I made chicken piccata and let me just tell you that it was pretty dang yummy.
Here is the recipe I found online

What you need:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (choose thinner breasts; if they are think, you'll want to slice them in half horizontally)
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup white wine (optional)
1 3/4 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2-3 tablespoons capers
chopped, dried parsley

What to do:
In a small bowl, mix the salt and pepper, then sprinkle over chicken pieces.

Add flour to the small bowl, and dredge each chicken breast in the flour. Coat well.

In a large skillet, heat the olive oil and butter over medium-high heat. When hot, add the chicken pieces. Saute until golden brown, turning as necessary.

Remove the chicken pieces into a glass baking dish; set aside and keep warm.

Add two tablespoons of the flour back into the skillet and cook for a few seconds. Add the wine (if you are using it) and cook about 30 seconds, scraping up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan.

Add the chicken broth and lemon juice. Bring to a simmer for about three minutes, stirring occasionally, until sauce is slightly thickened.

Add chicken back to pan. Sprinkle with capers and parsley. Simmer gently, cover, and heat through for about five minutes.

Serves well over buttered pasta.


I chose to use the white wine so Drew had to buy it since I have a year until I can buy alcohol. Pathetic I know lol. So yeah, I used Chardonnay and bought the little bottles since we don't drink. I also just served the chicken with mashed potatoes instead of the pasta that it suggested. I wanted to serve a veggie as well but I did not have enough time.

Black Friday

Sorry guys it's been a while since I have actually posted.

Thanksgiving night we went to Best Buy to line up at 7pm and wait for them to open at midnight. I'm surprised we made it. Guess it was the awesome deal that we were going for that made us survive that long wait. We got an xbox360 and kinect with 5 games included and 3 movies for $329. Everywhere else was selling just the xbox for 299. We got a pretty good deal.
We went straight home after our purchase and Drew couldn't wait, he went straight to setting it up and didn't go to bed until 5am. It took forever for our games to download. Actually just Halo. I think he just downloaded that one game before he went to bed. I went to bed not too long after we got home because I was sick and had work the next morning.

I'm glad we got it. Drew has games to play and I do as well on the kinect. I play fruit ninja and the adventures game it comes with. We also play together on the adventures game. We also use the xbox for Netflix. It loads so much faster and doesn't skip on the xbox where it would do that on my laptop. I was thinking about getting Drew Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 or Madden 12 for Christmas. I'm just not sure. Xbox games are pretty expensive. But then if I don't get him that, what do I get him? I hate getting presents. I never know what to get.

Monday Night with the Johnson and Johnson to be :)

We made Navajo Tacos for dinner tonight. They were pretty good actually haha. Drew was doubting my dough at first but it turned out good. The first one I fried though was as hard as a cracker. Drew had to help me after that :). Our guests seemed to enjoy them. Yay me! We topped them off with refried beans, ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, and hot sauce. Yum! For dessert we had oreo balls/truffles. I made those last night so I wouldn't have to worry about them today and just focus on the dinner part today.

Drew also gave his awesome fhe with the tea bag and matches on faith and overcoming fear. Our guests thought that was pretty cool. They had never seen it before. If you haven't I suggest you come over to our place to check it out!

Whenever I blog I get upset that I don't take pictures about what I blog about so I can share with you guys. I'll try to do better on that.