What is it

So last night for supper I made this...


Casey saw it and wanted to know why I put carrots in cupcakes and why we were having cupcakes for supper. They were not sweet cupcakes but instead bbq chicken "cupcakes". I just took dough from a can and cut it into six pieces and put it in a large greased muffin tin. Then topped it with frozen veggi mix and cheese. Then baked it for 30 mins at 350. I baked it uncovered for 20 mins and then covered for the last ten just to make sure it didn't burn. Very yummy and very easy.

While the muffins cooked I also baked some spaghetti squash. I love this stuff and figured that since the oven was on I would roast it along side. This time I rubbed garlic over the squash and then used some spicy stuff on it and put it in a baking dish with wine and then covered with foil.

When its done you just take a fork to it and it will come out of the skin just like spaghetti. I love the stuff but it is not a big hit with the guys in the family. So you can tell what my lunch for the next few days will be... Yummy.

This weekend Brent is going to scout for his upcoming hunting trip so Casey and I will have a few days to just hang out. A picnic on the pull out bed and hopefully a trip to the Saturday Farmers Market. Then maybe a second veiwing of Cars2 now that its in the cheap theater but who knows.

Its hard to believe October is so close. Dont know where the time goes anymore but I do enjoy the changing leaves and all the fun that comes with the cooler weather.

The Seventh Day

Casey and Brent were reading in Genesis this morning about how the earth was created. When they finished Casey said he knew what happened on the 7th day. God watched football. :) Got to love seeing the world though the eyes of a kid.

I'm Back, again

I think I am back...I have been having trouble with getting this blog to work with pictures. Hopefully it will work today.

So what have we been up to for the last few weeks. Casey still loves school, infact he was very upset when he had a day off for Labor Day. It also took a few weeks to get the weekend to be ok but now I think he enjoys the weekend. We are starting to get a good routine down for the day. His day starts at the same time in school 8:40 just like last year. But now I don't get him until about 3:15. I have found that it works better to get to the school by about 3:00 so I can find a parking spot. Its nice to have that time to talk to the other parents or just hang out for a few minutes. Then when we get home Casey has homework and being the mother that I am I make him get it done before he goes out to play with the neighbor kids. Being in first grade his homework is reading page of words and now a daily spelling test. This routine took about two weeks to get him willing to do. It took me telling him one day that we did not have to do the work but when he gets to school he would have to tell his teach why it was not done. Its amazing how that has made him willing to do the work. As far as the spelling test, he has had two so far and aced both of them. If you get all of them correct you get a jolly rancher. A great motivator for Casey.

Casey has come even farther out of his shell. There are about four families that live on our street and they all have kids around Casey's age and since our neighborhood BBQ he has been willing to go and play with them. Its nice to live in a dead end street like we do because it cuts down on the traffic and I know they are safe. These new friends have gotten Casey to take his training wheels off his bike and have gotten him to just open up in general. He is in the house long enough to get his homework done and then have a small snack and its out to play. One huge plus is he is sleeping much better at night now. The other nice thing is I know the families some what and they are all good families for Casey to be around.

Over Labor Day weekend we went to McCall for a race for Brent. One of his running buddies wife was doing the race as well. It was a fast trip, just one night but still fun. McCall is a very pretty place and not to far away. Here is Casey and his friend playing in the McCall Lake. We told them to not get to wet...it took about a blink of an eye before they were soaked. Thankfully the hotel was close and the weather was nice and warm.


Hard to believe but the strawberry patch is still producing. I did not realize it would still be going this long. Now that I can enjoy them, I love it. :):) As for the rest of the garden...lets let the pictures do the talking.
My peppers are coming back after almost being pulled out

One day this is what I found. :)

Found this today.
Sadly the squash you see in the back did not come out of the garden. I had to buy him. :(


Here is a picture of Casey at the zoo when we went this summer. So much fun.

Well this is kind of a here it is post. Hopefully I will be better about posting now that I have my schedule a little more worked out. Brent is still working from home two days a week so there is very little computer time for me. Not a big deal because I am starting my bible study for the next few months. Its "Bad Girls of the Bible" our first bad girl is Eve and the author takes the story and makes it work for today. With Eve she took the story and made Eve a daughter of a gardener and there is a group of trees that she is not to touch. An evil man comes and gets her to touch it and taste its fruit and when her boyfriend comes she gets him to taste the fruit as well. This Thursday will be the second class but I already love the book. I also love the ladies in the class, they were the same from last year and are just so much fun. So I will try to keep you up to date on that as well. But now its time to get moving before my afternoon gets away from me.

Day Two

We now have a full first grader in the house. The second day of first grade went great for Casey. He is getting back into the morning routine so far. Its a good thing he has never been a late sleeper because it takes a little for him to fully wake up in the morning. When I picked him up at 3:15 he was so excited to tell me all about recesse and PE and lunch. The only problem is when you ask him about the rest of the day he cannot remember. He told me that the learning part of school is hard to remember, the fun stuff pushed the learning stuff out. Its not hard to learn the new stuff just to remember it to tell me about it. Another great reason to help in his class this year. Once home we spent about two hours playing battleship, yes almost two hours. Only two games in that time frame as well. I found a U-Build it Battleship game, its just like the good old battleship game but you get to build the boats out of legos which Casey finds just as much fun as the game.

As for my day, I spent it running more errors. Brent it going on a climb this Friday night and Saturday so I did the shopping for his supplies. He also worked from home yesterday so I got other odds and ends done, like getting a couple of goodie bags made for a couple of kids that have birthdays coming up.

Today is day three so we will see what new expression Casey has today. Not sure what our weekend will hold, I am hoping to talk Casey into going down to the Farmers Market but if not we will find something to keep us busy on Saturday. Somehow we always do.

1st Grade

Yesterday Casey had his first day of school and loved it. Although I was told that it was not really the first day because it was only a half day of school and that he is not yet a first grader he is only half a first grader. After today he will be a true first grader. :) Got to love the way his mind works.


I figured the first day would go just fine and it did. We got to school and found that the parking lot was packed and there was not a single spot to park. So we had to park at the near by park and walk a little bit. Not a problem, it was kind of nice to get the fresh air. Once in the school we found his name on his desk, got his supplies unpacked and we were then told to leave so the kids to get to the fun. He knew about 5 of the other kids in his class and the teacher seems very nice. When I picked him up he was very talkative about how much fun it was to have recesses and be with his friends. He was also very sure to tell me that it was only half a day to the next day will be the real first day of school.


As for what I did while he was in school...Drank a cup of coffee and read some of my book. I got number 17 in the Stephanie Plum series and have not been able to read it. Then went out and did a little shopping, came back and cleaned the house, then it was time to pick up Casey. Its amazing how fast time goes. One of my goals it to get a school book started for Casey. I have a neat album and want to make a few pages for each grade.


I better end this post and get the little half first grader ready to walk out the door. Hopefully I will be able to get pictures posted soon. Have a wonderful Thursday all.

Short Break

So I have taken a short break from blogging but I hope I am back...

The last few weeks have been busy but not crazy. Casey starts school on Wednesday which is crazy but its part of life. We went to the school last week just to do a final check on the time it starts, 8:40, which class he is in, Mr. Trumble, and where the class is located. We also got to see his kindergarten teacher and met one of the other first grade teachers. I just wanted to make sure to know where the class room was located for the first day. Casey is very much looking forward to it which will be a huge help for all of us. We have all his supplies ready and his backpack from last year is still a hit, big bonus there. It will be interesting to see what stories he has for me after the first day. As for me it I am looking forward to having a little time to myself but am looking at the idea of finding a job that will allow me to be home when he is home. I do have a bible study starting in September which I am very much looking forward to...The Bad Girls of the Bible is what the study is going to be on. I am looking forward to it for the class and to be back with the ladies.

A couple of week ago Casey and Brent went to Idaho Falls for a few days to help his dad with harvest and I stayed in Boise. I had a dr. appointment on Monday and they were going to be gone Saturday to Wednesday so I would have to miss the appointment. I found out that I have plantar facitias...not as bad as it sounds but still annoying. There is a tendon that runs on the bottom of your foot and when I tripped I rammed my heel into the floor and made it snap. The dr. gave me a brace thing to wear which has helped so much. But back to the guys being gone. I spent Saturday doing nothing, just being home and getting the house cleaned, they did not leave until after 2:00. Then on Sunday my wonderful nephew came over to spend the day with me...He got here about lunch time so we went to Baja Fresh. Love that place because they have a salsa bar and wonderful food. Then he went to play golf with Gabby and Hannah. After his golf game he came back and picked me up and we went to the Hawks Baseball game. The best part of the game...we got free tickets and sat right behind the home plate. We just got to the gate at the riht time and a guy had extra tickets that he did not want. The game was so so but still fun. William then decided to stay the night which was fine with me...I love having that guy around. He has a great outlook on life and just makes everything fun.

Monday was my foot appointment which I was so thankful to have it just be something simple and not a broken bone. The appointment ended up being close to an hour because I had to wait for the dr to see me and then he was a talker, nice guy but glad I did not have anywhere else to be.

Tuesday was more of just doing things that needed to get done. I wanted to spend time working on my pictures but kept putting it off. I did end up getting up to 2010 which is good but not as much as I would have liked. Hopefully once Casey starts school I can get the rest done.

Wednesday the guys got home about 5:00, so I spent the day doing laundry and getting the grocery shopping done. It was so nice to have the time to myself but also nice to have the guys home. Casey had a great time helping with the harvest and I think Brent also had a good time working on the farm again. He likes to go back and remember his childhood like that.

Since them we have been getting things ready for school and just being. Casey and I have gone to the zoo with some friends and then had a picnic afterwards. We also went to the Discovery Center which Casey loved. It is a great place and I believe we will be going back soon.

My garden was doing great until...Buddy. I must have left the gate unlocked because a couple of morning ago I went outside and my one squash was in the yard, half eaten and some of my tomato plants were tramped as well as my cucumbers. I only hope they can come back and be ok. I have gotten close to 10 tomatoes this year so far so that's good.

So that's a small catch up on the last few weeks of our life...I wish I could show you pictures of my garden but this blog will not let me load them so maybe next time. Pray Wednesday goes well for Casey and for mom. :)

Where has summer gone

Its hard to believe how fast summer seems to go by now a days. It even harder to believe that Casey is going to start 1st grade on the 24th of this month. It seems like just yesterday he was getting ready for Kindergarten.

Kindergarten memories...School Picture, A poster he made of his likes and his favorite backpack

Our month of swimming lessons comes to an end tomorrow. Casey has done great again and really enjoys it. I love the place we have found for him and its nice to have the 30 minutes to just sit and soak up the sun.

As for my garden, I have red tomatoes. I found them yesterday. I also have a zucchini starting to come and there are a bunch more blossoms on the plant. As for my cucumbers, there are a hand full of tiny ones and many more blossoms. If my garden does what is it promising with the plants I will have veggies for days. :) Not a problem for us, I found a great recipe for zucchini bread so the more of that we can get the better. And Casey loves cucumbers, minus the skin. And as far as the tomatoes goes, I eat those like candy so...

Buddy has really grown over the summer. Yesterday I found myself sitting outside eating lunch and just watching him do his thing. He is very entertaining with is rock and his game. He chases the thing around the yard by pushing it with his paws and then when he gets tired he picks it up and heads for the shade. The funny thing was yesterday he decided that the plane that was flying over head should be barked at. Its normal for him to try and catch a bird or two but an airplane.

I found out yesterday that the Discovery center here in Boise is having a Space Exhibit for the next couple of days so after swimming lessons I think that will be our game plan. Since its right around lunch I figured Casey and I would enjoy a little picnic before hand and then check this place out. I have wanted to take Casey there for a while but have never gotten around to it so this seems like the perfect time.

Well my coffee pot just sang that it was done :):) so off to enjoy some coffee and my daily bible versus. Enjoy your day