Salad kick

I am officially on a salad kick. I love salads. I love all the different things you can put in a salad to create something new each time. I also love to venture out and try new things. I went to the store and went all out on veggies. Then I went to get some salad dressing. I stood there for 5 minutes deciding. Its always the hardest decision ever! I grabbed some balsamic vinaigrette and looked at the ingredients. I came to the conclusion that I can make my own. I love homemade dressing a lot more than store bought.

Needless to say, I had a delicious chicken salad with all the trimmings. If you want to try out the salad dressing, I give it two thumbs up and say give it a try. I loved it!

3/4 cup of balsamic vinaigrette
3/4 cup olive oil
1 clove of fresh garlic chopped or pressed
1 tsp of dried Italian herbs or oregano
pinch of salt
pinch of pepper

shake all together and store in refrigerator.

I cant believe I have been weighing myself wrong all these years!

December Winter Wonderland

This winter season we have been surprised with a foot of snow! I have never seen so much snow at one time. We even got to have a white Christmas. I hardly went out of the house for 2 weeks because the roads were so bad and even moved in with my parents for the time being because I was afraid of being snowed in and missing Christmas. I had a fun time hanging with my parents playing games and playing in the snow. We made a cute snowman and went sledding. I shoveled their driveway a few times and thought that would be the end, but NO! By the 5th time I had had it!



Isabella and Zoe loved the snow






Enjoying Christmas with snugly Sophers


Kiley and Mad's new Christmas outfits





...make a wish!


I love my family!





Sophie makes us laugh!

I am glad that the snow has finally melted and that I am back home. It has been a great 2008 and had a great night bringing in the New Year with lots of food and playing games with friends.

The apple DOES fall far from the tree!

I have been staying at my parents house for about a week now because I was afraid of being snowed in at my house and missing Christmas.
The older I get the more I see that I am like my mother. That is a scary thing! (no offense mom) Since "living" here this past week I have observed some interesting facts about my mother that I hadn't really seen before and these qualities are not ones that I take after. In fact, we are the complete opposite on! My mother cannot leave the house without some kind of make-up on and have cute clothes on. Even if we are going out bundled in the snow to do some quick shopping she has to look in the mirror and freshen up! :) This bugs me because I could care less and throw on a hat, sweats and a jacket to hide the fact that I am not wearing a bra! Sorry if that's TMI!!! The other thing that I have noticed is that when someone comes to the door and she is wearing her PJ's she will run upstairs open the window and yell at whoever it is to say "just a minute." She will then hurry to throw something more decent on and may even throw a towel on her head if she feels inspired to. This cracks me up! I love my mother and I am giving her a hard time. I am sure I will be exactly like her when I get older! She is beautiful and I am glad she is the way she is. Maybe I should take some notes from her in the meantime so I can get a date. jk! Those who knew me in college can attest that dating and "impressing" others wasnt my strongest subject. :)
Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Date with mi papi

Tonight my dad and I went to see the UW woman's volleyball team play. They were ranked 5th in the nation. They played Nebraska who is ranked 4th. It was a great game to watch. UW won the first two sets and Nebraska won the last three. Bummer they lost, but still a great game to see. Those girls are amazing to watch and it makes me watch to play so badly! :)







Also tonight was the first snowfall of the year.

Deck the Hall Ball 08'

Thanks to my sister Carrie, I got to go see a few awesome bands play at the WaMu Theater on Tuesday. It was her Christmas and birthday gift to me. I got to see Aqueduct (they sucked), Shiny Toy Guns (awesome), Cold War Kids (they are ok), Death Cab for Cuttie (AWESOME) and the Killers (another Awesome)! Death Cab and the Killers put on an amazing show!!!
I had a blast and I loved it! It has been awhile since i've gone to a concert and i've forgotten the vibe of what it is like to be at one. The noise, the beats, the lights and the energy all make an upbeat experience.

I took some video clips of some of the songs I liked.
Thanks again Carrie! I had an amazing time! Thanks for letting me feel 20 again! :)




When you were young -The Killers


Soul Meets Body - Death Cab


I will follow you into the dark - Death Cab


I will posses your heart - Death Cab


Human - The Killers

Hangin with the girls

I got to watch my nieces tonight. We had a ton of fun! We made pizza, ate the pizza, danced to music, played some games and watched Meet the Robinson's. I love being an auntie and glad they could hang out with me.


Kiley made me laugh so hard with her dance moves. Madison was obsessed with the remote to the radio and could not put it down. Sorry, this ends up being sideways.


My little chefs!




I want to eat Sophers and her smiling face!


We got to play one of my favorite games...Guess Who!


A game of Go Fish....which lasted about 10 turns.