Whats for dinner?

I guess I'm hooked into this blog stuff. I've gone from posting twice in 6 months to posting 3 times in 3 days. I'm sure it'll slow down... So lately one of my favorite things to do is read cookbooks. Ok fine I'm a dork. I used to do this and realize that I didn't have very many options to cook any of it because I would have had to go out and buy ALL the ingredients/spices, etc. Well it was a triumphant day recently when I realized that I finally have most of the basic ingredients at least. My sister calls it an "Established Kitchen". I don't have the time (or money) to cook these kinds of meals all the time but every now and then I get the itch and I go all out. Tonight was one of those nights. I made "Butternut Ravioli". Homemade pasta, a butternut squash concoction, and homemade alfredo sauce. After almost 2 1/2 hours of being in the kitchen, the meal turned out pretty dang good. Chase loved it! Chase was in charge of the lesson for Family Home Evening tonight and I was in charge of the activity so I had him help me stuff the ravioli. It was actually his idea to fork the edges which made it much cuter to look at. I'll post a few pictures and the recipes.

1 butternut squash
onion
garlic
chicken broth
fresh pasta dough
butter

Microwave a butternut squash for about 10 minutes, then peel and finely dice it. Suate some finely chopped onion and garlic in olive oil until soft; add teh squash and bit of chicken broth until everything is soft; add the squash and bit of chicken broth until everything is soft and combined. Make ravioli by placing a little bit of this mixture on a circle of fresh pasta dough; top with another pasta circle and press the edges together.

Its worth the calories!

such a happy life...

Ok FIRST of all. I just figured out that you can write comments on other people's blogs when I discovered that there were comments on my few posts. So please don't think I just ignored those of you who wrote! I'll figure all this out sometime.

I guess I will just update everyone on our life lately. I am finishing up my last semester at Utah State and will graduate with a degree in Speech Communication and a Minor in Family and Human Development and Human Resource Management. Chase has one year left after this semester and he will be graduating in Business Entrepreneurship.

For those of you who don't know, Chase is a STAR on the Utah State Track team. He throws the Javelin. (Its the 8 foot long spear that you picture Gladiators throwing) Anyway, he is about to start his senior season and we have really high hopes for qualifying for Nationals this year! We will be sure to keep you updated with how he is doing. His first meet is at U of Arizona on March 19.

"Summer Sales Shopping"

After months and months of exploring our options for work this Summer, we have pretty much decided that we are going to try our hand at Summer Sales! We have narrowed it down to pest control rather than Security Systems but we are trying to decide on a company. Does anyone have ideas of companies that you liked or really don't like? So far we are leaning towards Eclipse/Point. We think the company has a lot to offer but we want to find a team and leader that are really strong. Please let us know if you know anyone!

Its kind of nerve racking because we've heard so many stories of people that just wasted their summer and made no money. We are excited to try it out though. We're up for an adventure somewhere across the country!