Bowling Fun

I love having the kids take pictures with my camera. Jackson actually took most of these pictures by himself. He is a pretty good little photographer.

Sage Chicken Salad Recipe

Sooooooo yummy!
This is one of Chad's recipes.
The recipe he gave me is for a single serving, I didn't take the time to multiply everything so I just added things to taste.

Sage Chicken
3 1/2 oz. Chicken, Cooked & Diced
1/4 tsp. Parsley
1 3/4 tsp. Celery, Chopped
3/4 tsp. Green Onions, Chopped
3/4 tsp. Lemon Juice
2 Tbs. Mayo
1 tsp. Dijon Mustard
1/4 tsp. Sage, Ground

I took full boneless skinless chicken breasts and sprinkled salt and pepper over the top and baked them in the oven at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.  Then I chopped them into little chunks.  I mixed all of the other ingredients into a seperate bowl and then poured it over the chicken.  I didn't measure anything I just kind of added things until I thought it was enough. 

Then I warmed the wraps (I used spinach and sun dried tomato wraps).  Add the chicken mixture, cheddar cheese and tomatoes.  Roll them up and then I put them in a pan to toast them a little bit.

I hope all this makes sense. 

Enjoy!

An attempt at my sewing skills.

I wanted to make a valance to go over our family room window. I seen this idea on Sam's blog and it is exactly what I was looking for so I attempted to make my own.  I haven't sewn anything since before we moved, I knew the sewing machine was in my closet so I pulled it out and found the pedal and cord. I got it all set up on the table and sat down to sew only to find that I was missing the bobbin, the bobbin case, the needle and the presser foot (not sure if that is what its called or not it has been a few years since I was in Home Ec Class). Anyway, I have NO way of sewing now and I CANNOT find the box that I have all that stuff in!  My mother in law said I could use her sewing machine so I did.  I am not used to her machine and it was taking too long for me so I took the easy way out!  The only thing on this valance that is actually sewn is the rope that hangs the valance.  The rest of it I used this awesome iron on hem stuff (LOVE IT). I used it to fold the edges to make a hem line and then on the bottom I bought this rope looking stuff and ironed it on. The valance has a few imperfections but all in all it turned out pretty good for my first attempt.  I think I will try and do something similar in my bedroom. The most expensive part of this project was the knobs that the rope is hanging on. I got them at Rodworks in Lehi.

I took a close up of the fabric so you could see the design.  I am not sure what kind of material it is but it gives it a leather look. 

I always have good intentions and sometimes it doesn't come out exactly the way it does in my head, maybe that is because I always look for the easy short cut way out.  I have never been very good at sewing but give me a glue gun or now iron on hem stitch and I am good to go!  I have made many of Halloween costumes with just the use of a glue gun. :-)

Yay!!! I Finally got a new kitchen table!

I have probably drove everyone crazy because I have looked at hundreds of tables.  I have been wanting a new table for years and couldn't decide on one.  I found this one on KSL classifieds (love that site!). I looked at it everyday for a week and Dallas said "Would you just call them about it already, if you keep waiting its going to be gone".
The table is a counter height.  It came with four chairs but I can easily use my bar stools around the table and have eight people sitting comfortably.
We bought it from a couple that doesn't have any kids so the table looks brand new.  The couple was so nice we ended up visiting with them for a very long time.  They are building a house in St. George so they are selling lots of stuff because they don't want to pay movers to haul it all down.
They also had a matching hutch (which was another daily search of mine on KSL) so of course we got that too!  It is perfect and I absolutely love them ! We paid less for both of them than what it would cost for just the table.  I love KSL!