Crockpot Pot Pie

The other day I made Crockpot Pot Pie from VegWeb.com

It was super easy and really tasty!  I ended up adding more veggies to mine, but I didn't change anything else.  You can find the recipe here.

Here are some pictures I took with my phone, which don't do this recipe justice.  But take my word for it, it was really good; Brad and the girls agree!

Braces!

Friday morning we headed to Rapid City to get Alanna's braces put on. 

This is a picture taken before she got her braces.  She chose to eat at Olive Garden for her last meal without braces.

Brad and Makenna at Olive Garden eating their crunchy breadsticks.

Brad on the waterslide at the hotel.  He had just as much fun as the kids on the slide, maybe more!

The girls warming up in the hot, hot, hot tub!

Alanna at the pool, showing off her braces.

Alanna at TGI Fridays with braces, ear muffs, and red eyes!

Saturday night we watched the Enduro at the Civic Center.  If you have never been to one, I recommend googling it and going to see one!  It was fun to watch, even the girls enjoyed it!

New furniture!!

Finally...something to blog about!  Actually, I have plenty of things I could be blogging, but I just haven't taken the time.  Anyways, today was pretty exciting so I had to share:

We finally bought a sectional couch to fill up our living room!  We love, love, love it!!

Christmas 2010

This year we spent Christmas in Newcastle with my parents, Matt and Kristen and the girls, and Bonnie.  It was a beautiful weekend.  After opening the mountain of presents in the living room we rode the Razr and pulled the kids in the sled.  The only thing that could have been any better would have been if I hadn't gotten a cold and lost my voice!  When we came home on Sunday, we put away our Christmas decorations, took down the tree, and unpacked all of our Christmas loot!

Our tree

Our tree with a few presents around it. 

Alanna opening presents.

Makenna opening presents.

Jake checking out the presents and Miley chewing on Jake's present!

The girls!

Family picture!

Makenna, Alanna, and Addie in the sled.

Brad pulling the girls in the sled.

Makenna and Alanna showing off Jake and Miley's new coats.

The Best Pumpkin Pancakes!

I made pancakes the other night for supper and these are the BEST pumpkin pancakes I have ever had!  You can find the recipe here; give them a try, they are quick and easy to make!

Picture taken from http://www.weelicious.com/

Thanksgiving 2010

For Thanksgiving this year we stayed home and had some family and friends join us.  This was our first Vegan Thanksgiving and I think it turned out great!  Everyone seemed pleased with the food and the company was a lot of fun! 

Thanksgiving Menu

Stuffed acorn squash

Mashed potatoes

Mushroom gravy

Green bean casserole

Fruit

Veggies

Cider

Mulled wine

Pumpkin brownies from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar

Cranberry salad

Bread/rolls

Thanksgiving casserole

Cajun chex mix

Muddy Buddies

Apple pie

Cherry pie

Thanks to everyone who made our Thanksgiving so nice: Matt, Kristen, Addison, Abrie, Richard, Skylar, Bonnie, Pam, Pearl, Sophia, and of course Brad and the girls!

The last couple weeks...

I kmow I haven't been keeping up with my blog very well, so today I decided to take some time to post and let everyone know what has been happening the last couple weeks. 

Two weekends ago we went to Spearfish with some friends and watched a BHSU basketball game and did some Razr riding in the snow.  We also headed over to Rapid for some shopping.  We had a great weekend. 

Makenna reading her book all the way to Spearfish.

Alanna listening to her ipod all the way to Spearfish.

Makenna jumping into the pool.

Alanna being launched into the air.  They did this over and over again until the guys finally got tired of throwing them!

Alanna had her very first orchestra concert on November 15th.  They combine all the orchestra students from all schools for the concert and there were a little over 100 students!  They played very well, and there was very little screeching!  

On November 19th, Brad left on a 6 day road trip with one of his friends where they rode the Razr in Texas and Okalahoma.  It sounds like he had so much fun he could hardly wait to do it again!  (Even if he has been complaining non stop about his back and neck hurting)

The girls put together a ginger bread house on Sunday when it was cold and snowy outside.

As usual, we have been staying busy, and as usual I will say that I will try to do a better job of keeping up with the blog!