Back Again, Back Again, Jiggity Jig

I have been putting off posting for a long time because I am so far behind.  But I am tired of waiting to catch up, so you will have to be patient as I put up holiday updates and other updates as I can.  How often in life do we do that though, put off things because we feel like we are too far behind to catch up?  I can only speak for myself, but I do that quite often.  Why do we do that?  It only puts us further behind and leaves us more overwhelmed.  Cameron said something that I think really applies to this scenario, “Any journey can be accomplished even if you only start out with baby steps.”  What an encouraging statement!  Even if we are only taking baby steps, we can still accomplish something.  Another quote that I really like is, “Even if you are moving slowly, you are still lapping the people on the couch.”  How true! 

Okay, preachy Courtney is going away.  Now for some news:  Our car is broken.  Yay….I really, really don’t like car problems because I feel so helpless.  I literally know NOTHING about cars so I can’t really contribute to their repair at all.  Oh well, we can’t know everything, right?  I hope you are having a great day!

Randomness or I'M STUCK!

I thought I would post some random pictures and also a few things I've been thinking about.
**Warning** **Warning**  **Possible negativity coming up** **Warning**
I have been contemplating where my life is.  I feel like I am not moving forward.  My life has become stagnant and I don't want it to be that way.  Does anyone else feel this way?  Anyways, ahem, sorry about that.  Here are a few pictures of things that have been going on in our life.

Yummy cupcakes we made for Valentine's Day :)

Aunt Kathy's Brownies :)  Y-U-M!  Except a messed up a teeny bit :)  Added twice as much buttermilk as it needed... Whoops!

Cameron wearing a crown.  :)  We went to this really fun party store just to look around :)

Our new entertainment center!  Ignore all of the clutter on top :)

Navajo tacos!  They ended up having waaaay too much salt in them!  I need a new recipe!  Any takers?

That's what's been going on in our life!  I hope that you are having a great day!  

Love,

Courtney 

Time Flies

I can't believe that time has flown so fast!  So many things have passed the "year mark" and I just can't believe it!  I just wanted to share this with you, I know it is quite random :)  I don't really have anything to report, so have a great day!

New Recipes

With all the company here, I have been trying LOTS of new recipes.  I thought I would share some of my favorites.  The first one is a recipe from a certain Italian restaurant I'm sure you are familiar with.  This is a recipe for their fettuccine alfredo here.   I originally got this recipe from an unnamed source.  I also added about a cup of mozzarella cheese, per instructions from said source.   Another recipe that I really enjoyed was for a white chicken enchilada casserole, you may find that link here.  The first recipe is a little harder because you have to stir it constantly, but the second one is easy peasy.  It was written as a crock pot recipe, but I just put it in a casserole dish and baked it at 350 for about 20 minutes.  Thanks to Alyson for giving me the ever so helpful tip about allrecipes.com.  Also, to Rachel for telling me how to do the link thingy!  Thanks as well to that unnamed source (you know who you are).  Finally, thanks to my family for being very brave guinea pigs!

Love,


Courtney

Guests

Right now Cameron's parents are here!  YAY!  It is really fun to have them here.  I have been expanding my culinary horizons and trying new food with them here.  They have been mostly successful :)

Love,

Courtney

Blessings :)

I feel so happy and grateful when I look back at the last few years.  Things were rough starting out but they have improved so much thanks to Heavenly Father's loving care.  I can't believe I have been married for over a year and a half!!  Life has gone by so fast!  Today we are going to get some new bookshelves for our house, and hopefully a shoe organizer.  Needless to say, a trip to DI is in order.  So many exciting things are happening in these next few months.  I get to have a visit from my cute cousins.  My Dad and family are coming to visit (I wish Mom was coming sometime too :()  I can't wait!!  I hope everyone has a happy Valentine's Day tomorrow!

Love,



Courtney

Yikes!

Hello everyone!  We finally go all of our stuff out of the unit (yay!).  Now it is all around our house with no place to go (boo!).  Oh well... It's been really fun finding all of the stuff we haven't seen in months! :)  I love it!  I can't stand this place being all messy though, so  I need to get cracking!  Yay for cleaning.... :D

Love,


Courtney