What a Week! :)

1.) The Hunger Games books are amazing! I have yet to read the third one but man oh man! If you haven't read these I recommend it, I could not put them down!

The movie comes out this week! Yay! It looks really good, all of the characters I have seen in the previews are just as I would have imagined. We won't be seeing it this week but hopefully we will next week sometime! I just love this song from the soundtrack by Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars....

2.) Speaking of The Civil Wars...they are coming to Salt Lake City in May! Maybe...just maybe...I'll convince the Mr. to take me! :)

3.) This week Jon and I are both back to school after a nice spring break. Those breaks never seem to last long enough! But hey only 6 weeks left! It will be over before we know it.

4.) I GOT A NEW JOB! I am now a CNA for the Logan Regional Hospital. I am so excited! I have always wanted to work in a hospital and now I will be! My first day is Friday...wish me luck! :)

5.) We get to go the cabin this weekend! Finally! Every time we had planned on going this year so far has fallen through...due to sprained ankles and work. But this week we are going and we are so excited to get away from Logan for a little while and spend some time with my wonderful family :)

6.) I made Cinnamon Rolls last weekend and they were yummmmy! They were called Vanilla Pudding Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting. You can click here to get the recipe. I highly recommend it! And unless you are cooking for an army, you might want to half the recipe or even make one quarter of what it calls for! You will be eating these for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and the snacks in between! Make them! ;)

7.) My mom, Tyler, Michelle, and Jon and I are running a half marathon in August and I am so excited! I started up running/training for it this week and it feels so good to get back into working out! :) Any tips or workouts that you love to do?

Hope your having a good week!

A favorite...

As a newlywed couple there are three things that Jon and I love when it comes to our meals...

1) They should be tastey!

2) Affordable...

3) And Leftovers are a big plus! :)

We get ads for local grocery stores all the time & we have noticed that every week Maceys has a screamin' deal for affordable, tastey meals. We have tried their Crock Pot Lasagna, Crock Pot BBQ Ribs, & the delicious Pork Barbacoa! They were all great meals & they gave us leftovers in the end. We have made the Pork Barbacoa a few times now & it is great!

Here's the lovely recipe:

Pork Barbacoa

Ingredients:

- 4 lb. Boneless Pork Butt Roast

- (5) 8 oz. Tomato Sauce

- 1 & 1/2 cups Brown Sugar

- 4 cups Dr. Pepper

- 3 tsp. Garlic Powder

- 4 tsp. Cumin

- 3 tsp. Molasses

(If you don't want it to be too saucey you might want to minimize the amt. of tomato sauce/dr. pepper you put into it)

Directions:

1. Mix garlic powder, cumin, molasses, tomato sauce, brown sugar, and dr. pepper in a large bowl.

2. Put pork roast in crock pot and pour mixture over. Cook on low for 6-7 hours.

3. Shred meat and return to crock pot, cook for an additional hour still on low.

4. Serve in tortillas and garnish with cheese, lettuce, sour cream, and salsa!

5. Enjoy!

Lovin' the Weekends

For Jon's Birthday I got him tickets for the Jazz/Heat game for last Friday night, and it was so much fun! What a game!

Normally I don't care too much about basketball and who wins, but I was so into the game on Friday. Jon and I both went to the game thinking that the Heat would blow away the Jazz but wow! The Jazz were playing so good, we ended up winning by one point!

We had such a fun Friday!

Saturday was filled with...

- Work

- Crafts

- Work

- Homework

- Food (we made homemade hamburgers! Yum!)

- Larry Crowne (not recommended, but it was alright)

- Dessert

- and much needed Sleep :)

And also Saturday was the day that my parents and my little brother took their new snowmobiles out for the first time! They took this trail out to Hardware Ranch and ended up getting stuck! So stuck that they needed to find help! My mom and Jeremy ended up having to hike right around 5 miles in waist deep snow and my dad went on his own to find some help - while getting stuck again himself. How scary. They were able to get a lot of help from a wonderful search and rescue crew and thankfully they are all ok! I'm so thankful that our Heavenly Father was looking out for them!

I will post the crafts I worked on over the weekend very soon! :)