Aspen

Britt and I went to Bree's wedding in Aspen a couple weeks ago. Bree is a girlfriend that we went to college with. Britt was her matron of honor and I read some verses in her wedding. Aspen was beautiful! Neither one of us has been there before..Britt and I flew into Denver and rented a car (first time either one of us has rented a car!) and we were off to drive 4 hours to Aspen.. on the drive I remembered I forgot my running shoes for a hike we were going on Friday morning so we had to find a Nordstrom.. twist my hand.. We drove for 1 hour around Denver.. on the way we saw a Homegoods, and HAD to see if it was different then Phoenix Homegoods, and by then we were hungry and had to eat dinner... SOOO what we thought a 4 hour drive would be turned into getting into Aspen at around 10pm instead of 7pm? Next day we got up met up with the bridesmaids and went on a 2 hour hike, had lunch and pedis and got checked into our hotel... The wedding was so pretty, the leaves around us were red and yellow and it was chilly outside! We had so much fun, and Britt and I always love our road trips... Here are a couple pics from the hike.. Britt has the rest of the pics..

A couple of my favorite recipes

I absolutely LOVE my slow cooker! I use it at least twice a week for dinners.. Usually on Sunday I will organize what I am making for dinner for the week. I have decided that this makes it sooo much easier to be prepared, and to do my grocery shopping. I know exactly what I am cooking and I am not stressed about dinner. Tanner usually requests for low carb dinners so when I find some that he loves I put them in my recipe book. This week we are only here a couple nights so here are two. Both are really good! Enjoy!

Slow cooker Tortilla soup
4 boneless chicken breast (I just use 2 for me and T)
2 cans diced tomatoes(15 ounce each) undrained, I usually put in the bullet to smash the tomatoes so they are not chunky for T
1 cup chicken broth
1 can diced green chiles
1 yellow onion, diced
2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro
1/2 cup shredded cheese
2 avocados, 2 limes

Rinse and cut fat off chicken.
Place tomatoes, chicken broth, chiles, onion, garlic, cumin in a small bowl, mix and place over chicken.
Cook HIGH 3 hours, or LOW 6-8 hours
When the chicken is cooked, take out of slow cooker, shred with 2 forks and place back into the slow cooker.
Serve with avocado, cheese, cilantro and lime

Slow cooker Cream cheese chicken
4-6 Chicken breast- (I just use 2 for me and T)
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 10.5 oz. can cream of chicken
2 Tablespoons dry Italian dressing mix
1/4 chopped onions
2 Tablespoons of butter
Salt and pepper to taste
1- 8 ounce package of cream cheese

Rinse and cut fat off of chicken
Place chicken in slow cooker
Pour all ingredients over chicken and top with cubed cream cheese

Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours, or high 3 hours
When finished stir to make creamy! Serve with asparagus or broccoli or side salad

Tanner's Birthday!

 Tank wanted in on the picture:)

BIG 28 this year! Hard to believe we started dating when he was just 22! This year we celebrated Tuesday night at the house. He wanted homemade lasagna and homemade brownies. Then we went over to Mike and Deb's Wednesday night and had eggs, bread and gravy, yum! And his favorite German Chocolate cake..Happy Birthday Honey! I love you so much!

San Diego with Luster's and Anderson's

This year we went to San Diego in September with the Anderson's... ahh it was so nice. Getting up in the morning, sippin coffee, sleeping in, good food and bike rides. Very relaxing.. only thing that was missing was Tanner, Levi and Ashley:( Next year! Here are a few pictures..

Fourth of July

This year we spent the 4th with the Cochran's and Rardin's.. We went over to Britt's parents house and had a BBQ pool party and then we got ready and met up with the Day's, Ebner's and Rardin's to watch  fireworks in Phoenix.

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My birthday

 My dad's bday is June 20th and mine is June 22nd:)

 Sister Jody and Chris

 The Luster Fam!

 Ash and I

I needed to update our blog, this is way back from my birthday celebrations...

Costa Rica

Here are a couple pictures from our Annual Concordia Trip back in June.. ahh it was so much fun! Costa Rica is beautiful and the house was amazing! Jenni, Clint, Tanner, Tess, Jeff, Chris, Leslie

Flagstaff with the Rardin's

We went up to Flagstaff with Britt's family a couple weeks ago.. so relaxing..Here's a quick pic.