Tabitha"s first cristmas!

Tabitha had a pretty good first christmas. On Christmas eve we went to the Chipman's for Chipman's corner. It was a lot of fun and tabitha had fun playing with melonie chipman.


we read the christmas story and opened christmas eve pj's her's were from her Avo Bob, and she looked so cute in them.
The next morning we woke up (at 9am!) and went down to eat breakfast.



then we opened her stocking. She got a ball that i made her, a fresh food eater (basicly a mesh bag on a binky ring so she can eat food without choking on it. ) new binky clips i mad her, and two new binkies. she also got a new hefelump. in the pic it doesn't really look like she cares all that much but she did love it.


Then we opend all her other presents which she seemed to like. My favorite was her new car seat that her granny and grandpa walt got for her. We're so excited about that one!
Tabitha on the other had does not look so excited. but we put it in the car today and she likes the cup holders. she made a mess with jo's o's today and I picked them up and put them in the cup holder and she loved that. she just sat there eating out of the cup holder for a good 10 min.
on another note, morgen got me a sewing machine bag and some more drawers for my fabric and a small set of drawers that goes on my desk to hold my thread. i was really excited about that one. and morgen's parents got me a gift card to jo-ann fabrics i'm so excited i get to go there and buy something for myself! also they got us a gift card to olive garden and a movie and are going to babysit for us so we can go on a date! thats super exciting!

Today was not such a good day unfortunately. I had back spazums all night so i was super tired and tabitha had a hard night because she got scared when i was in pain and she wanted me to hold her but i couldn't so she cryed for over an hour. when i was finally able to get up and cuddle with her she went right to sleep. but today was a crabby day for her. We went and got our errands done, she was still upset that i couldnet carry her since my back still hurt, but we managed. We got my oil changed, went to old navy and got some jeans ($15!) and went to costco to get my eyes checked. then we came home and took a nap (it was already 5pm by this time). Then she ate dinner played while we packed and went to bed. Morgen is still packing and we'll be leaving tomorrow after sacrament meeting. Can't wait to spend a week with my family!

Bacon my dear!

I have no idea why, but I've been on a bacon kick lately. Maybe it has to do with Jim Gaggigan's Bacon bit (budum ching!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVlsPPs4cVE
The other day i made bacon wrapped chicken, it was delish! I didn't have a recipe, so i just made it up as I went along. I have no pics for you, since it disappeared to quickly.

Bacon Wrapped Chicken

6 boneless chicken breasts
a pack of bacon
6 small slices of motzerella cheese
a small can of sliced olives
honey
mustard

Pre Heat oven to 350
pound the chicken breasts till about 1/4 inch thick
lay out one chicken breast put one piece of cheese in the middle, then sprinkle olives on top.
roll the chicken and wrap it with a piece of bacon,
put the chicken on a baking sheet. (I used a grilling pan so the fat would drain under the chicken and then drained it off before serving)
mix honey and mustard to whatever consistency you like, i did about 2 tablespoons of mustard to 4 tablesoons of honey.
microwave the honey mustard till warm
spread the honey mustard on the chicken
place in oven for 45 minutes.

So then I came upon this recipe on the Kitchen.
(the post to go along with this is so freaking funny you have to check it out!) Go here.

Candied Salted Bacon
Yields: 8-12 pieces (depending on package size)

1 package center cut bacon
3/4 cup light brown sugar
Kosher salt to taste

The oven method works best for this treat, simply line a cookie sheet (with sides) with parchment paper or silpat in preparation. Place bacon on cookie sheet, making sure not to overlap any edges. Lightly sprinkle each piece of bacon with brown sugar (1-1 1/2 tablespoons/each) and place cookie sheet in cold oven. Set temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake 20-25 minutes, keeping an extra careful eye on them starting at the 18 minute mark.

Remove from oven and place cookie sheet on wire rack. Sprinkle kosher salt over bacon pieces. Enjoy!

then again on the Kitchen they had a recipe for Candied bacon fudge. Really! I so can't wait to try this! Sara we are so making this at mom's house! Go here for their post.
and for those who just want the recipie (thankyouverymuch) here ya go!

Candied Bacon Fudge
yields: 64-1" pieces or 12-24 slices

1 Recipe Candied Salted Bacon
1 Recipe Fudge (If you have a favorite go right ahead and use it, but here's a few if you're indifferent.)

• Alton Brown's Fudge
• Eagle Brand Fool Proof Fudge
• Fluff's Never Fail Fudge

Prepare an 8"x8" baking dish by lining it with parchment paper (or buttering it heavily). Prepare bacon according to directions and fudge to directions.

Add half of the fudge to the baking pan and press firmly into the corners and smooth the top. Add strips of bacon across the surface, making sure to press the fudge down to eliminate air bubbles. Work quickly so bacon doesn't cool completely to create a tight bond between the two. Layer remaining fudge and bacon. For a "sliced bacon look" don't smooth the top and leave uneven ridges and mounds. If you'll be cutting into squares, go ahead and smooth the top with a spatula.

For most recipes, the addition of the refrigerator will make your fudge set up within an hour, though if you use Alton Brown's recipe above, only place it in the refrigerator with a double layer of plastic wrap to keep out moisture from other items in your fridge. Cut when firm, either in 1" squares, strips, or half strips! The choice is yours! Enjoy!

My Husband Rocks!

My Husband Rocks! Today he made dinner for me (it was my turn but i went to enrichment), Did some laundry for me and finished my new banner for my blog! He's just so awesome!
In Christmas news, I finally got everything i need to make presents and i now have a ton of sewing to do in the next few weeks. Tomorrow we need to finish our christmas cards so i can get them out before saturday. We also need to take pictures of our stroller and post it for sale on Craigslist, so if anyone is interested in a basicly new Mia Moda Atmousferra stroller We're selling ours for $300, we paid over $400 with shipping. ITs just not what we need, and some friends are going to sell us thier uppa baby vista since they just had another baby and are getting a double stroller.
Still no news on BYU for morgen, DeAnza is taking forever to send his transcripts to BYU, they have had all his other transcripts for a while, but DeAnza is taking thier sweet time. Its looking more and more likely that he will have to switch is application to the spring instead of winter.
I'm almost finished with this semseter at gav, I have a few more weeks left of my worthless art class. Seriously i didn't learn anything in this class except that the teacher thinks that the only artists are photographers, and that she doesn't care if you have a learning disablity, if you spell a word wrong she will yell at you, (as in use all caps and tell you to fix your spelling, its an online class so using all caps and a bunch of exclimation points is equal to yelling, i think she needs to take a class in netiqite). My film class ended 2 weeks early and i thouhgt i wasn't doing well, although the teacher gives no feedback when you turn in stuff, but when i went to turn in the DVD with my film, he said i did a great job on my other projects. So cool!
I'm trying to figure out what classes i'm gonna take next semester. It depends on where morgen goes to school, if he goes to west valley, i'm going to take some photography and a sewing class, if he goes to Gav i'm goning to take some child development and health education classes.

I'm looking forward to Tabitha's first christmas, its going to be so much fun! We're going to see santa on saturday so we'll see how that goes. I'll post pics if she doesn't cry. I hate those pictures of children crying on Santa's lap, i don't know why people find them funny?
We went and got our chirstmas tree the other day and it was so much fun.
Usually it takes hours to find the right tree, and this time, we drove in asked the guy where we might find an 18 foot tree (yes 18 feet) and he directed us to the back of the cut your own lot. We went on a one lane road to the back of the property and about 5 min after we got out they had found our tree and everyone agreed it was the one. its so pretty. we even got a spice angel to hang up in the kitchen while we were there.
These are pictures from lunch, we went to a Chines place after getting the tress, and tabitha had cheerios. she is getting really good at feeding herself.






Tabitha is doing so good, i swear every day she's learing something new!
She is so sweet and she giggles all the time now. Here is a super cute video of her on the swings the other day.

Good Night all!