Cafe Rio!

One thing I have really missed about not being in Utah is Cafe Rio. I love their pork salads! Last Saturday, Scott and I were trying to think of something we could do for our Sunday dinner and Scott had the fantastic idea of making these salads! We weren't sure how on earth we were going to make it taste like Cafe Rio does, so we headed to Google! I googled the recipe and I found a blog with step by step instructions for everything you need to duplicate the recipe. Trust us, it's the real deal! Here is the link to the blog I found the recipe on:

http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/2007/11/jared-and-i-love-cafe-rio.html

The only suggestions we make are to make the dressing the day before so that it has time to set up in the fridge, otherwise it will be too runny. Also, the beans were a little runny too. We're thinking maybe a little less tomato juice next time. Anyway, I just wanted to put this up because we loved it! It was also a lot of fun to make together!

2nd Mouse Video

The Mouse Scare

While I was visiting my family last week, we had a little mouse scare. The first night I was there we all heard a scratching type of noise coming from under my mom's china hutch. We decided that a mouse had probably gotten stuck under there. The hutch was so big that we didn't know how to get the mouse unstuck. Another problem was that we found a lot of shredded paper, which meant that the mouse was nesting and getting ready to have babies!

My mom decided that she'd get my dad to get the mouse on Sunday when he was home. We all just had to live with the scratching noises that it was making under there. Finally, on Friday night, we were playing a game at the kitchen table and we couldn't take listening to those noises anymore. We decided that we were going to try and get it out. When I say we, I mean the boys and my mom, while my sisters and I watch from on top of the countertops.

We weren't sure what we were going to do once we got the mouse out from under the hutch, but, as you can see in the video, we got it out and the mouse took off! It ran into the corner of the front living room. Sadie ran and opened the front door. We all thought that she was crazy because there would be no way we could actually shoo a mouse of the front door. That actually ended up being exactly what we did! It was one of the funniest moments of my life. Everyone was running around trying to stop the mouse from getting away. All the girls were screaming. My mom was actually very brave and used her pig herding background to get the mouse out the door! It was amazing! Don't judge my camera skills too harshly. There was a lot going on!

Utah Trip

Thanks to the beauty of credit card rewards, I was able to get a plane ticket to go back to Utah for a quick visit last week! It was so great to be back. Unfortunately, I couldn't take Scott with me. He had far too much studying to do!

While I was there I just spent every second I could with family. It was a great week to go because my mom was on fall break, so I got to spend the whole weekend with her! I was surprised at how much I got to see all of my family. My little sister, Sarah, that is up at school in Salt Lake was able to be at the house pretty much the whole time I was there, and my brother, Kenny, and his wife, Kari, were over at the house every single night for dinner and games.

One of the nights Kenny and Kari brought over their fondue set and we had chocolate fondue. Yum!

My sisters, Sarah and Sadie enjoying the fondue.

My little brother, Calvin, after chopping up all of the chocolate chips. He was a mess!

While I was in Utah, my family had a baby shower for me. It was a lot of fun. We had the shower at the Ellsworth's house. Thank you Sue, Harold, Laura, Martha, Jamie and Carolynn for all of the work you put in to making the shower so great! There were so many people that came. It was so great to see all of the support that we have. I think it's safe to say that this little girl is going to be very stylish with all of the clothes and things from the shower!

Here's only a small portion of the people that were at the shower.

Here's the people that made the whole shower happen, my mom and Scott's mom.

We have such good moms!

While all of the girls were at the shower, my Dad and the boys went 4-wheeling at the sand dunes. My Dad thought that the Ellsworth boys would also like to get in on that fun, so he invited them along. I was able to see them after their long day of fun at the sand dunes. Needless to say, Scott was a little sad he couldn't go on that trip.

I had such a fun time seeing family and friends, but it was great to get back home to my hubby. Thanks everyone for making the trip so great! I'm already looking forward to the visitors that we'll be getting come Christmas time:)

We're Ready... Kind of

We are ready for our little girl to come! Well, her bedroom is decorated, which is really all a baby needs, right?! I have officially finished all of my projects for her room. Actually, not all of them can be completely finished until we decide on a name for her and have some pictures of her to put up, but it's as close as it's gonna get until she gets here. Decorating her room has been my project since we got here. I have had so much fun thinking of ways that I can make it cute on a budget. It's amazing how creative you can be when you don't have the money to go and buy ready-made things.

Here's her dresser. We couldn't stand the thought of spending $200 on a dresser, when she'll be growing in and out of her clothes so fast. I got these cheap plastic drawers from Wal-Mart, stacked them on top of each other and mod-podged paper and things on it to try and hide the cheapness of it all! As you can see, there are already quite a few outfits in these drawers, thanks to our moms and sisters!

The picture above and below are my projects that can't be finished until she's born. On the boards to the left and right of the center board I'm going to put pictures of her. The picture below is of a collage I'm going to do. There's a place for a hand print, foot print, picture of her, her name, birthday, weight and height.

In between the two blocks above her crib, I'm going to put the first letter of her first name, whatever that ends up being!

Well, I hope you enjoyed the tour of our baby's room!