So we sort of (actually totally) broke our budget for "eating out" last month, and that was excluding all the food we ate on vacation. So we pretty much ate like crap and spent a lot of money doing it. So in an effort to do better this month, I am going to be cooking a lot more!
Monday, I sat down and planned out about 15 meals for the next few weeks or so. Took me almost all day finding recipes that sounded good enough that I knew we would feel like eating instead of going out. That is usually our problem: even though there is plenty of food in the house, I don't feel like cooking or eating whatever we have, so I convince Parker to take me out (bad I know). The truth is, I actually like cooking a lot, I just have to be enticed by whatever it is I am making... and I usually hate making the same thing twice, so I am always looking for new recipes.
So far, so good.
Tuesday night I made tomato-basil parmesean soup in the crockpot. The recipe, you can findhere. It was actually in the BYU-Alumni magazine (wierd that I am an alumni, right?) and a friend recomended it. I really like a lot of the recipes that this gal does on her blog,http://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/. She did a full year of only crockpot cooking and so there are a ton of recipes. Plus, I love my crockpot. It's so easy on days that I work. I get it ready the night before, have Parker turn it on when he wakes up, and I come home to a nice hot meal.
Anyways, the soup turned out amazing if I do say so myself. haha. I really liked it. Parker and Charlene did too so if you're in the mood for some hot tomato soup on a cold winter day, try it.
So anyways, sorry if I post a lot about food this month but at least you'll know why. If you have recipes for me, share!
So anyways, sorry if I post a lot about food this month but at least you'll know why. If you have recipes for me, share!
Mark + Jen
Oh wow. The Beach Break. A-mazing. You can probably tell we thoroughly enjoyed our food on this trip. I'm pretty sure I gained 10 pounds. Thanks to Mark for sharing this gem.
We took a little trip down to the San Diego Temple. It was gorgeous and good to spend some time in the temple.
We visited Old Town and the Mormon Batallion. We went on a tour in the visitor center about the Mormon Batallion with a class of 4th Graders. The Church does such a good job with their visitor centers. I would recomend going if you are down that way if you like historical stuff even a little bit. 
Seaport Village was kind of a bust. We were hot and tired and sick of walking around/shopping. 
So we headed over to Coronado Island to check out the huge hotel and relax, again, on the beach. 
Eating Lunch before hand. We got delicious sandwhiches at a little shop down in DelMar and ate them at the course while we were waiting to get called on. 
These two were a nervous wreck before tee off. I think it was a combination of playing at such a "historic" course (as they kept reminding us) and paying that much cash for a round of golf.
We caught a gorgeous sunset on hole 17. The boys finished the 18th hole just as it was getting pitch dark. It was a great (long) day at the golf course.
