No Pasta Lasagna

I got this gigantic zucchini from the bishop's garden

and decided to use it to make 

Pasta free lasagna.  

It was as big as my dogs

I sliced it into long thin pieces.  You can

use a regular knife but a mandolin would

have been better to make them all the same size.

You can roast them by putting them on a 

cookie sheet and oven on 450 degrees

for about 7-9 mins.

I didn't do that but wished I had.

I chose to douse them with salt 

and let them sit for an hour

to draw out all the water, then

press them with paper towels.

But some of the slices were thicker then 

others so they were kinda crunchy.

Layer zucchini, ricotta cheese mixture and pasta

sauce. Top with mozzarella cheese and

bake for 45 mins on 375.

It was pretty yummy and low in carbs!

( and WW points)

What's eating my tree?

 I was sitting outside one day and looked over

at my big oak tree in the backyard 

and noticed that a bunch of leaves were missing

So I got up to investigate what was eating my tree 

and found this...

A ton of caterpillars having a big

snack of leaves.

One Smart Cookie

Doesn't Lola look so smart?

Saying Goodbye to a good friend

I've never really been the kind of 

person who has had a ton of friends. 

I know some people who just meet

someone and can call them a friend.

Not me, I guess you could say 

I'm picky or selective.

The few friends I do have are

very important to me and I

really care about each of them a lot.

This is a picture of few of my closest

friends.  We may not hangout all the

time but I love these girls and 

always have a good time with them.

Sadly one of these great girls moved

away.  Dawan finished all her schooling

and will be teaching at BYU

soon.  I'm really going to miss her.

She is funny, sweet and thoughtful.

She is also a great teacher of 

"how to" canning- which

is now one of my favorite hobbies.

Thanks for being such a great friend Dawan.

I hope we always stay in touch!! 

As Seen on T.V

So I saw this info-mercial of 

"The Magic Mesh" 

and I was sold.  It's a screen that velcro's

up all around your door frame and 

has magnets along the middle 

that you can go in and out and 

they close behind you.

Perfect solution for me wanting a screen

door for the backyard to keep the

bugs out, let the fresh air in &

the dogs can go in and out by themselves.

Well it's not all it was cracked up to be 

on the commercial. (but then nothing really is)

But it does an OK job.

Going out...

Coming in !!

Baby Birdies

For weeks there was this bird in my backyard

with the loudest, high pitched squawk I've

ever heard.  It squawked morning, noon and 

night especially when the dogs were outside.

I could hear it in the house even when the door

was shut.  So one day when I was sitting outside

I couldn't take it anymore and threw something 

at the bush it was squawking from.  

It flew away and when I went to pick up 

the thing I had thrown

I thought to myself, "maybe there are baby

birds in the bush and it was the mommy

trying to protect them"

I peeked into the bush and sure enough 

there were three little scared looking

babies in a nest.  

I felt so bad.  I'm such a meany

The next day they all flew away

and luckily no more squawking!

Future Pilot

This picture is hard to see but I thought

it was so cute.

Nash got to go on a plane ride to Utah

with my mom and was lucky enough

to go sit in the cockpit and wear the

pilot's hat.

His smile says it all "this is so cool"