simmer sauce...

i tried a new "simmer sauce" today and both of us loved it! i miss not having trader joes, sprouts, whole foods... ect... here, but this is one item that i bought while in the states not too long ago... so good! i just put chicken breasts in the crock pot then poured this sauce over top and went to work... we came home to some great chicken... all i had to do was shred the chicken and buy the tortillas and avacados... maybe tomorrow we will have some for lunch with black beans and rice!

oh.... and.... she is finally gone!!!! brents favorite billboard picture! the old lady that is coming out of the chilis ... so... now if you want to remember her, it will only be on our blog, i think it was the very first post i ever did.... haha...

fun kit

deodorant? check

minty gum...? check

rubbers?.... check

All you need for a night out on the prowl. I love these Mexican ofertas. The other day we saw one at the local grocery that had a combo of mayonaise and hot chocolate mix. Mayonaise always pushes products. Keep an eye out for the mayo, rubber mix.

the most wonderful time of the year....

i love this time of year... we have been so busy enjoying it that we havnet blogged for awhile... here is what we have been up to...

making one of my favorites with my brother... chocolate malts! yummy....

halloween donuts with grandparents....

we had our 3rd wedding anniversary...

it fell on a sunday... so i made this... one of brents favorites... torta di pasta (gatta love food network and my personal favorite Giada De Laurentiis)

.... and for desert... baked apples with vanilla ice cream on top... grandma clarks specialty...

girls camp...

putting up the christmas tree... we have been waiting a whole year to put this up, we bought everything on sale last year after christmas and wanted to have a hot pink and blue decorated white tree... next year we are thinking black and white!

thanksgiving...

of course i didnt take one picture (but marla did)... but we were in mesa to celebrate with family!!!

oh... and best of all... yes... we found out we are having a boy! we are both so very excited and cant wait....

this is the first thing i bought, but gap just emailed me and said, "we regret to inform you that we no longer have this item in stock and will be refunding you the full amount" i was so bummed out.... i loved this vest and it was only 9.99... uggg....

we hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving! and happy holidays!

nuts...

happy halloween!!!

mutual:halloween:too much eating... (cake, candy, donuts, chocolate, jello, apples.. more candy)

the winner of the jello eating contest we had... all the kids had to race to see who could eat the jello fastest... with a straw... she beat everyone!!!

as long as i can remember we would always have the "donut on the string" game for ward halloween parties... you have to eat it before it falls on the ground.... i love it... such a great game to watch...

bobbing for apples... i thought i could get out of this one... but i guess i was wrong... so i said, if i am going, i am gonna get an apple... i dunked my whole head in... but i got one!!!

here are some more apple winners!!!

happy halloween!!!

hes home.....

october 23rd 2007... panama to atlanta georgia to phoenix... flight 27... arrival time 6:34pm.... here are the shoes that he went out with... the "originals" and now they have come home with them....
no longer elder alex clark... yeah, we are so excited that he is home... his flight was delayed a couple hours, so every half hour we were checking flight information... and luckily he didnt come in too much later than his original time... which was 5:53pm...

chocoflan...

so good.... another mexican recipe that i want to remember and share... last month when my visiting teachers were over, we got talking about chocoflan and i mentioned that i want to know how to make it... it is so goood! so... we got together last night and hermana sotelo taught us how to make chocoflan... ( the bottom half of the cake/flan is chocolate cake and the top layer is flan)

• chocolate cake mix, any kind, whatever you prefer... then mix it according to the directions on the box. set aside.


• next the flan mixture: 4 large eggs or 5 small eggs, 1 can of leche clavel (evaporated milk), 1 can lechera (sweetened condensed milk), 1 box of media crema or 1/2 bar of cream cheese (whichever you prefer), 1 tsp of vanilla. mix in blender until smooth.


• "grease" a bundt pan with caramel or dulce de leche, (that is what i used) and then pour in about half the cake mix, then about 4 cups of the flan mixture.


• next you will place the bundt pan in another 8x8 or 9x9 pan that has hot water it in, "bano maria"... then place all of this in the oven at 350 F or 180 C for the time that is indicated on the cake box for bundt cake... probably about 30 to 35 mins.


• when you take the cake out, immediately take the bundt pan out of the bano maria and put it in a ice cold bath to chill the flan as soon as possible. when it is cool enough, place in refrigerator to cool faster. next flip out the cake on a platter and there it is. (dont leave the cake in the pan too long or it wont come out of the pan clean) finish cooling for a few more hours in the refrigerator, until completely cooled, before serving.


• eat!!!

we love our visitors....

we had so much fun while our family was here... (top: right after church, bottom: marlas favorite soda shop) thanks so much for coming guys, it was so fun! i cant wait to do it again sometime!!! love you all!!! (thanks for the pictures shauna)