My first...ROAST

Well Brandon and I have been married for two years now and I had never made a roast before. Can you believe it? What kind of domestic goddess am I? They were have a great sale of roast at the grocery store so I grabbed one that I thought looked pretty good, found a super easy recipe online, and tried it out! Domestic goddess status officially achieved!!

Right out of the oven

Super easy to cut--very tender

All put together

Ingredients:
Rump Roast
Onion Soup Mix
Potatoes
Carrots
Onions
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Take a 9X12 cake pan or larger if need be. Line the pan with aluminum foil leaving enough to cover the roast after preparation (this can be two pieces). Apply salt and black pepper to the roast surface (generously). Next, open a packet of onion soup mix and rub the powdered mixture into the roast. Put about 1/2 inch deep water in the pan. Cut up potatoes, carrots, and onion to accompany the roast in the pan (these need to be salted as well). When you have all of the components in the pan, cover the contents with aluminum foil and seal. Place in a preheated oven and cook for 2 1/2 to 3 hours depending on the size of the roast. When the time has expired, turn the oven off and allow to sit for about 30 minutes before removing the foil. Then slice and serve!!

Best Two Years of My Life

That pretty much sums it up :)

Happy Mothers Day!

First I want to do a shout out to all of the amazing women in my life!

Especially my beautiful and amazing mother. 

She has always been there for me. I am forever grateful to her.

I also have an fantastic mother-in-law. I couldn't ask for a better one.

She has made me feel like one of her daughters and has adopted my into the family. 

I also want to mention all of my sisters and sister-in-laws. I look up to them so much!

I am super excited to be a mom one day. If I turn out half as good as any of these women-my kids will be dang lucky. They will anyway because they will have the best grandmas and aunties in the world!

My Mothers Day went great! Brandon made me breakfast in bed, 

got me this adorable apron, 

and pumped me full of chocolate. 

It was awesome.

Did you just say the Sheep and Wool Festival?!?

Yes, yes I did and it was Awesome!! My new friend Pam King from the Relief Society here called me up early Saturday morning and asked if I wanted to go to the Sheep and Wool Festival. She talked it up quite a bit so I decided to go. It was Crazy!! there were Thousands of people there! 

This isn't even 1/4 of the cars that were there. needless to say it took us...a while...to find our car.

there was all different kinds of sheep.

 I love the look on the ladies face! ha!

 he was going to the bathroom while i took this picture. just an interesting side note.

There were a million different colors and textures and types of wool and million and one things made out of or from wool. 

I am sure that you could have filled an entire stadium to the brim with just the yarn that was there. 

These are a pair of bright pink and orange knitted shorts. Brave man.

and naturally if you wanted anything to eat-it was lamb. 

 First time I had a Gyro and the first time I had ever had Lamb. Not too bad.

It really way a super fun experience and I am glad I got to have this once in a lifetime experience!

Cinco de Mayo!

In honor of Cinco de Mayo I made enchiladas. They were delicious.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
• 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 2 cups chopped cooked chicken
• 2 cups sour cream
• 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
• 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 10 (8 inch) flour tortillas, warmed

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine 2 cups cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, chicken, sour cream, soup, chilies, onion, pepper and salt. Spoon about 1/2 cup off center on each tortilla; roll up. Place seam side down in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish.
2. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

tow...tow...towson TOWN!

Our. Place. Is. AWESOME!!

Check it out.

 The Theater Room. They also have a media room with xbox, ps3, and wii.

 The common room with a full kitchen, a pool table. They also have 5 flat screen TVs, some couches, and about 8 super nice touch screen computers.

 The entrance.

 and the pool. this is where I am going to spend most of my summer....

Here is a video of our apartment.

Our place is right downtown. the mall is across the street, the library is up the street, and the grocery store is down the street. ALL within walking distance. and since Brandon will have the car all day this is a major tender mercy. seriously.

Oh, and there are two universities, one a half mile north-Goucher College (D III school) and one a half mile south-Towson University (D I school), which is awesome for me, but the best part is they both have wooded, foresty trails for me to run on!! What are the odds that there are trails for me to run in the middle of the city. So Blessed.

Also-our church is just about 5 minutes away this summer! so excited! (Last year it was just about 30 minutes away.) Our ward is fantastic! They have four baptism last Sunday and they have four investigators there too. Super Awesome. Oh and the ward is full of old black ladies that are converts that still say Amen! Praise the Lord! and Mmmm Hmmm You tell it Sista!

I love it.