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Just hang'n with my BOY

Connelly has been so fun now that he is potty trained. Yes you heart me, HE IS POTTY TRAINED. Not one accident in two weeks. He will even tell me when he has to go when he is busy playing. I know this is abnormal and I'm very fortunate. I ran upon these picks from this summer and just thought how cute they were. We went to Cherry Hill resort in Kaysville this summer and had a lot of fun.

Paradise bakery Tomato soup

Kandy's Fire Roasted Tomato Soup (like paradise Bakery's) 2 medium onions, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced olive oil 28 oz can San Marzano whole tomatoes (I buy them at Fresh Market) 14 oz can Muir Glen fire roasted diced tomatoes (I buy them at SuperTarget) 8 oz can tomato sauce 6 oz can tomato paste 4 cups water (chicken stock) 2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 2 cups milk In a dutch oven saute onion in olive oil until almost translucent. Add garlic and continue to saute a few minutes more. Add tomatoes, sauce and paste as well as water. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to simmer for 30 minutes. Puree in blender, or with immersion blender until desired consistency. (I like mine slightly chunky but you should puree until your hearts content) Add milk and seasonings and continue to simmer for another 5 or 1o minutes. Notes: I used water but I think I might try chicken stock next time to see what kind of depth of flavor that provides. Also I used skim milk, which was de-lish and sa...

Winter is upon US

Today was COLD. I guess our unbelievably warm Fall is over. It was the best Fall ever. Last weekend was perfect. Short weather and beautiful. Oh well, I'm happy that winter is here because that means Graduation is just around the corner, I will be studying for one my big test, the one that matters. It is for the actual BOARDs. I have exams that are to make me a registared echo tech and I already passed my Physics part and have the second half and I am aiming to take that in December just before Christmas. I need to start studying now. I studied for the physics for 5 weeks, 4 hours a day. It worked for me and I passed with flying colors so I am hoping to do the same with this echo test too.