DINNER WAS A SUCCESS!!!

I have to post about a delicious meal I made last night!  It does not happen often enough so for my husband to text me today saying "I"m craving CAULIFLOWER pizza!!!!!"  it's a pretty big deal.  That's right ya'll!!!

CAULIFLOWER PIZZA  

Mr. J is a BIG pizza fan.  If he gets to choose what our date night dinner is, he always {ALWAYS} says pizza.  We got a pizza last week and after we both looked at eachother and groaned....yuck I feel awful for eating that!!!  The solution??

CAULIFLOWER PIZZA!!!!

2 cup riced cauliflower (riced cauliflower is like grated up cauliflower.  I almost did a whole head of cauliflower in a blender but be careful not to do it too much and make mush.)
1 .5-2 cup shredded mozzarella
2 beaten eggs
1 tsp crushed garlic
1/2 tsp Italian herbs
-you can also brush some melted butter on top to give it a more browned crispiness

That's the recipe....easy easy!!  After 'grating' the cauliflower, put it in the microwave for 8 minutes.  No need to add any water.  I only put a tiny bit of butter around the edges.  I rolled mine a little too thin.  Cook it at 450 degrees for 10 minutes then 350 til it's how brown and crispy you want it.  I topped with some spaghetti  sauce, cheese, deli turkey, and pineapple.  And let me tell you, it was YUMMO!!!  I didn't tell Brandon what it was made of until after he had a few bites, and he would have NEVER guessed.

CAULIFLOWER PIZZA??!!

Seriously it's really good.  And cost effective.  I spent about $6 on all the ingredients and I swear, this was twice as good as a $5 hot and ready.  Plus we can have it every night if B wants and I won't feel like a porker.  When you tell your family what they're really eating, they'll never believe you.  We're eating...

CAULIFLOWER PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!

FACT: Brandon Derek Johnson and Allee Brimhall Johnson make cute babies. We might just have 31...
Thanks to an awesome cousin, we had someone to go to "Schnepf Farms" with. It was fun but I wouldn't spend the $30 again, I can just go to the park and enjoy the fantastic weather next time. But it was an enjoyable evening and I can't wait til next time!

I was reading a blog today and I am jealous of the way she writes. (She's my cousin and I love when I see that she has updated her blog....I probably check atleast 5 times every day!) I feel like I used to write entertaining things that made my life happy, and now I'm old and boring!! So to make me feel more {alive} today, I pulled out my Halloween box. It was excellent! Last year after the holiday, the hubbins and I went and bought stuff on clearance. It was fun to see what we bought! I'm in the process of hanging up all our spider webs and glittery skulls!

I can't wait! This weekend we are going to Snowflake for the father-in-law's reception. I am excited to go to the pumpkin patch and snuggle in bed with my lover. We still have the ac and fans on at night here. I love being cold enough that you need to spoon!


Here's to waiting semi-patiently for this weekend!

A few of our favorite things

Kimee Tink had a few hard trips from Snowflake this summer. Brandon thought she liked looking at the leaves so when we pulled over to clean up a blow out, he got KTJ a little entertainment. We had ants crawling around our car for the next couple of days. Thanks Daddy!

Summer time swimming doesn't get any better!!! I love try to swim! Mommy says I have a cute bum bum when I 'kick'.
Sundays are oh so fun!! Since we are in the Nursery KTJ gets plenty of attention from the little kiddos. There is one girl who wants to feed her and hold her and read her books. It is just too cute!!!
OREOS!!!!! Our whole family has oreos on the top of their favorites list.
I love when mommy and daddy tell me stories about Grandma Tink. I especially love wearing some of her old clothes. Oh ya, I'm rocking the OVERALLS!!! I love my Gma Tink.
I love couponing!! It's my favorite!
I like to do everything just like my daddy. I wasn't feeling too good so my daddy was up with me watching some tv. Mommy thought it was cute that my arms were folded just like daddy's.
I love watching KTJ learn new things. I happens almost every day. Right now she is learning to pull herself up to things. She is learning that if she cries and holds onto your leg, you will pick her up eventually. She loves to eat anything mommy and daddy are eating and gets mad when we won't share. When I pull my phone out to take a picture she puts on her cheezer smile. She can be crying her head off and I can pull out my phone and she'll look at me and smile. Little pill :-)
Our family LOVES snack time!!!
Shopping!!!! I thought the cart tasted sooooo good! Mommy kept on telling me "No! No!" and wiping it off with a wipe, but I just couldn't help myself!!

These are just a few of our favorite things. We love our little fam bam!! Brandon and I just celebrated being married for 2 years!! Woop woop! I'll share pics later if I get around to it...

How lucky can we get?!!

This weekend we spent a beautiful day in Snowflake. Brandon's dad got sealed to Roxanne and we were able to go to the temple with them. I can't imagine what was going through their heads. I talked with them today and they both seem blissfully happy. President Tenney did a perfect job. He just reminded us that we are all connected through love. It was perfect for the situation in the Johnson family. I am so grateful for a husband who is worthy to go to the temple and who can choose to be happy with his dad's choice. We love Roxanne and her daughter Arwen. We love the fact that Papa Les is happy again. We will never forget Grandma Tink and the special person that she is in our lives but we are excited to invite Mama Rox and Aunt Arwen into our family.

I need a cheap and easy craft. I've been craving to use some sort of "creativeness" but I feel like I just haven't had time. The other day I had this feeling and I ended up painting something bright purple. I don't love it but it made me feel better. I'm sure B would appreciate it if I would make something productive instead of making something that I have to hide when I'm finished.

Aunt Arwen has spent the last few days here at my house. Oh what a mess I have but I'm too tired to pick up right now. You'd think with me having a baby I would be used to getting up in the middle of the night but my baby hasn't done that for a few months!!!! B's lucky I already cleaned the kitchen...maybe tomorrow I'll finish the rest of the house...maybe.

We're grown-ups now, B started his 401K this week! Can you believe it?!??

I got a problem

Brandon and I, well we need CA (Couponers Anonymous). We try to limit our coupon shopping to once a week, $50 a week. (We know that's too much but you should see our year supply!) Our house if {OVERLOADED} with stuff that we have bought for nearly nothing. We have a shelf full of laundry soap. Retail value is over $120, price we paid, just over $20. Our kitchen cupboards are stuffed full of cereal, beans, baby food, crackers, granola bars, peanut butter, rice, noodles, chocolate milk mix, and a whole bunch of other goodies that cost us, well, pennies. It is sooooo fun and addicting! Brandon ran out of shave cream the other morning and he just opened the cupboard and he had several scents to choose from. Our bathroom cupboard does not have room for anything else. We have rolls and rolls of toilet paper and paper towels, tooth paste, soap, razors, shave gel, lotion, body wash, Q-tips, and girl 'stuff'. We are pretty much set for any major disaster! Last night was no different....

6 bottles of Ivory body wash....FREE
12 boxes of Crest tooth paste....FREE
12 travel size Degree deodorants....FREE
6 packages of floss....FREE
1 travel size tooth paste....FREE
9 bottles of Softsoap hand soap....FREE
6 boxes of Colgate 'Cinnamint' tooth paste....49 cents each (We wouldn't have bought them but I LOVE this flavor!)
2 packages Wisps....FREE
6 travel size St. Ive's body wash......29 cents each
6 packages Hello Kitty band-aides.....29 cents each
2 packages of 12 ct Bic disposable razors.....59 cents each
3 rolls of Viva paper towels....61 cents each

And this is only the stuff that won't fit in our cupboards! See, it's hard not to put it in your cart when it is going to be 100% FREE!!!!!! So if anyone is in need of some rockin' prices, come shopping at my house because we can't give up couponing and we are out of space!

Today is a shout out to my mom-asita and my cousin Megan. At the PSR this year they taught me how to braid. I've been practicing every day since and this is the first day where it was half way good enough to wear without feeling like a 4 year old who did my own hair. I've tried learning before but I just didn't catch on but I think I got it this time. Thanks!!!!!

(Please ignore the curvy parts....I'm not a pro you know.)

Next I'd like to show you my amazing baby. She is seriously soooo good. We put her to bed around 8:30 and she sleeps til about 6:15. HEAVEN!!!! She loves to smile and I'm pretty sure I'm her best friend! Heavenly Father definitely blessed me with an easy baby so I will have more. She's so easy, she even feeds herself already!!!

Starting over

Oh boy! I feel like.....hmmmm tired...socially awkward...quiet...the 'weird' one...not myself lately. BUT THAT IS ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE!!!! I've been letting myself slip away being married and having a baby. Worrying about this or that has made me the boring person that I am now. I've been trying to change my mindset this week. While we were in Snowflake for the 24th, I enjoyed myself more than I have in a long long time. I think it's because I had no responsibilities weighing me down. I'm not saying that I can just ignore being a grown-up and the things I have chosen to do but I CAN handle them more lightly. Just because I'm officially an adult doesn't mean I have to act like a 89 year old woman who believes life is void of any happiness. This week I have {tried} to be happy. That sounds bad that I had to try but I've been stuck in this rut of [insensitivity] that has been sucking life from me.

I feel lighter!!! (And not just because I've started WeightWatchers and lost almost 6 pounds in 6 days!!!!) Life is GOOD! My baby needs me to teach her that life is full of surprises and my husband deserves a smile and a healthy dinner after a hard days work. AND I CAN DO IT [JOYFULLY]!!!!!! It all seems like an easy fix....I don't know how I didn't think of it before. I am excited beyond belief to tear out these pages of dullness and start the next chapter in MY LIFE story. It's going to be full of color and vibrancy. I know there will be chapters of grey rain clouds BUT rain drops always follow (sooner or later). I will dance in that rain and show those around me that I am happy. I am a mom who cares that my daughter learns that trials come but that doesn't give us permission to complain. I am a wife who will show my husband that I love him unconditionally, especially through the hard times. I am blissfully happy.