BYU Vs New Mexico

My prediction on the BYU game last week was not bad, I kind of expected BYU to come out a little sluggish coming off a bye week, and after the first quarter they as Bronco would say "Didn't preform at a high level".
This week against New Mexico I think could be interesting. The weather is suppose to be crazy which could put a twist on things. BYU and New Mexico usually play close games, even though this game is in Provo, BYU will struggle a little bit with this one I bet. New Mexico is a good running team, they have two very good running back in Rodney Fegerson, and Paul Baker. Defensively they like to bring pressure. BYU is going to have to start by running the ball, and running quick rout to open up the long ball. Hopefully BYU will clean up some of the mistakes (turnovers, penalties) from last week.

BYU 35- New Mexico 21.

BYU VS UTAH ST.

Ok after a bye week and climbing the polls, BYU faces the mighty Utah Stae Aggies this week. I hope BYU doesn't overlook this game. Utah State did put up 42 points in their last game vs Idaho. UTah St. is alot better offensively compared to two years ago when it took them half the year to score a touchdown. A couple of things BYU needs to improve on this week, First is playing defense against a mobile QB. One of Utah St. QB is very mobile and we all saw what happend last time we faced a mobile QB. BYU needs to improve their defense on that because BYU will face mobile QB's agaist TCU, Air Force, and Utah. Second thing is winning on the road, even though it is only in Logan, BYU has to improve playing away from home. They seem to have fixed some of the turnover issues they were having early which is good. Utah Sate will be very ready to play, but BYU is more talented. They need to expose mismatches with Utah State, no one will be able to stay with Pitta or Collie, so expose those issues early.

BYU 45-Utah State 17.

Cafe Rio Fans, this is for you!

So I saw this recipe and decided to give it a try. We had it for dinner tonight, and it was so amazingly good. (and easy too!)

Pork roast
2 small cans El Pato Tomato sauce (found in the Mexican food isle)
1 large can tomato sauce
2 1/2 cups brown sugar

Cook Pork roast in crockpot with about 1/4 cup water till tender. (I cooked my 4 lb roast on low for about 6 hours and then on high for about 2 and it was perfect.) Remove roast, drain juices, remove fat and shred. Dump the tomato sauces and brown sugar into the crockpot, stir together and add shredded pork back in. Cook a few hours more on low.

Serve with Rice:
(I made this in my rice cooker)
white rice (I used 2 cups)
chicken broth (I used 4 cups)
1 can green enchilada sauce
lime juice
cilantro, chopped

Cook rice in chicken broth. Mix 4 cups cooked rice with 1 can enchilada sauce. Add a little bit of lime juice and cilantro (amount depends on how much you like!)

Serve pork and rice on a flour tortilla along with black beans, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, or whatever other toppings you like. Then drizzle with ranch (trust me it's good!)

And here is the recipe for dressing I used.
Cafe Rio Cilantro Lime Dressing
2 cup mayo
2 cup sour cream
10 spring of cilantro
1 package of ranch dressing
4 T salsa Verde (green salsa)
2 cloves of garlic
1/8 t Tabasco sauce
juice of one lime....
(that was the true recipe. this is what I did)

1 cup mayo
1 cup sour cream
cilantro to taste. I started by adding about 1/3 of a bunch.
1/2 package of ranch dressing
a couple of shakes of garlic powder (probably a teaspoon)
no Tabasco sauce (I didn't have any)
juice of one lime
salsa Verde... I didn't have any, so I actually used green taco sauce.
So the cilantro and the salsa Verde I just kept adding until it tasted right to me.

I got these recipes from The Little Piggy food blog. There's lots of good things to try on there!

Saturdays game...

Before I get to the game, I had to share this picture. I came upstairs to open Bailee's door so when she woke up she'd come find me. I had to laugh, quietly, and then grab the camera. She had so many books on her bed! (and some that had fallen between the bed and the wall!) So cute. My 'rule' is that at nap time she has to go to her room, but she doesn't have to sleep. So she can read or play quietly, whatever she wants. If she's still awake after an hour and a half, she can get up. That almost never happens. Oh, and apparently she was hot and tried to take her shirt off, she has one arm out the neck hole.

So now to the game. Luke's friend called and offered tickets at about a quarter to 12. The game started at 1, and Luke doesn't get off until 1. I thought he would turn them down, but luckily he didn't. It only took 1 phone call to get a sitter (that's a miracle in its self) and we rushed to the game. We actually made it before kick off, crazy!

(Look closely, bottom right...there's Luci!)

So this next picture is actually of Luke's cousin, Justin, kicking a field goal! We were excited for him, that's his first attempt of the season. Way to go! (we sat at the top of the stadium with the cousins, it's our favorite spot.)

At half time we ran down to pizza hut and had our traditional 'pre-game' pizza. So yummy. I can't wait for the UNLV game when we get to take Bailee and Mom and Dad will be here. For my dad's sake I hope UNLV puts up a fight...

Just One... and some ramblings

For the last month or so Bailee's favorite thing to eat is a slice of bread, or "Just One" as she calls it. She prefers it plain, and would eat just bread all day long if I'd let her. Almost every time we ask her what she wants to eat she replies, "Just one". I've been wondering where she picked that up from; it's cute but kind of random. Or so I thought. Bailee, as most young children do, repeats what I say and remembers a lot more than I give her credit for. So we were in Sacrament meeting on Sunday and as the bread came to our row, Luke leaned over to Bailee and said "Just one Bailee." I had an ah ha moment. We tell her that every week!

I don't believe I've posted this cute story; if I have, forgive me. :)
In August sometime we were at Wal-mart and all of the school stuff was on display. We walked past a row of scissors and Bailee said "Look, safety scissors". We had to stop and look at them. Mickey Mouse talks about safety scissors, so I knew that's where she picked it up from. So I asked her "Bailee, how did you get so smart?" She looked at me in all seriousness and said "I go to Grandpa's house to get smart." (Could it be that while at Grandpas house he lets her watch Mickey Mouse as much as she wants? Who knows)

Nothing new and exciting going on in our family. Just watching Bailee learn and grow up way to fast! She constantly amazes me. I'm so grateful to be able to stay home and play with her. Even on days like this when she wakes up early, doesn't take a nap, and walks around singing 'OOOOOO OOOOOO' or howling like a wolf non-stop. She's taught me a lot about being patient, trust, faith, and total innocence. I love it.

Tomorrow I have a Close To My Heart party. I'm really excited, I love doing parties and meeting new people. When I signed up 3 years ago I thought I'd try it out and pay for my own scrapping supplies. Now I absolutely love my classes and club and the ladies that come. It's a break for me and tons of fun (work's not supposed to be this fun). I haven't done a party in awhile so I'm happy to start that up again. I'm so excited about the new fall catalog, I can't wait to show it off!