"Anything" ~ Online Summer Study

Enrollment has begun! This one is a book study so there will be a book to read, they also have a free study guide that goes along with this at www.goodmorninggirls.org. And they are giving away 15 copies of the paperback book and 15 ecopies. Check it out on their website. If you would like me to lead a group, let me know.  Or you can totally do this on your own, at your own pace ;)

Since You've Been Gone...

This is not the song I had in my head when I titled this post but this is the song that kept coming up on YouTube by several different artists...I couldn't resist this one, lol.

It's been too long...I've been a slacker....really, I've been super busy!

Here's what you missed:

1 - The School Musical - "Fiddler on the Roof", Cameron and Christian were both in the play, singing and acting...they were fabulous.  Cameron looked like a model up there with all that rouge on, he was so stinkin' cute.

2 - Christian finally received his State 1 rating at State Music Contest!  So exciting!

3 - Prom, Christian was nominated for Prom King but didn't win...but again, it's just an honor to be nominated, lol.

4 - Ultimate Frisbee - I took a group of ladies to play again, it was a blast and I burned so many calories!  We lost ridiculously but it was a lot of fun.  Christian's Lincoln Boys team won and Cameron was sick so he didn't play.

4 - Golf!  Cameron was still sick so he could not compete at Districts for Golf.  Christian qualified for Sectionals but then blew it at the end and missed qualifying for State by 1 stroke.  Side note: he did this last year too.

5 - And this is a big one!  Christian "changed his mind" and is now not going into the Marine Corps!  I really didn't know how to react at first...what?!?

He is now going to attend Missouri Valley College in Marshall, MO (an hour away).  He received a music scholarship, a golf scholarship, and an academic scholarship.  Who could resist?  And if you're wondering if he can "get out of" the Marine Corps, he can, he was in the DEP, Delayed Entry Program, and many have discharged themselves to pursue college or for other reasons with no consequences.

6 - An entire year!  Cameron and his girlfriend, Elissa, have been "dating" for one whole year, they celebrated their 1 year anniversary on May 9th, lol.  You know I'm being silly but we do actually really like this girl and if they end up together....it would be okay ;)

7 - GRADUATION!  I worked myself to the bone for this one.  It was an awesome party and we were thrilled with the turnout, almost 70 people (friends and family) came to our party to congratulate our son.  I will post pics in my next post.

Whew...is that it in the last few week??? Beats me.

BBQ Pulled Pork

My family knows that once in a while I want to experiment with a "new" meal.  I am an o..k.. cook, I make the usual normal things like spaghetti, tacos, etc and a few things my family loves like enchiladas, pork chops, roast....and well, you know what I mean ;)

But then I want to "try" something and it usually ends up a disaster or very odd.  I may have blogged about it before but a couple years ago I tried to make sweet and sour chicken.  Everything was going fine and then I did something out of order and we ended up having sweet and sweet chicken.  My family ate it anyway but it wasn't what it was supposed to be.  The one they all think of is the quiche I tried to make them eat...way too much spinach, they hated it.  I didn't even like it that much and that's saying something.

I finally have a victory to share!  Last week I was looking for a pulled pork recipe that I could make in the crock pot.  I found this one online, tried it almost exactly like the recipe and my family raved about it.  It was really delicious, better than restaurant quality.  Here's the receipe below.

Ingredients:

-(2 pound) pork tenderloin

-About 1 liter of root beer

-1 (18 ounce) bottle your favorite barbecue sauce

-8 hamburger buns, split and lightly toasted

 

Place the pork tenderloin in a slow cooker; pour the root beer over the meat. Cover and cook on low until well cooked and the pork shreds easily, 6 to 7 hours. Note: the actual length of time may vary according to individual slow cooker. Drain well. Stir in barbecue sauce. Serve over hamburger buns.

My variations were:  I cooked it for about 8 hours, poured Sweet Baby Ray's Hickory and Brown Sugar BBQ sauce over it and then cooked it for another hour.  And I didn't toast my buns ;)

Wish I had taken a picture, I also made homemade cole slaw to go with it.  My mother-in-law's recipe.  And yes, it was fine.

I just found this pic on the internet....hmmmm, very interesting.

District Music Contest 2013

This was Christian's last year to sing at District Music Contest.  He received a 1 rating which qualified him to go to State.  Here are the songs he sang...I started to tear up at the end of the second song but sucked it up in case he looked at me and thought he'd done a bad job.  It was simply beautiful.

A Give-Away!

UPDATE:  I drew the winner....the winner is Lindsey!  Congrats!

 

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