poor finny

this happened about a month ago, but i keep forgetting to post it. finny got stung by a bee and her eye swelled up!! poor poor goose! in this photo, she was hiding in our closet!

homemade chicken noodle soup

last night i made homemade chicken noodle soup, and it was amazing! i orginally found the recipe on allrecipes.com, and of course read the reviews {thanks kendall porter} to change it up a bit!

here i what i did:

• in a large pot on medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon butter
• add 1 yellow onion (chopped), 1/2 cup chopped celery, 1 cup sliced carrots and some garlic. cook for about 5 minutes.
• meanwhile, cook noodles according to the package in a separate pot. it called for egg noodles, but i decided to use the bowtie pasta i already had, and i was so fun and different! it also made it look fancy!
• to the pot with the veggies, add uncooked chopped chicken breast (use as much as you want), 4 (14.5 oz) cans chicken broth, 1 (14.5) can vegetable broth to the pot. bring to a boil.
• add basil, oregano, fresh thyme, italian seasoning and salt + pepper to the pot; cover and simmer for 2o minutes.
• add pasta and simmer for about 5 more minutes

i wish i would have taken a picture, but trust me, this soup is fantastic and so easy to make! i bet you have all the ingredients right now to make it!

i also served a wedge salad with homemade blue cheese dressing!

perfect for a chilly colorado evening!

breckenridge 2010

we had so much fun in breckenridge with mom and tom the other weekend!! the fall foliage was amazing to see with the aspens changing colors!! here are our pics from the weekend!

just arrived at the cabin! kaia's first trip to the mountains!

dinner time!

hunting for squirrels!

saturday morning on the deck sipping coffee!

aric and the girls

mountain puggle!

she wanted the squirrel in the tree so bad!

downtown breck - by the way, it was ou/tx so we were all outfitted in our finest sooner garb!

cool statue of military skiier

even cooler statues of dogs!

this one looks like fin - and has a bird on its butt haha

check out those gorgeous aspens and the ski runs in the background. love it!

the boys documenting the stream!

mom is in heaven. she's got the dogs by her and there is an ou football game going on!

after the nail-biting ou/tx game, we decided we needed to step away from the tv and go on a little hike!

view from the hike!

the girls wanting their grandma!

come back!

she's back!

love her...

love them too!

this was a great drive up looking over the town!

so cute!!

crazy fur lady at the top of the continental divide

mom & aric in front of the cabin

such a fun trip...we will be back for sure...

the girls were so sad to leave!

friday night marked such a fun party out at mom and tom's house! we had a blast, laughed a ton and ate so much good food! we even had to put on jackets because it was COLD...IN OKLAHOMA...IN SEPTEMBER!!

here's uncle jake, aric & tom

sheila and aunt jean!

aunt mary anne and the lovely caldwell girls: court & mooch

one of my fave's...ashley!

me and the boys

was this before or after the june bug attacked courtney hahah

love this photo...

me, my aunt jeanne and momma

me and the cousins!

allison, matt, me & uncle jake

cousins + momma

me and courtney caldwell!

ashley and jordan at 7

LAKE DAY!! aric's first trip to lake dirtybird

yes i know i'm 2 skiing, but i haven't been in 4 years!!

man, were we sore!

go aric go!

we dubbed this guy "toilet man"

aric and i pondering over our lovely day at the lake!

GAME DAY!!!

of course i had to see jacque at her tailgate!!

me and my dad on campus corner!

met up with korey and the boys from iowa!

casey, kasey & ross

holding my arm around fake autumn! need to photoshop her in this picture with me, korey & aric!

BOOMER!!! my favorite day in the world...good thing we won!

me and my sis at blu!

hanging out at blu