i feel nauseous

story of my life.

also, the phrase most likely to come out of my mouth during/after a meal.

we had the missionaries over for dinner tonight.  it was tons of fun.  i made french dip sandwiches with provolone cheese, and the salad mandarin from easy weeknight favorites... with modifications.  i used spinach, chilled mandarin oranges, thinly sliced avocado (this MADE the salad), and toasted pecans.  i ate mine with creamy poppy seed dressing but put out italian dressing as well (as suggested by the recipe) which was appreciated by one of the missionaries in particular who apparently has an obsession with italian dressing.  fabulous.  glad to help you out there!  also served carrots that i'd thrown in the crock pot with the roast.  for dessert, i made a snickers apple salad.  i used 3 apples, a half cup of powdered sugar, full block of cream cheese (which i whipped myself because i was afraid it would be too hard to fold in the cool whip), and a full tub of cool whip.  i eye balled the snickers because i was using the tiny mini ones and i just put them in the freezer and whacked them with a hammer a few times before opening up the wrapping and pouring them on top.  i saved some of the tiniest crumbs and pieces to sprinkle on top for decoration.  it wasn't really honey's style but the missionaries each had seconds and one of them asked me where i found the recipe (i'd told them they were my guinea pigs when i admitted i'd actually never made it or eaten it before) which led to a discussion about pinterest which one elder (been out 19 months) had never even heard of.  sometimes talking to a missionary is like talking to someone in a time warp.

anyways... here are pictures...

set your shirtless child up with a clifford or baby E dvd...

sear your roast

and take pictures for emmy

be a good mom and take your kid to the pool...

but upon hearing thunder explain that the pool broke

and head back to the car

this is a dainty child if i've ever seen one

apple snickers salad dessert

i used a light hammer

the aftermath... thanks again honey for cleaning up!

and now it's time to sleep.

ps- how'd you like the olympics?!