.Valentines Getaway.

Mister had Valentines weekend all planned and kept it a complete secret the entire time. 

I am so proud of him. And maybe for the 3rd time in a our marriage, I didn't figure out what the surprise was!

Alexa, Darryn, Lyss and Owen were in on the surprise the entire time.

Props to all 5 of them for keeping their lips zipped tight!

We were "supposed" to go to Scottsdale, but ended up driving a few more extra hours and ended up in Huntington! Our fabulous friends {who really are the best of the best} let us stay with them once again!

We went to Disneyland, California Adventure, the beach, and time together.

Sooo excited to be on vacation!!

Alyssa and Owen came into town from San Fran too!

Such a stud! For a 2yr old, he was rocking that Razor too! 

Look at his lips!!!!!

 We love the Lane's. Even tho we live in different states, they are some of our dearest friends. I love that.

 California Adventure Toy Story ride! So fun

 Happiest Place on Earth

.Take Me to the Park.

The board park that is!

After Susie and Bill got married, they rented out this massive home up in Flagstaff for the entire family to go up and spend some time together for a few days. I think this was the first family vacation we've done since I have been a Yeager and I loved every moment of it!

The adults (minus Scott and Jana, plus Jordan) went snowboarding on one of the days. It was a blast! The snow wasn't the greatest, ok it was horrible, but it felt good to go riding again. We spent a majority part of the day in the park. Less crowded and the snow was a lot better. Me, thinking I am still young and careless, hit the 2nd hardest box there was. And as I was coming to the end, I freaked myself out and wiped out so bad. I hit my shin, like a double hit. It's still tender and there is still a bump. In result to hitting my shin, for some reason my entire foot and ankle went purple, black, green and blue the next week and stayed that way for a few weeks.  

The trip was a blast and I loved getting to spend time with everyone in the same place, with no where to go. It was so great!

.Happy Ground Hog's Day!.

The history of Ground Hog's Day for the Owens fam...

Grandad Orr & Grandma Roxie started celebrating this day over 50yrs ago by cookin up some tasty Ground Hog and inviting all of their neighbor's and ward members over for breakfast every.single.year.

My parents continued on the tradition when they got married and have not missed a year since! My childhood is very blurry to me for some reason, except for Ground Hog's Day. My parents would invite everyone they knew over and easily 100+ people came. Even if they didn't get an invite, they would still know where and when to come! {Open door policy} I would invite friends over {Hillary and Allison were the first that I can remember and came every year}, go to school late every single year and now I even ask to come into work late. I mean come on, it's GROUND HOGS DAY!!! Hello...Owens National Holiday, duh!

{my parents serving Ground Hog to all of the Elder's this morning in Canada}

.Mr & Mrs.

My mother-in-law finally tied the knot with Bill!!!

.his and hers.

{i die...}

The Boys

The Girls...

and our giggles!

The Mister and I

Welcome to the fam Bill!! Glad to finally have it official ;) You are so great 

and we all love you and appreciate everything you do for Suzie. Love ya!

.Yeager Dinner Menu.

I don't know about many of you, but sometimes I have a difficult time with trying to

be creative with dinner. We try to eat as healthy as possible so I try my hardest

to use as much fresh produce and less "canned" items.

One thing is for sure, we try to stick to a budget with groceries, I hit up our local Ranch Market for our produce and stock up on meat when it's on sale and also get it from Costco. A

bag of chicken last us at least 2 months! As well as the fish, we just separate it into 2 servings.

 And cooking for 2 is nice because Mister and I are both able to take lunch

 to work the next day! {We don't mind left overs} 

I do wish I had more time on my hands to truly study over

every ad and price match everything. Sometimes I think that actually might take up less time

then hitting up 3 or 4 different grocery stores every Friday morning! But then again, the ad's don't always 

have every single item that is on sale each week. Or do they and I am just that dumb?? And I do try to avoid Walmart. I know they can have everything, but I like to support my local grocery stores. So if that does means a little more time, fine by me!

Anyway...onto our Dinner Menu for the next week! I thought some of you

may like this, to help you put together your list.

Friday:          Stuffed Bell Peppers

Saturday:      Date Night

Sunday:        Fajitas and Salad

Monday:      Vegetable Beef Bow Tie Skillet

Tuesday:      Honey Soy Salmon

Wednesday: Crock Pot Ribs with your choice/favorite sauce {Ribs on sale at Albertsons}

Thursday:     Ravioli with fresh Basil and Ripe Tomatoes

Friday:         Grilled Chicken

Saturday:      Date Night

Sunday:        Super Bowl Gourmet Hot Dogs!

We usually do a vegetable side dish as well. Either steamed veggies or a salad. Super easy! 

I feel as if I am always recycling the same dinner menu every 2 to 3 weeks. I would LOVE to hear some of your favorite Dinner Meals! Crock Pot, Stove Top, Oven, Grilled, whatever! I'll take it ;)

I will try to take pictures and post some of these recipes. Let me know if there are any you would like to see!

Also, don't forget to enter my giveaway here for free Shellac or Glitter Toes/Nails!! You have less than 12hrs to enter!!! HURRY!!!