Canada Bound

Wanna get away? Why yes, yes I do! & what better of a place to go then to Canada? Tomorrow I'll be heading to Montreal to teach a cheer camp. I'll be gone for 2 full weeks so that sadly means no new blog posts for me for a while, but I am very excited to go and will definitely write about my trip when I get back. These 2 weeks will be a much needed vacation from all the craziness. This is the 2nd year I'll be coaching at this camp. The first year was so much fun and I am sure this year will only top last. Who knows, maybe I'll even be on the shirt again? lol

We are literally in the middle of the woods.... TONS of trees, a lake, a grocery store about 30 minutes away, and little to no cell reception. It's definitely not like the cheer camps we have in the states but it's an experience I thoroughly enjoyed and am looking forward to. The Canadian coaches and girls are all extremely nice, I really can't wait to see them again.

The four California Girls that went last year :)

Turtle Cheesecake

Yesterday I decided to make this Ultimate Turtle Cheesecake recipe that I found from the Gourmet Mom on-the-go blog (recipe found here). Needless to say it is now in the "make again" pile. It is SO yummy, very rich, and best enjoyed with a big glass of milk. It's a must try if you like cheesecake, carmel, and hot fudge :)

(photo from Gourmet Mom On-The-Go)

Camping... Via Saltio Style

The Via Saltio Gang ventured out into the woods this weekend for a camping trip. We went to a camp site right outside of Julian called Lake Cuyamacca. We pitched our tents, went fishing for hours, visited the town of Julian, built our fire, and played catch phrase till midnight over our 2 day stay. We had a good time considering the intense humidity, tons of bugs, and baby rattle snake nest that sat right behind our campsite.

Viva Las Vegas!

I have been quite the vegas tourist over the past 2 weeks. Last week I went with Jessi, Philly, & Emma for their bowling tournament & to see Staci :) This week I managed to go again with my 4 best friends to celebrate Cara's birthday. We had a blast!

Craig Morgan!

Carrie!! She was AMAZING!!

Lys started the trip by asking all of us to be her bridesmaids, of course we all said yes! Can't even wait for that wedding!

here's Carrie performing :)

Mom's Chicken Dish

This is one of my favorite recipes. It has 3 of my favorite things to eat (broccoli, cheese, and rice) in it. SO YUMMY! It's a simple dish, but very tasty in my opinion. So if you'd like to give it a try here's the recipe.... 

Ingredients:
1 can of Cream of Chicken
1 can of Cream of Mushroom
4-5 Chicken Breasts
1 package of Cheddar Cheese
1 bag of Broccoli cuts (frozen)
White Rice

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour

Cut the chicken into cubes. Mix the cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, bag of broccoli, and cut chicken all together in the pan, making sure to coat each piece of chicken and broccoli. Sprinkle the cheddar cheese on top and put it in the oven.

While that cooks, make the white rice. I just microwave a cup of rice with a cup of water for 6 minutes.
Finally, scoop the chicken dish over the cooked rice and enjoy :)

It may not be the most esthetically pleasing but it tastes so good!

Favorite Site

I am loving kevinandamanda.com. This lady does it all. She has recipes, photography tips, digital scrapbooking stuff, and best of all, free downloadable fonts on her site! I have a thing for cool fonts, always have, always will. She takes the handwriting samples people send in to her and turns them into fonts COMPLETELY FOR FREE! Its perfect for those of us that don't exactly have the cutest handwriting (me included). She just posted new fonts so go check it out (to go to her font site click HERE!) I just changed my blog font using one of her fonts :)

the happenings....

I feel like all that I have been doing lately is studying. School is consuming my life. So when I get the opportunity to do something other than homework and studying for upcoming exams I'm pretty excited about it. I have 3 main obsessions in life. The first, taking pictures. The second, desserts. And the third, babies, and Brooklynn is no exception. I LOVE holding her and looking at her, as I do with so many little munchkins. So here are some combinations of 2 of my obsessions.

Brooklynn on her 1 week birthday :)

Gavin and Emma at Lucille's

Here is where my third obsession comes into play. On Saturday, I went to dinner at Lucille's with Jessi, Phil, Emma, Janene, Nick, and Gavin. It was my first Lucille's biscuits and apple butter encounter and it definitely will not be my last! Talk about tasty! Im craving them right now just describing them. The sweet, flakey, warm biscuits with apple butter heavily layered on top are like a dessert for me. I ate way more than what a normal person would or should consume but I just could not get enough.
For now its back to the grind of studying and doing homework. Hopefully there will come a day that I am all caught up and prepared for school... hopefully.