Food love from Pinterest

About a month ago my friend invited me to join a site called Pinterest. If you've never heard of it, it is a site dedicated to sharing ideas on style, crafts, food, quotes, books, pictures...you name it. You create these boards, and as you find things you like you "pin" them to the different boards. I'm completely obsessed, I keep finding so many things I like and having a place that keeps them organized plus logs their origins is awesome! If you haven't been introduced please do check it out! If you decide to join and need an invite, let me know! Today I decided to make a little treat I had pinned for homemade Jalapeno Poppers! Here is how it went!

Pillsbury crescent dough, each triangle was cut in half

A large dollop of cream cheese plus turkey bacon (which can be omitted)

Add some fresh jalapeno

Fold and pinch closed, then bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes

These are super yummy! And depending on how much jalapeno you put in pretty mild. Jack loves them, and I have a feeling when Justin gets home the rest will disappear! Next time I'm going to do more cream cheese and jalapeno as I was a tad easy for my first time! These would be a great appetizer for a party!

How much can you pack into one weekend???

Happy Tuesday! I can't believe we are already this far in to the week as I'm still catching up after this weekend! Jack and I headed down to Eugene for some fun time with my family and boy did we sure pack it in. From visiting Gigi, to the pumpkin patch, to watching volleyball at the University of Oregon, which we got on the jumbo tron( the huge screen in the middle of the arena), to Jack's cousins birthday, we did it all! Whew! Are you tired yet? Here's the review...

Jack brought Gigi a picture of himself in his pirate costume

Then a nice man named Morty, made Jack a paper hat and gave him a cookie, pretty sure its his first...cookie that is!

Jack loves all "aminals"

This sheep especially liked the food, as he paws at the fence to tell them MORE!

Jack and Nana in a mini hay bale maze

Hahahaha...Jack's signature "cheese" face

Swinging with auntie

Jack's first pumpkin was too lumpy...

...#2 too white...

...#3 was too small...

...#4 was too big...

...man picking the right pumpkin is HARD work!

Catching a ride from Uncle Jesse

Back to the goats one last time...the baby's are just so cute!

Next day off to cousin Maddie's bday party! Jack really enjoyed the cupcake!

Dad was pretty amused

Pretty sure I'm still recovering from our busy weekend, phew!

Cloudy day fun!

We took our friends to the zoo with us on Monday and had a great time. Since it was cloudy and a bit damp we pretty much had the place to ourselves and the animals were keeping us entertained!

Landscaping

This weekend we worked on our landscaping. We had someone come out this spring and help us come up with a design for our huge yard and finally are starting to move forward on it. It doesn't seem like a lot yet but even just two beds is a huge impovement, plus I love how it changes the look of the house. Once the plants get bigger it will look even more amazing! Woohoo

Library

This last week we went to check out the new Fort Vancouver Library. They have an amazing children's section, a whole entire floor to be exact, with tons of learning props and toys. It was a great way to pass some time, meet new friends, and will definitely be visited again on a rainy day when we need to escape the house!