Baked Bacon Mac and Cheese

1 lb of pasta
1 16oz package of bacon cooked, more or less if desired
4 cups milk
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup italian cheese blend
3 cups of chedar cheese
1 tsp galic salt
1 tsp pepper
add other seasonings to taste, parsley, oregono
preheat oven to 350 and butter a 3 qt baking dish.
boil pasta til al dente and drain
In a large skillet whisk milk seasonings and flour until sauce becomes thick. Remove from heat add cheeses and bacon (cut into bite size pieces). Stir til cheeses are melted.



In a 3 qt baking dish add pasta and sauce. Top with more bacon and cheese or with bread crumbs and bake at 350 for 25-35 min, until bread crumbs are golden or cheese is melted.
makes 6 servings

(this picture is 1/2 the recipe)


Other options: baked chicken mac and cheese, or add hot dogs.

Silly boys

more and more and more summer fun!

So we didn't have a lot of pictures of the fun we had this trip I am sure mom has tons more! But we had a blast, we went to Island park and stayed at a familes cabin. We went four wheeling and roasted hotdogs.
Thanks everyone!

Yellowstone pictures

For Memorial Day weekend we got the opportunity to go to Yellowstone with Michaels Family. We had a blast, it was fun to see everyone. Thanks Momma Cole for inviting us to come with you!


Yellowstone is not complete without some of these!




Michaels Awesome picture of a Pelican


Tetons







Why hello little guy... no we don't have any food, sorry.




This was just about the coolest thing!

EVER!

FHE Wind Caves!

For FHE today we hiked to the wind caves! We are exhasted but It was a lot of fun.


The Cache Valley wall of China










Is this anyone we know???

Penguins

Sting Rays

Anniversary Weekend

Our Anniversary weekend included:
A picnic in front of "our temple"
Living Planet Aquarium
Touching Sting Rays
Mini golfing (for Krystals First time)
A HOLE IN ONE for Krystal She schooled Michael
Ruths Diner which was on Diners Drive in and Dives on the food network (which was amazing!)
And This is the Place Monument

thinking...

So this Sunday in relief society the lesson was about service. I have always loved doing service, but in my home ward the service was always placed in front of me. Since I have been married and in a student married ward the opportunity doesn't present it self to me.
I have had such a bad attitude lately, I feel like I just don't want to do anything. Well this lesson hit me like a bag of bricks! SMACK! I am still feeling it. I shouldn't be in a bad mood I have such a great life! I have a home, food and clothes. I have a good job that I like very much.
Then there was a part in the lesson that smacked me even HARDER, how many times have I thought of something nice to do and then thought "on my gosh, they will think I am stupid, I shouldn't." A story just like that was told in the lesson. About a girl who made a new tie for the prophet, walked up his stairs to his house, stopped, turned around and thought how stupid am I. Luckily Presidents Kimble's Wife was there to stop that girl, and to tell her to "Never push a Gracious thought out of your mind"
A quote to live by.
Thank you for reading the thoughts bunched up in my mind.
Krystal

#1 Hardware Ranch

The Christmas plants are BLOOMING!

Our Flower Garden.
Behind a KALANCHOE, an Angel plant, and a CRASSULA. Front our basil sprouts. (The all caps plants are succulants they grow even in the dead of winter which is why I love them, they are Happy plants.)


Crassula


See Its blooming! Its such a cool plant. I love it. the Kalanchoe :)

Michael the Hero!

Michael is super busy with school and well TEACHING school. He is teaching a human physiology lab, that comes with office hours. Which is just about the coolest thing ever. He is a great teacher and I am excited for him. He also gets to take a class to help him on the OAT. (Which is the test he has to score big on to get into Optometry school.) It’s a expensive class and we where bless to be getting it for half off. He is doing so well this year in school and I could not be prouder.



Michael showing off his lab teacher name tag.