Fondue Dinner Update

Okay, so again, I am lame and forgot to take pictures of our dinner, which was WONDERFUL!!!
We went for a simple 3 cups veggie oil in one pot for cooking meat and then mixed 1/2 a block of Velveeta with about 1.5 cups milk for a dipping sauce. We had shrimp, crab, chicken, pork, beef, veggies, bread and apples for dipping. It was fun deep frying different things and then dipping them in cheese! We had a great time and I strongly suggest this kind of meal to anyone!!!!

Fondue for Dinner???

Okay so Justin and I received two awesome fondue sets for our wedding. We were really excited about getting them, but still haven't used them yet.

We decided to have another couple friend come over for dinner tomorrow and we're going to try to do a full fondue dinner.

PROBLEM -we don't know any good relable fondue recipes. If you have some or even a hot pot recipe, we're game to hear it all!!!

I'll let you k know how it goes and will try to take pics too.

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Weekend Celebrations

We had the opportunity to go to Rupert this weekend for Jordan's Eagle Scout Court 0f Honor. Justin and I are both really proud of Jordan for pushing through and getting this award. He has no idea how much this will help him in the future!
We also celebrated John's 51st birthday as well as Carter's 6 month birthday :) I DID manage to take pictures...but they were taken with Merena's camera so I don't have those with me.
At any rate, congratulations and happy birthdays!

Communication Technology Class - HELP

Okay, so I have a big project for my communication technology class. Basically, I am supposed to come up with a new and innovative product. I am supposed to either pretend that I own a company OR I can design something that can be used right away.

I have NO IDEA on what to do. Some of the other people in my class are doing things like creating a blog for gardeners or designing an Apple iPhone App for their line of business, etc.

So I guess here is where I need your help...WHAT SHOULD I DO? What kinds of things are you interested in or wish you could access via phone/internet more readily? Would you like something specific regarding real estate or would tips and tricks for raising kids be more useful? Would you like to see a website with educational games for kids? How about loads of 15 min or less meals (including prep time)? WHAT DO YOU WANT???

Please help me out and respond either by posting here or you can email me directly at carriereed1@hotmail.com I am open to any and ALL ideas or suggestions!

Thanks a TON!

4A State Champions - Columbia Wildcats

As many of you already know, Justin is an assistant coach for the Columbia High School wrestling team in Nampa. He got hooked up with the job last year when he volunteered to come help my little brother out with wrestling. Adam went to Columbia and so that is where Justin landed. Adam graduated last year, but Justin enjoyed it so much that when he was asked to come back as an official assistant coach, he couldn't say no.


This weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to cheer the Wildcats on as they wrestled at the state tournament in Pocatello. They missed winning first place as a team last year by merely 11 points to Blackfoot. This year, they were aimed to finish the job.


We took 17 boys to the state tournament, including all 13 of our varsity kids. The team won ever tournament and dual they attended with the exception of the Reno Tournament of Champions in which they placed 16th out of 90+!


With 10 boys remaining to the medaling rounds, and the team sitting in first, they knew they had to finish strong. We ended up with one 6th place, one 5th place, three 3rd place, and five 2nd place medals. The last round was disappointing as we watched each of our five finalists fall in their final matches, but the end was not there.


We had done the math, we had purchased the infamous shirts, and our team was slotted to win the 4A team title.


The boys of the 2009 Columbia Wildcat Wrestling Team did a stellar job all year and deserved this award!


Congrats boys!!!