And the Winner is...

The Winner of our Bush Family March Madness is Mom! Way to go.

1	Madness Mom 1, M. Bush	240	200	160	80	0	0	BYU	0	680	89.6
2	rachelbush 1, R. Bush	250	180	160	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	590	78.1
3	adeardenhoops 1, A. Dearden	230	140	120	80	0	0	Pittsburgh	0	570	72.6
3	Tyler Bush, B. Bush	230	140	120	80	0	0	BYU	0	570	72.6
5	Lizabee B 1, L. Boyer	260	160	120	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	540	60.5
6	Jandyboyers82 1, A. Boyer	220	180	120	0	0	0	Kansas	0	520	51.9
7	Ryan Bush, B. Bush	200	220	80	0	0	0	BYU	0	500	42.8
7	Winkmama33 1, A. Winkel	220	200	80	0	0	0	Ohio St	0	500	42.8
9	bjbush1 1, B. Bush	230	160	80	0	0	0	BYU	0	470	29.2
10	KD-Hoopster 1, K. Dearden	240	180	40	0	0	0	Kansas	0	460	25.1
11	madnesspop 1, R. Bush	220	180	40	0	0	0	BYU	0	440	17.7
12	colehoopster, A. Dearden	140	40	40	80	0	0	Kentucky	0	300	1.0
13	Jandyboyer82, A. Boyer	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0.0
13	Creig Reigning Champ, M. Bush	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0.0

I think this is how it all ended for our 2011 March Madness!

Creamy Broccoli Cheese Soup....

I tried this soup recipe from www.tammysrecipes.com for dinner tonight. It turned out so yummy! I actually added small diced up potatoes to it too. I also didn't have corn starch to thicken it so I used a little less than 1/2 C flour instead.

Since I am too lazy to write the recipe down I thought I would put it on my blog so I can go back to it. Because I definitely want to make it again.

Now on to searching for a shortcake recipe for dessert!

Happy Cold Friday!

Description:

Flavorful, creamy, cheesy broccoli soup with onions, pepper, and garlic

Yield:

4-6 servings

Ingredients:

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 onion, chopped
2 large heads broccoli (about 14 ounces, fresh)
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup milk
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
12-16 ounces American/processed cheese, cubed
salt, to taste (at least 1 teaspoon!)

Instructions:

1. In large stock pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook and stir until onion is tender.

2. Wash and trim ends of broccoli and then chop broccoli (including stems). Add broccoli and chicken broth to pot. Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer until broccoli is tender, about 10-15 minutes.

3. In a small bowl, whisk together the milk, cornstarch, pepper, and garlic salt. Add to boiling broccoli mixture, stirring until thickened, about 3-5 minutes.

4. Reduce heat to low-medium low and stir in cheese until melted. Add salt to taste (important!).

Gardner Village and other Random Fun Pictures...

My Aunt makes these adorable pincushions.
Kids being silly and posing for pictures.
My Mom went out with a couple of her sisters we happened to be there too.






Sunday afternoon fun.

Dailey loves to grab all the easter baskets and will walk around with them all day.

72 Hour Kits...

While we were staying at home to get everyone back healthy and not spread germs, I decided to clean out my pantry. Which than led to thinking about food storage. Than I realized I am not prepared for any kind of natural disaster at all. Man I never really thought that much about it until I started having children and realizing that I am responsible for them too.

I am sorry to my parents and in-laws who have given the gift of food storage earlier on in my marriage and I didn't really appreciate it. Because it is a good gift actually.

Anyhow I pulled out my 72 hour kits and updated them. I dumped all the food out on the table and went through it and added to it. I also went around and added some personal hygiene items to it such as toilet paper and tooth brushes. I added a change of clothes for the kids too.

When Cole saw all this he asked what it was for. I tried to keep it simple as not to scare him. I told him in case of an emergency and we have to leave the house quickly we can just grab these bags. He didn't quite understand so I told him if there was an earthquake or something and we had to leave our house we would take these with us and than we would have food and a change of clothes and some water. He said " OH, Okay" than he kept asking for the hard candy that was in our bags. I than explained that we would keep it in our bags and only use it when we needed too. Later that day he said several times to me and than later to his Dad; "I can't wait to go on the Earthquake". Kind of funny. I might not have done the best job at explaining it. But I think he thinks it's a trip with candy.