Updates, recipes and Tulsa trip!

Happy Saturday! We made a quick trip to Tulsa yesterday, but now are back and getting ready for the game tonight!!

Here are some highlights from this past week...

I mentioned last week I had to get reading glasses, well this is a horrible picture, but I finally got them picked out and will have them Monday. I am not a fan of glasses, but I came across these Kate Spade ones and actually really like them! 

This isn't really a highlight, but we took Bella to the vet and found out she has a yeast infection in her ears :( So we have been having to put drops in her ears and it seems to be helping! She also got weighed... she is now 40lbs at only 6 months! They think she might double by the time she gets to a year! They said they do not know how big she will get. They did say average golden doodles that were bread with a golden retriever (standard size) and a standard poodle- get anywhere between 45-100 lbs! Bella was a large puppy, so they are thinking she might be on the bigger side! But you never know, she may be about fully grown?

And the last highlight, I have a really good recipe to share with you. And not only is it really good,  but super easy! It is garlic crockpot chicken and it was DELICIOUS! We will be making it again this week!!

Here is the recipe: 

1 large free range chicken ~4 lbs
3 stalks of celery
35 cloves of garlic, unpeeled
2 Tbsp rosemary
2 Tbsp parsley
2 Tbsp thyme
salt and pepper

Rinse chicken a pat dry. Place celery stalks in the bottom of the crock pot. Place 1 tbsp of each of the herbs inside the chicken cavity. Place chicken on top of celery and sprinkle remaining herbs on top. Place unpeeled garlic around and on top of chicken. Cook in crockpot for 8-10 hours on low. Yum!

This is a picture of ours and it turned out so good! Don't be alarmed by how much garlic, you don't even have to peel it, just throw it in and after it cooks, they are soft and you can squeeze it out on the chicken. When we took the chicken out it just fell apart! 

So now here is a recap on our weekend...

Yesterday I thought I was going to have to work for a little but, but ended up not having to! So we left for Tulsa around 11. We were able to spend some time my my mom and my grandma was in town so that was nice. My dad has been in California with one of his good friends for the past week on a golf trip. I am so jealous! They are traveling up california and playing new courses every day! 

We made the trip to Tulsa because we had tickets t the musical Memphis! Well all of you know I LOVE musicals, and ever since last year when I was watching the Tony awards, I have been dying to see Memphis. So when my dad called and told me it was in the next round of shows coming to Tulsa I have been so excited!!

We went and ate at Cheesecake Factory for dinner and yes I know, that is not paleo ha! We had Friday and Saturday be our cheat days this week, and its funny because I thought I would really look forward to those days, but actually I don't. I have found out I feel awful after I eat anything not paleo. I am always look forward to getting back home to eat better.  Mitch and I split my favorite pasta then got cheesecake! And the whole night we felt horrible. 

Mitch got a all chocolate Hershey's cheesecake and I was planning on splitting it with him, but I am not a chocolate fan so I decided to get my own. I am obsessed with all things pumpkin, and since they only have it a couple months out of the year thats what I got. You can't ever go wrong with pumpkin cheesecake :)

After dinner we headed to the PAC and the play was amazing!!! 

Definitely one of my top favorites.. I am already on the lookout for when its coming again or playing somewhere close. It's only in Tulsa for a few more days, but if you have time, get tickets and go!! You will love it! I am getting ready to purchase the soundtrack, it was so good!

It didn't get over until late and when we got home we all went to bed. Well about 2:15, as most of you prob know, there was an earthquake! I have never been in one, and when people talk about them it doesn't seem that scary. Oh my gosh.... hands down one of the scariest things I have ever experienced!! I don't think I have ever felt my heart pound that hard and I was literally shaking after it was over. I think it was worse since we were woken up by it. I had no idea what was happening and I was still trying to wake up. I woke up to our whole house shaking and when I say shaking it wasn't just a little rumble, our floors, pictures, ceiling fan, everything was shaking. And not to mention it was loud! I was only awake for about 10 seconds of it, but that was the scariest 10 seconds of my life. I really can't even describe it.

We got up this morning and came home. We have been relaxing and watching football all afternoon. We didn't get much sleep last night with the earthquake.

We are getting ready to head to Fayetteville... we are going to dinner at Whole Hog yummm!! The game starts at 6 and it is going to be a cold one, but I am still so excited!

Have a wonderful weekend and I know its going to be a tough game, but lets cheer o the Hogs tonight against South Carolina!