Pie in a Jar

Last weekend, I hosted a couple's shower for my friends Hallie and Chase who are getting married in November.  I love a good old fashion cookout, but due to busy schedules, I couldn't quite make it happen.  So I did the next best thing and picked up BBQ from Albert G's.  (If you like potato salad, even just a little bit, you should probably head straight there for dinner tonight.)  We had enough food to feed an army, but I made sure there was something sweet to top it off.

Pie in a Jar: So easy, even Patti can do it!

1) Buy canning jars.  If you can find the short ones, those will be best.  I could not and bought the regular-sized mason jars instead and filled them half(ish) full. (Find them at Reasor's in 12 packs.)
2) Buy Pillsbury crust, because there is no such crust in the world that is better.  Not even when Oma makes it from scratch.
3) Make/buy pie filling of any variety.

4) Take the lid of the jar and cut out a circle in the pie crust to be used as a "pie topper".
5) Smoosh the crust along the bottom and sides of jar.
6) Fill jar with filling.
7) Place "pie topper" on top.
8) Freeze with lid on or cook with lid off (375 for 45 minutes; frozen pies take 55 minutes).
9) Enjoy!

Hey, Coke, should we come up with a creative name for this post?

Last weekend, Nick, Rick, Chance, and I headed west to visit some of our favorite Sooners in the Mile High City.  On the agenda was some red dirt music, bottomless mimosas, a day in the park, and a baseball game.  Other than a suspected inappropriate piece of artwork on the side of Coke's car, it was a fantastic weekend!  Here are a few pics.

3 wolves, one moon?  This is how Rick got off the plane... Pre-hot beas.

Going to see Casey!

The Grizzley Rose is one of my favorite places.  :)

Still pre-hot beans.

Me, Chance, and Chance's new BFF... out clubbin

Post-hot bean Bloodys. We were really hungry, so we filled up on cheese and pepperonis from the Bloody Mary bar before our food arrived.  And we definitely got our $8 worth of mimosas... HellUUUuuuuu??

Nap time after mimosas and a really long day in the park.  Ricky clearly needed some hot beans here.

Big Baby was sleepy too.  Sure, Champ!  You can borrow my pillow.

Coke's and Rodine's mailman is the coolest!

PAS1!

Yay for the Rickies!

Like THIS!

We were exactly a mile high.

We visited Red Rocks on Sunday!

Oh you...

And then... we found Magic Mountain.  I count the days until my return.

Oh yes.  We ARE at the top of an alpine slide!  We may have done this twice.

Holy krow, did we have fun!

It was a trip for the ages, but I will need about a year to recover before I can do it again.  As we were leaving, the Southwest staff reminded us of all our great times that weekend in pictures along the tunnell...

Do the Shake Weight dance!

Coke... it's time for THE WAVE!

PA...

S1!!!!

Dear Denver,

Thanks for all the great memories.  Can't wait to see you again soon!

Sincerely,

Patti

Summer Happenings

Whew!  I sure have been busy!  No time to post.  Here is what I have been up to!  I hope your summer has been as awesome as mine.  :)

Nick moved in and cooked me dessert!  We are getting everything situated.  More on this coming soon!

 I'm building a mobile app for the business college at TU!  It has consumed my days at work for the last month, but I am really excited about it!  It will launch very soon!  :)

We went to the lake for Rick's birthday!  It was a GREAT time.  They rented a pontoon and a cabin for the night!  WOO HOO for Rick's birthday!

Obviously, that is the short version.  Can't wait to tell y'all about our weekend trip to Denver!  This may be a 2-post day, so check back later!