Cooking!

Here are the recipes I told a few of you that I would post. I need to figure out how to link the recipe when I post my meals on Mondays. That way everyone will have them and not have to ask.

(Katy... how do you link another post? Or create a seperate one that does not pop up automatically? I see you do it on your page and cannot figure it out!)

Creamy Crock Pot Chicken

4 bonless skinless chicken breasts
2 c sour cream
1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
1 package dried onion soup

Place chicken in bottom of crock pot. Mix all other ingredients together and pour over the top of the chicken. Cover with lid and cook 6-8 hours. The chicken falls apart and breaks up.
Serve over rice and veggies. (I cook broccli)

Bacak Southwestern BLT Wraps (one of our FAVORITES)

1/2 c salsa
1/3 c frozen corn, thawed
6 (8 in) tortillas
12 turkey bacon slices, cooked and broken in half
Butter lettuce leaves
1 avacado mashed (I use several since we love avocado)
4 t fresh lime juice (3 mini limes)
1/2 c mayo
1 t chopped fresh cilantro
salt to tast

Stir together salsa and corn. Set aside.
Make avocado lime sauce by combining avocado, lime juice, mayo, cilantro, and salt. Top warm torillas with lettuce, corn salsa, bacon and drizzle with avocado lime sauce.

(I also make black beans and spanish rice for sides)

One more tip!!

I made a Chocolate Cake this week and read that if you add a package of pudding mix to the cake it will make it moist. It WORKED. So yummy! You can use any type of pudding to any cake for flavor and to make it so much better.


We make the Southwestern Wraps on a regular basis. It is a great meal and so easy. Also, during the school year I try to have several nights with crock pot meals. I am hoping to do at least one a week. I have a great crock pot book with soo many varieties of meals. Andrew and I normally eat out every Wednesday night since we have church, but if I could plan our crock pot meal to be on Wednesdays we could save so much money!

Sorry it took me soo long to post these. I look forward to seeing everyone else's meal ideas! Yeah for cooking!

I needed a change!

BEFORE

So I have always had long hair and I really love it, BUT... I needed a change, something new for the year! Wyatt was a motivator in this change since he loves to pull hair and was always, as I put it... "all up in it!" I called my sister Joanne who is a wonderful hair stylist, made the appointment yesterday and at noon today went to get it cut off. I had to make the decision quickly because I have been known to change my mind at the last minute. I have never had short hair so it is hard for me to get used to. I do miss my long hair a little bit already, I think every time I cut my hair I will miss it...

but I LOVE the new do.

What do you think?!

AFTER

I am obviously not made up in this picture. I actually went on a walk before taking it tonight. But you get the idea. It will be easy for me in the mornings and my head feels so much lighter! ;) So this is my new look... if you hate it, please don't tell me! Ha... I can grow it back out in no time if I get tired of the short look! For now... I am pleased! ;)

Poop?!!!! YIKES!

DISCLAIMER....

If you do not like POOP stories... do not read! ;)

This is the face of a little stinker. Really, tonight he stunk. We were eating dinner and Wyatt was having some snacks in his highchair. He is always a mess, so before I even started to clean him up I started the bath water. Good thing I did that! As I took him out of his high chair I realized that it was not just food coming from his shorts. He had pooped out both sides of his diaper. YIKES. The doctor told us that the antibiotic he is on for an ear infection would cause diarrhea. Well.... it has kicked in and we definitely had poop everywhere tonight. This is not normal poop either. This is nasty, leaky poop. YUCK. I was thrown into the world of boys, poop and motherhood tonight.

So I laid him on the bathroom floor and start stripping him from all his dirty, yucky clothes. Some how he managed to squirm around the bathroom floor, smearing his nasty poo everywhere. Including on me! So picture this... running bath water, a naked, squirming baby covered in poo, wipes, a tile floor, and a mother yelling for her husband who was in the shower. It was definitely a scene from a movie!

I finally managed to get him clean enough to put in the bathwater and was trying to wipe the poo from the floor and off of me when he struck again. I realize now that it was my fault for what happened next. Take a naked baby and lay him on a cold tile floor and eventually he is going to have the urge to pee. Well... that is what happened. Wyatt peed. But let me just tell you, he did not just normal pee. He peed like a race horse. It was shooting everywhere! I did not know a baby of his size could pee that high, and for a moment I was actually impressed! ;) But then I was shot back into reality when I realized my cute sandals were soaked with pee and both the bathmats were covered as well. I then stopped what I was doing and put my little guy in the tub, still yelling for my husband who had no idea what was going on.

I bathed him, put his pj's on and let him play in his swing while I cleaned up the mess in the bathroom. The funniest part is when Andrew got out of the shower he had no idea what had gone on. I wonder how he would have handled the situation!? I laugh just thinking about it! Andrew is not big on poopie diapers, especially ones that spu!

We both survived... him more than me! I wish you could have seen him. Wyatt was smiling, laughing and saying "Da Da" the whole time! He thought he was pretty funny! This will definitely be a story to go in the baby book.

I should title it....

"Squirming Poo Boy and the Fountain of Pee"

Meals... Meals... Meals...

So my friend Katy always posts her meals for the week. I have gotten a few good recipes or even ideas for dinners that way. I thought I would start posting my meals as well and then we can get ideas from each other. Going to the store with a list saves me so much money!!!! I LOVE to cook, especially new things, so if you have any favorite recipes post them in the comment section for me! Once I get back into the swing of things during the school year, I normally cook wonderful meals every night! ;) This week I went pretty simple!

Meals for the Week!

Monday: Creamy Crock Pot Chicken and Rice, Broccoli and Dinner rolls.

Tuesday: BLT Sandwiches, Potato Salad, and Kettle Chips

Wednesday: Frito Pie

Thursday: Veggie Deluxe Pizza and Cesar Salad

Friday: Mexican Food... probably Mia's! ;)

JBelle Photography ;)

Last weekend we got family pictures taken. We were introduced to Julie Riggins (the photographer) by our sweet friend Kathryn Aylor. Julie is amazing and our pictures turned out better than we could have imagined. We will be using her for a long time coming. Here are two from the photo session. If you want to see ALL of them, send me a message in the comment section and I will give your the directions and the password. ;)

Check JBelle Photography out! She is wonderful! Oh... and if you use her, tell her you heard about it from me! ;)

http://www.jbellephotography.com/

Update on the Little Guy!

Wyatt is now almost 9 months old! I cannot believe how big he has gotten soo fast. He has the funniest little personality and is still amazing baby. I have loved being home with him this Summer and the thought of going back to school with out him with me all day makes me a little sick to my stomach. But I know the Lord has a plan for us and I am blessed to have a little guy who adapts to any situation. Here are a few fun things we have done this summer and a few of his new little quirks!

He has a new face he makes. I love it! He crinkles up his nose and blows out air. He knows we love it and every time you hold up the camera he no longer smiles but makes this face! The things he will do for a laugh! ;) Wyatt's hair is also getting so long. The back and sides are now curling up just like his Daddy's! It is so cute and I hope it just keeps curling. The top of his hair is soo long. So this summer we have given him a Fo-hawk! He looks precious with it, don't you think?!

Some of our sweet friends for NY sent Wyatt a shirt. I had a little photo session with him on the porch! Notice he is clapping?! That is also new. He claps at everything that happens. ;)

Little stinker... those two words should sum him up! The picture above is the face we get when he is caught. He has now learned to crawl, or army crawl. It is a sight to see and since we have wood floors he is quit fast! His favorite thing to do is crawl under things; his swing, the table, or even the couch. We are constantly finding him in new places. Talk about re-arranging your house..... Oh, and he also follows Cal (our Lab) everywhere he goes. Good thing Cal lets him climb all over him. Wyatt will sometimes even chew on Cal's paw. I think it must be a boy thing! ;)

What is summer without baseball?! Here is Wyatt and I living it up at a Rough Rider's game. He is so content with being outside. He would stay awake for hours. He even rolled down the hill at the game... not on purpose, but he came up smiling when Andrew finally stopped him! ;)

My cousin Anne and I took our little boys to the Zoo. We went early in the morning the other day and it is the BEST time to go. I recommend it to everyone. It is not hot, there is NO traffic to fight inside or outside the zoo, and the animals are soo lively! Wyatt actually got to see elephants, giraffes and monkeys up close. The trainers even trained a chimpanzee right in front of us. It was very cool. But the picture above was the best of all. I have NEVER been this close to a Gorilla. She was the oldest of the gorillas at the Zoo and we were informed that she loved children. She would follow the kids from window to window and was very content to sit and watch their every move. I was enthralled. Andrew (my cousin's son) and Wyatt loved it. How neat is that?!

Last, but not least was Saturday night. We took Wyatt to his very first wedding. Andrew's cousin Kevin married a sweet girl named Taren and it was a very pretty wedding. Wyatt was so good, as always. The best part was dressing him up. Look how cute he looks in his button-up shirt, khaki's and stylin' little shoes. He is going to always be the bested dressed... (again just like his dad!) He enjoyed being passed around at the wedding and having so many people oooing and awwing at him!

I have so many more pictures! I am the crazy picture lady. This is probably the reason why Wyatt knows to smile when I hold up the camera! ;) He is doing so well and growing so fast. I love watching him form a personality and figure things out on his own. The Lord has truly blessed us with this little guy! Enjoy the pictures, I promise to update sooner!

What a wedding!

Wow, I have not posted anything in a really long time. I have had a wonderful summer and plan on living it up this last week. But we have been going crazy since the beginning of July. To start things off, my best friend Lynsey got married to a wonderful Dane named Martin. Their wedding was in Durango on Blue Lake Ranch, and it was a week long fun of everything you can imagine! My In-Laws kept Wyatt for the week( who we love dearly for), which allowed me to focus on Lyns (the bride) and also have a vacation with my husband. It was fabulous making all new Danish friends and seeing how the Lord can bring so many people together. We played Danish games, had wonderful fellowship, ate amazing food, took in the beautiful scenery and even went white water rafting! So fun! Here are some pictures of our time in Durango!

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