Baked pork chops and potato hash

Tonight's dinner

Baked pork chops on top of fresh green beans (Italian dressing on all)













Fried potato hash - parboiled diced potatos and cooked them up in some butter with S&P, tonys, garlic/onion powder.















30 minute rolls - I didn't have enough yeast (and it was 2 years expired :o ) so these turned out like 30 minute bricks, but I do plan on trying again once I buy new yeast.



 

Shawn thought it was delicious. Connor still doesn't like potatos but thought everything else was great. Collin ate all his pork, loved the potatos but said he was full and hated the green beans. I also hated the green beans, I just like mine from the can. Nobody ate the rolls.  

Stuffed Chicken

Dinner Tuesday 7/23/13

Bacon wrapped chicken breast - butterflied and stuff with jalapeño strips and chive &onion cream cheese.

Roasted cauliflower - EVOO, S&P, tonys, lemon juice and parmesan cheese.
Roasted potato slices- coated in Italian dressing and parmesan cheese.

After over 3 years of not blogging I'm gonna give it another try. I'm going to attempt to blog my dinners so that I'll know what I've already cooked and have all my dinner ideas in one place.

New beds

So its been awhile, but I thought I'd post a few pictures of the new bed set up the boys have. Connor had been in a twin and Collin in the crib but Collin figured out how to climb out so we knew it was time for a change. We had a toddler bed on hand but my parents wanted to get rid of the other twin they had so we decided to push the two twins together to make a big bed for the boys to share. We threw an old futon mattress on top to cover the seam of the beds. I was nervous b/c Collin is a little monkey so I wasn't sure if he would stay in bed or if I'd hear him destroying the house in the middle of the night. So far he's done wonderful! He went right to sleep the first night while I was sitting with them reading. When he woke up the next morning he walked into our bedroom with a shocked look on his face and said "I got off of my bed!" both confused and proud of his new freedom. The boys love sharing a bed and I think its a great way for them to bond. I think bed sharing of any kind yields better sleep (for us at least) which is why Collin slept in bed with me till he was 15 months. On to the pictures and also some of their new haircuts that they let their Pops give them in exchange for a couple of cookies.

Happy 2nd Birthday Collin!

Collin turned 2 yesterday. I can't believe my baby is 2 now, hes still nursing and of course, still rear facing in the car. We had a nice little family party, and of course, cake. I used the elmo cake pan to make him a cookie monster cake. He loved it! Thats all for now, Hopefully he'll have his 2 year old checkup this week and i'll post his stats and more pictures then.

Halloween pictures

at the pumpkin patch

me and Connor

me and Collin

me and my boys

Connor at Boo at the Zoo

Maddie, Collin, Ally, and Lanie at Boo at the Zoo

Collin, Connor, and Maddie after Boo at the Zoo

the kids zonked out after Boo at the Zoo

Connor at the Istrouma Fall Festival

Collin and Connor at the Istrouma Fall Festival

Connor at the Istrouma Fall Festival

Collin and a sweet pup at the LSU sorority TorTing

Connor and Collin TorTing on friday with friends

special halloween breakfast - orange pumpkin shaped pancakes

Collin trying out the butterfly costume
that we got at Old Navy for $2

Connor aka Duke from G.I. Joe

"Duke", "Spider Girl", and the Monkey

all the candy they got

candy zombies

Happy Halloween and Happy Blogiversary to me!

I've had my blog for a year now! I may not post often but its still be a year. Happy Blogiversary to me!!

And Happy Halloween to everybody. We've been doing halloween up big this year. I took the boys to the pumpkin patch, Boo at the Zoo, trick or treating on sorority row at LSU, trick or treating last night in a friends neighborhood and of course we're going tonight. The boys have gotten tons of candy and been loving every minute of it. And to top it all off, i went to Old Navy yesterday and got 4 costumes (monkey, tiger, dalmatian , and butterfly) all for just $2 a piece, what a deal! Oh and for breakfast i made the boys orange pumpkin shaped pancakes. I'll try to post all the pictures from everything tonight. Hope everybody has a fun and safe Halloween!

Vote For the Kyle David Miller Foundation

The Kyle David Miller Foundation is a wonderful nonprofit organization that helps spread the word of extended rear facing and extending harnessing and also provides low income families with carseats to keep children safe. They are currently in a contest where the top prize is $10,000 and that would provide seats for a lot of kids. Please visit the KDMF blog for the details and please vote for them and repost.

So good its crazy!

I know its been a month since I last blogged but I promise that this recipe will totally make up for it. It.is.delicious!

I needed something to bring to a potluck and was having a hard time coming up with an idea but then I remembered having this dip at my sisters bridal shower a week ago and decided to try to recreate it. So this is my version of loaded potato dip.

Loaded Potato Dip

1- 8oz tub of chive and onion cream cheese (plain is ok) – room temp

1- Stick of butter or margarine – room temp

1- 8oz bag of shredded cheddar cheese

1- 3oz jar of real bacon

Tonys

Mix the cream cheese and butter till combined. Add the cheddar and bacon and mix. Season to taste with Tonys. Great on a cracker or on top of a baked potato.

Trip to the New Orleans Aquarium

On Wednesday we went to the Aquarium with some of Shawns family, here are some pictures.

Connor's 4th birthday Party

So my big boy turned 4. Where has the time gone? We had a small Lego party and he LOVED it. He had so much fun playing with her friends and loved all his presents and the party was a huge success.

What an excited 4yo looks like.

Best friends enjoying birthday cake.

3rd and final attempt at a picture
of some of the party guests

Of course the cake.

This is the Lego Zoo that we got Connor for his birthday. It was the one thing he asked for (over and over, no less) and he loves it. Its super cute and I got a good deal on it since I had a $10 Lego.com gift card (thanks to Pampers gifts to grow) and a $5 off online coupon code.